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We are making space to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! We are honored to share with you curated resources, books, talks, music, recipes, and more, 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.

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Favorite Book by a Latine Author

  • The God Who Sees by Karen Gonzalez
  • Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • Cien Años de Soledad by GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
  • Caminemos Con Jesús by Roberto S. Goizueta
  • Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Favorite Children’s Book by a Latine Author

  • My Singing Nana by Pat Mora
  • Mis dos pueblos fronterizos by David Bowles
  • En mi familia by Carmen Lomas Garza 
  • Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Favorite Latine-owned business in your Community

  • 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 Recipes

  • Chile Relleno
  • Authentic Mole Sauce
  • Flautas de Rajas con Queso
  • Salvadoran Pupusas
  • Biscochos
  • Carne Guisada Puertorriqueña

Favorite Resources

  • How Latino Churches Transform Communities (put together by some amazing CCDA members & practitioners!)
  • Brown Church Seminary Now Course
  • Worldoutspoken

CCDA Resources

  • Immigration Resources
  • Brown Church Webinar
  • Education Equity Resources

Books by CCD Practitioners

  • The Next Worship by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
  • When the Spirit Is Your Inheritance by Jonathan Calvillo
  • Brown Church by Robert Chao Romero
  • Seeing Jesus in East Harlem by José Humphreys

On the Podcast

Dive deeper into these resources by CCDA practitioners!

  • Love Knows No Borders Good Friday Vigil for Immigrants CCDA, Chasing Justice, and Clergy Community Coalition gathered to reflect on Christ’s suffering and our immigrant family. We examined Jesus’ seven last sayings to reflect, respond, and be guided in prayer and action. ccda.org/immigration
    2025 Immigration – Good Friday Vigil for Immigrants
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  • 2025 Immigration - Know Your Rights Panel For Immigrants, Advocates, & Allies
    2025 Immigration – Know Your Rights Panel For Immigrants, Advocates, & Allies
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  • Voces Inmigrantes – Creando juntos senderos de esperanza - Ruth Latzke, Raquel Leal
    Voces Inmigrantes – Creando juntos senderos de esperanza – Ruth Latzke, Raquel Leal
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  • How Immigrants Shape the Economy
    How Immigrants Shape the Economy
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  • Encounters - Encuentros - Lessons from the Borderlands
    Encounters – Encuentros – Lessons from the Borderlands
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  • Intergenerational Small Groups Embracing Differences, Justice and Learning Together
    Intergenerational Small Groups Embracing Differences, Justice and Learning Together
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  • Entre Nosotros: A Time to Tell Our Stories
    Entre Nosotros: A Time to Tell Our Stories
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  • Latino/a/x Pastoral Holistic Wellbeing
    Latino/a/x Pastoral Holistic Wellbeing
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On the Blog

  • Reflections From the Southern Border

    For a week in August, a group gathered at the Southern Border for an event hosted by CCDA’s Immigration Network and Abara, a CCDA organizational member. We asked some of the participants about their experience; here are their reflections.


    August 27, 2024
  • ¡Interesante!

    by Rev. Joanne Solis-Walker, Ph.D ¡Interesante!  If I were asked to select one word to describe large portions of my journey as a Latina within theological education, it would be: Interesante or for the non-Spanish speaker, Interesting. I have had many rewarding opportunities as an administrator and professor, but they come paired with different types…


    October 24, 2023
  • Connecting Kingdom to Community

    by Lydia Lucas, in collaboration with Chasing Justice I am from El Barrio of New York City, and am of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent. Though I have been in the nonprofit field my entire career, I never imagined that I would be at a faith-based organization that served people experiencing homelessness. However, here I…


    September 18, 2023

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