The Community

In gratitude to the communities who supported The UO Puerto Rico Project

The UO Puerto Rico Project Archival Team, Winter 2018-Spring 2018

In Winter 2018, Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos and two student interns, Vickie Gimm and Bareerah Zafar, compile and edit documents, timelines, and interviews. Gimm boosts the online platforms on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Zafar creates A Photographic Journey and reflections on her trip to Puerto Rico. In Spring 2018, Miguel Pérez joins us to create podcast-style audio files of our interviews for our Storytelling section.

From left to right, Edwin Díaz interviewed by Bareerah Zafar in Caguas, Puerto Rico

Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos

Vickie Gimm

The Ethnic Studies 399 Team, Fall 2017

The Documentation Team in Puerto Rico, from left to right, April Merrill, Alaí Reyes-Santos, Lupe Partida and Bareerah Zafar

Kaylyn Canlione; Claire J Clower; Jamani L Crockett; Dayja U Curry ; Venessa M D’Arpino; Abby A Dooley; Gilly J Garber-Yonts; Madison E Griffin; Vickie S Gimm; Nancy J Hernandez; Tristan M James;  Amy S Laws; Michelle Martinez Gonzalez;  Manuel Mejia Gonzalez; April R Merrill; Kayla M Miller; Davis K Miyashiro-Saipaia; Lupe M Partida; Miguel Perez; Kylie A Pun;  Aubrey R Y Quinn-Ward; Kali Rengstorff; Lucy M M Solares-Steger;  Charles Sudduth; Rashad E Swank-Jones; Bareerah Zafar.

Community Partners in Puerto Rico

Corillo 100 x 35, Brigada Solidaria del Oeste, ISER Caribe, and Centro de la Mujer Dominicana

Community Partners in Oregon

PNW Puerto Rico Relief, Centro Latinoamericano, MECHA Oregon State University, Northwest Youth Corps, Meyer Memorial Trust’s Twinning Project, Oakshire Brewery, Temple Beth Israel

U of Oregon Sponsors

Ethnic Studies, Associated Students of the University of Oregon, United Academics, College of Arts and Sciences, MECHA, Center for Latin@ and Latin American Studies, Latin American Studies

Dr. Ana-Maurine Lara  (Anthropology) trained our students in ethnographic methodologies; Dr. Cecilia Enjuto Rangel (Romance Languages) and Dr. Rocío Zambrana (Philosophy) raised awareness through public events about the aftermath of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico at U of Oregon.

Donella Elizabeth-Alston and Amy Thomas in the Ethnic Studies Dept. manage all logistics.

Individual Donors and Supporters