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 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. Creative Showcases are hosted bilingually and presenters are welcome to read poetry in the language of their choice. 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 available to view digitally free of charge to the public.
Our poetry workshops and Creative Showcase events are interactive, bilingual, and free to the public. Workshop languages have included: Spanish and Vietnamese. Creative Showcases are hosted bilingually and presenters are welcome to read poetry in the language of their choice. 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 available to view digitally free of charge to the public.
New Poetry Collection:
Earth, Breath, Light: Corazón Emplumado
by Jorge Montaño
Earth, Breath, Light: Corazón Emplumado
by Jorge Montaño
38 pages including full color covers, 8.2 x 5.8" In English, Spanish, and Spanglish. Published by La Raíz Press, October 2024.
Earth, Breath, Light: Corazón Emplumado is where Chicanismo meets indigenous cosmology, where the dignity of the Pachuco is proclaimed in Nahuatl, English, and Spanish, immersing the reader into both ancient symbolism and colonizer’s lexicon.
Jorge Montaño invites the reader on a spiritual journey from the urban barrio to the ancestral depths of the Indigenous lands we inhabit, dropping seeds of wisdom along the way: "love consults not with fear but flirts with the sacrifice of self.” Throughout the collection, our Earth Mother is often represented as a woman, fierce and loving, with the ability to support the healing of ancient wounds.
The author weaves a spiritual landscape with imagery of earth, sun, wind, flowers, hummingbirds, copal smoke, feathers, and starry skies– encouraging the reader to remember, resist, and rise: “I have remembered my name. I have heard the wind. It says to resist!”
Jorge Montaño is a self-taught Chicano writer raised in Pacoima, now residing in Santa Barbara. His poetry is inspired by the Nahua concept "in xochitl, in cuicatl" or "flor y canto." Three of his poems have been published in La Raiz Magazine. His first published poem,"Sangre Indígena," appeared in La Raíz Magazine, for which he was awarded the 2022 La Raíz Poetry Prize. One of Jorge Montaño’s goals is to teach Chicano studies. His book Earth, Breath, Light: Corazón Emplumado, published by La Raíz Press, is his first collection of poetry.
Book Launch Party: Tuesday, October 15th (6:30pm-8:30pm) Pacific Time, via Zoom. Register: http://bit.ly/raizbook1
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Orders arrive November-December 2024.
Jorge Montaño invites the reader on a spiritual journey from the urban barrio to the ancestral depths of the Indigenous lands we inhabit, dropping seeds of wisdom along the way: "love consults not with fear but flirts with the sacrifice of self.” Throughout the collection, our Earth Mother is often represented as a woman, fierce and loving, with the ability to support the healing of ancient wounds.
The author weaves a spiritual landscape with imagery of earth, sun, wind, flowers, hummingbirds, copal smoke, feathers, and starry skies– encouraging the reader to remember, resist, and rise: “I have remembered my name. I have heard the wind. It says to resist!”
Jorge Montaño is a self-taught Chicano writer raised in Pacoima, now residing in Santa Barbara. His poetry is inspired by the Nahua concept "in xochitl, in cuicatl" or "flor y canto." Three of his poems have been published in La Raiz Magazine. His first published poem,"Sangre Indígena," appeared in La Raíz Magazine, for which he was awarded the 2022 La Raíz Poetry Prize. One of Jorge Montaño’s goals is to teach Chicano studies. His book Earth, Breath, Light: Corazón Emplumado, published by La Raíz Press, is his first collection of poetry.
Book Launch Party: Tuesday, October 15th (6:30pm-8:30pm) Pacific Time, via Zoom. Register: http://bit.ly/raizbook1
Pre-order Earth, Breath, Light: Corazón Emplumado
Credit/debit card, Venmo, or ApplePay, Paypal (no account necessary):
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/NSWBUU4CCD24C
Venmo @laraizmagazine with shipping address.
Price: $16 (includes tax & shipping within the continental U.S.A. only)
For other locations and bulk pricing, email: laraiz@laraizmagazine.com
Orders arrive November-December 2024.
