“One light feeds another. One strong family lends strength to more. One engaged community can ignite those around it. This is the power of the light we carry.” – Michelle Obama, The Light we Carry The last couple of years have uprooted us all.
The racist, abhorrent, and repulsive remarks made by Latino political leaders in Los Angeles cut deep. It painfully exposes the deep-seated anti-Blackness and anti-Indigenous poison that exists and how it creeps its way into policies that perpetuate racism in our cities. The Latino Community Foundation
By: Jacqueline Garcel Martinez, CEO Grief-stricken, I got up from my knees last Saturday morning and drove down to Uvalde, Texas. I didn’t know where else to go. The sorrow was so intense, I feared it would paralyze me. I had spent the last three
By Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, CEO There are not many words left to share at this moment. Just a determination to rise from this place of grief and heartbreak (again) to building the world we need and desire for our children, parents, and grandparents. The mass
We couldn’t stand by and do nothing. As the pandemic began its deadly path, our team refused to stand idly by while our most vulnerable Latino communities were left to fend against the rising personal and economic destruction with little or no support. We had
Ten days ago, we sent a message with unfiltered words and raging emotions. Since then the intense heartache, profound pain, and raging anger has not subsided. But it’s been met with a rising sound of hope–again. Not loud enough…but rising. These past 15 days, we’ve
We will not rest so long as our black and brown brothers and sisters cannot breathe. Racism. Injustice. These are the diseases that are killing our communities of color. It hurts. And it’s exhausting. But we will not let up on our pursuit for justice.
Queridos Latinos, Things are really tough right now. But so are you. Together, we’ll get through this. We see you because we are you. Farmworkers. Community advocates. Street vendors. Nurses. Cooks. Musicians. Teachers. Business Owners. Childcare workers. Healers. Familia. Thank you for your tireless work and
A Path towards a New Normal By Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, Latino Community Foundation CEO “Justice—love made visible—is the great force limiting the harm this pandemic will visit upon us.” Dr. Mindy Fullilove Perhaps because I came of age in a city ravaged by a