to documenting
The living history…
… OF THE GREAt Latino Migration
to the American South.
Nuevo South Magazine
is more THAN just
a ‘magazine’.
The Magazine is strategically bi-lingual and will be around 120 pages, printed on high quality 80# Gloss Text, with a 100# Gloss Cover. When you sponsor a copy, you are also sponsoring a community building and creative process of workshops and cultural events feeding directly from our TAPS and YOUTH MEDIA BRIGADE projects. The Magazine will also be attached to public art exhibits (physical and digital).
Our emphasis is on visual storytelling and 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.
The Magazine is funded in part by a generous grant from the the Durham City/County Office on Youth.
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NUEVO SOUTH Magazine is designed to be gifted.
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.
Cornelio Campos, a self-taught Mexican indigenous P’urepecha working-class artist living in the American South, embarks on a journey of personal transformation and reinvention, drawing deeper from his cultural roots while embracing new technologies.
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.
PREVIEW OF A few of our
featureD STORIES
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Nuevo South Magazine is fiscally sponsored by the Southern Documentary Fund, a 501c-3 organization.
Your sponsorship of Nuevo South Magazine is tax -deductible.
IS THE MAGAZINE FOR SALE?
Nuevo South Magazine is free. It is not for sale. Copies of the Magazine will be physically distributed through out various locations TBA in Durham, North Carolina .
NUEVO SOUTH Magazine is designed to be gifted.
When you sponsor one copy for community distribution, you get one copy for yourself or your organization. The minimum cost of one sponsorship is $20. The cost of 10 copies for your organization, for example, would be $200. And so on...
HOW CAN I SPONSOR A COPY/COPIES?
Calculate how many copies you can to sponsor, then click on the button below, it will take you to a payment page of the Southern Documentary Fund. Enter the amount , your information and at the end of the month we will receive your email and contact you for delivery options.
WHAt’s my deadline?
If you want to receive a copy of the FIRST ISSUE, make sure you sponsor your copy by November 15. We plan to have the printed magazine ready for distribution by early December, ready for Christmas! Sign up and stuff those stockings with something unique.
Delivery options?
If you live outside of Durham, North Carolina, we will ship your copy or copies to you free of charge.
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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 Latine media makers, narrow 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.
Educates the receiving communities in the South about the ways that the Latino immigrant experience.