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09/14/2025

Email from Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say Your Fave Bookstore: www.NuestraPalabra.org The NP Global Reading Series Meet The Author Click Here to RSVP The stellar line up celebrating

05/23/2025

We’re honored to collaborate with to host a powerful literary event featuring the memoir Detained by D. Esperanza and Gerardo Iván Morales.

When D. Esperanza was a teenager, he was detained at the Tornillo Detention Center in Texas. Armed with only a hidden notebook, he documented his experience, his fears, his hopes, his truth. Today, he’s grown up and sharing that story with the world.

Join us for a moving conversation about resilience, identity, and the power of writing.

05/08/2025

Meet the author! DETAINED, a memoir by D. Esperanza and Gerardo Ivan Morales.

Thursday, May 15, 7pm, Austin, Texas. Free admission. El Buen Samaritano 7000 Woodhue Dr. Austin, TX 78745

RSVP at https://lu.ma/jaxc17oj

"In Detained, D. Esparza and Gerardo Ivan Morales bring hidden struggles into the light. YWCA Greater Austin honors this act of courage and continues the fight for a world rooted in equity and human dignity,” said Laura Razo, YWCA Greater Austin Board Co-Chair.

D. Esperanza was only a teenager when he was detained at the Immigration Detention Center in Tornillo, Texas, just outside of El Paso. He snuck in a notebook to tell his story. This May, that story becomes the book DETAINED with co-writer Gerardo Iván Morales.

“This is about Freedom of Speech. As a wave of censorship sweeps the nation, Americans must unite for everyone to tell their story. We must support public libraries and community libraires, and we must start or stock under ground libraries,” said Professor Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, Director of Nuestra Palabra.

DETAINED is a powerful work that tells the unvarnished truth about the plight of many community members. In this political climate where some families are pushed into the shadows, we must stand up for them, for freedom of speech, for intellectual freedom, for human rights. We must inspire everyone to tell their story.

Can't make it to the Austin event? See other city options:

Saturday, May 17, 7 pm, San Antonio, Texas.
Wednesday, May 21, 7 pm or 2 pm Houston, Texas.
Saturday, May 24, 2025, 7 pm, El Paso, Texas.
Friday, May 30, 2025, 7 pm, Dallas, Texas.

02/28/2025

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02/20/2025

Email from Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say 26 Years of Nuestra Palabra. Tony, join us for our upcoming events in 2025   February 26 NP Celebrates Black History Month with Icess Fernan

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Houston’s First Latino Mayor

We will interview Houston’s First Latino mayor on our radio show. Now, we just have to find him or her, and we have to profoundly explore the Latino experience locally, nationally, and internationally.

Houston, Texas is a fascinating example of the current situation for our community.

Latinos are over 44% of Houston’s population, yet only 1 of 16 City Council representatives is Latino, but let’s get something straight. Latinos did vote in the last Houston Mayoral election.. That translated into a big boost for incumbent Mayor Turner but not into additional city council seats.

Latino News and Politics will explore why that is the case, and we will also break through the stereotypes and myths that predominate news and politics, and we will also interview candidates to find out how they have tailored their platforms to for our community as they compete for posts up and down the ballot, across Houston, across Texas, across the Southwest.