Edited by Carina del Valle Schorske, Ricardo Maldonado, Erica Mena, and Raquel Salas Rivera, the poetry anthology Puerto Rico en mi corazón is a complex project of networking, printmaking, translation, and climate justice activism that goes beyond the actual book. The … Continue reading “Puerto Rico en mi Corazón,” Poetics of Care and Dissent
What do you know about Delores Huerta? Dolores Huerta (b. 1930) is a powerful labor organizer, Chicana civil rights leader, and feminist activist. In the 1960s, Dolores Huerta, along with César Chávez, united Mexican, Mexican-American and Filipino farmworkers and founded … Continue reading Delores Huerta
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic had us all watching more television than we had previously done, there were arguments to be made that we were in this sort of “New” Golden Age of Television. With streaming services allowing us to … Continue reading Latinx Television
What was once known as Hispanic Heritage Week, began in 1968 when Civil Rights Activisms were reshaping the United States. The California Congressman from East Los Angeles, George E, Brown pushed for more recognition of the culture and history of … Continue reading Latino, Latina, Latinx History: Let’s Celebrate!
Join us as we celebrate Latinx Heritage Month! BLS will host an Open House on September 9, from 1PM -2PM. https://baruch.zoom.us/j/84955196946 Meeting ID: 849 5519 6946 Passcode: BLS2021 One tap mobile +16465588656,,84955196946# US (New York) Student leaders Osvaldo Garcia and … Continue reading BLS Open House: Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month
Teaching a course with as broad a scope as “Latin America: An Institutional and Cultural Survey” means covering a lot of ground. From the pre-Columbian era to the 21st-Century, from Mexico to South America to Central America and the Caribbean … Continue reading LTS 1003 – Podcast Projects
When classes moved online in spring 2020, I decided that it was time to mix things up a bit, and I revamped my final assignment for the semester. What was previously a final paper and presentation on the subject of … Continue reading Latina Podcasts
BLS Professor Regina Bernard recently spoke with Michelle and Suzzane Rousseau, cook book authors and owners of SummerHouse restaurant in Kingston, Jamaica. In honor of Caribbean Heritage Month, they spoke with Alumni about the rich variation of Caribbean foodways, they … Continue reading Caribbean Pride, Caribbean Food!
Introduction by Professor Rojo Robles The following stories are historical fiction created by students of my course LTS/BLS/LACS 4902 Latin America and the Caribbean: Cultures and Societies. In the class and in the assignment the students were surveying key points … Continue reading Caribbean Historical Fictions Written by BLS Students
The Robert C. Weaver Society & SOMOS present a Caribbean Heritage Month Event In Conversation with the authors of Provisions: The Roots of Caribbean Cooking Tuesday, May 18, 2021 6:00PM – 7:30PM Zoom Join BLS Associate Professor … Continue reading The Roots of Caribbean Food–May 18 @6PM