LatinaLista — Campaign: CUBAN FOOD STORIES – A Feature Documentary Cuba is changing. After more than 50 years of isolation due to the embargo, the forbidden island is finally opening up to the United States. Celebrities, brands, religious leaders,…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Help Us Save Our Champion Marcos Marcos Alejandro Castellans is 10 years old and lives in Chimaltenango, Guatemala with parents and an older brother. After several months of feeling severe exhaustion and weakness, as well as,…
LatinaLista — Longtime Peru-based LatinaLista contributor Isabel Guerra wrote us saying that she and her husband, professional photographer, Jose Enrique, had decided to do their part to help save one of the world’s most important environmental treasures that literally…
LatinaLista — Campaign: How can we improve racial and ethnic integration reform in U.S. schools for youth of color? Youth of color are at the front lines of racial and ethnic integration reform, as they’re traditionally bused into predominantly White…
LatinaLista — Campaign: YO GALGO “A documentary film about the Spanish sighthound” Gals, also called Spanish sighthounds, have been praised in tales and myths for centuries, they were respected figures and cared for, almost gods for some cultures,…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Books for the Students of Cuzco A book can change a child. A library of books can change a whole community. Folks at the NEA Foundation, a public charity, want to fill the bookshelves of village schools…
LatinaLista — Campaign: The Water Van Project Diego, Coke, Chechu and Edu are four childhood friends who wanted to make a difference in the lives of poor Latin Americans who are dying because they have no access to clean…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Guardian – Non-Profit Jiu Jitsu & Boxing for Kids It's a harsh reality that 11.3 million children have to take care of themselves after the school day ends. Not surprisingly, the peak hours for juvenile crime…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Reconnecting Indigenous Collections to their Source Communities How do artworks wind up on museum walls? How are objects chosen for display and who makes such decisions? What individuals/groups are highlighted in these exhibitions? When Indigenous objects…
LatinaLista — Campaign: MYCincinnati – Strength & Community Through Music MYCincinnati (Music for Youth in Cincinnati) is a free, daily youth orchestra program for children in Price Hill. 80 students attend the program every weekday for two hours,…
LatinaLista — Campaign: LURUCHA: A CHILDREN'S BOOK FROM A SCHOOL IN PERU Kuska School is an alternative elementary school located on a sustainable farm on Inca terraces in Ollantaytambo, Peru, near Machu Picchu. In small multiage groups, through…
LatinaLista — Campaign: The New Cuba Libre! On September 19, 2015, Pope Francis lands at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba. He says: “In the words of José Martí, the process of normalizing…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Peace Bees Second Chances The Peace Bees name comes from the misunderstanding that honey bees are mean and want to sting; rather, honey bees are quite peaceful creatures. Honey bees only become aggressive to defend…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Salud Sin Papeles : Health Undocumented It all starts with Jason Odhner. Jason, a nurse and an activist, is a pioneer for his cause. He tears down walls that deny many in the undocumented community…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Activist Print Activist Print is a collaboration between The Andy Warhol Museum and a local screen printing collective, Artist Image Resource (AIR). It is inspired by the long history of artists using silkscreen and/or print based media…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Pine Ridge Holiday Toy Drive The poverty on Pine Ridge Reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota can be described in no other terms than third world. It is common to find homes overcrowded, as those with…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Down to Earth Climate Justice Storytelling Project In the 1980s, Andy Burt had the experience of bringing Central American people and their powerful stories of human rights abuses into mainstream Indiana communities, where, to his surprise, the…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Saving Belize's Marine Treasures Port Honduras Marine Reserve contains some of the most pristine habitat in the entire Mesoamerican Reef Complex. Its coral reefs, mangrove islands and expansive seagrass beds support a healthy population of endangered…
LatinaLista — Campaign: #LatinosGive on Giving Tuesday December 1 is #GivingTuesday, a global movement to celebrate and encourage generosity around the world. In an effort to “Latinize” #GivingTuesday, HIPGive and NBC Latino have joined forces to launch a…
LatinaLista — Campaign: La Perla Christmas Filmmaker Silent Lee thought he was only going to make a documentary about one of the most notorious slums in Puerto Rico. What happened next changed his life forever. In March of this…
LatinaLista — Campaign: DOÑA LUZ : Solar Mama Stories, Latin America 1.2 billion people on this planet live without electricity. In Latin America alone, the number reaches 24 million people. What is it like to live without electricity or light in…
LatinaLista — Campaign: #PlayLikeAGirl: Pop-Up Play Day Tour What started in 2004 as a few annual events hosted by sorority girls in Alabama has become the source of inspiration for several thousand girls and young women across the United…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Let's change the immigration debate for 2016 Immigrants will be at the center of the 2016 campaign—as scapegoats, as voters, and as a powerful movement. With public backing, reporter Julianne Hing will cover the collision…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Mission District Alley Mural by Jet Martinez Ames Alley is an underused alley in the Mission District of SF. In an effort to transform Ames Alley into a more vibrant public space, locals are working with the Green Alleys…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Nuestra Cuba Nuestra Cuba tells the inspiring stories of Cuba's first women and Afrocuban film directors. In the years following the Cuban Revolution, the island would become a leader in the Latin American film movements to…