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"
Order a copy of La Raíz Magazine (2024)
Full-color, 42 pages including glossy covers, 11 x 8.5" ISBN 979-8-9909327-1-5
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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
Contributors: Art Carrillo, Alondra Adame, Amalia Alvarez, Amber Meza, Anthony García Caloca, Alex Sodari,
Beatrice Piña Torres, Catherine García, Christiane Williams-Vigil, Christopher Sánchez,
Claudia Meléndez Salinas, Diana Zamudio-García, Donato Martínez, Eddie Vega, Edgar 8ahau Fernández,
Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo, Estephanie Seis, elindiocopyright1985, Frida Yazmin Medina,
Fernando Sánchez García, Francely Flores, Graciela Aciana Escalante, Gabriel Rubi, Jake Prendez,
Janelle García, Javier Mendoza Jr., Jesse León Pantoja, Joel Flores Corrales, Jorge Montaño, Jonathan D. Gomez,
Katarina Xóchitl Vargas, Kristian E. Vásquez, Laura Díaz Tovar, Luz María Clayton,
Lorna Dee Cervantes, Madeline Alviso Ramírez, Marissa May Macaraeg Martínez, Matt Sedillo,
Pedro Rívas López, Rayos Magos, Rick Ortega, Sabrina Zarco, Sean Guerra, Victoria Bañales
Beatrice Piña Torres, Catherine García, Christiane Williams-Vigil, Christopher Sánchez,
Claudia Meléndez Salinas, Diana Zamudio-García, Donato Martínez, Eddie Vega, Edgar 8ahau Fernández,
Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo, Estephanie Seis, elindiocopyright1985, Frida Yazmin Medina,
Fernando Sánchez García, Francely Flores, Graciela Aciana Escalante, Gabriel Rubi, Jake Prendez,
Janelle García, Javier Mendoza Jr., Jesse León Pantoja, Joel Flores Corrales, Jorge Montaño, Jonathan D. Gomez,
Katarina Xóchitl Vargas, Kristian E. Vásquez, Laura Díaz Tovar, Luz María Clayton,
Lorna Dee Cervantes, Madeline Alviso Ramírez, Marissa May Macaraeg Martínez, Matt Sedillo,
Pedro Rívas López, Rayos Magos, Rick Ortega, Sabrina Zarco, Sean Guerra, Victoria Bañales
2023 La Raíz Prizes
La Raíz Art Prize - Jake Prendez for Father & Daughter (cover)
La Raíz Art Prize - Rayos Magos for El mago (inside cover)
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Alondra Adame for "Canción de la gente de nuestra tierra primera"
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Kristian E. Vásquez for "Xinachtli"
La Raíz Art Prize - Jake Prendez for Father & Daughter (cover)
La Raíz Art Prize - Rayos Magos for El mago (inside cover)
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Alondra Adame for "Canción de la gente de nuestra tierra primera"
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Kristian E. Vásquez for "Xinachtli"
Order a copy of La Raíz Magazine: Gente Chicana Edition (2023)
Full-color, 42 pages including glossy covers, 11 x 8.5" - ISBN 979-8-98539-252-4
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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
Contributors: Zully Mejia, Zamara Cuyún, Zainab Hussain, Yolix Luna, Vivian Vargas, Tongo Eisen-Martin,
Susana Praver-Pérez, Stephen Sariñana-Lampson, Sarah Monroy Solís, Sabrina Zarco, Rose Menyon Heflin,
Rohini Deshpande, Ricardo Hernández, Ren Koppel Torres, Piyaali B. Samanta, Olga García Echeverría,
Nazelah Jamison, Masiel M. Corona Santos, Malti B. Lee, Lynda Ontiveros, Ljiljana Stjelja, Laura Díaz Tovar,
Larissa Freitas, Lady Rise, Kate Foster, Karen McPhail-Bell, Josiah Luis Alderete, Jorge Montaño, John Jairo Valencia,
James Coats, Jacqueline Phạm, Héctor F. Castañeda/Dog Days Are Over, GusTavo Adolfo Guerra Vásquez,
Francely Flores, Eric Murphy, Edgar 8ahau Fernández, Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo, Edwin R. Vasquez,
Donato Martinez, Chloe Gentile-Montgomery, Claudia Meléndez Salinas, Biz Rasam, Art Carillo,
Ariadna Sánchez Hernández, An Bùi, Alma R. Orozco, Allicette Torres, Adan Palermo Rojas
Susana Praver-Pérez, Stephen Sariñana-Lampson, Sarah Monroy Solís, Sabrina Zarco, Rose Menyon Heflin,
Rohini Deshpande, Ricardo Hernández, Ren Koppel Torres, Piyaali B. Samanta, Olga García Echeverría,
Nazelah Jamison, Masiel M. Corona Santos, Malti B. Lee, Lynda Ontiveros, Ljiljana Stjelja, Laura Díaz Tovar,
Larissa Freitas, Lady Rise, Kate Foster, Karen McPhail-Bell, Josiah Luis Alderete, Jorge Montaño, John Jairo Valencia,
