NMCADV Speaking Of Podcast
SPEAKING OF is a podcast for people who are directly and indirectly involved in the movement to end domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and in particular; men’s violence against women.
Join David Garvin, NMCADV's Director of Abuse Intervention and Systems Response to focus both on the rich history of battering and abuse intervention work as well as the current innovations that are taking place now.
If you love these conversations, please be sure to subscribe, rate, and share our podcast. Please feel free to send questions or comments to: dgarvin@nmcadv.org
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Ep. 31 - Speaking Of: Jerry Tello
Jerry Tello is an internationally recognized authority in family strengthening, therapeutic healing, cross-cultural issues, and motivational speaking. Over the last forty years as a noted therapist, author, performer and program developer, Mr. Tello has incorporated his real life experience, together with research-based knowledge, and indigenous, culturally-based teachings, to engage all in a reality-based healing and growth-inspiring experience. Mr. Tello is the author of children's books, professional publications, culturally-based curricula, motivational CD's and other media. Mr. Tello has received numerous awards including the Ambassador of Peace Award and Presidential Crime Victims Service Award.
Jerry Tello is a father, grandfather, son, brother and relative of many. He is from a family of Mexican, Texan and Coahuiltecan roots, and was raised in the South Central/Compton areas of Los Angeles. Over the last 40 years, he has dedicated himself to the service of individuals, families, communities. He has done so by speaking to over half of a million people, and training thousands of service providers across the nation. Mr. Tello is considered an international expert in the areas of: transformational healing, men and boys of color, racial justice, and community peace and mobilization.
He is co-founder of the National Compadres Network and is currently Director of Training and Capacity Building. He has authored numerous articles, videos, and curricula addressing fatherhood, youth “rites of passage,” culturally-based family strengthening, and healing the healer. He is the author of Recovering Your Sacredness, A Father’s Love, a series of children’s books, coeditor of Family Violence and Men of Color, has served as a principal consultant for Scholastic Books on International Bilingual Literacy curriculum, and has published a series of motivational health and healing CDs. He has appeared in Time, Newsweek, Latina and Lowrider magazines. He is the recipient of numerous awards, which include the 2016 Maria Shriver’s Annual Advocate for Change award, the 2015 White House Champions of Change award, two California Governor’s Awards, the Ambassador of Peace Award presented by Rotary International, and the 2012 Presidential Crime Victims Service award, presented by President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno.
Finally, in collaboration with the American G.I. Forum, Mr. Tello was part of an effort providing domestic violence awareness, healing, and support services to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Persian Gulf veterans and their spouses. Presently, he continues to serve families and communities directly at the Sacred Circles Center in Whittier, California and is a member of the Sacred Circles performance group, a group dedicated to community peace and healing. He is the proud father of three children: Marcos, Renee, and Emilio; and grandfather of Amara, Naiya, Greyson, Harrison, Vivienne and Elias.
Website: https://www.jerrytello.com/

Episode 44: David Houesal (Coming 2-3-2026!)

Episode 43: Fernando Mederos (coming 1-20-2026!)

Episode 42: Tony Lapp (coming 1-6-2026!)

Episode 41: Jeremy NeVilles-Sorell (coming 12-16-2025!)
Episode 40: Barbara Hart

Episode 39: Jackson Katz (coming 8-12-2025!)

Episode 38: Nicholas Davis (coming 11-18-2025!)

Episode 37: Shon Hart (coming 11-4-2025!)

Episode 38: JAC Patrissi (coming 10-21-2025!)

Episode 35: Antonia Drew Norton (coming 10-7-2025!)

Episode 34: Dominique with Special Guest Dr. Oliver Williams (coming 9-16-2025!)

Episode 33: Lundy Bancroft (coming 9-2-2025!)

Episode 32: Paul Bukovec (coming 8-19-2025!)
Episode 31: Jerry Tello
Episode 30: Rhea Almeida
Episode 29: Fr. Chuck Dahm
Episode 28: Eric Mankowski
Episode 27: Dan Saunders
Episode 26: Trish Singh
Episode 25: Etiony Aldarondo
Episode 24: Rich Tolman
Episode 23: Jeff Edleson
Episode 22: Bea Coté
Episode 21: Scott Miller
Episode 20: Oliver Williams
Episode 19: Craig Norberg-Bohm
Episode 18: Penelope Morrison
Episode 17: Ed Gondolf
Episode 16: Lisa Nitsch
Episode 15: Michael Paymar
Episode 14: Yesinia Delgado
Episode 13: Paul Kivel
Episode 12: Aaron Newman
Episode 11: Men Stopping Violence
Episode 10: Dr. Lisa Young Larance
Episode 9: Melissa Scaia
Episode 8: Eric Threlkeld
Episode 7: Angela Phillips
Episode 6: David Mandel
Episode 5: David Weaver
Episode 4: Johnnie Trujillo
Episode 3: Darald Hanusa
Episode 2: Alyce LaViolette
Episode 1: David Adams
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