Hispanic Americans

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Master Sergeant Dora Beacham served in the U.S. Marine Corps during Operation Enduring Freedom. Beacham was part of Combat Service Support Group 1 and the 11th Marine Regiment. She was deployed to Camp Fallujah, Iraq from January to August of 2004. As a Hispanic woman from a small town, Beacham reflected on how military service shaped her life and provided important opportunities. In this oral history interview, she described her family, education, and life lessons from military service.

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En la Vida was a news magazine published monthly out of Chicago, Illinois. It focused on Latinx LGBTQ+ communities and content. Library holdings are one issue (July 2002), which contains a cover story and photographs on Pride in Tijuana and the Rainbow over the Border Partnership: A Bi-National LGBT Border Project.

Scope and Contents North County Informador is a digital weekly publication that also publishes a printed magazine every two months. Content is focused around San Diego's Latinx community and includes profiles of members of the community as well as content geared towards civic engagement, community services, cultural events, education, financial literacy, food security, government services, health services, immigration services, information on access to essential services, and events (virtual or in-person)....

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Special Collections holdings consist of one issue, January 19, 1976. The issue contains a cover story on Vista farm workers flooed out of homes; another article on Ecumenical conference at Mission San Luis Rey.