Save the Date: A Decade of PROMESA — Accountability, Good Governance, and Puerto Rico's Future December 4, 2026 Mark your calendars. More details coming soon!

CENTRO at Hunter College is hiring a part-time Press Coordinator to lead media strategies in NYC and Puerto Rico. - 10-13 hours/week - $47.42 - $59.00/hour - Hybrid (NY Metro area residence required) Apply here: https://ow.ly/YWtM50ZqOfq

¡Nuevo en RicanWritings! 🖋️ Diana Aramburu entrevista a Bárbara Abadía-Rexach sobre "AFROfeminista Raza y mujer en Puerto Rico", que explora negritud, género y afrosanación. Lee la entrevista completa → https://ow.ly/86mA50Zm72e

#OnThisDay July 2, 1951, Sylvia Rivera was born in New York, NY. A pioneering Latina-American drag queen & activist, Rivera co-founded the Gay Liberation Front & STAR. Her advocacy for trans, gay, & gender-fluid rights shaped the LGBTQ+ movement.

#OnThisDay in 2016, PROMESA was signed into law, creating the Financial Oversight & Management Board to address Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis. Save the date: A Decade of PROMESA: Accountability, Good Governance, & Puerto Rico’s Future | Dec 4, 2026. Sing up to be notified https://ow.ly/FjIC50ZiQRb

He was one of the first Puerto Rican playwrights to write love openly on the page. He built a stage for Boricua and Latino life in New York when no one else would. 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 🔗 https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/publications/ser-islas-being-islands/ #PuertoRico #CENTRO #PrideMonth

53 years of Puerto Rican Studies, on Fifth Avenue, with Agua, Sol, Y Sereno's comparsa, and a million people in the streets showing up for one thing: Pride. 🇵🇷 🔗 centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/subscribe #PuertoRicanDayParade2026 #DesfileNacional #CentroPR #ElBarrio #Diasporicans

#OnThisDay June 23, 1991, San Juan held its first-ever Gay Pride Parade, led by trans activist & Stonewall veteran Christina Hayworth. Today, Puerto Rico hosts one of the Caribbean’s largest Pride parades.

Justo Martí photographed Bodegas for decades. CENTRO preserved it. Now we turned it into a collection, and we're giving all of it away. 🇵🇷 To enter, follow @centropr on Instagram, tag 3 friends in the comments and share the post on your stories. The winner will be announced on JULY 1st 🏆 #Diaspora

1973: Knicks win it all. Same year: CENTRO is founded uptown by Hunter College students and activists. 53 years later, the Knicks are champions again, with Diasporican José Alvarado waving the PR flag on the award stage.🏆 🔗 centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/subscribe #CENTRO #NBAWorldChampions #Diasporican

New in RicanWritings! 🖋️ Yarinet Romero-Maysonet explores how Ciencia Pa’ Todes reclaims truth through culturally-rooted science communication. Full article → https://ow.ly/RYiv50ZeiTR

Puerto Rico. Guam. The Virgin Islands. American Samoa. The Northern Mariana Islands. Last week, we were all in the same room. 🌊 🇵🇷 The recap for US Territories in Relation: A Sea of Islands is here. 🔗 centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/subscribe #USTerritoriesInRelation #CENTRO

#OnThisDay, June 13, 1966, SCOTUS ruled in “Katzenbach v. Morgan” to uphold protections of the Voting Rights Act for Puerto Ricans in NYC facing English-only literacy tests. The 7-2 decision affirmed Congress’s power to expand civil rights under the 14th Amendment.

New on RicanWritings! 🖋️ Author José A. Laguarta Ramírez discusses the resurgence of the UPR student movement between 1990 and 2005. The article tracks how anti-militarism and the Vieques struggle led to the 2005 tuition strike. Click here to read the full article! → https://ow.ly/bIIb50Z8V2f

CENTRO at Hunter College is now accepting applications for the 2026–2027 Research Associate Program. The upcoming research theme, "Black Cuerpas: Race, Body Politics & Culture," invites scholars to examine how race, sex, gender and body politics. Apply now! → https://ow.ly/ZFUW50Zavwj

#OnThisDay in 1948, Puerto Rico’s Gag Law (La Ley de la Mordaza) was signed—criminalizing flags, songs, & speech in favor of independence. Owning a Puerto Rican flag became illegal. The Gag Law remained in effect for nine years until it was repealed in 1957 on the basis that it was unconstitutional.

