¡Latinos are the Sleeping Giant!
“There are so many of us who feel we have to constantly be on the watch for something terrible. People are channeling their anger into voting in a way we have not seen historically.”
Christian Arana, Latino Community Foundation, New York Times “The Latin Vote: The ‘Sleeping Giant’ Awakens,” March 3, 2020
Happy Birthday Juan Luis Guerra
Sunday, June 7, 2020
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic
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The Dominican merengue singer, 3x Grammy winner and 21x Latin Grammy winner was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on June 7, 1957.
Philippine Independence Day Parade 2020
Sunday, June 7 & 12, 2020
Facebook Live
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New York City’s 2020 celebration moves online.
Museum Mile Festival 2020
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
ONLINE
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The museum open house and street party moves online for COVID-19 at:
Africa Center
El Museo del Barrio
Museum of the City of New York
Jewish Museum
Cooper Hewitt Museum
Guggenheim Museum
Neue Galerie
Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art
Portugal Day 2020
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
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June 10 commemorates the death of Portuguese national poet Luís de Camões in 1499.
Luís de Camões
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
LISBON, PORTUGAL
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The Portuguese Shakespeare, author of Portugal’s national epic poem “Os Lusíadas” about Vasco de Gama’s sea route to India, died on June 10, 1580.
Saint Anthony of Padua
Friday, June 13, 2020
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The patron saint of Lisbon, Portugal; Padua, Italy; and lost things, also helps couples reconcile.
June 2020 NYC Events Cancelled for Coronavirus
Monday, April 20, 2020 ~ New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the cancellation of all non-essential events in New York City during the month of June 2020.
Continue Reading June 2020 NYC Events Cancelled for Coronavirus
Get up, Stand up, Stand up for your rights
The most important thing you can do for your family is register to Vote (vote.org)
Hispanics are 18.3% of the United States population (without counting Italian, French or Romanian Latin heritage). Latin is Black for another 13.4%. Latin is Indigenous for another 1.3%. Combined OUR Indigenous, Hispanic and African community is 33% of the United States. Elections are won or lost by just a few percentage points. We can win this.
Indigenous = 1.3%
Census.gov (2018 data)
Hispanic = 18.3%
African = 13.4%
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Latins = 33% of the United States
Call your hermanas and hermanos (brothers and sisters), tias and tios (aunts and uncles), primas and primos (cousins), sobrinas and sobrinos (nieces and nephews) across the United States, but especially in the swing states of Florida, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan. Swing states are states that may vote either way. Talk to our families about how important this election is. Teach our children how important it is to vote.
Register to Vote
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Register by: Friday, April 3, 2020
Vote: Tuesday, April 28, 2020
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NEW YORK STATE PRIMARY
Register by: Friday, May 29, 2020
Vote: Tuesday, June 23, 2020
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GENERAL ELECTION
Register by: Friday, October 9, 2020
Vote: Tuesday, November 3, 2020
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How to register to vote in New York City in English or Spanish, and online, by mail or in person.
The most important thing you can do for yourself is get an education
schools.nyc.gov
Ongoing
Hurricane Season
June – November
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Follow the 2020 hurricane season which is forecast to be stronger than usual.
Summer
June + July + August
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New York City comes alive with Latin culture from Memorial Day Weekend to Labor Day Weekend.
Alex Sensation
Monday-Saturday
LA MEGA FM 97.9
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NYC’s top radio DJ is a Colombian who plays reggaeton and Latin trap.
New York
Manhattan + Brooklyn + Queens + The Bronx + Staten Island | New Jersey
Take a photo tour around New York City.
Latin
Latin culture is originally Greek. Romans absorbed it from Greeks in southern Italy and spread the culture around the Mediterranean. When Rome fell, the culture survived among Christians, Jews and Muslims in Spain. The Renaissance made it a pan-European culture.
There were other great civilizations in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Spices and silk, then sugar and slavery brought us together. In the Americas we mixed into our Latin thing and New York City is our capital. ¡Azúcar!
Indigenous + European + African + Asian
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North American + Caribbean + South American
North American
Costa Rican + French-Canadian
Guatemalan + Honduran + Mexican
Nicaraguan + Panamanian
Salvadoran + US American
Caribbean
Cuban + Dominican + Puerto Rican
Haitian + Creole
Jamaican + Trinidadian
South American
Argentine + Bolivian + Brazilian
Chilean + Colombian + Ecuadorian
Paraguayan + Peruvian
Uruguayan + Venezuelan
Indigenous
European
French + Italian + Portuguese
Romanian + Spanish
African
Asian
Chinese + Filipino + Indian
Jewish + Romani
Culture
Art + Celebrations + Dance + Fashion + Food
Literary + Movies + Music + Sports + Theatre
Calendar
Things to do in NYC
Mother’s worry for their children’s safety
One of the many striking responses to the Gregory Floyd police murder was Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ New York Times op-ed describing the moments after she saw the murder video.
With each passing second separating me from the peace of mind a mother feels having secured the safety of her children, I could not waste minutes articulating all of those things to my son. All I could say was, “Baby, please come home — now! It’s not safe for black boys to be out today.”
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, “The Police Report to Me, but I Knew I Couldn’t Protect My Son,” New York Times, June 3, 2020.
It’s easy to be distracted by racism, violence, politics, health, economics and all the other things we are dealing with at this moment. But as long as mothers have to constantly worry that their children will be abused or murdered by the police, we have work to do.
And not just the police. This is not somebody else’s problem. It is our problem. The only way to solve our problems is to embrace them ~ together.
“Pa’lante, pa’lante como un elefante”
Ismael Rivera, “El Nazareno” (1976)
Pa’lante is Caribbean Creole slang for “para adalante” or “forward.” Yes, the phrase was corrupted by Chavez in Venezuela, but in its natural form is a simple, powerful expression. Rivera, one of the great Puerto Rican salseros, is saying “forward together like an elephant.” He means that together we are HUGE!
Pa’lante!
Hecho en Puerto Rico y Nueva York.