Ya he viajado a varias ciudades en Ohio para entrevistar a Latino/as y he tenido el honor de documentar la amplia gama de experiencias, que incluye un compromiso profundo a su comunidad. Me imaginaba que encontraría experiencias parecidas a las que había tenido cuando me mudé a Ohio en 1992. Cuando empecé este proyecto, no sabía a donde me llevaría. Las Narrativas Orales de Latinos/as en Ohio es una iniciativa de alcance estatal para coleccionar, catalogar y preservar las narrativas orales de Latinos/as en Ohio en colaboración con el Proyecto de Herencia Hispana de Ohio y el Centro de Estudios Folclóricos. Las Narrativas Orales de Latinos/as en Ohio This project is not finished there is room for you to tell your story! It is my hope that the relationships and scholarship that comes out of this project will continue to document the past and the future of Latino life in the Midwest. It is the beginning of a conversation that will last, change, and move beyond what we can imagine. I hope that through these stories we are able to facilitate and encourage a mutual understanding of other cultures. Through this experience, we have met wonderful people and have listened to amazing stories that will have an impact in our lives, well beyond this project. Although many of the video-narratives in this collection show unique stories, it will also be evident that many share similar experiences and beliefs. Migration and immigration often initiates cultural mixing and change (adaptation), so this oral history project will document this process and the shaping of a culture that emerges out of this experience. This growth has fashioned, just in the past twenty years, an even richer cultural heritage that merits to be documented. In areas such as Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati, meanwhile, we can find Latino heritage of Dominicans, Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and most recently a large number of Central American students, professionals, activists, and other members of the middle and lower classes. Puerto Ricans settled primarily in the Northeast and in areas like Lorain and Cleveland, many of them are second or third generation migrants. Many migrant Mexican communities came to places like Celina, Defiance, Dayton, Toledo and other rural areas. The two larger Latino heritage communities in the state of Ohio are Mexican and Puerto Rican. Throughout this video-narrative collection it will be clear that they are fully invested in their community by way of activism, education, policy making, faith and cultural events meant to celebrate their heritage. Latinos are more than restaurant owners or workers, migrant workers, or part of the labor force. In preparation for the collection of video-narratives, my student collaborators learned about the Latino population in Ohio and listened to various community leaders as they talked about the work they have done with and for Latinos in our state. I have now traveled to several cities in Ohio to interview Latinos/as and I have been humbled about the wide range of experiences, including a deep commitment to their community. I imagined I would encounter similar experiences as I had when I first moved to Ohio in 1992. When I started this project, I didn't know where it would lead me. The Oral Narratives of Latinos/as in Ohio (ONLO) is a statewide initiative to collect, catalog, and preserve oral narratives of Latinos/as in Ohio in collaboration with the Ohio Hispanic Heritage Project and the Center for Folklore Studies. Give us your feedback about the accessibility of the Oral Narratives of in Ohio Collection by taking this Qualtrix survey! The survey should take about 10-15 minutes of your time.
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