Nuevo South Magazine
is more THAN just
a ‘magazine’.
Nuevo South Magazine is a quarterly publication of the Center for the Nuevo South (CNS).
CNS is a multi-generational collaborative of Latino cultural workers, based in Durham, North Carolina, dedicated to preserving and documenting the living history of the Great Latino Migration to the American South, one of the most unique socio-political demographic experiments of the 21st Century. We are dedicated to supporting and training Latino youth to tell their own stories and the stories of their communities.
Our emphasis is on visual storytelling a features a wide variety of stories, photo essays, critical fabulations, posters, maps, auto-ethnographies, comics, and other provocations from a community-centered, non-extractive, local immigrant perspective.
Issue # 1 of the Magazine is funded in part by a generous grant from the Durham City/County Office on Youth.
PREVIEW OF A few of our
featureD STORIES
Overview of the history of the Great Latino Migration to the American South, from the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors in the 1500’s, through the present.
Oscar Garcia’s journey as a pioneer of the Latine LGBTQ+ movement in the American South takes a surprising turn when he realizes that the only way to finish his solo performance piece about rediscovering his identity is to resurrect La Pakis, a powerful, self-destructive drag persona from his past. Part 1 of his auto-ethnography.
Photo essay by Angelica Edwards on Latina Entrepreneurs.
Inspired by the work and legacy of photographer and educator Wendy Ewald, TAPS Latino (Traditional Arts and Practices for Students) the first Latino arts program of its kind in the South celebrates its first year.
"Allí Por La Roxboro" tells the vibrant story of Latino-owned businesses along Roxboro Street in Durham, North Carolina. Over the past 20 years, the area has transformed from a handful of Hispanic businesses to a thriving community hub.
Hand drawn futuristic comic created by a father and daughter team.
Photo essay by Rodrigo Dorfman on the Azteca Dancers of Durham.
Photo essay by Angelica Edwards, about one of the oldest Tiendas in Durham: Tienda Don Becerra.
A short timeline of the moments, events and people that have shaped the Latino presence in Durham.
During the Spring of 2024, Chris Gomez and his assistant Roberto Sanchez produced three community portrait sessions in various places in Durham. Participants were offered free prints.
Nuevo South Magazine is fiscally sponsored by the Southern Documentary Fund, a 501c-3 organization.
Your sponsorship of Nuevo South Magazine
CAN BE tax -deductible.
Individual copies of Nuevo South Magazine are not usually for sale online. The best way get a copy is to purchase a yearly subscription, or better still, sponsor a yearly subscription.
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE:
OPTION 1:
As an individual, the yearly subscription costs $75. It includes 4 issues, shipping and handling, and a series of special perks, like free streaming access to films made in the Nuevo South, member only multimedia content on our website as we start creating it, a monthly curated newsletter with special recipes, and the opportunity to purchase graphic images in the magazine and turned them into merch and swag, like t-shirts, calendars, puzzles and mugs.
OPTION 2:
As a business, organization or library, the yearly subscription costs $200.
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Option 1 and 2 are not tax-deductible. Please use the button code above to make your purchase.
Or email nuevosouthmedia@gmail.com and we will send you a link.
HOW TO SPONSOR:
OPTION 3:
As an individual, for $135, you can sponsor a yearly subscription to be gifted specifically to Latino youth who may not have the means to subscribe, and in return you get all the benefits of the individual yearly subscription (option 1). You can sponsor more subscriptions, of course. If you so chose, you will be recognized in our sponsorship page.
OPTION 4:
As an institution, you can gift a yearly subscription to your employees (minimum order of 20 copies) and the cost will be only $60 ($15/copy). So, for example, 20 yearly subscriptions costs $1,200, and so on... As a sponsoring institution you will get a 1/4 page recognition in all four issues and your employees will receive the benefits of option 1 as long as they register their subscription.
OPTION 5:
You can simply make a donation to the Magazine. Your contribution will help fund paid youth internships ($15/hr) and the community public art projects of the Center for the Nuevo South.
Donating and/or and sponsoring one or more yearly subscriptions is tax-deductible. Please use the button above to make your contribution or
1) Write a check ( payable to: Southern Documentary Fund)
Checks should be mailed to:
Southern Documentary Fund
Fiscal Accounting and Donations
P.O, Box 2614
Burlington, NC 27216
2) WIRE/ACH YOUR DONATION TO SDF
Southern Documentary Fund
Bank Name: Truist
Bank Country: USA
Account Number: 1340007687892
ABA: 053101121
For checks, ACH, and wires please write the project name in the memo line (NUEVO SOUTH MAGAZINE) so we can correctly credit your contribution. SDF cannot accept donations made payable to the project name or director
When you sponsor a copy, you are also sponsorinG a project that:
Shares the cultural diversity of the Latino immigrant experience in the South by addressing issues of indigeneity, afro-latininad, labor and class.
Develops non-extractive forms of cultural production. The stories come from the community and are told by the community.
Creates a workforce and educational development model for young Latino media makers and narrows the Latino opportunity gap in the media industry in the South.
Offers young Latinos (15-25) born and raised in the South a shared historical memory, a sense of belonging and an awareness that their parent’s traditions are an essential part of their identity and their future.
Offers Latino parents (25-60) who came to the South seeking a better life for themselves and their children a sense that their traditions will be passed on to a new generation.
Informs the receiving communities in the South about the ways that the Latino immigrant experience is making a positive contribution to their own well-being.