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Tribute to Edward González, Jr., Dr. Helen Rodríguez Trías, and Carlos GonzálezCentro is now putting a spotlight on this couple in a traveling exhibit, curated by senior archivist Pedro Juan Hernández...
Socioeconomic Conditions for Puerto Ricans in Texas, 2010Puerto Ricans in Texas have fared better as far as jobs than Puerto Ricans in the United States as a whole... 
Video Conference on Teaching & Learning about Puerto Rican in the United States This conference will focus on the history of the Puerto Rican experience structured around seven posters produced by Centro...
U.S. Data Reflect Poor Economic Conditions For Puerto Rican Living in New JerseyPuerto Ricans in New Jersey had significantly lower incomes, were overrepresented among the unemployed, underrepresented among high school and college graduates....
Teaching and Learning about Stateside Puerto RicansThere were about 1,500 Puerto Ricans in the United States in 1910, and in just 100 years, the Puerto Rican population has grown to more than 4.7 million...
Centro Library and Archives’ Exhibit HighlightsPresidential Medal Honorees Dr. Antonia Pantoja and Dr. Helen Rodríguez-Trías...
CENTRO Journal Managing Editor To Be Honored For his Tenth AnniversaryXavier F. Totti, CENTRO Journal’s managing editor, will receive a tribute for his tenth anniversary chronicling the Puerto Rican experience...
Expanding Voting Rights in New York City Fifty-percent of New Yorkers surveyed said they supported city residents who are in the country legally but are not U.S.
Upcoming Events
Picturing Puerto Rico Under the American Flag:Thursday, May 10, 6:30–8:30 p.m. 2012
The Photographic Life of Louise Rosskam Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street (more...)
A Critical Historiography on Puerto Rican Resistance, 1969-89Saturday, May 12, 9:00–3:00 p.m. 2012
at the Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College East Harlem Room 115A, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street (more...)
Barrio Series - Power at the Roots:Wednesday, May 16 6:00-8:00 p.m. 2012
Gentrification, Community Gardens, and the Puerto Ricans of the Lower East Side Hunter College, 68th Street & Lexington Avenue, Faculty Dining Room, West Building, 8th Floor(more...)
