This episode focuses on celebrating and honoring Hispanic/LatinX voices in the community. Hispanic/LatinX Heritage month is from Sept 15 - Oct 15. It originated as a week long celebration that changed to a month about 20 years later. It starts Sept 15 which is independence day for 5 latin American countries. The 16th is Mexico’s Independence Day, Chile on the 18th and Belize on the 21st. We have three Hispanic/LatinX panelists today joining us to share about their background and ways we can celebrate, honor, and learn not just during this month long celebration, yet all year.

Panelists:

• Host: Dr. Jennifer Wheat Townsend, Noblesville Diversity Coalition Learning Officer and Noblesville Schools, Director of Learning
• Wendy Nelson, Noblesville Schools, Bilingual Family Liaison
• Tania Stultz, Noblesville Schools, EL Collaborative Teacher
• Alyssa Peters, Indianapolis Public Schools, ESL Teacher

Resource List

Hispanic/LatinX Heritage Month Padlet

Westside Indianapolis Restaurants

Hispanic/LatinX Books/Resource List

Books Mentioned in Podcast

• Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving
• The Person You Mean To Be: How Good People Fight Bias by Dolly Chugh
• The Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo Neruda
• Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
• The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan

Other Mentions in Podcast

• Music by Celia Cruz
• Disney/PIXAR Movie: Coco