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The National Dominican Day Parade Returns to Sixth Avenue for 2022

August 3, 2022

This year the National Dominican Day Parade returns to where it belongs. On Sixth Avenue in New York City. Like most things in the world, it went virtual for the past two years due to the pandemic. In 2022 it returns to a live format and will be...

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Latino Leadership Institute Announces “LEAP” a First-of-Its-Kind Latino & BIPOC Business Accelerator

‘LLERO Editors

July 21, 2022

The Latino Leadership Institute (LLI) announced its first cohort of business owners and paid advisory board members for its Latino Entrepreneur Access Program (LEAP). LEAP is the first Latino-led business accelerator based out of Colorado to focus on Lati...

The Puerto Rican Day Parade Announces It’s Padrino, Madrina & Parade King for 2022

‘LLERO Editors

June 9, 2022

The National Puerto Rican Day Parade returns to 5th Avenue this Sunday, June 12th. With it comes an amazing group of honorees, tributes and festivities. Check out this year’s deserving recipients and participants. Padrino & Madrin...

UnidosUS Issues Statement on Uvalde School Shooting

‘LLERO Editors

June 1, 2022

The United States has experienced more than 200 mass shootings so far in 2022. The latest, the mass shooting at Robb Elementary, in Uvalde, Texas is the 27th school shooting of the year. Uvalde is a region steeped in Latino heritage and Mexican Americ...

Why Is It So Difficult to Make Hate Crimes Stick?

‘LLERO Editors

May 24, 2022

In 2018 it was a synagogue in Pittsburgh targeting Jewish people. In 2019 a Walmart in El Paso targeting Latinos and now in 2022 a supermarket in Buffalo targeting African Americans and a grammar school in Uvalde, Texas, whose motives remain unkn...

The National Puerto Rican Day Parade Returns for 2022

‘LLERO Editors

May 15, 2022

The National Puerto Rican Day Parade is back! After a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Board of Directors announced details for its big return to New York City’s Fifth Avenue. Where & When The 65th Annual...

In “We Still Here” Filmmaker Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi Focuses on Puerto Rico Post Hurricane Maria

‘LLERO Editors

November 10, 2021

Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi is at it again! He’s explored the underground music scene of Cuba with Bakoso: Afrobeats of Cuba and now turns his lens on post Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico with his latest We Still Here / Nos Tenemos. This documentary is an uplift...

La Reunión – A Pop-Up Market That Celebrates & Gives Back to Local Latino Communities

‘LLERO Editors

August 10, 2021

This summer Buchanan’s Blended Scotch Whisky is reuniting friends, families, and communities with La Reunión, a pop-up market experience that celebrates local Latino culture while giving back to the neighborhoods that need it most. The multi-city eve...

Fat Joe, The Dad Gang & CIROC Collab for the March of Dads

‘LLERO Editors

June 22, 2021

This Father’s Day, Grammy-winning hip-hop legend, Fat Joe participated in a different type of collabo. The hip hop icon joined CÎROC VS Fine French Brandy and non-profit The Dad Gang to celebrate the Very Special Da...

The Men of 2020

‘LLERO Editors

April 7, 2021

2020 was a year like no other in modern history. The global pandemic put the world in lockdown, systemic racism was laid bare for the world to see, the economic divide deepened and long held democratic norms were tested like never before. As we experi...

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