Voces de Latinidad

FAIN: ZPP-283507-22

National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation (Albuquerque, NM 87102-4508)
Valerie Lynne Martinez (Project Director: May 2021 to November 2021)
Patricia Marie Perea (Project Director: November 2021 to March 2022)
Noël Bella Merriam (Project Director: March 2022 to January 2026)

Implementation of a series of programs on public history and Latinx culture in Albuquerque.

NHCC’s Voces de Latinidad is a digital storytelling archive focused on Hispanic/Latinx identity, history, and place within the United States with an emphasis on the Barelas neighborhood of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The National Hispanic Cultural Center is located in this Hispanic/Latinx neighborhood, which is one of the oldest in Albuquerque and dates back over 300 years. The intersection of Hispanic/Latinx identity with Indigenous identity will also be examined and documented in an equitable and inclusive manner. Participants will share personal and family histories and stories that will create a digital storytelling archive which will culminate in a documentary film. This project will be facilitated through a series of community conversations led by historians and scholars, followed by breakout sessions featuring storytelling prompts with trained facilitators. Participants will be invited to participate in the digital storytelling archive at the end of these sessions. Videographers will document the community conversations, and a documentary filmmaker will compile the footage into a 30 to 45 minute film at the close of the project. The National Hispanic Cultural Center will share this film with the community, and hopes to sustain this project by adding additional digital storytelling archives after the completion of the project.