‘It Represents Who I Am’: Baltimore’s Hispanic & Latino Community Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s Hispanic Heritage Month and we’re recognizing the Hispanic and Latino assemblage successful Baltimore.

“For maine to beryllium a Hispanic-Latino is important due to the fact that it represents who I am,” said Angelo Solera, Executive Director and Founder of Nuestras Raices, Inc.

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Angelo Solera with Nuestras Raices Inc is dedicated to educating, promoting and preserving the richness and diverseness of the 25 antithetic countries that marque up the Latino community.

“It’s important for radical to recognize not each of america devour tacos (but to) not each of america are amerciable aliens, said Solera. “We are a divers assemblage who are making a publication to the metropolis and the state.”

Today the Latino assemblage makes up the largest taste number successful the US and 1 that has besides exploded present successful Baltimore.

“We person opened hundreds of businesses, purchased hundreds of homes. Not conscionable that, we are rebuilding Baltimore. If you spell to immoderate operation site, the bulk of workers are Latinos,” said Solera.

In fact, US census information shows the city’s Hispanic and Latino colonisation doubled successful conscionable a decennary — from astir 4 percent successful 2010 to 8 percent successful 2020.

Primarily successful Baltimore City, the largest radical wrong the Latino assemblage is the Mexican assemblage — which is precise ample — Then you person El Salvadorians, past you person Hondurans, Dominicans, Ecuadorians and truthful on.

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That’s wherefore Solero is hoping to stock the unsocial and vibrant civilization with others done “Fiesta Baltimore” this play successful East Baltimore.

The lawsuit volition see the Latino taste festival and parade of Latino nations.

“Brings unneurotic galore antithetic people groups, marching band, floats, cars trucks representing antithetic countries antithetic cultures, antithetic styles of music,” Solero added.

It’s a reminder of the divers cultures that enrich Baltimore and the publication of immigrants of each nationalities to our region.

“This is wherever the Latino assemblage is, has been and volition proceed to bash truthful for the years,” Solero said. “We are present to stay. We aren’t going anywhere.”

Nuestras Raices is hosting Fiesta Baltimore this Sunday from 11 a.m to 7 p.m. astatine Patterson Park and Highlandtown.

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Amy Kawata