The UCR Library has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association to highlight Latino American history.

A total of 203 organizations will be participating in the Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant initiative, which seeks to familiarize public audiences with the people, places, history, and contributions of Latino Americans in the United States. The public programs slated for the grant will occur between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016.

Through the Latino Americans: 500 Years of History public programs grant and its partners, the UCR Library will showcase a host of programs that include film screenings, presentations from UCR scholars, a field trip, dramatic readings, and performances. All programs will be free and open to the public.

Project partners include the UC Riverside Chicano Student Programs, the Riverside Public Library, the Spanish Town Heritage Foundation, and the Riverside Community College District’s Center for Social Justice & Civil Liberties.

Latino Americans: 500 Years of History, a public programming initiative produced by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA), is part of an NEH initiative, The Common Good: The Humanities in the Public Square. 

For additional information about the UCR Library's involvement in this initiative, please contact Anthony Sanchez, Program Director, at anthony.sanchez@ucr.edu or Melissa Cardenas-Dow, Assistant Program Director, at melissa.cardenas-dow@ucr.edu.