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Chicas’ 2022 Latina Book Club Picks

30 Tuesday Nov 2021

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Our Sacramento Latina book club began as a way to keep our community members connected during the pandemic, while celebrating our culture and supporting Latinx creators. Little did we know then that book club would be such a hit and we’d be here, still reading, nearly two years and twenty books later!

Thank you to everyone who has joined #CLBookClub in 2020 and 2021, from near and far! Incorporating a book club into our Sacramento Latina-powered nonprofit has been a wonderful, insightful, and healing experience. And it has allowed us to connect with Latinas from all over the country!

Each month #CLBookClub reads a new book (titles are voted on and listed months in advance) and book club discussions are held weekly, where participants discuss the assigned reading for the week. Reading and discussing books in sections has allowed members to dissect the reading as a group and have powerful and in-depth conversations. Register for Chicas Latinas’ book club via Eventbrite.

Before we announce our first book clubs picks for 2022, let’s take a look at the list of all the books Chicas Latinas de Sacramento’s book club has read.

2021 Book List:

  • Feb.: “What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living Boldly” by Arianna Davis
  • March: “Once I Was You” by Maria Hinojosa
  • April: “Fat Chance, Charlie Vega” by Crystal Maldonado
  • May: “Of Women and Salt: A Novel” by Gabriela Garcia
  • June: “In the Dream House” by Carmen Maria Machado
  • July: “The Soul of a Woman” by Isabel Allende
  • Aug.: “The Distance Between Us: A Memoir” by Reyna Grande
  • Sept.: “Written in Starlight” by Isabel Ibañez
  • Oct.: “The Beautiful Ones” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • Nov.: “Furia” by Yamile Saied Méndez
  • Dec.: “Caramelo” by Sandra Cisneros 

2020 Book List:

  • April:  “How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” by Julia Alvarez
  • May:  “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” by Erika L. Sánch
  • June:  “Everyone Knows You Go Home” by Natalia Sylvester
  • July: “The House of the Spirits” by Isabel Allende
  • Aug: “Mexican Gothic” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • Sept.: “Woven in Moonlight” by Isabel Ibañez
  • Oct.: “Things We Lost in the Fire: Stories” by Mariana Enriquez
  • Nov.: “Sabrina & Corina: Stories” by Kali Fajardo-Anstin
  • Dec/Jan.: “Clap When You Land” by Elizabeth Acevedo

A special thank you to the amazing Latina authors who have joined our book club discussions!

Natalia Sylvester
Arianna Davis
Maria Hinojosa

2022 Book Titles

Join us in 2022! Chicas Latinas’ book club titles have been selected for January and February, registration opens a month before our first discussion: https://chicaslatinas.eventbrite.com.

January 2022:
“The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina”
by Zoraida Córdova

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February 2022:
“For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges…”
by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

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Stay tuned for more titles to be announced…

How You Can Connect & Give With Chicas Latinas in 2021

19 Tuesday Oct 2021

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It seems like only a few months ago when we were all filled with hope that 2021 would usher in normalcy. While we have been able to enjoy a few in-person events in the recent weeks, things are not yet normal for us and the organizations Chicas Latinas de Sacramento regularly partners and volunteers with.

We had many exciting plans for 2020 and 2021. These plans were mostly canceled or postponed — which we’ll touch on later in the post. But first, let’s talk about what we ARE doing and how YOU can join us!

Chicas Latinas Book Club:

The #CLBookClub November will be Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez.

Join us every Thursday during the month of November (excluding Thanksgiving Day) at 7pm PST to discuss Furia. Registration closes on Nov. 1! Book Club members are encouraged to shop local, whatever local means to them. Registrants from Sacramento are invited to purchase from Wild Sisters Book Co., which is giving members 10% off bookclub purchases.

*Participants are also invited to join us for our in-person book pick-up. Details available upon registration.

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Chicas Latinas’ book club was started as a result of the pandemic, and has been a gift to us all! Thank you to all who have joined us, community members and authors alike. And if you haven’t had a chance to join us yet, we hope to see you at a meeting soon.

