Come for a walk with us through Broad Street, aka La Callé Broa' and then join Sussy Santana at the Broad Street Gateway Center (1197 Broad Street, Providence, RI 02907) to reflect on what you learned through storytelling / story-collecting activities. ...If you do not participate in the Barrio Tour, you can join us at the Gateway *after the tour for Café Recuerdos, and to learn about Nuestras Raíces @RILA's oral history collection, and how YOU can contribute your story. . Barrio Tour participants: Meet 15 minutes before the scheduled start time in the grass area of the Roger Williams Park @Br ..read more

What To Expect ...In the workshop you will learn what is difference between story collecting & oral history. Attendees will come to this session with their own curiosities about what is oral history and how they can plan or work on an oral history project with and among communities of color or other communities that have not yet been well represented in the public history of Rhode Island. ...This is a platform where we will discuss and reflect on how our own stories can be told, and is not a step-by-step hands-on oral history session. We will be offering a series of Oral History 101 worksh ..read more

Brian Villa is a 2022 graduate of Rhode Island College with a degree in History. His goal is to continue telling the story of Rhode Island Latino History. During his time at RILA Brian hopes to learn how to enrich his community through the arts and storytelling using people places and programming. Brian will be assisting RILA with setting up interviews, transcribing audio, and ensuring our archival collections is up-to-date. Go here to contact Brian: brian@rilatinoarts.org ..read more

Oral History is a dedicated life cycle to capture with a recording device, preserve for the long-term, and ethically share human stories, often around a particular well-researched topic by the interviewer. This definition has a lot of similarities to the great work journalists & audio (podcast) producers are doing, but the big difference is the emphasis on long-term preservation as well as having a collection of archived interviews around a particular topic. ...Marta will help you think about how oral history best practices supports active listening, ethical practice, memory, use of of pri ..read more

Wind-whipped fire quickly spread from mill building to mill building after starting at 3:07 am, getting dangerously close to homes and businesses in this tightly-packed neighborhood in the Conant Thread District as firefighters put up plumes of water to protect the surrounding area. We are looking to interview anyone who may have worked at one time in the Paramount Cards building, any residents who were directly affected by the fire or first responders. Our bilingual staff welcomes any and all individuals interested in sharing your story. ...Buscamos a personas para una entrevista que hayan tr ..read more

Diana is not new to RILA: she served as our intern for three semesters while a student at Roger Williams University; she graduated in 2018 with a degree in Preservation, UrbanStudies. With her background & knowledge of Nuestras Raíces, she is the perfect candidate to work on our Latino Archives Collection. Diana will be RILA’s Cultural Preservation Specialist under a grant from the NEH, and will support the continuation of our community pláticas, organized and led by Yaruska Ordinola during the Summer of 2019. Please join us in welcoming Diana back to RILA. She can be reached at this E-Mai ..read more

The monologue is based on Josefina “Doña Fefa” Rosario’s story, as told to Marta V. Martínez, Creator and Project Director of Nuestras Raíces: Latino Oral Histories of Rhode Island. ...If you would like to host this performance, contact us here. A $75 artists stipend is requested from hosting organizations in Rhode Island. Our fee varies if we travel outside of Rhode Island ..read more

Rhode Island Latino Arts | Latino Oral History Project has received grants from the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Providence Tourism Council for a public history project that celebrates people, places, and community life in three neighborhoods that are significant to the state’s Latino Community. ...On Broad Street, Teresa Guaba and a team of neighborhood residents, have been mapping out places that are significant to Latinos and other residents, while Orlando Hernández will be leading discussions to design and dream up activities ..read more

History happens every day. With that thought in mind, we will be collecting the stories of the Puerto Rican community in Rhode Island, focusing on those who have made this state their home due to their displacement in PuertoRico during Hurricane María. We feel it’s important to capture these personal stories and to educate and raise social awareness among our youth, so that this event will never be forgotten. If you are interested in collecting these stories with us, contact Marta V. ...If you know anyone who would like to tell their story, please leave a message below or contact Marta by emai ..read more

Encuentro 2018 will bring together community leaders, arts advocates and preservationists from throughout the country and state around the theme of “Building a More Inclusive Preservation Movement.” Participants will select from one, two, or three days of programs including, panel presentations, plenary addresses, tours, and social gatherings. The full schedule will be available by early March. For details about Encuentro 2018, click here ..read more