Collection Title:DC Afro-Latinos in Action Panel, February 20, 2020
Description:In celebration of Black History Month, the DC Afro-Latino Caucus, Trabajadores Unidos de Washington, DC and the Humanities Truck organized the panel DC Afro-Latinos in Action. The event took place at American University on February 20, 2020.
The panelists were activist and educator Rosalyn Lake, from Seed School of Washington; Howard University professor of Spanish Aisha Cort, and American University Cultural Anthropology professor Arvenita Washington Cherry. They shared their knowledge and experience of the Afro-Latino community as it pertains to issues of representation, activism, and the overall presence of Afro-Latinos in the city as well as their personal stories and professional knowledge that shed light on their achievements and commitment to the DC community in general and the DC Afro-Latinos in particular. Long time national activist Roland Roebuck served as the moderator. Within the audience, we were pleased to welcome DC community activists, officials from the DC government, students, and AU staff and faculty.
Additionally, we were able to share Nancy Shia's photo exhibition portraying both Afro-Latinidad and Afro-Latinos’ activism in the late 1970s and 1980s in Mt Pleasant and Adams Morgan in DC.