 #TeamChicas at Run to Feed the Hungry:

#TeamChicas is excited to join the 27th annual Run to Feed the Hungry benefiting Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.

All team members MUST register by Nov. 11, 2021

Sacramento’s annual run is the largest Thanksgiving Day run in the country, and we can’t wait to be a part of it — again!

View #TeamChicas page: https://bit.ly/ChicasRTFTH2021  (donate, join, invite, share…!)

Register

For details about team benefits, pricing, and more view our Facebook event!

Holiday Drive for Sutter Cancer Patients

Chicas Latinas’ Holiday Drive this year is benefiting patients at the Sutter Cancer Center. With the help of our community members, we will provide stockings filled with self-care items for patients at the Sutter Cancer Center.

We have a goal of donating 100 “care packages” to 100 patients and are collecting NEW donated items from the list below (100 of each). View our Facebook event to share with your friends and family members!

  • Stocking or a nylon backpack to hold the items
  • Non-scratchy knit hat
  • Fuzzy socks
  • Antibacterial gel
  • Earbuds
  • Coloring books for adults
  • Coloring pencils
  • A deck of cards
  • Individually wrapped crackers & protein bars
  • Handwritten note/card of hope

Donations must be made by Nov. 22, 2021

Drop-off Locations:

Capsity Oakpark

3810 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95817
Drop-off hours: 9am-5pm
Closed: Saturday & Sunday

Wild Sisters Book Co.

3960 60th St, Sacramento, CA 95820
Drop-off hours: 10am-6pm
Closed: Sunday & Monday

St. Mark’s Methodist Church

2391 St. Mark’s Way, Sacramento, CA 95864
Drop-off by appointment only.
Please call Elizabeth @ 916-963-7885

UPDATE: “Starting Off on the Right Foot” Shoe Drive

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our shoe drive benefiting Woodridge Elementary. Due to COVID-19 we canceled a number of our 2020 shoe drive fundraiser events and the elementary school sponsored has been busy navigating digital-education and keeping their students and staff safe.

We’re all looking forward to a successful “Starting Off on the Right Foot” shoe drive and distribution event in 2022. Please stay tuned for future fundraiser events, which will benefit the students of Woodridge Elementary, and join us in volunteering for our distribution event in the fall, where we’ll provide each student at the school with a NEW pair of shoes for the 2022-23 school year!

More details to come.

In-person, in 2021…

#CLBookClub book pick-up / Hispanic Heritage Month Social / Latinos Run: Hispanic Heritage Month 5K

LOTERIA NIGHT! Come Play!

28 Monday Jun 2021

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Chicas Latinas’ Virtual Loteria Night!

Join us for an evening of online Lotería fun with Chicas Latinas de Sacramento and community members on Tuesday July 20 at 6PM PST.

We provide the virtual socializing, friends/networking, Lotería, laughs and more… you provide whatever you feel like sip’n and munch’n.

Click HERE to register for free! (And spread the word.)

July BookClub Registration closes July 1st

Chicas Latinas de Sacramento’s July bookclub read is:

“The Soul of a Woman” by Isabel Allende:

“As a young woman coming of age in the late 1960s, she rode the second wave of feminism. Among a tribe of like-minded female journalists, Allende for the first time felt comfortable in her own skin, as they wrote “with a knife between our teeth” about women’s issues. She has seen what the movement has accomplished in the course of her lifetime. And over the course of three passionate marriages, she has learned how to grow as a woman while having a partner, when to step away, and the rewards of embracing one’s sexuality.

So what feeds the soul of feminists—and all women—today? To be safe, to be valued, to live in peace, to have their own resources, to be connected, to have control over our bodies and lives, and above all, to be loved. On all these fronts, there is much work yet to be done, and this book, Allende hopes, will “light the torches of our daughters and granddaughters with mine. They will have to live for us, as we lived for our mothers, and carry on with the work still left to be finished.”

