Topic: Latino Community

Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julia Alvarez
The MSNBC host speaks with the author and poet about a YA novel about immigrant identity that's been banned since the 1990s
By Ali Velshi
The Activist Chef
South Philly Barbacoa’s Cristina Martínez has earned the highest honors for chefs in America. But that’s just the start of her most important work
By Katherine Rapin
Damaris Alvarado-Rodriguez
The director of progressive, accessible childcare centers is on a mission to provide opportunities for children and adults — including through a new teacher apprenticeship program starting this week
By Lauren McCutcheon
The Sound Sculptor
Next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative, Philadelphia artist Raúl Romero merges sculpture with an invisible medium: sound
By Morgan Nitz
The Community Builder
Muralist Cesar Viveros, whose paintings are all over the city, has shifted his focus to activism and communion in the city’s Latino community
By Morgan Nitz
Zulma Guzman
The Salvadoran immigrant is a “social worker without a title” for new Philadelphians in her Elmwood Park neighborhood—a community often invisible to city government.
By Katherine Rapin
Tribaja
Shannon Morales’ new business connects forward-thinking companies with diverse tech talent—while building community to sustain the work
By Courtney DuChene
Helping Kensington Thrive
A collaboration between several local organizations has distributed more than $15 million in affordable loans to the Latinx community in North Philly — and it’s just getting started.
By Courtney DuChene
The Power of Snapshots
While Covid-19 has forced the closure of many after-school programs, Photography Without Borders continues to empower North Philly youth with cameras, connections—and confidence. And now, the students’ work has gone national.
By Jessica Blatt Press
Global is Local
Dining around the world on the “Ethnic Food Tour” of North 5th Street, where revitalization means something unexpected
By Jason Wilson