Reimagining the US/Mexican Border through Multimodal Storytelling

Project Lead:

Frances Hayashida, Latin American and Iberian Institute

Affiliations:

Geralyn Yu (UNM Art Education), Heather Kaplan (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Emmy Tither (former LAII K-12 coordinator), and Rosa Prada Vivas (LAII Communications and Outreach Specialist), workshop co-leaders; Lenny Ureña Valerio (LAII);  Project ECHO Education; Terry Acevedo and Leo Lundstrom (Head Start teachers from Douglas, Arizona); Claudio Perez (teacher from Sandia Prep)

Project Description:

The project goal is to provide resources and training to K-12 educators who want to create inclusive classrooms and incorporate culturally responsive curriculum on migration and immigration into their teaching, using art and other means of storytelling.