La Raíz Magazine
La Raíz Magazine expands culturally-relevant arts engagement opportunities to create, present, publish, and experience poetry and visual art that celebrate shared culture and inspire conversations on important issues. La Raíz offers free, bilingual generative workshops, creative showcases, and an annual, multilingual literary journal to create space for the publication and presentation of creative work by people who identify as women, girls, and members of the global majority (People of Color, BIPOC); with an emphasis on work by people whose heritage is rooted in lands that are now Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, who identify as: Chicana/o, Indigenous, Raza, from their country of origin, Latinx, or Hispanic. La Raíz Magazine sets an example of inclusive, interactive community-building opportunities to promote self-confidence, empathy, and cross-cultural understanding.
Our poetry workshops and Creative Showcase events are interactive, bilingual, and free to the public. Workshop languages have included: Spanish and Vietnamese. Many people write their first poetry in our workshops or present for the first time in our events.
Our publication, La Raíz Magazine, is a literary journal featuring visual art and multilingual poetry by community members, writers, and artists based in San José, California and Santa Clara County, while also welcoming creative work from the greater San Francisco Bay Area, California, and our national and international community. We publish poetry in Spanish, English, and Spanglish and poetry that is partially in additional languages. Each issue is publicly available to read digitally at no cost.
Our poetry workshops and Creative Showcase events are interactive, bilingual, and free to the public. Workshop languages have included: Spanish and Vietnamese. Many people write their first poetry in our workshops or present for the first time in our events.
Our publication, La Raíz Magazine, is a literary journal featuring visual art and multilingual poetry by community members, writers, and artists based in San José, California and Santa Clara County, while also welcoming creative work from the greater San Francisco Bay Area, California, and our national and international community. We publish poetry in Spanish, English, and Spanglish and poetry that is partially in additional languages. Each issue is publicly available to read digitally at no cost.
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La Raíz Press presents:
Earth, Breath, Light: Corazón Emplumado
by Jorge Montaño
Earth, Breath, Light: Corazón Emplumado
by Jorge Montaño
La Raíz Magazine 2024
Contributors: Vianney A. Gavilanes, Sean M. Guerra, Sarah Rachel Adrigado Rodgers, Sarabjit Singh, Rubén Zamora,
Ramón Jiménez, Paulina Carreón, osmani r alcaraz-ochoa, Olivia Muñoz, Matvii Artemiev, Marthe Aponte,
Mark Romero, Marissa May Macaraeg Martinez, Madeline "Nena" Alviso Ramírez, Luz Schweig, Lute Mafoa,
Luis Genaro García, Leo Bond, Lee Gonzalez Heintz, Lady Rise, Kayla Truong, Kate Foster, Karen McPhail-Bell,
Kamilah Valdez, Josué Álvaro Moreno Serrano, Josie Lepe, José Ramírez, Jorge Montaño, John Jairo Valencia, Joel Flores,
Jesse León Pantoja, James Coats, Jake Prendez, Heidi Elizabeth Lepe, Hector Fabian Castañeda (Hector the Alchemist),
Hadi Aghaee, Eric Murphy, Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo, elindiocopyright1985, Edgar 8ahau Fernández, Edwin R. Vásquez,
Dylan Andrade Valencia, Daniela Talo Sum, Claudia Meléndez Salinas, Clarissa Cervantes, Chaz L. Cruz, Cha Gutiérrez,
Cesar Avellaneda Murillo, arnoldo colibrí, Antonio Amore Rojas, Andrea Hernández Holm, Alma R. Orozco
Ramón Jiménez, Paulina Carreón, osmani r alcaraz-ochoa, Olivia Muñoz, Matvii Artemiev, Marthe Aponte,
Mark Romero, Marissa May Macaraeg Martinez, Madeline "Nena" Alviso Ramírez, Luz Schweig, Lute Mafoa,
Luis Genaro García, Leo Bond, Lee Gonzalez Heintz, Lady Rise, Kayla Truong, Kate Foster, Karen McPhail-Bell,
Kamilah Valdez, Josué Álvaro Moreno Serrano, Josie Lepe, José Ramírez, Jorge Montaño, John Jairo Valencia, Joel Flores,
Jesse León Pantoja, James Coats, Jake Prendez, Heidi Elizabeth Lepe, Hector Fabian Castañeda (Hector the Alchemist),
Hadi Aghaee, Eric Murphy, Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo, elindiocopyright1985, Edgar 8ahau Fernández, Edwin R. Vásquez,
Dylan Andrade Valencia, Daniela Talo Sum, Claudia Meléndez Salinas, Clarissa Cervantes, Chaz L. Cruz, Cha Gutiérrez,
Cesar Avellaneda Murillo, arnoldo colibrí, Antonio Amore Rojas, Andrea Hernández Holm, Alma R. Orozco
2024 La Raíz Prizes
La Raíz Art Prize - John Jairo Valencia for Plant Energetics (cover)
La Raíz Art Prize - Sean M. Guerra for Zapatista Rebeldía (inside cover)
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Andrea Hernández Holm for "Butterfly Effect"
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Rubén Zamora for "Needing Masa"
La Raíz Art Prize - John Jairo Valencia for Plant Energetics (cover)
La Raíz Art Prize - Sean M. Guerra for Zapatista Rebeldía (inside cover)
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Andrea Hernández Holm for "Butterfly Effect"
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Rubén Zamora for "Needing Masa"
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Full-color, 42 pages including glossy covers, 11 x 8.5" ISBN 979-8-9909327-1-5
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La Raíz Magazine 2023
Gente Chicana Edition
Gente Chicana Edition
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Full-color, 42 pages including glossy covers, 11 x 8.5" - ISBN 979-8-98539-252-4
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La Raíz Magazine 2022
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Full-color, 44 pages including glossy covers, 11 x 8.5" - ISBN 979-8-98539-251-7
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La Raíz Magazine 2021
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Full-color, 44 pages including glossy covers, 11 x 8.5" - ISBN 979-8-9853925-0-0
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¿How to get La Raíz Magazine?
