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CNN News on heroes of color - using animation for social justice - may 2023

San diego Tribune - april 2023

“Instead of asking kids, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?,’ this program asks them, ‘What problems do you want to solve in the world?’ By reframing it that way, now we’re going to give them some tools that they can use — how to animate, how to tell a story, how to map it out, what does the animation pipeline look like?” says Heredia, who worked previously for Walt Disney Feature Animation and was a vendor at San Diego’s Comic-Con. “They’re using their own critical thinking skills to try to figure out how they can solve a problem that exists in their world. Read more...

Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and legacy with BAMkids and learn more about all kinds of heroes of color throughout history, including —artists, scientists, activists, and more. Parents and kids are invited to learn more about underrepresented figures and create their own heroes at home from award-winning animator and author, David Heredia. For more digital resources go to BAM.org/Heroes.
Click here to read feature in the New York Times Jan. 14, 2022.

animating for social justice- NBC News

Juneteenth segment

So grateful to Telemundo's Radar2021 for reaching out to me and including me in this amazing 20 minute story they recently posted on youtube honoring and defining what Juneteenth represents. For the full video, you can click here and learn some amazing history.

July 7, 2020 Spectrum news interviewed my daughter and myself on how we have dealt with racism living in Santa Clarita, within our own Latino community, and how my #heroesofcolor animated series gave my daughter the confidence to tell her teacher to decolonize her curriculum.

July 8, 2020 Spectrum news interviewed my daughter and myself on how we have dealt with racism living in Santa Clarita, within our own Latino community, and how my #heroesofcolor animated series gave my daughter the confidence tell her teacher to decolonize her curriculum. This video clip is the lie interview that followed the segment.