Latino community

More than 16,000 Hispanic voters cast ballots in Mecklenburg County during the early voting period, surpassing the total number of Hispanic voters who participated in the 2022 midterm elections.

Hector Vaca, immigrant justice director at Action NC, met Huerta in Charlotte in 2015. Vaca said she was visiting as part of a tour involving the Dolores Huerta Foundation and the National Immigration Law Center.

Latino voters in Mecklenburg County have cast far more early ballots in this year’s midterm election than at the same point in 2022.

A Charlotte photographer’s portraits highlight the humanity of the local Latino community. The project, “Latinx Portraits,” opens in east Charlotte on Saturday.

A Charlotte community event will pair early voting with music, food and a group walk to the polls Saturday.

The Mint Museum Uptown is celebrating the legacy of the Lebrón Brothers, a Puerto Rican salsa group whose music helped shape New York’s Latin music scene, on Friday night.

A documentary about Puerto Rican independence leader Pedro Albizu Campos is coming to Charlotte this week.

The UNC Charlotte School of Social Work and Center for Migration and Diaspora Studies will host a Latino Health and Mental Wellness Conference on Friday.

Gov. Josh Stein has proclaimed Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month in North Carolina.

Federal Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans is expected to expire Tuesday, which would place thousands in the Charlotte area under threat of deportation.