PROJECT SPONSORS
This
project is made possible in part by a grant from the CALIFORNIA COUNCIL
FOR THE HUMANITIES, and is part of its statewide California Stories
Initiative. The Council is an independent non-profit organization
and a state affiliate of the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES.
For more information on the Council and the California Stories Initiative
visit www.californiastories.org.
The Regents of the University of California, is another major sponsor
of this project and will play a key role along with the UCR Ernesto
Galarza Applied Research Cener in expanding outreach efforts and promoting
a community awareness for this project. Since EGARC's mission focuses
on developing applied research, training, and practicing projects
and programs that contribute to the intellectual growth and social
well-being of the Mexican/Latino populations their sponsorship will
aid in connecting this project with local, state national, and transnational
practices and policies that contribute to the educational, economic,
ecological, health, labor, and technological advancement of Mexican/Latino
communities of the United States. EGARC's research team is currently
conducting research in the Coachella Valley, therefore this project
will benefit from the established relationships and partnerships they
have developed.
THE
PROJECT'S EXHIBITION COLLABORATORS
The California Museum of Photography will serve as a primary connector
to the community and will be the first venue for this project's exhibition.
The CMP is one of the nation's premier photographic museums that regularly
hosts some of the highest profile exhibits. It is also located in
Riverside, the heart of the Inland Empire and a crucial nexus for
many of the migrant workers who pass through the various colonias.
Its central location and history of community outreach programs makes
it the perfect site for launching this project.
In addition the CMP is collaborating on a website relating to the
exhibition that will not only feature the project's accomplishments
and exhibition but also have an interactive component that will further
address the concepts of the project virtually.
Additional support and collaborative efforts will come from Professor
Mejia Krumbein's leadership in developing institutional involvement
at La Sierra University where this project will be presented in the
Fall 2006 at the Brandsteter Gallery. Professor Krumbein has expressed
a genuine interest in connecting the University with community groups
to inspire solidarity within the community at large.
Other non-traditional venues such as the United Farm Worker's Union
in Coachella Valley will engage participants in a variety of far-reaching
photographic and interview projects that will target uses of concern
to the members of its community at local, regional and state levels.
It is anticipated that other partnerships and resources will unfold
and will connect the communities of Los Angeles and the greater Inland
Empire in 2007 when the project is presented for Los Angeles Mission
College's Multimedia Studies Department located in Sylmar, California.
The exhibition's interactive website will also be featured on the
"Building Capacity For The Future/Ecological Health For Our Future"
project's website http://colonias.ucr.edu. Other universities, schools,
libraries, and Latino organizations have also expressed an interest
in establishing a link on their respective websites such as: UC Riverside,
La Sierra University, the Arizona's Hispanic Research Center, and
the Coachella Unified School District.
Other musuems, galleries and non-traditional venues are currently
being sought to extend this touring exhibition. For additional information
on how to bring this exhibtion to other locations please send an inquiry
to the Project Director, Jacalyn Lopez Garcia at jacalyn@ucr.edu
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