October 19, 2012

Greetings my peoples,

We are one week away from the Book Forum with the editors of Women Warriors of the Afro Latina Diaspora. Marta Moreno Vega, Marinieves Alba and I, are looking forward to celebrating the release of the book and engaging in a fruitful dialogue with the Boston community.

Here is part of the Press Release by our publisher Arte Publico

Afro-Latinas’ Activism, Personal Stories Shine in New Book

HOUSTON, TX—WOMEN WARRIORS OF THE AFRO-LATINA DIASPORA is comprised of eleven essays and four poems in which Latina women of African descent share their stories. The collection is a fascinating look at the legacy of more than 400 years of African enslavement in the Americas.

The authors are from all over Latin America—the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Brazil—and they write about issues such as colonialism, oppression and disenfranchisement. Diva Moreira, a black Brazilian, writes that she experienced racism and humiliation at a very young age. The worst experience, she remembers, was when her mother’s bosses told her Diva didn’t need to go to school after the fourth grade, \”because blacks don’t need to study more than that.\”…