Education
Founded in 1973 by a coalition of students, faculty, and activists, the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College (centro) is the largest university-based research institute, library, and archive dedicated to the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. We provide support to students, scholars, artists, and members of the community at large across and beyond New York. We produce original research, films, books, and educational tools and are the home of The Centro Journal—the premiere academic journal of Puerto Rican Studies. Our aim is to create actionable and accessible scholarship to strengthen, broaden, and reimagine the field of Puerto Rican studies.
The Diasporican Ed Program
In September of 2022, The Center for Puerto Rican Studies was awarded a three-year grant to commence the overhaul and expansion of a digital program we refer to as the Diasporican Education Program. The Diasporican Education Program, formerly known as Cultural Ambassadors Program, is a comprehensive curriculum that teaches the social history of Puerto Ricans from the Tainos to officially recognized eras of migration to the US. The program will prepare undergraduate students, educators and the general audience about the Puerto Rican community throughout time and remember the notable figures who led the Puerto Rican community and formed essential alliances with other marginalized and oppressed groups in the United States. This program is in development until 2025.
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