WRITTEN WORKS
A NuevaYorkinos Interview Series on Rooted
Equal parts library and journal, Rooted is a free educational supplement to NuevaYorkinos with the aim of making accessible materials at the intersections of Latino and Caribbean culture, identity, politics, and society. Rooted provides resources sourced from across the internet, and will continue to be updated in order to build an ever-growing syllabus. For researchers, scholars, artists, and academics who would like to share their works on this platform, please contact us here.
Rooted is also home to Café con NuevaYorkinos, a bilingual interview series highlighting New York City-based Latinos and Caribbean creatives across mediums. While NuevaYorkinos documents the past, Café con NuevaYorkinos seeks to celebrate the current drivers of change in our communities.
A Self-published blog, available on Substack
In a 21st century world, retracing our ancestral footsteps may seem somewhat impossible. Once we understand that this knowledge is already in us, written in the code of our Being, listening to the messages of those who came before becomes less intimidating. The ancestors await for their kin to answer the call. In times that center narcissistic individualism, commit to community (family, biological and chosen). In cities that are fast, find opportunities to slow down. In societies that seem so loud, sit at the foot of your elders and ask them to tell you a story.
Ancestral Allchemy is here to remind readers that, if we truly want to heal, we must engage in the work ancestrally and turn back time. To mend the heart, body, and mind is to mend the soul. By sharing my personal experiences, I hope to offer moments of reflection that make you sit in silence just a little longer, a dig a little deeper.
Some themes that will be explored through my writings are:
reciprocity and gratitude
ancestral veneration and traditional knowledge systems
reclaiming the ceremonies of life
the importance of slowing down
tenderness and care
incorporating our ancestral knowledge as Black and Indigenous peoples into our daily lives.
