“Sin Complejos, Sin Arrepentimientos, Sin Pedir Perdon” presents oral history interviews conducted by students with faculty and students about Latina/o identity. Edited by Richard Lainez, Nahil Carranza, and Genesis Lara.
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Students interviewed four young people who have lived the experience of being a First Generation American, aiming to understand what their life is like at home, what their vision of the world is, and how they construct their identity from two or more cultures. A video documentary by the students of SPN 3948 Service Learning, Spring of […]
The SAA is the premier archival association in the Americas, and one of the country’s largest academic professional associations. The SAA recognized SPOHP’s ongoing commitment to social justice research initiatives, including LDAP (pictured).
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Coordinated by Génesis Lara, LDAP grew this year through an extraordinary effort focusing on community building and education, and students celebrated with a public event on April 24. Click to view the LDAP documentary, edited by Deborah Hendrix.
Press Release For Immediate Release Documenting the Ethnic Studies Struggle through Oral History Field Work Trip: A Collaboration between Prescott College and the University of Florida February 26, 2015, Throughout February 28 – March 8, 2015, students, staff and faculty from the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) at the University of Florida will be visiting […]
Press Release For Immediate Release February 13, 2015, On March 5, 2015 at the Western Institute for Leadership Development at 6:00pm Prescott College and Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida will present the panel Documenting the Ethnic Studies Struggles through Oral History: A Conversation between Prescott College and the University of […]
Playwright and director Deborah B. Dickey has created a play in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal. Threads of Silver and Gold: Women of the Panama Canal looks at the role of women who arrived from the West Indies, England and the United States during the construction period of the canal. The […]
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Students in the seminar class presented “Familias Unidas: Amor y Comunidad,” their community development plan for the immigrant community of Gainesville, on December 11 at the Institute for Hispanic-Latino Cultures. The class was taught by Dr. Paul Ortiz and instructor Génesis Lara. “Familias Unidas: Amor y Comunidad,” December 11, 2014 During the spring, the class will continue in […]
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Dr. Kathy Navajas’s SPN 3948 class, with Deborah Hendrix, created this documentary focusing on immigration, a bridge that connects people and places.
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