Dr. Rojo Robles

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Writer, Filmmaker, Father and Professor of Black and Latinx Studies | www.rojorobles.com
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: BLS' Afro Latinidades Speakers Series Presents: A Conversation with Author Dr. Amina Gautier. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Professor Rojo Robles and students of the course LTS/BLS 3085 Afro Latinidades will host a conversation with Afro-Puerto Rican-Latina writer Dr. Amina Gautier on her craft and views about Afro-Latinx identities in the US. Dr. Gautier is the author of three short story collections, many individual stories, and works of literary criticism. www.aminagautier.wordpress.com

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Today at 4:10pm join us for a virtual #StudentCentered #Interview with #AfroLatina author #AminaGautier.

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Well this one is certainly warming things up here in rainy Brighton. Absolutely delicious Afro-Latin rhythms from Chocolate y sus Sexteto. Chocolate Armenteros tearing it up on Trumpet and Flugelhorn!
#AfrolatinMusic #cubano #salsa #guajira #VinylRecords @vinylrecords

https://youtu.be/7Fry1JV9g68

ROMPIENDO HIELO - CHOCOLATE - 1984

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Latinx Visions happening March 2023! The first conference dedicated to Latinx SF. Join us! latinxarchive.com/home
My students produced this book with stories of Afro-Latinx, Black-Latinx and Afro-Latin Americans to document the stories of success, struggle, and resilience of a community usually invisible in English and Spanish-language media. #AFLX #afrolatinx #blacklatinx #afrodescendientes
http://elnuevosol.net/afrolatinx/
RADIO NEPANTLA: AFRO-LATINX STORIES | HISTORIAS AFROLATINAS ‹ El Nuevo Sol

With so many new joining, I decided to send a fresh #introduction. I am an #AfroLatino Associate #Professor at #California State University, East Bay, one of the most diverse universities in the US. I study #stress and disease with a focus on health #disparities, #obesity and #weight loss. I’m also a Clinical #Health #Psychologist with a passion for Health #Tech. I’m happy to be here. | #Psychology #stress #health #weight #disparities
Hola my name is Rojo Robles and I’m a #writer #filmmaker and #professor of #Black and #Latinx Studies from #PuertoRico 🇵🇷but based in #NYC #Brooklyn. I write about #AfroLatinx and #boricua arts and cultures and reflections on #pedagogy. Looking for #community in this new site.
Rather than a champion of the American dream, Lorraine Hansberry was a critic who challenged American exceptionalism. @pollackpelzner on the playwright's oft-misunderstood activism: http://on.theatln.tc/s0Ci8gZ

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1594823489105448961
The Radical Relevance of Lorraine Hansberry

The subversive intent of the playwright’s art and activism has long been underestimated.

The Atlantic
#Introduction Hi everyone! My name is Ayendy (he/him/his). I write and teach about #AmericanLiterature and culture, #Latinxstudies, and #printculture from the #nineteenthcentury to the present. I’m also poet and memoirist with aspirations of novel writing. I hope that this space can help us sustain and expand our networks and friendships. #LitStudies