Watch our full 2026 Project CommUNITY special: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month<\/p>\n
Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the contributions of Latino and Hispanic communities across the U.S. <\/p>\n
In this Project CommUNITY special, community members in our region are highlighted through art, entrepreneurship and cultural history. <\/p>\n
Those featured in this special include artists, business owners, and event organizers who bring together their community. <\/p>\n
Watch the full special in the video above or learn more about those featured below.<\/p>\n
1Corremos Sacramento celebrates Latino culture, community with every step<\/p>\n
Corremos Sacramento welcomes people of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels to its weekly gatherings.<\/p>\n
Corremos means \u201cwe run\u201d in Spanish. <\/p>\n
Founder Dalia Ramirez-Robles said the Latino-led club is designed to be about much more than logging miles. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe want people to feel safe here, so we really create a fun cultural experience, but then also feel that family familiarity, like we\u2019re hanging out at a carne asada, but we\u2019re also going to go for a walk or a run,\u201d Ramirez-Robles said. Learn more from Andres Valle. <\/a><\/p>\n 2Sacramento sisters honor family legacy with dried fruit business<\/p>\n Three sisters in Sacramento are turning their family\u2019s agricultural history into a thriving business with Stained Glass Fruit,<\/a> a company that transforms California-grown citrus into dried slices for beverages.<\/p>\n The sisters\u2014Andrea Nunez Lorente, Adreana Nunez Alvarez, and Jeanette Nunez\u2014grow, dry, and package oranges, lemons, and limes in California’s Central Valley. Their goal is to enhance drinks with what they call “nature’s edible works of art.”<\/p>\n For the Nunez sisters, the business is about more than just selling dried fruit\u2014it\u2019s about honoring their family\u2019s legacy. 3From childhood drawings to McDonald’s cups: Sacramento artist takes Chicano art to national brands<\/p>\n Cecelia Perez, a Sacramento native and the artist behind “Hey Ruca,” has built a growing national profile, creating work for brands and organizations including the Sacramento Kings and San Francisco Giants. Her work has also been featured at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n Perez’s artwork features girls, cars, flowers and other imagery inspired by Chicano culture.<\/p>\n “I illustrate girls, cars, flowers \u2014 anything that really relates to Chicano iconography that people can really recognize,” she said.<\/p>\n One of Perez’s biggest collaborations began with a mural she designed at a McDonald’s on Pacific Avenue in Stockton. Learn more from Andrea Flores. <\/a><\/p>\n 4Sacramento artist brings Latino history to life with elaborate Southside Park mural<\/p>\n Sacramento artist Richard Alcala is turning a neighborhood park into a living history museum, using colorful murals to celebrate Latino culture, honor community changemakers and inspire future generations.<\/p>\n Alcala recently opened Cultura Bookstore on Del Paso Boulevard to share his love of Latino literature with the community. But when he’s not busy at his new shop, you’ll likely find him at Southside Park, where he has spent years working to bring Sacramento’s rich cultural history to life.<\/p>\n After a three-year effort to get the project approved, Alcala hired 10 local Latino and Indigenous artists to create 13 mural panels.<\/p>\n The elaborate mural took four months to complete and features colorful artwork highlighting Indigenous history, the Chicano movement, farmworkers and prominent Latino figures who have made a difference in the community
<\/a><\/p>\n
Learn more from Lisa Gonzales. <\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n