Episode 20 Briant Garcia - ”Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

Briant Garcia, Owner of 318Latino, sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development with the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

 

0:37 1. Briant, you are the owner of 318Latino, an online radio station in Shreveport that focuses on the Hispanic community of Northwest Louisiana. 318Latino keeps newly arrived Hispanics and residents informed about the options of services, products, entertainment, education, culture, health, events, active leaders, etc.” When and how did the radio station first get its start?

 

1:51 2. How do I tune into 318Latino?

 

2:21 3. There’s also a magazine component of 318Latino. How frequently does it publish? And how do people obtain copies when new issues publish?

 

3:13 4. As I was pursuing your Facebook page, I was struck by the fact that more than 20,000 people follow your page, which is almost 3x the number of people that follow our Facebook page at the Y.

 

Talk to me about the size of the Hispanic population in Shreveport-Bossier. How large is it? What countries are most represented? And, what schools and neighborhoods in Shreveport-Bossier contain the largest Hispanic populations?

 

8:15 5. The mission of 318Latino is “to build bridges between communities”. Talk to me about what this means.

 

9:18 6. From your perspective, is the Hispanic community unified with the white and black communities in the Shreveport-Bossier area? And, if not, as you look around, what are some of the steps you feel could be taken to help bring these communities closer together?