Tomorrow starts "A Sea of Islands: U.S. Territories in Relation" symposium! Join scholars, artists & activists from U.S. territories exploring sovereignty, justice & freedom. RSVP free --> https://ow.ly/OqPs50YZbSF

Nuevo artículo en RicanWritings! ✒️ En este ensayo, Emili P. Rosado Rodríguez reflexiona sobre lo que aprendió acompañando a su madre, Milly, durante su diagnóstico y tratamiento de cáncer de seno avanzado. Rosado habla sobre negligencia médica y disparidades raciales. https://ow.ly/UK4v50Z8fa2

"A Sea of Islands," a free 2-day symposium at CENTRO, connects voices from PR, Guam, USVI, American Samoa & more on sovereignty & collective freedom. 🌊 📅 June 10–11, 2026 | NYC 🔗 https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/event/a-sea-of-islands-u-s-territories-in-relation/ #ASeaOfIslands #Decolonize #CENTRO

Call for Papers 📣 CENTRO Journal invites scholarly and creative contributions for a special issue exploring the cultural, political, and spiritual connections between Puerto Rico and the greater Black Caribbean. Learn more → https://ow.ly/NMiB50Z5iOX

Reminder! Call for Submissions: “Aquí y allá: Puerto Rican Education across the Archipelago & the Diaspora” This issue seeks scholarship & creative work that examines Puerto Rican educational experiences across the archipelago & the diaspora. Click here to learn more → https://ow.ly/WX5m50YyHJb

#OnThisDay, May 24, 1987, marked the first Loisaida Festival, an event that has since become a cornerstone of our community. For over 3 decades, the festival has honored the history of the neighborhood, offering a platform to celebrate arts, culture, cuisine & other cultural expressions.

NUEVAYOOOOL, La Bodega is here! Justo A. Martí documented these storefronts for decades, and now, that archive is off the shelf to celebrate a cornerstone of NYC culture! Learn more by signing up for our newsletter. 🇵🇷 🔗 https://centropr-store.com/ 🔗 https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/subscribe/

New #OnThisDay entries are now live on the Nueva York Chronicles map, created by @theclemente! CENTRO has added new entries to the platform, contributing to Historias’ growing digital map of Latinx presence across New York City. Read the latest additions → https://ow.ly/ezkJ50Z1NNA

New on RicanWritings 🖋️ Lola Rosario interviews Antonio Martorell about the exhibition, Gaza, Gasa, Gauze, which opened at the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña in February. 🖼️ Árbol de gasa VII, Antonio Martorell Read the full article → https://ow.ly/In0v50Z1bem

Join us June 10-11 for a symposium with scholars, artists, and activists from U.S. territories as they interrogate these structures and imagine a future where topics of sovereignty, justice, and freedom are no longer questions but guaranteed realities. RSVP for free --> https://ow.ly/OqPs50YZbSF

New in Rican Writings! 🖋️ Author Keishla Rivera-López analyzes Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show as an act of political and cultural reclamation. Click here to read the full article! → https://ow.ly/eU0q50YWgO3

#OnThisDay, May 11, 1930, Pedro Albizu Campos was elected president of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party (PNPR). Under his leadership, the party fought for Puerto Rico’s independence, advocating for national sovereignty and cultural preservation while challenging U.S. control.

DEADLINE EXTENDED! CENTRO invites art critics, curators, scholars, and students to submit original essays on contemporary diasporic Puerto Rican visual artists for the Diasporican Art in Motion initiative. Honorarium: $300 Apply by May 17, 2026 → https://ow.ly/F61250Ym4sj 📸 Argenis Apolinario

Bodegas are not just corner stores. They grew out of Puerto Rican and Latin American migration, neighborhood survival, and everyday resistance. Explore this history with CENTRO’s Library & Archives. 🔗https://centroca.hunter.cuny.edu/Detail/collections/642 🔗https://centropr-store.com/