About Us
Las Caras Lindas (LCL) is a 501c3 organization dedicated to helping Black and Latina girls and women explore who we are as individuals, members of our community and leaders in society. LCL is committed to enabling Black and Latina women identify and harness the power of their womanhood, cultural identity, and the solidarity of sisterhood in order to position themselves as leaders in society.
Our vision is to liberate the next generation of women from the barriers and challenges that compromise them so that young girls and women can more fully reveal all of the unique strengths and talents that they have to offer society. Our mission is to define ourselves as women. Our goals are to foster cultural uniqueness among a diverse group of girls and women, to develop the individual strengths of each woman and to celebrate the brilliance that makes us all women.
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The Rhythm of the Spirit Behind “Las Caras Lindas”
Las Caras Lindas was written to celebrate the shared life of Black and Brown people at a time when Colorism was fragmenting the community. For more information about the history of the song and spirit of the journey click on the link above. To view the video see below.
Las Caras Lindas
Songwriter: Tite Curet Alonso
The beautiful faces
Of my black people
Are a parade
Of molasses in bloom
And when
They pass before me
Their blackness
Cheers my heart
The beautiful faces
Of my dark race
Are made of weeping
Pain and suffering
They are the truth
That life challenges
But they carry
Within so much love
We are the molasses that laughs
The molasses that cries
The molasses that loves
In each moving kiss
That’s why I live proud
Of our coloration
We are friendly shoe polish
Of clear poetry
They have their rhythm
They have their melody
The beautiful faces
Of my black people
Beautiful faces
Of my black people
Las caras lindas
De mi gente negra
Son un desfile
De melaza en flor
Que cuando pasan
Frente a mi se alegra
De su negrura todo el corazón
Las caras lindas
De me raza prieta
Tienen de llanto
De pena y dolor
Son las verdades
Que la vida reta
Pero que llevan
Dentro mucho amor
Somos la melaza que rÃe
Somos la melaza que llora
Somos la melaza que ama
Y en cada beso
Es conmovedora
Por eso vivo orgullosa
De su colorido
Somos betún amable
De clara poesÃa
Tienen su ritmo
Tienen melodÃa
Las caras lindas
De mi gente negra
Caras lindas
De mi gente negra
