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 »

The Caribbean Geospatial Development Initiative (CARIGEO) is holding their 2022 student competition entitled “Your Caribbean Story.” This competition allows “students like you to tell your story while encouraging spatial thinking and promoting research across the region” with a variety of … Continue Reading »

The Atlas of Endangered Alphabets has a database of international “Indigenous and minority writing systems, and the people who are trying to save them.” One of these alphabets is Afáka, used to write a Surinamese creole of African origin called Okanisi or … Continue Reading »

TedEd has a lesson on communities on the Nicaraguan coast who are deciding whether to move their community due to the continually intensifying storms symptomatic of climate change. This lesson includes a 6-minute video, multiple choice and open answer questions, discussion … Continue Reading »

The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center has run a project since 2003 focusing on producing statistical reports on a variety of topics concerning Latinx communities. The over 60 reports include topics such as … Continue Reading »

The Library of Congress has a collection of research guides to help direct your students through different topics. One of which, Freedom in the Black Diaspora: A Resource Guide for Ayiti Reimagined, “answers a recent call to action in Haitian studies to … Continue Reading »

Georgia Brown, Public Services Librarian at UWM’s own AGSL, put together a summary of resources hosted at the American Geographical Society Library available for use in research, course development, class activities, and more. They host both physical and digital offerings which … Continue Reading »

The Endangered Languages Project, built to “support language preservation and documentation around the world”, is hosting the Festival of Indigenous Languages from Jan 14-23, 2022. The events are all free and virtual, and the speakers come from a variety of Indigenous … Continue Reading »

Hostile Terrains is an interdisciplinary exhibit exploring the intersection of place, policy, and landscape in and around Milwaukee on display through February at UWM’s Emile H. Mathis Gallery. Curators include more than 30 UWM faculty, staff, graduate, and undergraduate students. … Continue Reading »

Communities in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latinxs in the US have a variety of ways they fight for access to reproductive rights. In the US, we’re facing our own issues with Roe V. Wade’s ruling coming under scrutiny. In … Continue Reading »