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This US Representative is Puerto Rican, from the Bronx and is the youngest woman ever to serve in congress. She supports policies such as free tuition for public colleges and trade schools, gun- control, ending privatization of prisons and abolishing US immigration and customs enforcement.
Who is Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez?
This item is used by all latinx abuelas y madres when you are sick, heartbroken, and have dandruff.
What is Vaporub?
What is Haiti?
This Puerto Rican artist opened for the 65th Annual Grammy’s Award show and is known for his activism through his songs regarding social issues in Puerto Rico and advocacy for the LGTBQAI+ community and Latinx community. Recently, there has been a lot of controversy with who he's currently in a romantic relationship with.
Who is Bad Bunny?
The majority of the SB Latinx staff are from The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico- Name at least two Dominicans and two Puerto Ricans.
Who are Dominicans: Mary, Roberto, David and Naomi and Puerto Ricans: Allison, Arnold and Vanessa?
This Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States was nominated by President Obama in 2009. She is from the Bronx, Puerto Rican and is the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor
As a child, if you get hurt (cut/bruise etc), to make you feel better your mom/aunt/grandma would say this little phrase.
What is "sana sana colita de rana si no sana hoy se sanara manana"
Mangu and Mofongo were inspired by this West African dish.
What is West African Fufu.
Enslaved Angolans who were taken to Puerto Rico (and other parts of the Caribbean) used the same technique, mashing plantains and other starchy root vegetables which eventually evolved into dishes like mofongo and mangú.
This actress' acting career took off after she starred in the movie "Selena" portraying the famous Tejano singer: Selena Quintanilla - a movie based on a true story chronicling Selena's rise to fame and death when she was murdered by Yolanda Saldívar at the age of 23.
Who is Jennifer Lopez?
South Brooklyn’s attendance teacher is from this country in South America
What is Peru?
A Puerto Rican Baseball player because the Latinx player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and was a dedicated activist. Among other charitable acts, he raised thousands of dollars in aid for Nicaragua after the country suffered a devastating earthquake. Sadly, he died trying to deliver this aid, in 1972, but will always be remembered as a Latinx icon.
Who is Roberto Clemente?
You put this on your forehead when you get the hiccups
What is a Red Thread?
When Christopher Columbus first set sail, he landed and explored what is today: Bahamas, Cuba and Haiti where he initially encountered this native group of people.
What are the Lucayan, Taino and Arawak peoples
This singer is an Afro Latina and is known as the Queen of Salsa.
Who is Celia Cruz?
This Dominican staff member used to be an Advocate Counselor at our school.
Who is Mary Arias
This Mexican's activism started in her 20s. She played an instrumental part in securing Aid for Dependent Families and disability insurance for California farmworkers in the early 1960s. In addition to directing the national boycott of California grapes, She was a women’s rights advocate and voice for Latinas for office. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her life’s work by President Barack Obama in 2012
Who is Dolores Huerta?
This rite of the passage includes a court, a choreography, and cake.
What is a Quinceañera?
In 1848, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed and ended the Mexican American War. As a result, parts of Mexico became a part of the United States eventually becoming these US states.
Name at least three.
What is California, Nevada, Utah, Texas and New Mexico, along with most of Arizona and Colorado, and some of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.
It is why many Mexican Activists say “we didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us”
This person is the only latinx person to ever win an oscar, a grammy, an emmy and a tony
This Peruvian staff member played soccer in high school.
Who is Joanne Condori
The gay liberation movement of the 1960s would have been much less powerful without this Puerto Rican Trans* Activist. Advocating for trans people and people of color within the movement, They are perhaps best known for throwing one of the first bottles during the Stonewall riots. She also started a home dedicated to providing shelter to homeless queer youth via her organization, Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR).
Who is Sylvia Rivera?
This woman haunts many people, screaming and crying for her children.
Who is La Llorona?
In Latinx Heritage Month it is important to understand our history and acknowledge that we are all connected because we are all a part of a Diaspora
Define Diaspora and explain how the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade that occurred from 1650- 1809 plays a role in our Diaspora
What is
The dispersion of any people from their original homeland.
The Slave Trade occurred from 1650-1809. Ships sailed from Africa to the Americas (this includes north, central and south) many arrived to major slave ports located in these SPANISH SPEAKING LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES: Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico. Latin Culture is heavily influenced by African Culture such as through food, music and dance.
This reggaeton artist paved the way for other female artists and their most famous song was #2 in The Rolling Stones’ top 100 Greatest Reggaeton Songs of all time.
Who is Ivy Queen
This Mexican staff member graduated from SBCHS.
Who is Carolina Reyes?