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Hello Deborah,

Welcome to Teaching Central America in your classroom! I am Jonathan Peraza Campos, the program specialist for the Teaching Central America project, and I am excited to share resources for teaching about Central America throughout the year.

Check out my welcome video below.

In this first quarterly newsletter, we recommend books, lessons, and resources that center the stories, histories, and perspectives of Central American women in the diaspora and in our homelands in Central America.

I invite you to share teaching stories and to sign up for this year’s Teach Central America Week in October.

In solidarity,

Jonathan

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we center and honor Central American women leaders who have contributed to our shared history and social change in the region and beyond.

Epsy Campbell Barr

The first Black woman vice president in Latin America and Costa Rica who served between 2018 to 2022. Read more.

Dora Maria Téllez

A former Sandinista, feminist, and anti-Ortega Nicaraguan activist who was imprisoned and exiled for defying the current regime. Read more.

Prudencia Ayala

Salvadoran writer, social activist for women's rights, and first woman to run for president in El Salvador and Latin America. Read more.

Miriam Miranda

An activist who defends the cultural and territorial rights of the Garífuna and Indigenous peoples. She serves as leader of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (OFRANEH). Read more.

At teachingcentralamerica.org we offer many teaching stories to add to your classroom activities and learning throughout the year. Please tell us how you teach about Central America in your classroom. In appreciation for your time and your thorough answers, we will send you a book of your choice, from the list in the form.

Congratulations to Teaching Central America advisor Dr. Paul Joseph López Oro on his forthcoming manuscript Indigenous Blackness: The Queer Politics of Self-Making Garifuna New York. This is a critical ethnography on how gender and sexuality shape the ways in which trans-generational Garifuna New Yorkers of Central American Caribbean descent negotiate, articulate, and perform at the intersections of their multiple subjectivities as Black, Indigenous, and Central American Caribbean Latinxs. 

Learn more about Dr. Paul Joseph López Oro’s work.

Cintia Marizel Bernárdez García is a proud member of the Garífuna community of Santa Rosa de Aguan, Colón, Honduras. She has won many awards for her work as an educator, teacher trainer, social scientist, and writer. Her literary, anthropological and educational work aims to celebrate and preserve Garífuna cultural heritage, folklore, and history. Her children's books include Walȋha garífuna 1, Walȋha garífuna 2 (Leamos Garífuna 1 y 2), Colorear y aprender animales en lengua Garífuna, Wabahüda lau garífuna (Contemos en Garífuna), and Wagücha.

Bree'ya Brown (she/her/ella) is a Panamanian American Digital Archivist at University of North Texas. As a librarian archivist, Bree'ya focuses on the long-term preservation and accessibility of digitized and born-digital archival materials in a variety of formats. She also teaches Black Latin American courses with a concentration on human agency and the environment. Her research interests and publications center around Central American Studies, Library Science, and Archival Studies.

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