This article describes a community literacies event from a larger project, one goal of which was to connect those affiliated to with university with the Latino/a community in the greater Lafayette area in Indiana. The notion of code-switching is used to describe how participants, including faculty, graduate students, preservice teachers, and volunteers, moved across languages and literacies to engage with community members—a central characteristic for the establishment of partnerships with culturally and linguistically diverse groups. The following questions are addressed: How can we move across community literacies and academic literacies to partner with Latino/a families? What models exist to promote understanding of community literacies? Based on exploration of these questions, it is clear that code-switching may play a key role in establishing partnerships with Latino/a communities. Suggestions for practitioners’ and scholars’ engagement with culturally and linguistically diverse communities are given.