Tools

Antonia Pantoja: A Founder

Dr. Antonia Pantoja, a Puerto Rican educator and activist, had a profound impact on the Puerto Rican Diaspora through the founding of multiple institutions, including ASPIRA, The Puerto Rican Forum, Boricua College, and more. The Antonia Pantoja: A Founder downloadable and interactive exhibition, created by CENTRO, is a free tool… ...

Citizen Voting Age Population: 2014-2022 Dashboard

The Citizen Voting-age Population: 2014-2022 Dashboard showcases the citizen voting-age population (CVAP) for Puerto Ricans, overall Hispanics, specific Hispanic origins and selected races by state and year from 2014-2022. This tool can be used as a resource to see the potential Puerto Ricans, Hispanics, and other selected races may have… ...

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Evelina Antonetty: “The Hell Lady of the Bronx”

Learn about the beautiful and powerful activist work done by Evelina Antonnety "The hell lady of The Bronx". Evelina was committed to improve the quality of life for Puerto Rican children of the South Bronx. Her work resulted in bilingual education accessible in the South Bronx through United Bronx Parents,… ...

IDA Y VUELTA

This exhibition is no longer on view. You can learn more about the exhibition below. "Ida y Vuelta: Experiencias de la migración en el arte puertorriqueño contemporáneo" is an expansive exhibition of 19 Puerto Rican artists whose works express their varied interpretations of the experience of migration—often formulated from direct… ...

Open and Closed Schools in Puerto Rico, 2011-2021

Over past decades, hundreds of schools in Puerto Rico have been arbitrarily closed by the government despite opposition and discontent by students and their communities. This tool shows the locations of 1,484 schools listed by the Puerto Rico Department of Education as operational between 2011 and 2021.

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The Fires: Hoboken 1978–1982

The Fires: Hoboken 1978–1982 is presented in partnership with the Hoboken Historical Museum, Diaspora Solidarities Lab, and New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The exhibition, first installed at the Hoboken Historical Museum, features the work of Christopher Lopez, a Puerto Rican Lens-Based Artist, Educator, and Public Historian. January 24 -… ...

The Puerto Rico Child Vulnerability Index Dashboard

The Child Vulnerability Dashboard provides the index at the county, county-subdivision, and census tract level in both English and Spanish, which allows local children-focused nonprofits, community leaders, educators, and policy analysts to determine where children are most vulnerable in Puerto Rico by certain social conditions such as poverty, disability, and lack of internet access.

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The State of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. Dashboard

The Socio-Demographic Data of Puerto Ricans in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2010 - 2021 Dashboard showcases Puerto Rican population data, including in- and out-migration from Puerto Rico, educational attainment and language proficiency, income, employment, housing, health and much more. This dashboard provides socioeconomic trends of the Puerto Rican… ...