Latinos (Hispanic Americans)

See also Library resources: Hispanic Americans.

Pittsburgh Region

• Arrepia, Brasil! (Brazilian-Pittsburgh Community)
  http://www.arrepiabrasil.org/
  For all of those who are, one way or another, in touch with the Brazilian culture or would like to lean more about Brazil.

• Bésame
  http://www.besamepittsburgh.com/
  Bésame is a quartet that specializes in music from Latin America, with emphasis on the sounds of Colombia.

• Colombia en Pittsburgh
  http://www.colombiaenpittsburgh.org/
  A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization uniting Colombians that live in Pittsburgh.

• Coro Latinoamericano de Pittsburgh
  http://www.elcorolatino.com/
  Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Coro Latinoamericano (Latinamerican Choir) is a singing group of 25 men and women committed to "uniting the Americas" through a closer understanding of Latinamerican music and culture. Members represent various countries of North, Central and South America.

• Global Pittsburgh: Latin American Communities
  Look here for information about the Latino community in Pittsburgh. Included are links to other organizations. As of November of 2004, Argentineans, Brazilians, Colombians, Mexicans, Peruvians, and Venezuelans were represented.

• Hispanic Center
  http://www.pghhispaniccenter.org/
  The Hispanic Center, Inc., a nonprofit corporation located in Pittsburgh, started its work in July 2001, with the mission to assist families who wish to successfully relocate to this region of southwestern Pennsylvania. The Hispanic Center's work is primarily focused on the Hispanic population, although it also helps families of other origins. The Center offers job opportunities, including recruitment, placement, and retention efforts. The Hispanic Center also facilitates the purchase of homes at very reasonable prices and access to training and other educational programs.

• Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  http://pmahcc.org/
  Formerly the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Western Pennsylvania
  The Mission of the PMAHCC is to provide regional business opportunities which allow economic growth, while simultaneously advocating, promoting, and facilitating the success of Hispanic businesses.

• Latin American and Caribbean Heritage Room
  http://www.heritageroom.org/
  The Latin American and Caribbean Heritage Classroom project is a community effort that aims at creating a room that represents the Amerindian, European, and African cultures of the region. Upon completion, the Room will join the other worldwide known 32 Nationality and Heritage Rooms at the Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh.

• Latin American Cultural Union
  http://www.lacunet.org/
  The Latin American Cultural Union (LACU), founded in 1986, is a non profit organization whose primary goal is to cultivate and disseminate the diverse cultural and artistic manifestations of Latin American traditions and life such as dance, music, literature, culinary arts, film, painting, and regional costumes. Includes the Comunidad Latina, links to Latino organizations in the Pittsburgh area.

• Revista Radial Latinoamericana
  http://revistaradial.googlepages.com/
  Latin American Radio Magazine
  The Latin American Radio Magazine started in September 1995 on WRCT as a weekly radio program, in Spanish, for the Hispanic Community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now broadcast over www.wrct.org and www.wpts.pitt.edu?

• Tangueros de Ley
  http://www.tanguerosdeley.com/
  Pittsburgh's only Tango ensemble

Pennsylvania

• Al Día Newspaper
  http://www.aldiainc.com/
  "a Spanish-language weekly newspaper providing news and information to the Hispanic community in the Greater "Filadelfia" area and the Delaware Valley"

• Governor's Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs
  http://www.gacla.state.pa.us/
  As the Commonwealth's advocacy agency for its Latino residents, GACLA helps secure funding and technical assistance for numerous community projects, works closely with local Latino organizations, and helped to establish the Pennsylvania Latino Chamber of Commerce. GACLA facilitated the creation of the Pennsylvania Association of Latino Organizations (PALO), a statewide non-profit organization dedicated to the capacity building and strengthening of local community-based organizations.

• Pennsylvania Association of Latino Organizations
  http://www.paloweb.org/
  The Pennsylvania Association of Latino Organizations, Inc. (PALO) is a not-for-profit membership organization composed of Latino community development organizations located throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

• Pennsylvania Statewide Latino Coalition (PSLC)
  http://www.pslconline.org/
  The Pennsylvania Statewide Latino Coalition (PSLC) is a non-profit, non-partisan alliance of Latino leaders, organizations, community activists, students, and individuals that serves as a statewide institutional catalyst for positive social change and political advancement.

United States

• American Latino
  http://www.americanlatino.net/
  Links to news and resources for Latino politics and culture. Delivers timely news and analysis of political events and culture impacting the Latino community nationwide.

• El Andar Magazine
  http://www.elandar.com/
  Interviews, essays, and reports about Latino life.

• Hispanic Heritage Month (National Register of Historic Places)
  http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/feature/hispanic/
  The National Register of Historic Places, as part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, highlights various publications, properties listed in the National Register, and National Parks reflecting the influence of Hispanic Americans.

• Hispanic Online
  http://www.hispaniconline.com/
  HispanicOnline, a Latino Web pioneer, is owned by Hispanic Publishing Group, which owns HISPANIC Magazine as well as HISPANIC Trends Magazine. The site includes 36 channels of new content, updated daily, and services ranging from stock and weather reports to online chats and discussion boards.

• Musica de la Frontera
  http://digital.library.ucla.edu/frontera/
  The University of California at UCLA is digitizing the Arhoolie Foundation's Strachwitz Frontera Collection of commercially produced Mexican and Mexican-American Recordings (the Frontera Collection). The early-twentieth century section includes approximately twelve thousand 78 rpm recordings of Mexican vernacular music recorded from around 1905 to 1955. You can listen to 50 second snippets online.

• National Council of La Raza
  http://www.nclr.org/
  a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities, for Hispanic Americans.

• Pew Hispanic Center
  http://www.pewhispanic.org/
  The Pew Hispanic Center's mission is to improve understanding of the diverse Hispanic population in the United States and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the nation. The Center strives to inform debate on critical issues through dissemination of its research to policymakers, business leaders, academic institutions and the media. Their reports are available online.