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Looking forward to returning to the Latino Book & Family Festival in North County San Diego this Saturday.

I had the opportunity to be part of this event last year, and it’s a special one — a day centered on family, culture, and the

February 17 marks the one-year anniversary of the Dodge City City Council’s Las Madres Day Proclamation.

The Proclamation honors the Mexican women of the Village. The mothers and grandmothers who raised their families with strength, faith, and

This Holiday Season I’m reminded how the simplest moments during the Holiday Season often are the most meaningful — a shared meal, a familiar laugh, a quiet conversation.

It’s in those ordinary moments that people are drawn togethe

In Las Madres, a favorite moment unfolds at Christmas — a quiet gathering that bridges family, distance, and time.

“In November 1920, Candelaria sent word to Manuel in El Paso that Rafaela and Irene had survived and were healthy. Manuel

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“There’s one place that all of the people with the greatest potential are gathered, one place, and that’s the graveyard. People ask me all the time, ‘What kind of stories do you want to tell Viola?’ And I say, ‘Exhume those stories, the stories of the people who dreamed big and never saw those dreams to fruition, people who fell in love and lost.’”

— Viola Davis

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