“Latino Quote Of The Day”™ – Sydney Alicia Rodriguez

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“I owe my existence to African American-Latinx solidarity. I’ve spent my whole life navigating those communities and making sure the voices from one are heard and understood from the other.”  –  Sydney Alicia Rodriguez, Puerto Rican & African- American, University of Pennsylvania.

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“Latino Quote Of The Day”™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez.

Bobby González is a nationally known multicultural motivational speaker, storyteller and poet. Born and raised in  the South Bronx, New York City, he grew up in a bicultural environment. Bobby draws on his Native American (Taino) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer a unique repertoire of discourses, readings and performances that celebrates his indigenous heritage.               

 For more info on Bobby, visit http://www.bobbygonzalez.com/

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Sergio Troncoso

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 “Rich people don’t have to have a life-and-death relationship with the truth and its questions; they can ignore the truth and still thrive materially.”
 
                   –   Sergio Troncoso, Mexican-American author.

Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez.

Bobby González is a nationally known multicultural motivational speaker, storyteller and poet. Born and raised in  the South Bronx, New York City, he grew up in a bicultural environment. Bobby draws on his Native American (Taino) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer a unique repertoire of discourses, readings and performances that celebrates his indigenous heritage.

For more info on Bobby, visit http://www.bobbygonzalez.com/

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Reyna Grande

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” Once I discovered Latino Literature when I was in college, the books I read helped me to define myself. I was Mexican and American. I could celebrate my Mexican culture while at the same time also feel at ease in the American culture. They helped me not to feel torn between the two.”  –  Reyna Grande, Mexican-American author/educator.

Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez.

Bobby González is a nationally known multicultural motivational speaker, storyteller and poet. Born and raised in  the South Bronx, New York City, he grew up in a bicultural environment. Bobby draws on his Native American (Taino) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer a unique repertoire of discourses, readings and performances that celebrates his indigenous heritage.

For more info on Bobby, visit http://www.bobbygonzalez.com/

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Latino Quote of the Day – Victor Espinoza

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“I feel like the luckiest Mexican on Earth.”    –   Victor Espinoza,  Mexican jockey, winner of Triple Crown in 2015 on American Pharoah. 

Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez.

Bobby González is a nationally known multicultural motivational speaker, storyteller and poet. Born and raised in  the South Bronx, New York City, he grew up in a bicultural environment. Bobby draws on his Native American (Taino) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer a unique repertoire of discourses, readings and performances that celebrates his indigenous heritage.

For more info on Bobby, visit http://www.bobbygonzalez.com/

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Latino Quote of the Day – Rudy Ruiz

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“I had family and deep roots on both sides of the border and my deepest instinct was always to search for ways to build bridges between our two cultures, languages and countries.”   –    Rudy Ruiz, Mexican-American author, advocate, social entrepreneur. 

Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez.

Bobby González is a nationally known multicultural motivational speaker, storyteller and poet. Born and raised in  the South Bronx, New York City, he grew up in a bicultural environment. Bobby draws on his Native American (Taino) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer a unique repertoire of discourses, readings and performances that celebrates his indigenous heritage.

For more info on Bobby, visit http://www.bobbygonzalez.com/

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Luis Alberto Urrea

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“Illegal Alien, adj./n.      A term by which An invading colonial force    Vilifies Indigenous cultures        By identifying them as  An invading colonial force.”

–   Luis Alberto Urrea,  Mexican-American poet, novelist & essayist.

 

Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez.

Bobby González is a nationally known multicultural motivational speaker, storyteller and poet. Born and raised in  the South Bronx, New York City, he grew up in a bicultural environment. Bobby draws on his Native American (Taino) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer a unique repertoire of discourses, readings and performances that celebrates his indigenous heritage.  

For more info on Bobby, visit http://www.bobbygonzalez.com/

 

 

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ by Dr. Antonia Pantoja

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“Somehow I learned that I belonged with my people and that I had a responsibility to contribute to them. I will participate in changing the situations of injustice and inequality that I encounter because they deny people their rights and destroy their potential.”

– Dr. Antonia Pantoja, (Puerto Rican), 1922-2002, educator, feminist, civil rights leader and founder of ASPIRA, the Puerto Rican Forum, and Boricua College.

 

Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez.

Bobby González is a nationally known multicultural motivational speaker, storyteller and poet. Born and raised in  the South Bronx, New York City, he grew up in a bicultural environment. Bobby draws on his Native American (Taino) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer a unique repertoire of discourses, readings and performances that celebrates his indigenous heritage.

For more info on Bobby, visit http://www.bobbygonzalez.com/

Email BronxTaino@aol.com for booking information.

 

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Bianca Jagger

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“There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. … We need to defend our principles and values, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of international law. If we don’t. our world will further descend into a state of chaos.”         – Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan human rights activist.

Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez.

Bobby González is a nationally known multicultural motivational speaker, storyteller and poet. Born and raised in  the South Bronx, New York City, he grew up in a bicultural environment. Bobby draws on his Native American (Taino) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer a unique repertoire of discourses, readings and performances that celebrates his indigenous heritage.

For more info on Bobby, visit http://www.bobbygonzalez.com/

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Latino Quote of the Day – Homero Manzi

 

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“I know that my name will resound in the ears of my ears of my loved ones as perfectly as a   picture.   And I also know that sometimes it will cease to be a name and will just be a pair   of meaningless words.”    –  Homero Manzi (1907-1951), Argentine lyricist.

 

Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez.

 

Bobby González is a nationally known multicultural motivational speaker, storyteller and poet. Born and raised in  the South Bronx, New York City, he grew up in a bicultural environment. Bobby draws on his Native American (Taino) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer a unique repertoire of discourses, readings and performances that celebrates his indigenous heritage.

For more info on Bobby, visit http://www.bobbygonzalez.com/

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Doris Salcedo

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War forces us to generate some ethical codes in which we exclude a whole part of the population; once they do not fit into in our ethical code, then we can attack them and destroy them because they are not “human.”   –   Doris Salcedo, Colombian sculptor.

 

Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated by Bobby Gonzalez

Bobby González is a nationally known multicultural motivational speaker, storyteller and poet. Born and raised in  the South Bronx, New York City, he grew up in a bicultural environment. Bobby draws on his Native American (Taino) and Latino (Puerto Rican) roots to offer a unique repertoire of discourses, readings and performances that celebrates his indigenous heritage.

For more info on Bobby visit http://www.BobbyGonzalez.com/

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