Borrow at:
San José State University/Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Santa Clara City Library, and SIMS Library of Poetry
Purchase in-person at:
Recycle Bookstore (1066 The Alameda. San Jose, CA 95126)
Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery (3036 24th Street, San Francisco, CA)
Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery (9414 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106)
Borrowing copies available at:
[donated to libraries, schools, programs, universities, colleges, and community centers]
SOMOS Mayfair; SF Horizons; Audacity Arts; Upward Scholars; San José State University (Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center and Chicana & Chicano Studies Department); De Anza College (Office of Equity); San José City College (Library and classroom copy); Los Arboles Literacy & Technology Academy // UC Santa Cruz (Career Center and EOP office); Berkeley City College (Puente Program); CSU Monterey Bay (Library, Support Program, Cultural Center) // Yerba Buena High School; Hester High School; Escuela Popular; Siena Youth Center; Francisco Middle School; Simon Rodia Continuation School; La Serna High School; Valley High School // El Paso Community College, Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery, University of Texas
San José State University/Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Santa Clara City Library, and SIMS Library of Poetry
Purchase in-person at:
Recycle Bookstore (1066 The Alameda. San Jose, CA 95126)
Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery (3036 24th Street, San Francisco, CA)
Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery (9414 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106)
Borrowing copies available at:
[donated to libraries, schools, programs, universities, colleges, and community centers]
SOMOS Mayfair; SF Horizons; Audacity Arts; Upward Scholars; San José State University (Chicanx/Latinx Student Success Center and Chicana & Chicano Studies Department); De Anza College (Office of Equity); San José City College (Library and classroom copy); Los Arboles Literacy & Technology Academy // UC Santa Cruz (Career Center and EOP office); Berkeley City College (Puente Program); CSU Monterey Bay (Library, Support Program, Cultural Center) // Yerba Buena High School; Hester High School; Escuela Popular; Siena Youth Center; Francisco Middle School; Simon Rodia Continuation School; La Serna High School; Valley High School // El Paso Community College, Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery, University of Texas
Supporters
La Raíz Magazine (2024) was made possible, in part, by support from the California Arts Council, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, San José Office of Cultural Affairs, and our fiscal sponsor partnership with the School of Arts and Culture at MHP and Poetry Center San José.
La Raíz Magazine (2023): Gente Chicana Edition and programing was made possible, in part, by support from Dr. Enrique Figueroa's Gente Chicana/SOYmos Chicanos Art Fund, the San José Office of Cultural Affairs, the Artists' Adaptability Circles Program, and our fiscal sponsor partnership with the School of Arts and Culture at MHP.
La Raíz Magazine (2022) and programming was created in part with the support of Silicon Valley Community Fund, California Humanities, Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA), San José Office of Cultural Affairs, and Poetry Center San José (PCSJ), School of Arts and Culture at MHP.
La Raíz Magazine (2021) and programming received the support of: Awesome Foundation San José; the CALI Accelerator Program of the Center for Cultural Innovation; the County of Santa Clara Commission on the Status of Women (SCCSW); the San José Office of Cultural Affairs; and Poetry Center San José, School of Arts and Culture at MHP.
Individual Donors
La Raíz Magazine appreciates donation! Donations help support the publication, programming, and cover the cost of copies donated to community sites. With permission, we will list donors who support with any amount $100 and over.
We are very grateful to our donors:
Vanessa Shieh, Jesus Sotelo Martínez, anonymous
La Raíz Magazine (2024) was made possible, in part, by support from the California Arts Council, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, San José Office of Cultural Affairs, and our fiscal sponsor partnership with the School of Arts and Culture at MHP and Poetry Center San José.
La Raíz Magazine (2023): Gente Chicana Edition and programing was made possible, in part, by support from Dr. Enrique Figueroa's Gente Chicana/SOYmos Chicanos Art Fund, the San José Office of Cultural Affairs, the Artists' Adaptability Circles Program, and our fiscal sponsor partnership with the School of Arts and Culture at MHP.
La Raíz Magazine (2022) and programming was created in part with the support of Silicon Valley Community Fund, California Humanities, Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA), San José Office of Cultural Affairs, and Poetry Center San José (PCSJ), School of Arts and Culture at MHP.
La Raíz Magazine (2021) and programming received the support of: Awesome Foundation San José; the CALI Accelerator Program of the Center for Cultural Innovation; the County of Santa Clara Commission on the Status of Women (SCCSW); the San José Office of Cultural Affairs; and Poetry Center San José, School of Arts and Culture at MHP.
Individual Donors
La Raíz Magazine appreciates donation! Donations help support the publication, programming, and cover the cost of copies donated to community sites. With permission, we will list donors who support with any amount $100 and over.
We are very grateful to our donors:
Vanessa Shieh, Jesus Sotelo Martínez, anonymous
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Español: Baje el formulario, complételo y mándelo: bit.ly/laraizfund
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Funded by La Raíz Editor & Project Director: Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo (www.ejmontelongo.com), with the support of La Raíz Magazine, and community donors.
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