book reading | Los Afro-Latinos

Jun 6

An Afternoon with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa [Event]

We are pleased to announce that our event with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa has been rescheduled and will now take place on Saturday, September 28 from 12 – 2 p.m., and will be hosted at the Jersey City Free Public Library.

Los Afro-Latinos and Biblioteca Criolla of the Jersey City Free Public Library present: An Afternoon with Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa.

Join us on a literary journey as we celebrate Dahlma’s debut novel Daughters of the Stone.

Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa is an Afro-Puerto Rican and wrote Daughters of the Stone to share the rich legacy of African cultures in Puerto Rico. Read more about Dahlma and her motivation to write this novel here http://bit.ly/WSqzDs.

This event is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Date: Saturday, September 28, 2013
Time: 12 – 2 p.m.
Location: Jersey CityFree Public Library
Biblioteca Criolla
472 Jersey Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07302

May 29

Save the Date: An Afternoon with Dahlma Llanos Figueroa

Photo courtesy of Llanos-Figueroa

Los Afro-Latinos Presents:
An Afternoon with Dahlma Llanos Figueroa, author of Daughters of the Stone

Date: Saturday, September 28 2013

Time: 12 – 2 p.m.

Location: Jersey CityFree Public Library
Biblioteca Criolla
472 Jersey Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07302

Admission: FREE

Learning from “Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora”

Dr. Marta Moreno Vega has been leading the charge for Afro-Latino recognition and cultural identity for decades. As Founder of New York City’s Caribbean Cultural Center’s African Diaspora Institute, she has a distinguished career as an activist, scholar and filmmaker advocating for Afro-Latino issues.