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"If people don't vote, everything stays the same. You can protest until de sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it's not going to change anything if you don't vote." - Dolores Huerta

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"If people don't vote, everything stays the same. You can protest until de sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it's not going to change anything if you don't vote." - Dolores Huerta

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Remember Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz? Here is poem of hers, translated by Joan Larkin and Jaime Manrique, "Love Opened a Mortal Wound."

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Remember Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz? Here is poem of hers, translated by Joan Larkin and Jaime Manrique, "Love Opened a Mortal Wound."

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“I grew up in El Paso-Cd. Juárez post 9/11 when the U.S.-Mexico border became a place of heightened security and scrutiny. Suddenly, we needed passports to cross into what was essentially just another part of our city. The violence of border security became completely normalized over-night under the guise of ‘protection from foreign terrorists.’ My mother was and is regularly stopped by border patrol, though she has the luxury of an American green card she obtained through marriage. I grew up waiting for her in the car and in lobbies, always afraid that despite her legal status, something would go wrong and they would take her from me. In Texas they say, ‘El Paso ain't Texas, it's Mexico’ and that's why the state had permission to treat our mothers this way. Now all of the United States has become El Paso, and they are taking more than just our mothers away from us.”

—Natalie Scenters-Zapico

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Gabriela Mistral was born on April 7, 1889, in Vicuña, in the Elqui Valley of northern Chile. In 1945, she was the first Latin American writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature and in 1951, received the Chilean National Prize in literature. She died on January 10, 1957.

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Program opportunity with Paid Stipend!

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The Hispanic Heritage Foundation's (HHF) 2020 Youth Awards educational grants program is now accepting applications! Our 22nd Annual Youth Awards will award students who are in the graduating Class of 2021 with up to $1000 in educational grants to fund their higher education or a community-based project.

Can you please share this opportunity with the senior Hispanic/Latino students at your high school?

Recipients will be selected for their accomplishments in the classroom, community and for their excellence in various educational categories. Recipients will also be celebrated in virtual ceremonies.

The deadline to apply is December 6th, 2020. Students can apply and find more information at www.HispanicHeritage.org. To download the flyer, click here: hhf.page.link/totk

Please feel free to email us at youthawards@hispanicheritage.org if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

The HHF Youth Awards Team