We’re celebrating non-normative Latinxs this year. One person a day with a few fun facts of each person! Latinidad is not a monolith and it’s time we stop looking at it like such.

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SEPT. 15th (a day late)

ANTONIA PANTOJA https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇷" title="Flagge von Puerto Rico" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Puerto Rico">

- LESBIAN Feminist
- Founded ASPIRA in 1961 (an org. centered in “empowering the Latin[x] community through education and leadership development of its youth”)
- Civil Rights Leader
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996

SEPT. 16th

VICTORIA SANTA CRUZ https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇵🇪" title="Flagge von Peru" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Peru">

- AFRO-PERUANA
- Activist/Artist/Composer/Choreographer
- “the mother of AfroPeruvian dance and theater”
- Best known for her performance/spoken word, “Me gritaron negra” (1978) where she speaks about her identity as a Black woman in Perú

SEPT. 17th

WIFREDO LAM https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇨🇺" title="Flagge von Kuba" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kuba">

- Artist/Painter
- AFRO-CHINESE CUBAN
- Made contributions to Cubism & Surrealism
- Saw his process as “an act of decolonization”
- Referenced Santería (or Lucumi), Vodoun & Taíno imagery in his works
- His work is currently at The Met for #ArteDelMar