In Spring 2015, the Society of American Archivists recognized SPOHP’s ongoing commitment to social justice research initiatives, including the recent Latina/o Diaspora in the Americas Project, with the 2015 Diversity Award. Founding coordinator Génesis Lara accepted the award in August 2015 at the SAA conference in Cleveland, OH.
The Society of American Archivists is one of the largest academic professional associations in North America, with over 5,000 individual and institutional members. The Diversity Award recognizes outstanding contributions in advancing diversity within the archives profession, SAA, or the archival record. Awardees demonstrate significant achievement in the form of activism, education, outreach, publication, service, or other initiatives in the archives field based on the long-term impact on promoting diversity.
Each semester, LDAP conducts new oral histories related to Latinos in the Global South on themes including identity, immigration reform, labor conditions, education and civil rights. Major topics of focus include immigration history in the Americas, Nuestras Historias with Hispanic-Latino UF alumni, and the Tucson Ethnic Studies program.
For more information about this collection, visit the Latina/o Diaspora in the Americas Project.