Join us on Nov. 9 to celebrate Hola Cultura’s 12th anniversary!

By hola | Published November 3, 2023

Hola Cultura image collage It’s our anniversary!

This fall, Hola Cultura is turning 12. Over the course of those years, we’ve developed and examined a method for assembling a diverse and enthusiastic team spanning multiple generations and cultures, all dedicated to crafting the stories and podcasts we deliver to you every week.

Work that matters! Stories that wouldn’t necessarily be told if Hola Cultura didn’t exist.

Since Hola Cultura began, we’ve …

published interviews with hundreds of local Latinx artists
created D.C. Latino history projects, interactive maps and guided tours
hosted two sold-out TamalFests
shared English and Spanish-language essays, short stories, poetry, as well as visual art and video
created three podcasts that raise important questions and have gained popularity and critical acclaim
trained hundreds of teenagers, college students and adults, helping equip them with the tools to fuel their own professional and personal journeys.

Our work is more important than ever considering the decline in local news coverage, even right here in D.C. this fall. We know that when local news outlets cut local reporting, that means less cultural and investigative reporting – precisely the storytelling that Hola Cultura excels at and our communities need more of. With your support, we can continue producing work that uplifts local artists and educates and informs the community, while counterbalancing the negative stereotypes that too often dominate the daily news.

As the co-founders of Hola Cultura, we’re writing today to personally ask you to join us in donating now in order to help us continue to craft a narrative that forges equality and a brighter future for all.

Hola Cultura’s Board of Directors have come together to make a pledge of $1,000 toward our goal of raising a total of $5,000 this fall to go directly to providing unique and powerful professional training to needy young people and continuing to publish the stories that uplift and inspire our community and build bridges. Please make your own donation today while each dollar you donate will be doubled.

Your gift matters. Your impact resonates. Together, we thrive.

Sincerely,
Alberto Roblest and Christine MacDonald

Tamales, light refreshments, and fun!

If you haven’t already RSVPed, we’d love to have you join us for our Fall Fundraiser on Thurs., Nov. 9. Follow this link to get your tickets.

Raffles! Win a Book!

Signed first editions of our president Alberto Roblest’s “Against the Wall: Stories” and his latest bilingual book of poetry, “Inquilinos Mudos / Silent Tenants.”

Three award-winning new titles from the country’s most prominent bilingual publisher, Arte Público Press:

“The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz” by Manuel Ramos
“Fortunate Monsters” by Manuel Luis Martinez
“Latina Histories and Cultures” edited by Montse Feu and Yolanda Padilla

Donate and spread the word, our small but empowered team can continue all the great work they do. Get involved and help us increase our impact!

Celebrate Local Artists & Hola Cultura

Join us on Nov. 9 to toast to Hola Cultura’s last twelve years of service to the D.C. community and meet the artists whose work inspires our own.

Talk to artists, dancers, writers and other creatives featured in our podcast “Artistas in the Capital” and meet the Hola Cultura team behind that project and so many more.

MCing the evening are the hosts of two of our podcasts, Norma Sorto, who helms the “Artistas” podcast, and Marcelo Jauregui-Volpe of “The Climate Divide,” our environmental justice podcast that is back for a second season!