Three Artifacts
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Women’s Art Wednesday
In 2017, my colleague, Jane Thompson, and I co-created an art collective called Women’s Art Wednesday, where we share histories of women artists on a weekly basis. We also have collaborated with museums, artists, and provided lectures and presentations to college courses and high school students in Colorado. in March of 2022 we published our… Continue reading
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Social Justice and Hispanic Serving Institutions
The following paper was written for LIS 558 Social Justice and Library Information Science and it guides university libraries that are on their way to becoming Hispanic Serving Institutions and how the libraries can diversify their Latin American resources within their collection. Latin American collections encompasses books written by Latin American scholars/authors, about Latin America,… Continue reading
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Interviewing & Transcribing for the Mexican American History Project Greeley.
During my graduate internship for the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Archives in 2023, I worked on the Archive’s community outreach project with the Mexican American History Project (MAHPG). The group is writing a history book about Greeley Mexican Americans based on oral histories that will be incorporated into District 6 history courses. The group… Continue reading
Paloma Barraza 