Society Celebrates 3rd Anniversary!

I would like to thank everyone who came out last night to the monthly meeting of the Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers of San Antonio for our "Cinco Minutos with You" event and our 3rd Anniversary Celebration! We had a wonderful time listening to stories written by our members and then cutting the cake and engaging in fellowship afterward.

At the high point of the evening, we had approximately 35 people in attendance! I would like to thank Becky, Juan Manuel Perez, Robert Garcia, Belza Ramos, Enrique Carstens, Mary Lou Barrera, Daniel Farias, Leticia Duarte and Martha for sharing their stories with us. I would also like to thank Jo An Santiago and Michelle McClelen, representatives of American Sunrise, a non-profit (Henry) Cisneros Communities Venture--they gave us a small presentation on an opportunity entitled "Public Allies" that I will write more about later, but in the meantime, please visit the link.

It was nice to see some old friends at the meeting: Diana Lopez, author of "Sofia's Saints" was there, as was Daniel Farias, who attended the very first meeting of the Society 37 months ago. I also met Alonso M. Perales, author of "La lechuza; cuentos de mi barrio," a book originally published in 1972 and is being re-printed by Arte Publico Press by the end of the year.