New on RicanWritings: Daliana A. Otero Muñoz explores Yanira Castro’s immersive performances that blend art, ritual, and memory.
Read more! → https://ow.ly/xErb50Y8h5G
06.02.2026 16:02 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Mark your calendars for the launch of “P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance”, presented in collaboration with El Museo! This book by Vanessa Díaz & Petra Rivera Rideau explores Bad Bunny's rise & its impact on PR politics.
RSVP here! → https://ow.ly/LB3K50Y9pW1
05.02.2026 17:31 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay, Feb 3, 1964, 464,000 NYC students—including Black & Puerto Rican—boycotted school to protest segregation. Led by Bayard Rustin, they demanded quality, integrated education. It was one of the largest Civil Rights demonstrations.
Learn more: https://crdl.usg.edu/events/ny_school_boycott
03.02.2026 16:03 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
New on RicanWritings! In “More than meets the I,” José Juan González explores Nora Maité Nieves’s work and how architectural elements shape memory and identity in Puerto Rico and the diaspora.
Click here to read the full article! → https://ow.ly/KarL50Y4vLK
30.01.2026 17:05 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New on RicanWritings! In “Un encuentro en el archipiélago,” Prof. Natasha Sagardía Beltrán reflects on political resistance in an austerity-stricken university through the work of artist Jomary Ortega.
Read the full article here! → https://ow.ly/5qgU50Y5wP1
29.01.2026 18:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join author Alison Rand for a conversation on sentido, a word that holds sense, feeling, awareness and direction. Rand reflects on how culture, identity, and care shape how we understand ourselves and the systems through which we move.
Click here to RSVP! → https://ow.ly/mzIa50Y4XAr
29.01.2026 16:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join us for Cafecito con… Professor José Cruz on February 12 at 6:00 PM, moderated by Elena Martínez, as they discuss “Con la música a otra parte”, a book that blends fiction and reality to explore the stories behind iconic Puerto Rican songs.
Click here to RSVP! → https://ow.ly/WyiS50Y4qTM
28.01.2026 16:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay, January 24, 1874, Arturo Schomburg was born in San Mateo de Cangrejos, Puerto Rico. His dedication to preserving Black history led to the creation of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
25.01.2026 15:02 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Read Adriana Jordán Banuchi's analysis of Isabela Miñana Lovelace’s quilt as a reflection of disaster and colonial power in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico.
Read more here! →https://ow.ly/us7750Y1Xzb
23.01.2026 21:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join us Jan 21 at 11:30 AM for a roundtable on the exhibition “Revelando San Juan Hill” at José M. Lázaro Library, featuring Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, Cristel M. Jusino Díaz, and Magdalena Ramírez Zapata. Don't miss it!
16.01.2026 18:02 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
New on Ricanwritings! 🖋️
In his essay “Be Real…,” Juan José Roque-Giraud explores how Gabriella Torres-Ferrer’s mirror-based works challenge ideas of authenticity, identity, and self-performance in digital culture.
Click here to read the full article! → https://ow.ly/yN6Q50XXgHt
15.01.2026 16:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay in 1839, Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator, writer, and human rights advocate, was born. A champion of liberation, unity, and education, his legacy lives on through Hostos Community College in the Bronx.
11.01.2026 15:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New on RicanWritings: In "El roto como retrato," Melissa M. Ramos Borges analyzes how humor and irreverence challenge traditional Puerto Rican portraiture in Márquez Jorge's portraits.
Read more here! → https://ow.ly/VPmB50XSFXU
09.01.2026 16:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 Deadline extended!
Join CENTRO for “A Sea of Islands: U.S. Territories in Relation,” a symposium on shared histories and struggles in U.S. territories.
Deadline: January 19, 2026
Click here to apply! → https://ow.ly/Elt650XT9RL
08.01.2026 15:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay, December 28, 1969, The Young Lords took over the 1st Spanish United Methodist Church, known as The People's Church, to provide services to the community like a breakfast program, health testing, a daycare with spanish lessons, PR history lessons, and peformances.
