We’re challenging and changing the stories about migration and the borderlands. Come be a part of it!
Award-winning author Luis Alberto Urrea is coming to Tucson to help UA Libraries’ Special Collections and Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry celebrate the launch of the Reclaiming the Border Narrative digital archive on Saturday, March 16 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson (265 South Church Ave).
Register today. It’s FREE but spots are limited.
We’re addressing gaps in the historical record of migrants and borderlands communities.
We’re preserving the valuable cultural assets of borderlands changemakers.
We’re giving everyone access to the archive to learn and share.
Program:
– Keynote by Luis Alberto Urrea
– Archive presentation by Verónica Reyes-Escudero, Department Head, Special Collections
– Music by DJ MizSkoden
– Food by Black Top Grill, DC Jumbie, Reservation Sensation Frybread, and SUMAJ Bolivian Street Food
– Drinks by Professional Bartenders Unlimited
Join us and meet the artists, journalists, movement workers, and organizations from across the U.S.-Mexico borderlands that are making it happen.
To learn more about the Reclaiming the Border Narrative Digital Archive, visit the project website. https://bordernarrative.lib.arizona.edu/
