Sponsored by: Humanities Writ Large
With support from: Center for Documentary Studies, Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South, Duke Spanish Language Program
Our team would like to thank:
Firstly, Dean Srinivas Aravamudan, Laura Eastwood, and the entire Humanities Writ Large Steering Committee for their sponsorship and strong support.
Also, students in the three collaborating classes: Building Creative Communities. Latino Voices. The U.S. Mexico Border. With a special thanks to the guest students from the community who participated all semester: Alma, Cristina, Estefanía, Gabe (Gabriel), Jackie, Keny, Marco, and Sandro.
We would like to thank the many collaborators on the multiple components of this year-long project, specifically:
- Emily Chavez and Natalie Hartman, Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- LeAnne Campbell and the Global Leadership Institute
- Sarah Garrahan, Tracy Fish, and Mendal Polish, Duke MFA students
- David Wong, Center for Documentary Studies
- Tracy Carhart, Friedl Gallery Coordinator
- Katushka Olave, Immaculate Conception Church
- Kendra Rose, Communities in Schools
- Fernando Campos and Alaina Burr, Riverside High School
- Marco Cervantes, Immigrant Youth Forum
- Miguel Chirinos, Durham Public Schools
- Angela Martinez, Durham Crisis Response Center
- Ellyson Goetz, El Centro Hispano
- MARHMI and the Dominican artists who led the outdoor mural
- El Centro Hispano and Jóvenes Líderes en Acción
- Torero’s Restaurant. Don Jose and all the crew!
- Immaculate Conception Church / Iglesia Inmaculada Concepcion
- NC DREAM Team
- Media partners: The Chronicle, The Herald-Sun, La Conexión USA, Qué Pasa, Fox 50 “Hola North Carolina,” and “Arriba Latino.”
The Duke conveners of this project are:
Charlie Thompson, PhD, Center for Documentary Studies
Bethzaida Fernández-Vargas, MA, Spanish Language Program
Miguel Rojas-Sotelo, PhD, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Jenny Snead Williams, MA, Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South
Key partners in Durham include:
Cornelio Campos, Visual Artist
Mauricio Andrada, Filmmaker
