Centro News

• Nineteen Central Florida Leaders Join the 100 Puerto Ricans
  Donates Papers to Centro ArchivesOn February 20, Centro was proud to acknowledge 19 Central Florida community leaders who have joined our 100 Puerto Ricans Preserving Our History campaign...
• Anita Vélez-Mitchell
  Donates Papers to Centro ArchivesShe may be turning 98 on February 21, but Ana Vilia Vélez Rieckhoff, better known as Anita Vélez-Mitchell, is still busy making a difference.
• Centro Spring Events Spotlight
  Puerto Rican Leaders and IssuesThis spring Centro is planning a series of “diverse and exciting events highlighting groundbreaking Puerto Rican figures” that have made an impact on the Puerto Rican community in literature, art and activism...
• Spanish eBook of Gerena Valentín Memoir Now
  Available at Centro StoreWith so few platforms marketing eBooks in Spanish, Centro has made the Spanish-language version of Soy Gilberto Gerena Valentín...
• Pura Belpré Lives
  At La Casa AzulAurora Anaya Cerda remembers watching an East Harlem screening of Centro’s documentary Pura Belpré: Storyteller...
• Centro Looks Ahead
  After Its 40th Anniversary CelebrationAs Centro comes off the year-long celebration of its milestone 40th anniversary in February, at age 41 we look forward to growing bigger and even better...
• Puerto Rico's Declining Population Focus of Centro Data SheetWith fewer babies being born in Puerto Rico, the island is seeing a drop in its overall population, according to a new data sheet published by Centro.
• New Guide Highlights 40 Years of Centro ResearchCentro has released a new guide showcasing the wide range of research publications focusing on Puerto Ricans in the United States that Centro has produced over the last 40 years...
• Is There Really a Brain Drain Migration to the U.S.?While the common perception is that Puerto Rico is losing its best, brightest and youngest professionals, who are leaving the island in droves for jobs and better opportunities in the United States...
• Gerena Valentin’s Connection to MLKIn early March, 1968, Gerena Valentín – a pioneer in the creation of coalitions with the principal African American civil rights organizations – received an invitation from Dr. Martin Luther King to attend a meeting in Atlanta, Ga.
• Centro Art Exhibit Spotlights Historic South Bronx ImagesAs the Bronx marks 2014 with the 100th anniversary of its formal separation from New York County and the 375th anniversary of the arrival of the county’s namesake, Jonas Bronck...
• Puerto Ricans Leave N.Y. Report Tells Where They GoThe Puerto Rican population in the United States is continuing to grow and continuing to move out of their traditional enclaves, with the largest population increases in the same areas that beckon the U.S. population as whole...