July #CLBOOKCLUB Discussion Schedule:

Thurs 3/15 discuss pages 3-97 and Thurs 3/29 discuss pages 99-171

Register for the July Book club Here

August Book Club “The Distance Between Us: A Memoir” By Reyna Grande

Join us on August 12, to discuss the first half of the book and again on August 26 to discuss the conclusion. Reading schedule TBA! Book discussions are schedule for 7-8pm. Deadline to register is August 1st!

Register for the August book club Here!!

“The Distance Between Us: A Memoir” by Reyna Grande:

“Reyna Grande vividly brings to life her tumultuous early years in this “compelling…unvarnished, resonant” (BookPage) story of a childhood spent torn between two parents and two countries. As her parents make the dangerous trek across the Mexican border to “El Otro Lado” (The Other Side) in pursuit of the American dream, Reyna and her siblings are forced into the already overburdened household of their stern grandmother. When their mother at last returns, Reyna prepares for her own journey to “El Otro Lado” to live with the man who has haunted her imagination for years, her long-absent father.”

Please support local and/or BIPOC businesses! 

Purchase your book from a California Latinx retailer: Booklandia, Tia Chuchas, Other books LA

Purchase local: Underground Books (2814 35th St, Sacramento)

Big Things Are Happening In 2021!

16 Friday Apr 2021

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Chicas Latinas De Sacramento has been busy planning some awesome events and although we’ve missed the social interaction with our community, we have maintained engagements much as we could during this pandemic. As the new year has begun, we remain hopeful that in-person gatherings are in our near future. However, we have found a way to still serve our community and remain connected as much as we possibly can. Check out what we have coming up this month, mark your calendars and get involved!

Chicas Latinas’ Undergraduate Scholarship is Live! Friday 4/16

Here’s your chance to get some mula for college! Chicas Latinas De Sacramento believes in the value to empower through higher education and are excited to be able to offer some financial aid to a student from our community. This is an annual award that we look forward to offering. To qualify you must be a resident of Sacramento and a full time high school or community college student, have a minimum GPA of 2.5 and must be Latino/a. Click HERE to apply! You can also find the event page on Facebook.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) Panel with National Girls & Women of Color Council Inc. Friday 4/16

Our very own Lorena Campos of Chicas Latinas De Sacramento was one of the five panelists participating in a discussion that explored what Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) means and looks like for our young girls and women of color. What kind of world are we envisioning which is free from sexism, body shaming, harassment, violence and oppression? How can we collectively work towards this vision? NGWCC is a non-profit organization formed to be a council for educators, administrators, business leaders, parents/guardians, students, community leaders, and community organizations to address and discuss historical and societal perspectives, conduct research, educate, mentor, and be advocates for girls and women of color. We look forward to sharing her upcoming blog post.

Chicas Latinas Brunch Event – Saturday 4/24

Feliz Cumpleaños Chicas Latinas! Sacramento’s premiere Latina Volunteer & Leadership Cultivation 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Chicas Latinas de Sacramento is 12 years old! And you are cordially invited to our brunch celebration! We will provide the Zoom, the friends/networking, AM party games, laughs and more! You provide whatever you feel like sip’n and munch’n.

The festivities take place on Saturday April 24 at 11AM! 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

JOIN US IF….

  • You’re a part of Chicas Latinas,
  • You’ve volunteered with Chicas Latinas,
  • You’ve donated to us or to one of our community causes, 
  • You’ve read a book or 12 with us,
  • You’ve seen us on Social Media and/or in the community… and wondered who we are.  All are invited to our simple Zoom celebration ~ come as you are and break pan dulce with us!

#CLBOOKCLUB MAY REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL SATURDAY 4/24!

Chicas Latinas’ May book club read is “Of Women and Salt: A Novel” by Gabriela Garcia. Join us each Thursday during the month of May, at 7pm, to discuss “Of Women and Salt.” Registrants can access instructions and links in “Online Event” section of this Eventbrite event. Reading schedule will be sent to registered participants no-later than April 25, with Zoom link. Club participants meet virtually on Thursdays to discuss the assigned reading section for that week. REGISTER HERE!