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Education

The Education Unit develops educational programming, events, exhibitions, and educational materials surrounding the primary resource materials and publications focused on the Puerto Rican Diaspora within the CENTRO library and archives. Our core objective is to reach critically engaged and responsive educators as we deliver Diasporican and Puerto Rican Studies to classrooms nationwide. We work to guide today's educators towards student-centered methods while addressing the void in Puerto Rican Studies in the US curriculum. Therefore, we address contemporary topics that address the educator and student’s needs. We aim to present key contributions of the Puerto Rican diaspora collectives and individuals historically overlooked in primary research among the current issues addressed. Some of our problems pertain to categories such as Puerto Ricans in the diaspora, AfroRicans, community building, gender, queer, disabilities, aging, leadership, language, migration, and climate change in both home countries.

Juan Sánchez, Enseñar a los Niños/Teach the Children, 1990. Medio Mixto. Puerto Rico Tourism Company Collection.

In September of 2022, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies was awarded a three-year grant to commence the overhaul and expansion of a digital program we refer to as the Diasporican Education Program. The Diasporican Education Program, formerly known as Cultural Ambassadors Program, is a comprehensive curriculum that teaches the social history of Puerto Ricans from the Tainos to officially recognized eras of migration to the US. The program will prepare undergraduate students, educators and the general audience about the Puerto Rican community throughout time and remember the notable figures who led the Puerto Rican community and formed essential alliances with other marginalized and oppressed groups in the United States. This program is in development until 2025.

Events & Exhibitions