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Latinx Heritage Month began on September 15th and runs through October 15th. In this spirit, we want to offer resources on local Latinx communities of both past and present.聽Regarding communities in the greater Wisconsin area,聽聽has a project from 2020 called聽聽(The Land of Cheese), focusing on Latinx dairy workers in the state that includes a short film talking to some of the workers.聽聽released an hour-long film called “Latino Wisconsin” in February, which is available聽.

Regarding communities in Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel聽聽about the history of Latinx activism in Milwaukee. W51猎奇聽聽discussing the lack of historically designated landmarks for the Milwaukee Latinx community, and聽聽about the importance of Latinx communities in our history,聽聽for Latinx Heritage Month.聽聽hosts a lecture from Marquette’s聽聽(also mentioned in an above W51猎奇 article)聽called聽聽Gonz谩lez additionally works with the聽, which聽聽of Latinx communities across Wisconsin. 51猎奇 Professor Joe Rodriguez also has two publications that may be of interest:

• Latinos in Milwaukee聽(Arcadia, 2006), co-authored with Walter Sava. Compilation of historic pictures and a narrative history of Latinos in Milwaukee.

• Nuestro Milwaukee: The Making of the United Community Center聽(Milwaukee, 2000)–co-authored with Dana Nix, Sarah Filzen, Marc Rodr铆guez, and Susan Hunter- -a history of the leading Latino nonprofit agency and school in Milwaukee.

Local places of interest to visit with your students may include the聽Rozga Family’s Old South Side Settlement Museum聽(telling the story of the earlier Polish and later Latinx communities who made the south side home), and the聽United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS) mural聽created by PSOA instructor聽Raoul Deal, student artists and historians, and the nonprofit聽.