Joaquin Castro tweeted the following:
"Today, I announced $95,000 in funding I got for @CAztlan's K-12 Chicano Arts Curriculum.It was great talking with local artists and community leaders about how this funding will help develop lessons and activities focused on Chicano art, culture, and history."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Joaquin Castro:
"Thank you to @LatinxinPub and #DignidadLiteraria for demanding more Latino representation in publishing and for the recommendations I highlight in this piece.And thank you to the Latino authors, editors and executives who blaze a lonely trail so we can read their stories." on Feb. 20Read on Twitter
"The result a large part of the American narrative is missing. Americans dont learn about many others who share their nation. Thats not only culturally inconvenient but dangerous." on Feb. 20Read on Twitter
"American publishers are failing us.Publishers are at the crossroads of media, entertainment & academia, yet they exclude many voices, including Latinos leading to our erasure from classrooms, film, and TV.Read my @PublishersWkly op-ed on how and why publishing must change: twitter.com/PublishersWkly" on Feb. 20Read on Twitter