Ramos chosen as February 2016’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Ramos for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: HENRY A. J. RAMOS is is president and CEO of Insight Center for Community Economic Development, a national economic policy think tank focused on promoting asset building and economic security in diverse, low-income communities. His publications include Latino Young Men and Boys in Search of Justice: Testimonies (Arte Público Press, 2016), The American GI Forum: In Pursuit of the Dream, 1948-1983 (Arte Público Press, 1998) and Nuevos Senderos: Reflections on Hispanics and Philanthropy (Arte Público Press, 1999).  Ramos is also the co-author of Opening …

Acosta chosen as March 2016’s “Author of the Month” on Houston Public Media Houston Public Media radio host Eric Ladau interviewed Acosta for its website’s “Arte Público Press Author of the Month” feature, and along with the transcript, their conversation is available to listeners on the station’s interactive site through on-demand audio streaming here. Click here to see all Arte Público authors featured on Houston Public Media. About the Author: FRANK DE JESÚS ACOSTA is principal of Acosta & Associates, a California-based consulting group that specializes in professional support services for public and private social change ventures in the areas of children, youth and family services, violence prevention, community development, and cultural fluency. He is the author of The History of Barrios Unidos (Arte Público Press, 2007). About her first novel, Latino Young Men and Boys in Search of Justice: Testimonies In “Message to My Seventeen-Year-Old Self,” Roberto Martínez, a California Correctional inmate, writes that …