The Los Angeles City Council kicked off Latino Heritage Month 2023 by honoring four “amazing individuals” during ceremonies at City Hall.
“It's a privilege to grow up as a Latina in a city that is majority Latino, and to have the opportunity to fight to ensure that young people have the resources and the opportunities that they need to succeed,” Calanche said.
“We have to keep pushing back to those businesses that profit from our communities, whether it's the drugs or the alcohol, and other things that go on, like sex trade, and we have to counter, especially during Latino Heritage Month, that vilification of the Latino community in the news media,” Ruben said.
“During the pandemic, when we went to the markets, we were able to find the foods that we needed. They were there, the men, women and children, working to ensure that we all could have food on our table,” Romero said. On Friday's official start of Latino Heritage Month, the city will host the 81st annual El Grito on the steps of City Hall and Gloria Molina Grand Park, starting at 5 p.m.
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