Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Inspiring Content from SXSW EDU 2024

From September 15 to October 15 we observe Hispanic Heritage Month, a month dedicated to recognizing the rich cultural and historical contributions and lasting impact of Hispanic and Latine communities.

We invite you to explore a curated selection of SXSW EDU 2024 sessions featuring Latine voices dedicated to creating an impact in education, highlighting the disparities faced by Latine students, and providing solutions to drive positive change.

Listen to these audio recordings of their sessions from SXSW EDU 2024:

Building Language-Inclusive & Accessible CS Classrooms
Sofia De Jesus

Conversando: Building an Ecosystem for Latina Prosperity
Gabriela Kane Guardia, Jaime Puente, Johanna Moya Fábregas, Stephanie Garcia

Inclusive STEM Content: How to Make Science for Everybody
Adam Dylewski, Gabrielle Ewing, Knatokie Ford, Stephanie Castillo

Latino Voters, Education, & the 2024 Election
Amanda Fernandez, Daniela Fernandez, Leticia de la Vara, Mitzi Ordoñez

The Nature Gap: Why ‘Outdoors for All’ Matters
Christine Norton, David Buggs, Josie Gutierrez, Thurman Hogan III

Recognizing Collective Trauma & What It Has Unearthed
Jessica Gomez

Sí Sabo: Children with Bilingualism in Their Bones Speak
Giuliana Orduña, Nuriah Manning, Vanessa Santiago Schwarz, Veronica Benavides

Teaching Patriotism & Pluralism Through US Civics History
David Bobb, Desmond Blackburn, Lorén Cox

Uplifting Latino Families Through Two Generational Education
Teresa Granillo

Watch this film from the SXSW EDU 2024 Film Program:

Como Vivimos (How We Live)
Director: Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz

Each year, hundreds of Latinx children across California are made to vacate their homes and miss months of school. That’s because they live with their families in one of the state’s farmworker housing centers, subsidized apartment complexes which close at the end of the harvest season and require families to relocate at least 50 miles away. Como Vivimos spends a year in one such community to reveal how the cycles of displacement, lost learning, and unaffordable housing impede economic opportunity.

Watch online at no cost.

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