Fri Sep 18th, 2015
Staff report
Categories: Education
Ignacio Community Library was selected to receive a competitive Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA).
As part of the Latino Americans 500 Years of History planned programs at the Ignacio Community Library and the Ignacio Middle School will include:
The event features:
For more information, contact Leslee Shell, Library Director, 970-563-9287
Contact Ruth Lambert, PhD, for information and directions. Ruth is Cultural Program Director San Juan Mountains Association, 970-385-1267
For more information, contact Leslee Shell, Library Director, 970-563-9287
For more information, contact Rocco Fuschetto, Ignacio School Superintendent, Phone: 970-563-0500
For more information, contact Ruth Lambert, PhD, Cultural Program Director San Juan Mountains Association, 970-385-1267
The Southern Ute Cultural Center hopes to collaborate with the Ignacio Community Library in our mutual oral history projects.
For more information, contact Renee Morgan, Ignacio Community Library, 970-563-9287.
Forty six percent of Ignacio’s residents claim Hispanic heritage. “Latino Americans are the country’s largest minority group, and still many people are unaware of their rich and varied history and culture,” said Shirena Trujillo Long, El Centro de Muchos Colores. She is a collaborator in the project. “I’m thrilled that Ignacio Community Library has this opportunity to explore this topic in our community.” Dr. Rocco Fuschetto, Superintendent of Ignacio Public Schools is spearheading the Hispanic/ Latino conference to help children of Spanish speaking parents to prepare for college and the future. “I would like to invite all Hispanic speaking parents that live in Ignacio, Bayfield, Durango and the surrounding areas to attend this informative conference”.
For a schedule of events, visit www.ignaciolibrary.org or contact (970) 563-9287.
Ignacio Community Library is located at 470 Goddard Avenue, Ignacio, CO 81137.
The Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grantees represent 42 states and the District of Columbia, and include 78 public libraries, 68 college/university libraries and organizations, 19 community college libraries, 10 state humanities councils, 12 museums and a range of other nonprofit organizations. View a full list of the recipients.
Latino Americans: 500 Years of History is part of an NEH initiative, The Common Good: The Humanities in the Public Square.
About the National Endowment for the Humanities
Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at www.neh.gov.
About the American Library Association
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with approximately 58,000 members in academic, public, school, government and special libraries. The mission of the American Library Association is to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.
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