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A New Report Estimates an Almost 5% Increase in Puerto Rican Students Enrolling in Florida Schools as a Result of Hurricane Maria
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (Centro) estimates that 10,324 Puerto Rican students have already enrolled. For Immediate Release: December 27, 2017 Contact: Deborah Raskin (212) 843-8028 draskin@rubenstein.com [New York, NY] In light of the devastation caused by Hurricane...
Puerto Rican Film & Media Professionals Join Post-Maria Rebuilding Efforts
Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans Multimedia-Makers & Actors Conference: Exploring the Use of Multimedia Arts as a Vehicle For Social Change For Immediate Release: October 23rd, 2017 Contact: Rosa Cruz Cordero, +1 (347) 512-5846 [New York, NY] In the weeks since Hurricane Maria, many Puerto Rican...
Press Release: Street Corner in El Barrio To Be Renamed For Nuyorican Poet Tato Laviera 
For Immediate Release: October 20th, 2017 Contact: Rosa Cruz Cordero, Rc1941@hunter.cuny.edu [New York, NY] On October 28th at 1pm, Tato Laviera, one of the leading poets of the Nuyorican movement, will be honored with a street renaming ceremony. The corner of 123nd St. & 2nd Avenue will become...
Press Release: Centro eJournal Launches With New Digital Exhibit on Puerto Rican Veterans
For Immediate Release: September 5th, 2017 Contact: Rosa Cruz Cordero, Rc1941@hunter.cuny.edu [New York, NY] Puerto Ricans have served in the U.S. military since 1899, yet their experience throughout that long history has often been overlooked, misunderstood, and in some cases, misinterpreted. Now...
Puerto Rico’s Crisis at the Center of the May 12 Diaspora Summit
When it comes to the fiscal crisis in Puerto Rico, there is typically a deadline to be mindful of. May 1st is of course the next important date on the calendar. That’s when the moratorium on Puerto Rico’s debt is set to expire. Afterwards, there are many possible outcomes, but as has been the case...
Bodega
Centro in the News: New York City Bodegas And The Generations Who Love Them
In New York City, there's a place on almost every block where you can buy a bag of chips or a lottery ticket. Elsewhere, it's called a corner store. But in the Big Apple, it's known as a bodega. In Spanish, bodega can mean "storeroom" or "wine cellar." New Yorkers like Miriam Gomez, though, know...
100 years of Puerto Ricans’ U.S. citizenship
Centro in the News: 100 years of Puerto Ricans’ U.S. citizenship and the political status
In 1917, the Jones Act extended U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans. Many law- and policy-makers in the U.S and Puerto Rico erroneously believe—or deceivingly propose—that U.S. citizenship for island-born Puerto Ricans residing in Puerto Rico is contingent upon the resolution of the territorial...
Centro Press Release
Press Release: New group to ensure Feds keep their “PROMESA”
Round Table on Puerto Rico will monitor implementation of Fiscal Oversight Bill For Immediate Release: Sept. 29, 2016 Contact: Madeline Friedman , (212) 772-5718 After the recent White House announcement of the names of the members of the Federal Oversight Board on Puerto Rico, an independent...
Call for papers: “Revisiting Queer Puerto Rican Sexualities: Queer Futures, Reinventions, and Exclusions”
We are soliciting manuscripts in English or Spanish for a special issue on queer Puerto Rican sexualities. We welcome articles, essays, interviews, oral histories, ethnographic studies, and other written and visual documentation related to Puerto Rican sexualities in both Puerto Rico and the...
Have you ordered your copy of CENTRO Journal?
The Fall 2016 issue of CENTRO Journal is now available. This issue’s title is “Puerto Rican Chicago Revisited” Visit the Centro bookstore to order your copy today.

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