Educational lectures & Curriculum

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In 2014 President Barack Obama awarded this predominant Puerto Rican Infantry unit the Congressional Gold Medal. The Borinqueneers received their recognition 59 years later. The 65th Infantry unit fought in WWI, WWII, and the Korean War. They are considered parallel to the Tuskegee Airmen an African American unit that also fought valiantly. 

The Tuskegee Airmen didn't receive their recognition till 60 years later. Irma Cornier met a descendant of the Tuskegee Airmen, Appellate Court Justice Bertina E. Lampkin, but unfortunately her father had passed away. She went to Washington D.C. alone to retrieve his Congressional Gold Medal and had tears in her eyes when she spoke of him to Bishop Tomas Lozada.  He hugged her to calm her spirit and Irma told her I'll share my Papa with you. Papa told her we are all brothers that served. This comforted her heart and spirit. Many veterans of color that served suffered racism and were segregated from other groups.  Telling our history in paramount nowadays. 

The Chicago Borinqueneers has both been in lectures and speaking engagements. We have created a curriculum approved by the Illinois State Board of Education. Moreover, we have our book series, "Descendant of a Borinqueneer."