2019 CommUNITY Conversation: The Latino List
Join NCBI and co-sponsors LULAC Council 3280 and Whites for Racial Equity for a showing and discussion of The Latino List. This documentary is made up of short, intimate interviews that feature people in the Latinx community who work in a diverse cross-section of disciplines from politics, theater, science, music, business, government and journalism. Among them are: Sandra Cisneros, America Ferrera, Jose Hernandez, Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, John Leguizamo, Senator Bob Menendez, Pitbull, Chi Chi Rodriguez, and Sonia Sotomayor.They hail from a variety of backgrounds, including Cuban, Colombian, Honduran, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and more.
Each interviewee talks about the different challenges they faced growing up, what inspired them, why they chose certain professions, and the importance of preserving their Latino culture. The people featured in The Latino List are proud of who they are, and their stories are so poignant that they leave you wanting more.
This event is an “ongoing exploration of who we are, where we come from and what it means to be a Latino in the United States today,” says narrator and interviewer Maria Hinojosa, anaward-winning journalist and anchor of NPR’s Latino USA.
This workshop is part of NCBI’s CommUNITY Conversations series and our ongoing work to end racism and inequtiy of every kind. Co-sponsored by LULAC Council 3280 and Whites for Racial Equity.