28.12.2025 16:02 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay, December 22, 1895, the Puerto Rican flag was adopted by a group of exiled Puerto Ricans and Cubans in NYC at Chimney Hall symbolizing their commitment to Puerto Rican independence and resistance against Spanish rule.
22.12.2025 21:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
CENTRO is excited to announce the 5 authors selected for the Lydia García Author Fund!
Michelle Santiago Cortés
Francisco Félix Canales Dalmau
Dr. Jessica N. Pabón
David Arroyo
Peggy Robles-Alvarado
Each receives $1,000 to support their creative process. Learn more! → https://ow.ly/gNEF50XMvNM
19.12.2025 17:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We interviewed Sonia Manzano, narrator of the Diasporican Educational Program, to discuss the importance of this new curriculum. Our next step is translating the full curriculum into Spanish.
Donate https://ow.ly/Xpor50XMzpr
Learn more https://diasporicaned.org/
19.12.2025 16:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay, Dec 10, 1898, the Treaty of Paris ended the Cuban-Spanish-American War, marking a key moment in Puerto Rico's history. It granted the U.S. control over PR, the Philippines & Guam, while ensuring Cuba's independence from Spain. This treaty shifted PR into a new phase of colonialism.
10.12.2025 19:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay, Dec. 8, 1895, the Puerto Rico Section of the Cuban Revolutionary Party was founded in NYC, uniting Puerto Rico & Cuba in the fight for independence. Guided by Dr. Ramón E. Betances, it introduced 🇵🇷's flag & marked the diaspora's vital role in liberation efforts.
08.12.2025 16:03 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Looking to expand your reading list? Join CENTRO for a virtual Library & Archives Lunch Hour on December 2nd! We're highlighting the newest must reads in Puerto Rican Studies.
Click here to RSVP! → https://ow.ly/Fsy350Xt5xk
18.11.2025 15:04 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Don't miss this incredible panel discussion! Moderated by Jessica Lopez Lyman, we'll hear from muralists Olivia Levins Holden and Colectivo Moriviví about "artivism" where art meets activism!
Click here to RSVP! → https://ow.ly/YPpA50XsXTe
17.11.2025 19:02 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay, November 17, 1955, Photographer Justo A. Martí captured this iconic photo of The Puerto Rico Theater which served as as a family entertainment center and concert venure before the advent of Spanish television.
17.11.2025 18:05 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay, Nov 15, 1911, Salvador Tió y Montes de Oca was born in Mayagüez Puerto Rico. A poet and cultural promoter, he coined the term "Espanglish," exploring how Spanish and English blend in bilingual communities and shaping the study of language and identity.
15.11.2025 16:02 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Without equal representation in Congress or immediate policy changes, Puerto Rican students will continue to face the worst K-12 learning conditions in the nation.
Click here to read the full report → https://ow.ly/wYGb50Xrg6Y
13.11.2025 18:03 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our Diasporican Educational Program offering a new curriculum and a self-guided course to learn the social history of the Puerto Rican Diaspora across borders, language, identity, histories, and more is finally live!
Sign up now to get started → diasporicaned.org
12.11.2025 15:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay, Nov 11, 1970, The Health Revolutionary Movement & the South Bronx Drug Coalition of the Young Lord Party took over the 6th floor of Lincoln Hospital to implement a drug program to better serve over 40,000 community members struggling with addiction.
Learn more https://diasporicaned.org
11.11.2025 16:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#OnThisDay, November 10, 1970, 400 Art Steel Puerto Rican Workers marched through the Bronx alongside MPI and the Young Lords Party shouting "Unidos Venceremos!" as they demanded fair wages and the right to choose their own union.
Learn more https://ow.ly/N9Wp50XozQM
10.11.2025 16:02 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
