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Faith and Flight: A Trip to the Border
Essay Open Plaza 12/18/24 Essay Open Plaza 12/18/24

Faith and Flight: A Trip to the Border

Miriam Guadalupe Juárez, a doctoral candidate at NYU, presents the first dispatch of “Faith and Flight: Latinx Migration in the Art of Belief,” a Historias project of The Clemente Center

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Words Chosen for the Wall
Poetry Open Plaza 12/4/24 Poetry Open Plaza 12/4/24

Words Chosen for the Wall

Harold Recinos presents seven poems

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THE MURMURING GRIEF OF THE AMERICAS
Poetry Open Plaza 11/6/24 Poetry Open Plaza 11/6/24

THE MURMURING GRIEF OF THE AMERICAS

2016 National Book Award winner Daniel Borzutzky presents six poems

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“Making History Together”
Exhibit Open Plaza 9/18/24 Exhibit Open Plaza 9/18/24

“Making History Together”

An HTI Open Plaza virtual tour of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino

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Toward a North American Indigenized Pastoral Theology
Books Open Plaza 9/4/24 Books Open Plaza 9/4/24

Toward a North American Indigenized Pastoral Theology

Dr. Marlene Mayra Ferreras presents an adaptation of her 2023 HTI Book Prize lecture

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Pueblo de la Fe
blog, español, Carlos De Foucauld, Books Open Plaza 7/9/24 blog, español, Carlos De Foucauld, Books Open Plaza 7/9/24

Pueblo de la Fe

Jesús Rafael Jiménez presenta extractos de su novela sobre mineros con sueños de oro en la frontera de Venezuela y Guayana

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A Pregnant 2024
blog Open Plaza 3/11/24 blog Open Plaza 3/11/24

A Pregnant 2024

Rev. Dr. Doris Garcia-Rivera on the crossing waters of death and life

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Flor de Cocula: Jesús in memoriam
blog, In Memoriam Open Plaza 11/8/23 blog, In Memoriam Open Plaza 11/8/23

Flor de Cocula: Jesús in memoriam

Honoring the Contreras Farm founder who harvested a field of dreams in the Bay Area

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Pinta el mapa de la trayectoria de tu vida
Books, español, blog Open Plaza 9/19/23 Books, español, blog Open Plaza 9/19/23

Pinta el mapa de la trayectoria de tu vida

La Dra. Nely Galán presenta un extracto de su libro inspirador ¡Adelante!

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Becoming Empowered, Self-Reliant, and Rich in Every Way
Books, blog Open Plaza 9/19/23 Books, blog Open Plaza 9/19/23

Becoming Empowered, Self-Reliant, and Rich in Every Way

Dr. Nely Galán presents excerpts from Self-Made

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9/11 at 22
blog, Compilation Open Plaza 9/11/23 blog, Compilation Open Plaza 9/11/23

9/11 at 22

A selection of resources that touch on how issues of religion, Latinidades, and social justice have been impacted by the 2001 September 11 attacks

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Penitential Pilgrimage
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 10/10/22 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 10/10/22

Penitential Pilgrimage

Anthropologists Dr. Valentina Napolitano and Dr. Kristin Norget on Pope Francis, reconciliation, and the state

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The Tip of the Pyramid
Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 9/12/22 Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 9/12/22

The Tip of the Pyramid

El Librotraficante Tony Diaz presents excerpts from his new book on Cultivating Community Cultural Capital

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37 Weeks and 38 Hours
blog Open Plaza 7/4/22 blog Open Plaza 7/4/22

37 Weeks and 38 Hours

Elyssa Salinas-Lazarski on pregnancy, labor, and choice as sacred spaces

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Neruda on the Park
blog, AfroSpiritus, Books Open Plaza 5/23/22 blog, AfroSpiritus, Books Open Plaza 5/23/22

Neruda on the Park

Cleyvis Natera presents excerpts from her debut novel

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Dreams of Reversal
Books, blog Open Plaza 2/7/22 Books, blog Open Plaza 2/7/22

Dreams of Reversal

Miguel Escobar offers a biblical understanding of money and prosperity from the perspective of his migrant farmworker family experience

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On Music, Justice, and Hope
blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 1/24/22 blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 1/24/22

On Music, Justice, and Hope

Dr. Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. serenades Instituto Nacional de Panamá Class of 1966 alumni: his father Carlos Sánchez, musical artists Basilio Fergus and Rubén Blades

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Buddhism and the Real World
blog Open Plaza 1/10/22 blog Open Plaza 1/10/22

Buddhism and the Real World

Dr. Donald S. Lopez, Jr. on what the dharma might offer in the domain of social action

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World Christianity, Urbanization, and Identity
blog, Books, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 7/19/21 blog, Books, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 7/19/21

World Christianity, Urbanization, and Identity

Dr. Raimundo Barreto, Rev. Dr. Moses Biney, and Dr. Kenneth Ngwa introduce the third book in the six-volume series World Christianity and Public Religion

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Symbols of Latinidades in the 2020 Election
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/28/21 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/28/21

Symbols of Latinidades in the 2020 Election

Dr. Michael DeAnda decodes signs of the times

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