1st Annual Afro Latino Festival!

   Afrolatinos: La Historia Que Nunca Nos Contaron is thrilled and honored to be participating in the 1st Afro Latino Festival in New York City! Join us in celebrating Afro Latinidad with music, dance, workshops and constructive dialogues about issues affecting local and global Afro-Latin@ communities.   WHEN: Saturday, June 29, 2013 LOCATION: Parkside Avenue train…

How 9th Graders Will Change the World With Only $43.00!

Last night I came home from the Concha Buika concert and was greeted with what will be the most important letter I have ever received from a teacher about her students: “Hi Alicia, hope all is well. My students know that the Untold Story about Afrolatinos is important to me and it has become important…

As UNLLAMADO comes to a close~ la lucha continua!

Afrolatinos Family! Thank you!!! WE DID IT! We completed an amazingly beautiful campaign—UNLLAMADO. Thank you to all who answered our call! This has been the most exhilarating two months. As a community we came together and shared knowledge. During our twitter parties we raised consciousness. This is how the most important movements are started, we…

EL ULTIMO LLAMADO ~ NYC June 1, 2013

Family!!! Thank you so much to everyone who came out last night the UN LLAMADO Charity Event at Billie’s Black! It was such a beautiful event!!! Here are some video messages from last night!!! More to come!!! Today we are ten days away from what will be the most talked about campaign yet! 60K is…

Nosotros, Afroperuanos (We, Afro-Peruvians) ~ Film Screening

Please join me tomorrow for a free screening of a documentary called "Nosotros  Afroperuanos" followed by a Q&A with the director Gabriella Watson and Monica Carrillo, founder of LUNDU-Centro de Estudios Afroperuanos and a leader in the Afroperuvian social movement. This event is sponsored by Proyecto Afrolatin@, LUNDU, AfroInca, Arturo Schomburg Democratic Club! In solidarity…

Exciting news!!! Whereitzat Media Sponsors for Afrolatinos: #UNLLAMADO

Afrolatinos is excited to announce WhereItzAt  as our Media Sponsor for the UN LLAMADO Campaign and Charity Benefit. We are thrilled to have them join us in this movement that is all about education, celebrating and honoring our people, helping our community and preserving our history! WhereItzAt is a print and internet lifestyle media property created to…

You are cordially invited to El ULTIMO LLAMADO!

You are cordially invited to El ULTIMO LLAMADO!Join Afrolatinos: The Untaught Story for a Global Charity Benefitto help us bring the story of our people to the world!Saturday, June 1, 2013Main event: Harlem, NYTime: 4:00PM - 8:00PMOpen bar ~ 4pm to 6pm Billie’s Black Gourmet Soul271 West 119th Street(Btwn. Frederick Douglas Blvd. & St. Nicholas…

Afrolatinos seeks staff for EL ULTIMO LLAMADO charity event!

For five years we have put everything on the line towards the success and completion of this amazing project and today we reach out to you because we can’t do this alone. We are writing to request your help with the Afrolatinos: UNLLAMADO Campaign and Charity Benefit scheduled for June 1st in New York. Help…

Stories that Need to be Heard~ An interview by HowlRound

I am honored to have been asked to join a wonderful conversation between playwrights in HowlRound on creating spaces where women of color can be supported! EXCERPT: "Karen Evans’ comment in the interview, “I don’t think I’m going to be part of this party, ever,” made me think of talented authors such as Julia Alvarez…

Raising Conciousness! Knowing your roots! #unllamado

WOW!!! You all are amazing! What a fantastic conversation from marrying up to its roots in colonialism. Some highlights of the many were: “US had the one drop rule: one drop of black and you were an outcast. Latin America: one drop of white means higher social class.” @Latinegro “the black liberation movement in the…