The beloved Virgin of Guadalupe has united people of Mexican heritage for centuries, but its complex history reveals ‘the power of stories’ and how one image led to the creation of a nation.
"The way our communities, especially Black and brown communities, connect with the environment," said Ribeiro, "with our ancestral knowledge, our indigenous knowledge, has been through a spiritual and cultural way."
Program affords families the opportunity to stay in neighborhoods they’ve lived in their whole lives and be protected from the rapid gentrification.
“Not only are we talking about the threat of deportation…but actual just physical violence on the street…”
Advocates have been doing work to reach more households, especially in Latino communities
"It moves us from this thinking about groups as kind of separate, into starting to think of everybody as kind of a continuous ancestry."
Preliminary exit polls indicate that over half (54%) of Latino men support the Former President.
“Right now, everything is so expensive,” Deleon said. “Gas is still high, grocery prices continue to rise. Inflation has not gone down…rent is extremely high. People have to work more than two jobs to put food on the table.”
The event was meant to bring people together to poetize and pray “for the balance of our out of control ecology,” Rosa De Anda, founder of The Marigold Project, said.
“I want politicians to prioritize schools, making sure that students feel safe and are supported,” she says. “Students should not walk into schools, pass through a metal detector and feel surveilled."
“We have a population of people who have truly been left out,” said Maria Jimenez, founder of Poder Común.
“It’s both a story about inclusion but also deep marginalization,” Dr. Stephanie L. Canizales said.
