{"id":18594,"date":"2015-08-17T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.hispanicizewire.com\/es\/?p=9971"},"modified":"2017-03-01T10:17:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T15:17:01","slug":"project-enye-n-sofrito-for-your-soul-rally-around-the-letter-n-to-properly-communicate-identify-embrace-espanol-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/project-enye-n-sofrito-for-your-soul-rally-around-the-letter-n-to-properly-communicate-identify-embrace-espanol-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Enye (\u00f1) &#038; Sofrito For Your Soul Rally Around the Letter \u00d1 to Properly Communicate, Identify &#038; Embrace @Espa\u00f1ol on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube\" width=\"304\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/oopKE5xttfk?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/iframe> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/sofrito-304.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"186\"\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/\u00f1-304.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"186\"\/> <p>DENVER, CO \u2013 August 17, 2015 \u2013 (HISPANICIZE WIRE) &#8211; Spanish or Espa\u00f1ol is the most spoken non-English language in U.S. homes and is a dominant language online. While Spanish has a large number of regional varieties, there is one commonality; one unifying tie that transcends offline and online \u23af the use of the letter \u00f1. With more than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/minorityhealth\/populations\/REMP\/hispanic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">54 million Latinos<\/a> in the United States, the letter \u00f1 is an integral part of how the largest ethnic minority in the US communicates, connects and ultimately, identifies. Recognizing the importance of this letter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectenye.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Enye (\u00f1)<\/a>, in partnership with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofritoforyoursoul.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sofrito For Your Soul<\/a>, today launched #WhereInTheWorldIsThe\u00d1, a public campaign rallying Spanish speakers (Latinos and non-Latinos) to ask <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter\u00a9<\/a> to enable and support the use of the letter \u00f1 in a Twitter\u00a9 handle. <\/p>\n<p>\u00abWe applaud Twitter\u00a9 for what they&#8217;ve done up to this point to acknowledge the letter \u00f1 and we&#8217;re hopeful they&#8217;ll bring their effort full circle by making handles \u00f1 compatible,\u00bb said Denise Soler Cox, first-time filmmaker and co-creator of Project Enye (\u00f1), a new media, multi-platform documentary project about first-generation American born Latinos. \u00abTwitter\u00a9 handles are an extension of ourselves, interests and opinions and to have the option to use the \u00f1 would be a monumental step towards helping Spanish speakers communicate, connect and identify in today&#8217;s socially-driven world.\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>According to the Pew Research Center\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewinternet.org\/2015\/01\/09\/social-media-update-2014\/pi_2015-01-09_social-media-new_01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Media Update<\/a>, Hispanics represented the largest site usage increase on Twitter\u00a9 last year, growing from 16 percent in 2013 to 25 percent in 2014. The Center&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediapost.com\/publications\/article\/220256\/hispanics-lead-stats-in-social-media-usage.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Internet Project<\/a> estimates that 80 percent of U.S. Hispanic adults use social media, compared to 72 percent for the country overall. Of that total, 68 percent of U.S. Hispanic adults say they&#8217;ve used Facebook\u00a9, Twitter\u00a9 or similar platforms, compared to 58 percent for the U.S. population.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Imagine the Possibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ask any Latino if the letter n can be substituted for the letter \u00f1 and they will emphatically respond with a steadfast \u00abno\u00bb; yet, Twitter&#8217;s current alphabet algorithms systematically change pe\u00f1a to pena and espa\u00f1ol to espanol, leaving people and companies like Project Enye (\u00f1) with no other option other than to spell out the \u00f1 or become Project N. <\/p>\n<p>Published poet, essayist and freelance writer, Rich Villar, wrote a blog that posted on Sofrito For Your Soul that conveys the importance of incorporating the letter \u00f1 in one of the largest online social networking service platforms today. <\/p>\n<p>Below is an excerpt.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00ab&#8230;Here&#8217;s the thing: We actually can&#8217;t use the \u00f1 in our handle. Neither can you. Not yet, anyway. (Hi, Twitter! #CanWeTalk?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Imagine if other companies and organizations had to operate this way. Three Em? Tee Mobile? Gee Em? Aitch Bee Oh? The En Double-Ay See Pee? Confusing, to say the least. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We believe our histories start with our names. What happens when Denise Soler moves west from the Bronx, and finds her name moves from so-LER (with the accent on the short \u00abe\u00bb) to SO-ler, accent on the long \u00abo\u00bb)? Is a song with the same lyrics and different melody still the same song? Can Rich Villar (vee-JHAR) from Paterson, New Jersey, live in the same body as Rich Villar (VILL-er) from Rockland County, New York?<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><em>Imagine an online space where the \u00d1 was universally recognized here in the United States. Imagine a space in which names, places, ideas, even food, were recognized and spelled correctly in its language of origin. Imagine a Twitter handle like <strong>@Project\u00d1<\/strong>. We can!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis would be a big step in acknowledging who we are as Latinos and exactly how much we bring to the table,\u201d said George Torres, CEO and founder of Sofrito For Your Soul. \u201cOur history has never been documented with integrity, and now that we are documenting our own stories, we cannot even give proper credit to those writing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Project Enye (\u00f1) documentary is set to be released late 2015 and will be submitted to major US Film Festivals for award consideration. To learn more about Project Enye (\u00f1), subscribe to their multi-media content or pledge a donation to support the initiative, please visit www.projectenye.com or send an email to info@projectenye.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Project Enye (\u00f1)<\/strong><br \/>\nProject Enye (\u00f1) is a new media, multi-platform documentary project about first-generation American born Latinos that uses cultural and familial stories to build community among this large and growing population. Each week, the filmmakers pre-release documentary segments to their audience via multiple formats, including 3-5 minute video micro-docs, podcasts, blogs, social media and live community presentations. Each micro-doc showcases intimate, unscripted Enye (\u00f1) stories and commentary that touch on topics ranging from identity and language to family and assimilation. Although story details vary, each segment reveals commonalities about the shared Enye (\u00f1) experience in America that collectively defines this generation one story at a time. <\/p>\n<p><strong>About Sofrito For Your Soul<\/strong><br \/>\nSofrito For Your Soul is an online magazine founded in 1997, that promotes the evolution of Latino culture in the United States whose mission is to share the spirit of our heritage through art, fashion, music, dance, traditions, and emerging trends. This platform strives to offer Latinos a chance to reconnect with their heritage and extend an invitation to other cultures to experience the beauty of everything we have to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><EM>&#8212; The letter \u00f1 can be used in search terms, hashtags and page descriptions, but not in a Twitter handle &#8212;<\/EM><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2346,30,2359,15],"tags":[636,852,850,851,853],"class_list":{"0":"post-18594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arte-cultura","8":"category-arts-culture","9":"category-marketing-es","10":"category-marketing","11":"tag-espanol","12":"tag-letter-n","13":"tag-project-enye-n","14":"tag-sofrito-for-your-soul","15":"tag-twitter","16":"entry"},"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/featured4.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/featured4.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"mruiz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/author\/mruiz\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}