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The Celebration Continues! |
Hispanic Heritage Month can be recognized and celebrated in so many ways. The DEIC wanted to share a few more ideas and resources to explore to honor Hispanic and Latinx cultures this month and year-round.
We encourage you to seek out resources to learn more about our country’s rich Hispanic history and influence. Below are several virtual art and cultural tours to explore to learn about the diverse stories and contributions of Latinx individuals that have helped shape our national identity.
Virtual Tours:
Enjoying food native to Latin American countries and territories is also an amazing way to celebrate the culture. Put on your chef’s hat and cook a new recipe, or seek out a Latin American restaurant to try in your city.
We also invite you to check out films and books that elevate Hispanic voices and tell culturally rich stories. Here are several movies and books the DEI Council recommends enjoying this month.
Movies:
- Coco
- Discovering Columbia
- La Bamba
- Like Water for Chocolate
- Real Women Have Curves
- Roma
- Selena
- Stand and Deliver
- The Book of Life
- West Side Story
Fiction:
- How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
- The Devil’s Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
Non-Fiction:
- Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa
- Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario
- Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
- The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú
- The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
No matter how you choose to celebrate, a reminder to embrace this year’s theme, “Esperanza: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage and Hope” and use this month as an important opportunity to reflect on the contributions and achievements Hispanic individuals in our country have made in the past and will continue to make in the future.
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Also a reminder to join us on Wednesday October 6 at 1:00 p.m. CDT for the webinar premiere of Vistas Latinas: A Landmark Study on U.S. Travelers of Hispanic Descent. Danny Guerrero and Chris Davidson, along with Roni Weiss of Travel Unity, will be presenting the findings of this study which examine the attitudes, opinions and sentiments of U.S. Hispanic travelers.
Register for the webinar.
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