Latine Heritage Month (Sept/Oct)

Identity, terminology, and self-naming

• Main ideas: Evolution and debate around terms such as Hispanic, Latino/a, Latinx, Latine; country-of-origin vs pan-ethnic labels; race, ethnicity, and census categories.
• Keywords: Hispanic, Latino, Latina, Latinx, Latine, Chicano/a, Nuyorican, pan-ethnic identity, self-identification, census categories, race and ethnicity, naming practices, identity politics.

Migration, diaspora, and transnationalism

• Main ideas: Migration histories, refugee experiences, circular migration, and ties between Latin America, the Caribbean, and U.S. communities.
• Keywords: immigration, diaspora, transnationalism, remittances, borderlands, U.S.–Mexico border, refugee experiences, undocumented migration, return migration, exile.

Colonialism, empire, and independence

• Main ideas: Spanish and Portuguese colonial rule; Indigenous and African resistance; independence movements and their legacies.
• Keywords: Spanish empire, colonialism, decolonization, Latin American independence, Indigenous resistance, African diaspora, conquest, empire, land dispossession.

Community, family, and everyday life

• Main ideas: Family structures, kin networks, neighborhood life, intergenerational dynamics, and community institutions.
• Keywords: family, kinship, intergenerational relations, barrios, neighborhoods, community organizations, churches, mutual aid, everyday life.

Labor, economy, and inequality

• Main ideas: Work, labor movements, economic marginalization, informal economies, and entrepreneurship.
• Keywords: labor history, farmworkers, Bracero Program, labor unions, workplace discrimination, informal economy, small business, economic inequality, remittances.

Politics, social movements, and rights

• Main ideas: Civil rights struggles, labor and student movements, voting rights, immigration reform, and contemporary activism.
• Keywords: civil rights, Chicano movement, student activism, voting rights, immigration policy, DREAMers, labor organizing, protest movements, policy advocacy.

Education, language, and bilingualism

• Main ideas: School access and outcomes, language policy, bilingual education, curriculum representation, and textbook debates.
• Keywords: bilingual education, English learners, Spanish language, heritage speakers, school segregation, curriculum, textbook reform, educational equity, higher education access.

Health, environment, and environmental justice

• Main ideas: Health disparities, access to care, environmental exposures, and Latine environmental justice organizing.
• Keywords: health disparities, environmental justice, occupational health, neighborhood pollution, access to healthcare, mental health, community health, climate vulnerability.

Arts, literature, and cultural expression

• Main ideas: Literature, music, film, visual arts, and performance as sites of memory, resistance, and identity.
• Keywords: Latinx literature, Chicanx poetry, testimonio, film and media, muralism, salsa, reggaetón, corridos, visual art, theater, comics, zines.

Religion, spirituality, and belief

• Main ideas: Catholicism, Protestant and evangelical movements, syncretic and Indigenous spiritual practices, and secularism.
• Keywords: Catholicism, evangelicals, liberation theology, folk Catholicism, Santería, curanderismo, Indigenous spirituality, religious identity, secularism.

Race, Blackness, and Indigeneity in Latine contexts

• Main ideas: Anti-Blackness and racism within Latine communities; Afro-Latine and Indigenous identities and movements.
• Keywords: Afro-Latino/a/x, Blackness, anti-Blackness, Indigeneity, Indigenous Latine, mestizaje, racial hierarchy, colorism, intersectionality.

Gender, sexuality, and queer/Trans Latine experiences

• Main ideas: Gender roles, feminism, queer and trans Latine histories and communities, and intersectional activism.
• Keywords: Latina feminism, machismo, marianismo, LGBTQ+ Latine, queer of color critique, trans Latine, gender nonconforming, intersectionality, family acceptance.