We are making space to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! We are honored to share with you curated resources, books, talks, music, recipes, etc., to help you on your journey in learning about the Latine community in CCDA and beyond. Join us in support and in solidarity with our familia.
Playlist
Favorite Children’s Book by an Latine Author
Favorite Latine owned business in your Community
- Cucas Restaurant – Santa Barbara, CA
- Voces – Battle Creek, MI
- Andale Taqueria y Mercado – Richfield, MN
- Lalo’s Taqueria – Joplin, MO
- Miranda’s Bakery – Woodburn, OR
- Borinken Cakes – Chicago, IL
Favorite Latine Painter/Artist
- Frida Kahlo
- Diego Rivera
- Adolfo Perez Esquivel
- Diego Rivera
- Sentrock
Favorite Resources
- http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.html
- How Latino Churches Transform Communities (put together by some amazing CCDA members & practitioners!)
- Brown Church Seminary Now Courses – Seminary NOW
- Worldoutspoken
Favorite CCDA Resources
Dive Deeper into these resources by CCDA practitioners!
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Voces Inmigrantes – Creando juntos senderos de esperanza – Ruth Latzke, Raquel Leal -
Serving People From All Places -
Encounters – Encuentros – Lessons from the Borderlands -
Intergenerational Small Groups Embracing Differences, Justice and Learning Together -
Entre Nosotros: A Time to Tell Our Stories -
Latino/a/x Pastoral Holistic Wellbeing
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Healthy Models of “Decolonizing” Faith from 500 Years of the Brown Church
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Author Meetup with Dr. Jonathan Calvillo
Making Space for Latinx Voices
by Alma Lizette Cárdenas Rodríguez One of the arteries to the heart of CCDA is listening to the community. The kind of listening that creates space to listen to the groanings of the community-to sit with them. Listening to the community also allows us to reimagine, dream and contribute to making those groanings come to…
Home Away From Home
by Alma L. Cárdenas- Rodríguez Some of the most memorable moments for me growing up happened en la sala (living room), where the family would gather together. We would welcome those who had made their way from Mexico to reconnect with family members and find home in a new place, or to celebrate Thanksgiving and…
Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity
By Robert Chao Romero Rosa was excited about attending her first college lecture. She was valedictorian, the star student of her local CCDA youth development program, and the first of her family to attend college. Rosa’s Mom and Dad were deacons in their local church and had brought her up to be a Christian. They…
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