2025-2026: Boricuas in Relation

The 2025-2026 theme, “Boricuas in Relation,” invites researchers to engage with the phenomenon of Boricua archipelagic and diasporic community formation with other racial and ethnic groups. Boricuas have long developed and sustained political, social, kinship, creative, labor, and spiritual practices with multiple communities across the United States and beyond. One example to consider is the multi-generational relationships Puerto Ricans in Hawaii have created with Kānaka Maoli, Filipino, Japanese, Black, and Portuguese communities after over 100 years of colonization and cohabitation. We are interested in works that examine the experience and impact of migration, language, assimilation, cultural and linguistic resilience, and the connections between Puerto Ricans and other racial and ethnic groups.


Microgrant Recipients:

• El Taller Comunitario Afro–Puertorriqueño y Dominicano de Barrio Obrero - Juan M. Usera-Falcón, Santurce, Puerto Rico
• Community Brigade Days - Ceiba Arbor, Salem, Connecticut
• Raíces en Tinta: A Boricua Printmaking Journey - Mississippi Latinx Art Association, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• Vieques + St. Croix, in Relation - Archivo Histórico de Vieques, Vieques, Puerto Rico
• Diaspora Diaries - Undoing Our Erasure, Chicago, Illinois
• Savia: Micro-Residencias de Etnobotánica y Arte - Tabonuco Inc/HASER Inc, Jayuya, Puerto Rico
• One Ummah, One Barrio: Alianza Islamica and the Legacy of Muslim Nuyorican Revolution - Maia Villalba, New York, New York
• Círculo de la Memoria: Humboldt Park Experiences - 9 Millones, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Hermanas del Agua: Collective Care Workshop Series - Hermanas del Agua, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
• Decolonizing Our Pelvis - BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bronx, New York
• Literacy Across Harlem: Building Community Through Literature to Advance Black and Brown Literacy - Total Equity Now, Harlem, New York
• De Costa a Costa: Caribbean Social Impact Program Connecting, Sociogeographically Isolated Communities - Saltamontes Network, Oakland, California