Special Issue: Team Hola Cultura!
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This special issue was produced thanks to the hard work of several people and the generous support of our funders.
OUR TEAM: Leading our investigation into local Latino history are Dr. Ana Patricia Rodriguez and Dr. Ronald Luna of the University of Maryland; Hola Cultura’s Christine MacDonald and Alberto Roblest; and Senior Intern Byron Marroquin. Drs. Rodriguez and Luna designed and implemented the Oral History and GIS mapping components, respectively. Marroquin, a UMD graduate student, completed the initial research in the Spring of 2015. We also have a group of high school, college and graduate school interns working on everything from mapping and web design to interviewing, writing and presenting our findings. Hola Cultura’s Summer 2015 Interns are Antonio Garcia, Cristian Cruz, Emily Birnbaum, Elvis Herrera, Esteffany Lemus, Ingrid Serrano, Jasmin Avila, Julie Hollinsed, Nancy Reyes, Nicholas John, Oliver Garretson, and Ronal Reyes. (You can read more about them on our Meet the Interns page.)
Acknowledgements: We’d like to thank the funders and supporters who make this project possible.
The Washington D.C. Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs which included Hola Cultura in its 2015 Summer Youth Employment Program.
Humanities DC, (formerly the Humanities Council of Washington DC) which awarded Hola Cultura with a Soul of the City grant.
The University of Maryland: We’d like to thank the University of Maryland and UMD professors Dr. Ana Patricia Rodriguez and Dr. Ronald Luna who lead, respectively, the oral history and online mapping segments of the program. The University’s Department of Geographic Science also provides crucial support.
Trader Joe’s 14th Street NW store also donated healthy snacks that helped our interns keep working this summer. We’d like to thank Trader Joe’s too.
We are also honored to have won a grant from the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities to host screenings of the PBS documentary, Latino Americans: 500 Years of History, a six part PBS documentary–a great compliment to Hola Cultura’s exploration of local Latino history! Join us tonight for Episode 5 on the Latino Civil Rights era! Free and open to all! Learn more here.
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