365 Days of Latino Heritage

Latino Heritage Month has been commodified and commercialized with the real meaning behind heritage and history lost in a push to make Latinos spend and make us a brand. We are not a brand. We are not a marketing demographic. We are a complex mescla of people, culturas y lenguas.

Originally this started as a project for Latino Heritage Month, 2009 pero because our lives as Latinos, Latin Americans and the other names we respond to in our hearts are live every day, this is 365 days of Latino heritage.

Compiled and Curated
By Maegan la Mamita Mala Ortiz of VivirLatino
pococcupywallstreet: Julian Padilla of Brooklyn, NY made this flyer with input from Coya White-Hat Artichoker and Jessica Yee. While we #occupywallstreet, we must not forget the long and ruthless history of occupation. “ colonization continues to this day, with indigenous communities across the globe still under attack. to dismantle corporate greed and imagine a different world we must make connections between the histories of colonialism, genocide, capitalism, human trafficking, globalization, racism, imperialism, ecocide, patriarchy and so much more. we are the 99%” download and share the flyer here. Legitimate Question from Mala - So are we still going to use the “occupy” language because this is what people are comfortable with and it is how this “movement” has been branded? 

pococcupywallstreet:

Julian Padilla of Brooklyn, NY made this flyer with input from Coya White-Hat Artichoker and Jessica Yee. While we #occupywallstreet, we must not forget the long and ruthless history of occupation.

“ colonization continues to this day, with indigenous communities across the globe still under attack. to dismantle corporate greed and imagine a different world we must make connections between the histories of colonialism, genocide, capitalism, human trafficking, globalization, racism, imperialism, ecocide, patriarchy and so much more. we are the 99%”

download and share the flyer here.

Legitimate Question from Mala - So are we still going to use the “occupy” language because this is what people are comfortable with and it is how this “movement” has been branded? 

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