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Being Imperfect with Erika Sánchez

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by Program Highlights
10.14.24

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Illinois Libraries Present and Erika Sánchez, award-winning author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. She will be joined in conversation by Cynthia Pelayo.

Erika L. Sánchez is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. Her debut poetry collection, Lessons on Expulsion, was a finalist for the PEN America Open Book Award. Her debut young adult novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, was a New York Times bestseller, National Book Award finalist, and Tomás Rivera Award winner. Recognized by Time as one of the best YA novels of all time, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter has also been adapted for the stage at Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago and is being made into a film directed by America Ferrera.

(This program originally aired over Zoom on October 9, 2024 and will be available until October 24, 2024.)

Spotlight

DPPL Resources to Celebrate

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by DPPL Celebrates
10.14.24

What is Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day

This October 14th is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a time where we celebrate and honor the complex histories and many cultures of the Indigenous people of the United States.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes Native Americans as the original inhabitants of the land.

Here in Cook County, we are on the land of the Council of Three Fires—the Ojibwa, Ottawa and Potawatomi—as well as the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sauk and Meskwaki peoples.

See the official Land Acknowledgement from the Forest Preserves of Cook County HERE.

Beyond commemorating the past, there is a necessity to celebrate Native peoples’ of today by appreciating Native art, culture, and continued environmental efforts.

As Indigenous nations still face inequity and discrimination, we all must share the duty of educating ourselves and continuing the spirit of care and community.

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