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SELA Participants

At community festivals, school events, and local businesses across Southeast Los Angeles, residents were invited to share book recommendations for their neighbors and reflect on how these books have influenced or transformed their lives. Click on each post to explore photos, artwork, audio clips, and stories behind each participant's recommended read.

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Quitxia Aguila

City/Ciudad: South Gate

Book/Libro: Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

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Alejandra León

City/Ciudad: South Gate

Book/Libro: Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler

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Tony

City/Ciudad: Bell

Book/Libro: Stamped from the Beginning - Ibram X. Kendi

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Alberto Espiricueta

City/Ciudad: Maywood/Bell

Book/Libro: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney & Woman on the Edge of Time - Marge Piercy

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Rogelio Duarte

City/Ciudad: Huntington Park/Downey

Book/Libro: Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz

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Celina Lopez

City/Ciudad: Huntington Park/South Central

Book/Libro: The Salvi Soul Cookbook - Karla T. Vasquez

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Melina Aguilar

City/Ciudad: Bell

Book/Libro: Trece latas de atún - Amandititita

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Javier Garay

City/Ciudad: Bell Gardens

Book/Libro: Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe

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Maria Bautista

City/Ciudad: Huntington Park

Book/Libro: Los cuatro acuerdos - Don Miguel Ruiz

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