by Joe Cialdella | Jan 31, 2017 | Latin Americans, Youth
The committee for the Día De Los Muertos project officially convened for the first time on a hot and humid Tuesday afternoon in July 2016 at the Ford Resource Engagement Center in Detroit. Members greeted each other in English and Spanish with big hugs and smiles—some...
by Joe Cialdella | Jan 31, 2017 | European Americans, Latin Americans
At the opening day event for this project in April 2016, two visitors found themselves studying the same photograph in the Museum’s German exhibit. After exchanging a few words, they realized they were related. They had not met previously, but had one photographed...
by boxcar-admin | Nov 2, 2016 | Arts, Latin Americans, Youth
The voices of the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood have always been hushed. The Latino youth in this community struggle to find a medium through which they can be heard. Each teen in this community has a unique narrative—some of struggle, others of triumph and...