James Coats, Jacqueline Phạm, Héctor F. Castañeda/Dog Days Are Over, GusTavo Adolfo Guerra Vásquez,
Francely Flores, Eric Murphy, Edgar 8ahau Fernández, Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo, Edwin R. Vasquez,
Donato Martinez, Chloe Gentile-Montgomery, Claudia Meléndez Salinas, Biz Rasam, Art Carillo,
Ariadna Sánchez Hernández, An Bùi, Alma R. Orozco, Allicette Torres, Adan Palermo Rojas
2022 La Raíz Prizes
La Raíz Art Prize - Sabrina Zarco
for Alebrije Dreams Conejo Moon (cover)
La Raíz Art Prize - Piyaali B. Samanta
for Exodus of Migrant Workers Mumbai (back cover)
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Claudia Meléndez Salinas for "Abuelita"
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Jorge Montaño for "Sangre Indígena"
La Raíz Art Prize - Sabrina Zarco
for Alebrije Dreams Conejo Moon (cover)
La Raíz Art Prize - Piyaali B. Samanta
for Exodus of Migrant Workers Mumbai (back cover)
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Claudia Meléndez Salinas for "Abuelita"
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Jorge Montaño for "Sangre Indígena"
Order a copy of La Raíz Magazine (2022)
Full-color, 44 pages including glossy covers, 11 x 8.5" - ISBN 979-8-98539-251-7
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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
Contributors: Adrian Ernesto Cepeda, Adriana García, Alberto Camacho, Alicette Torres, Angela Rose Flores, Anna Sánchez,
Ariadna Sánchez Hernández, Carolina Rivera Escamilla, Cynthia Alessandra Briano, Dee Allen, Edgar 8ahau Fernández,
Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo, Gabi Magaly, Gabriela Sinclair, GusTavo Adolfo Guerra Vásquez, Houyee Chow,
Ilseh Busarelo, Iván Salinas, Ivory Bennett, Janeth Marisol Mejía, Janneth Liborio-Lulo, Jayna A’janee Smith, Jean-Pierre Rueda,
Jennifer Lay, Josiah Luis Alderete, Laura Díaz, Laura Rivas, Leticia Del Toro, Lisbeth Coiman, Liz Márquez, Luis García,
María López Cabrera, Moncies Franco Sr., Natasha Kramskaya, Orizema Cruz Pina, Paula Marie Deubel, Pedro Rivas López,
Rebecca Lee, Rocío Franco, Rohini Y. Deshpande, Rose Menyon Heflin, Sarabjit Singh, Stephen Sariñana-Lampson,
Susana Praver-Pérez, Tania Yadira Márquez, Tshaka Campbell, Victor “Vico” Hernández, Dr. Victoria Bañales
Ariadna Sánchez Hernández, Carolina Rivera Escamilla, Cynthia Alessandra Briano, Dee Allen, Edgar 8ahau Fernández,
Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo, Gabi Magaly, Gabriela Sinclair, GusTavo Adolfo Guerra Vásquez, Houyee Chow,
Ilseh Busarelo, Iván Salinas, Ivory Bennett, Janeth Marisol Mejía, Janneth Liborio-Lulo, Jayna A’janee Smith, Jean-Pierre Rueda,
Jennifer Lay, Josiah Luis Alderete, Laura Díaz, Laura Rivas, Leticia Del Toro, Lisbeth Coiman, Liz Márquez, Luis García,
María López Cabrera, Moncies Franco Sr., Natasha Kramskaya, Orizema Cruz Pina, Paula Marie Deubel, Pedro Rivas López,
Rebecca Lee, Rocío Franco, Rohini Y. Deshpande, Rose Menyon Heflin, Sarabjit Singh, Stephen Sariñana-Lampson,
Susana Praver-Pérez, Tania Yadira Márquez, Tshaka Campbell, Victor “Vico” Hernández, Dr. Victoria Bañales
2021 La Raíz Prizes
La Raíz Art Prize - Edgar 8ahau Fernández for Reflections (cover)
La Raíz Art Prize - Sarabjit Singh for Yogi ji's American Sikhs
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Ariadna Sánchez Hernández for "Cabello"
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Liz Márquez for "Church Culture"
La Raíz San José Prize - Rohini Y. Deshpande for Putting Garland
La Raíz Art Prize - Edgar 8ahau Fernández for Reflections (cover)
La Raíz Art Prize - Sarabjit Singh for Yogi ji's American Sikhs
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Ariadna Sánchez Hernández for "Cabello"
La Raíz Poetry Prize - Liz Márquez for "Church Culture"
La Raíz San José Prize - Rohini Y. Deshpande for Putting Garland
Order a copy of La Raíz Magazine (2021)
Full-color, 44 pages including glossy covers, 11 x 8.5" - ISBN 979-8-9853925-0-0
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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; 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; 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
Events
¡Book Launch Party!
