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Christmas Traditions in Latin America
Here at Centro Hispano, our families come from many places: Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Perú, Puerto Rico, the U.S., and Venezuela. One of our favorite pastimes during lunch is sharing our cultures, whether it’s cooking for...
Hispanic Heritage Month: Family & Maternal Health
As Hispanic Heritage Month was approaching, all of Centro was in conversation about what this time means to us and how we each celebrate it. A theme that came up again and again was family, and its central place in the life of many Latinos. There are so many factors...
How Centro’s afterschool programs emphasize good stewardship of the planet
Today we’re talking to Lina Camacho, Centro’s Afterschool Program Coordinator. Centro: How did you get interested in reusing and recycling? Lina: In Colombia, there is more of an emphasis on reusing and recycling what we can instead of throwing everything away. I...
Semillas of Equity talks about tuition equity in Tennessee
Why is tuition equity important? In many ways, Latino students seeking higher education are not on the same footing as their non-Latino peers. University tuition is one of these areas. The important thing to know about tuition equity is that undocumented and...
Día de los Muertos
Día de los Muertos is thought to date back about 3,000 years, all the way to the Toltecs, Mixtecs, Zapotecs, Maya, and Aztecs. On this day, it’s believed that the border between the spirit world and the real world dissolves, and the souls of the dead awaken and return...
Hispanic Heritage Month
At Centro, pieces of us live in Honduras, México, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Perú, Colombia, Argentina, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Ecuador. Some of us identify as Indigenous, some of us as Latinoamericanos, some of us as something in between. We are told we are...
Origins of Día del Niño
Día del Niño is much like Mother or Father’s Day in the United States, but instead of honoring parents, this particular day celebrates children! After the League of Nations ratified the Declaration of Children’s Rights in 1924, countries around the world began...
Cinco de Mayo
It all started in the Mexican state of Puebla (right above Oaxaca). Napoleon III had his eye on Mexico and sent 6,000 French troops to the small town of Puebla de los Ángeles to stir up trouble. In response, newly elected (but recently exiled) Zapotec President Benito...