“Resisting Racism: Japanese Immigrants and Japanese Brazilians, 1930-1954″, given by Dr. Jeffrey Lesser (Emory University) on Wednesday, May 11 (2pm Central) via Zoom, will be the final event in a series on Japanese Latin Americans during WWII. Click here to register and click here to find out more about the … Continue Reading »

Starting in the 1950s, Puerto Rican women were coerced into sterilization and used as test subjects in developing the modern birth control pill. They were targeted primarily due to issues of eugenics and were not given much, if any, information about either … Continue Reading »

““You Brought Us Here”: The Plight of Japanese Peruvians in World War II U.S. Incarceration”, given by Dr. Natasha Varner on Wednesday, April 20 (4pm Central) via Zoom, will be the second event in a series on Japanese Latin Americans during WWII. Click here to register and click … Continue Reading »

Language brokering, a “practice engaged in by many immigrant youth who interpret and translate oral and written language for others” (often their parents or guardians), is a practice often found in many immigrant communities including those from Latin America and … Continue Reading »

The New York Times has an article about Purépecha resistance and art in Michoacán, focusing on the Christian cosmology painted in Indigenous traditions that now reflects the community that surrounds it. Find that article here. To offer a wider variety of information on Purépecha … Continue Reading »

The Universidad de los Andes in Colombia has a virtual exhibit entitled “Banana Craze” looking into the many facets of Latin American and Caribbean life affected by the colonial cultivation of the banana. Various topics include violences, ecosystems, and identities with a variety of … Continue Reading »

The National Museum of African American History and Culture, a Smithsonian Institution, has an article in English or Spanish about the artist Elizabeth Carlett’s identity as an African American descendent of enslaved people, who later migrated to and was greatly influenced by Mexico and … Continue Reading »

Inside an Invisible Iron Wall: The Forced Relocation of Japanese and Japanese Mexicans during World War II, given by Dr. Jerry Garcia on Monday, March 14 (4pm Central) via Zoom, will be the first lecture in a series on Japanese Latin Americans during WWII. Click … Continue Reading »

Disney’s 2021 film Encanto is having a huge cultural moment and its popularity can be a great way to introduce your students to the magical realism genre that is deeply intertwined in this film. This style is largely associated with Latin American writers … Continue Reading »

The UN’s International Mother Language Day was celebrated on February 21st, with this year’s theme being “Using Technology for Multilingual Learning: Challenges and Opportunities.” This fits in well with the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages, running 2022-2032. There are several resources the … Continue Reading »