Earth, Breath, Light: Corazón Emplumado by Jorge Montaño
Tuesday, October 15th at 6:30pm-8:30pm Pacific via Zoom
Guest Poets & Open Mic
http://bit.ly/raizbook1
Earth, Breath, Light: Corazón Emplumado by Jorge Montaño
Tuesday, October 15th at 6:30pm-8:30pm Pacific via Zoom
Guest Poets & Open Mic
http://bit.ly/raizbook1
El Camino to our Ancestors
Taller de poesía - Poetry workshop with Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Sunday, October 20 at 3:00pm-5:00pm
3275 Stevens Creek Boulevard Ste 301, San José, CA 95117
Registration required: http://bit.ly/raizcamino
Taller de poesía - Poetry workshop with Claudia Meléndez Salinas
Sunday, October 20 at 3:00pm-5:00pm
3275 Stevens Creek Boulevard Ste 301, San José, CA 95117
Registration required: http://bit.ly/raizcamino
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The entry period is officially closed, but may open periodically.
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The entry period is officially closed, but may open periodically.
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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. Editor: Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo. Thanks to our supporters, the digital version of La Raíz Magazine can be enjoyed online for free by the public at www.laraizmagazine.com
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. Editor: Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo. Thanks to our supporters, the digital version of La Raíz Magazine can be enjoyed online for free by the public, published digitally at Roots Artist Registry.
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 donations from individuals. Donations help support the publication, programming, and cover the cost of copies donated to high schools, universities, and libraries. 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. Editor: Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo. Thanks to our supporters, the digital version of La Raíz Magazine can be enjoyed online for free by the public at www.laraizmagazine.com
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. Editor: Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo. Thanks to our supporters, the digital version of La Raíz Magazine can be enjoyed online for free by the public, published digitally at Roots Artist Registry.
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 donations from individuals. Donations help support the publication, programming, and cover the cost of copies donated to high schools, universities, and libraries. 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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Email: laraiz[at]laraizmagazine[dot]com
La Raíz Magazine welcomes advertising support by community groups and non-profit organizations that align with our mission.
We will include a live link directed from a logo or promotional image with: name, 20-word description, and website.
Email: laraiz[at]laraizmagazine[dot]com
La Raíz Scholarship & Community Support Fund
La Raíz will distribute amounts of $250 as funds are available. Anyone is welcome to apply. Additional consideration may be given to: BIPOC women & girls, high school students, first generation college students, mothers who are the only provider in their home. Need and intended use will be considered. There must be a minimum of 20 applications per cycle for an award to be disbursed. Application is in English and Spanish.
Coming soon!
July 2022 - Francely Flores (Award amount: $250)
"Francely Flores was born in Houston, Texas (Occupied Karankawa Land) and raised in the Bronx, New York (Occupied Lenape Land). She is an independent photo and video journalist who focuses on documenting the stories of Indigenous peoples; specifically immigrants, and Bronx residents. She is also a first-generation college student at Baruch College." ¡Congratulations, Francely Flores!
February 2022 - Inaugural recipient: Gabriel Gutierrez (Award amount: $250)
"Gabriel Gutierrez has worked hard to be where he is. Not only has he studied in a political science internship that opened his eyes to racial injustice, but he hopes to continue his education at a 4-year university to be able to make a big impact in his communities in the future." ¡Congratulations, Gabriel Gutierrez!
Coming soon!
July 2022 - Francely Flores (Award amount: $250)
"Francely Flores was born in Houston, Texas (Occupied Karankawa Land) and raised in the Bronx, New York (Occupied Lenape Land). She is an independent photo and video journalist who focuses on documenting the stories of Indigenous peoples; specifically immigrants, and Bronx residents. She is also a first-generation college student at Baruch College." ¡Congratulations, Francely Flores!
February 2022 - Inaugural recipient: Gabriel Gutierrez (Award amount: $250)
"Gabriel Gutierrez has worked hard to be where he is. Not only has he studied in a political science internship that opened his eyes to racial injustice, but he hopes to continue his education at a 4-year university to be able to make a big impact in his communities in the future." ¡Congratulations, Gabriel Gutierrez!
Next deadline: EXTENDED: Friday, August 25, 2023
Fecha límite: viernes 25 de agosto de 2023
Apply: Download the application and submit it via the google form: bit.ly/laraizfund
Español: Baje el formulario, complételo y mándelo: bit.ly/laraizfund
>>La Raíz Fund Application/Formulario
Funded by La Raíz Editor & Project Director: Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo (www.ejmontelongo.com), with the support of La Raíz Magazine, and community donors.
Fecha límite: viernes 25 de agosto de 2023
Apply: Download the application and submit it via the google form: bit.ly/laraizfund
Español: Baje el formulario, complételo y mándelo: bit.ly/laraizfund
>>La Raíz Fund Application/Formulario
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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