LEP Newsletter: Spring News and Updates – April 2019

Apr 24, 2019 | Articles, News, Videos

Saludos Latino Equity Community, Spring is in the air. Spring is an opportunity to uncover with light what has been hidden by the darkness of winter. In that process the possibility of movement can emerge that is rooted in racial equity, and in a growing consciousness...

LEP Newsletter: If We Don’t Vote the Haters Win – November 2018

Nov 2, 2018 | Articles, News

Saludos Latino Equity Community, In this time when many of us prepare to honor our ancestors and those who have passed on, we take a moment to pause, reflect and offer grounding for all to continue in your work. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families who have...

Training for Change: Practical Tools for Intersectional Workshops

Oct 21, 2014 | Articles, Images

Libro para primaria dice que “indios” y “negros” surgieron del “agua turbia”

Oct 21, 2014 | Articles, Images

“Polémica por contener supuestos tintes racistas ha generado parte del contenido de la leyenda “El origen de las razas”, en el libro “Aromas”, el cual está destinado para alumnos de segundo grado de primaria y forma parte del Plan Lector del Ministerio de...

Lighter-skinned Minorities Are More Likely to Support Republicans

Oct 21, 2014 | Articles

“Many political analysts and media pundits argue that the Republican Party has a “race problem” when it comes to national elections. The logic is that Latinos and Asian Americans constitute the two fastest growing segments of the population, and they tend to...

Little Miss Hispanic Delaware stripped of her crown for not being “Latina enough”

Oct 21, 2014 | Articles

“Jakiyah McKoy, 7, was crowned Little Miss Hispanic Delaware on August 31, but last week had been stripped of her title and crown because pageant officials could not prove her Latina heritage, according to reports from Latino Rebels and Buzzfeed. According to El...