The Abuelas Project: A National Open-Access Resource

FAIN: PN-293436-23

Latinos in Heritage Conservation (Tucson, AZ 85746-9526)
Asami Robledo-Allen Yamamoto (Project Director: January 2023 to present)

Planning to develop the Abuelas Project, which would identify, collect, and share stories about historic places or sites within Latinx communities nationwide. 

Latinos in Heritage Conservation (LHC) seeks funding to support the research and national planning development of The Abuelas Project: A National Open-Access Resource (working title). The Abuelas Project is a multi-year project that will identify, collect, and share stories about places that matter to Latinx communities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The Abuelas Project will function as a repository of place-based historical documentation that centers the voices and experiences of the American Latinx communities. NEH Cultural and Community Resilience planning grant will support the staff time and resources needed to research and plan the development of a community and partner outreach strategy for a participatory national framework to support a digital preservation repository, a National Abuelas Project Strategic Plan, hire consultants, and support partner workshop planning meetings.