Help Us Build Cultural Equity Through Art & Education
We believe art and education are essential tools for empowerment and visibility. Donations allow us to expand programming, support artists and educators, and preserve Afro-Latino cultural narratives for future generations.
An evolving index of Afro-Latinx excellence, past & present.
Our collective exists to document, celebrate, and make visible the lives and legacies of Afro-Latinx people across the Americas and the diaspora. Too often, Afro-Latinx histories are fragmented—claimed by no single nation, erased by colonial narratives, or flattened into footnotes.
This growing index is a living archive of artists, thinkers, organizers, musicians, writers, and cultural workers whose work shapes how we understand Blackness, Latinidad, and everything in between.
It is not definitive, but expansive—an offering that honors both the well-known and the overlooked.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT?
“Being Afro-Latino is distinct and exists along a person’s racial identity, national origin and includes culture, ancestry and physical features… it is much more than just a label and much more than just a race.”
— Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Researcher“Afro-Latinxs had a poverty rate of about 23 % in 2019,a higher than both non-Black Latino and overall U.S. rates.”
— UCLA Latino Policy & Politics InstituteAbout 6 million adults in the United States identify as Afro-Latino, making up roughly 2 % of the U.S. adult population and about 12 % of all Latino adults — highlighting the size and presence of Afro-Latino communities nationwide.
— Pew Research Center