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San Joaquin Valley
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Afro-Latin/o/a/x/e
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Community
Family
Oral Traditions/Language
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Children's Music
Traditions
2025

Familia Lucero

Family
Mariachi
Musicians
Traditions
Cultural Transmission
2025

Familia Olmos and Mariachi Tapatío

Family
Mariachi
Traditions
Youth
Cultural Transmission
2025

Familia Cuéllar and Mariachi Imperial

Family
Mariachi
Youth
Traditions
Cultural Transmission
2025

Familia Rodriguez and Mariachi Colonial

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Musicians
Storytelling
Family
2025

“Y No Poder Volver” by Salvador Urista Alvarado

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Local Artists
Musicians
Home
2025

“Canción a Mi Tierra” by Salvador Mendoza

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Local Artists
Musicians
Migration
2025

“Fracasos de un Inmigrante” by Rodolfo Carranza

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Local Artists
Women
Immigration
2025

“Corrido al Valle Central” by Nelly Paredes

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Local Artists
Musicians
Migration
2025

“Corrido de Tateposco” by Martín Rodríguez

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Local Artists
Home
Resilience
2025

“El Valle de San Joaquín” by John B. Soto

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Local Artists
Musicians
Family
2025

"Dichosa con Él” by Heriberto Jaime Pérez

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Local Artists
Musicians
Family
2025

“Adiós Ranchito” by Gregoria Sánchez

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Family
Identity
Immigration
2025

“Soy de Guerrero” by Adrián Sánchez Ávila

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Musicians
Family
Immigration
2025

“El emigrante” by Félix Arreola

Music
Religion/Spirituality
Indigenous Knowledge
Community
Migration
2025

Fiesta de San Juan Bautista

Music
Religion/Spirituality
Family
Community
Traditions
2025

Christian Folk Rock

Music
Ritual/Religious Arts
Dance
Religion/Spirituality
Identity
2025

Virgen de Guadalupe

Protest
Youth
Resistance
Poetry
Musicians
2025

Xóchitl Morales on Music and Resistance

Resistance
Musicians
Identity
Migration
Community
2025

Chicano Music in the San Joaquin Valley

Protest
Resistance
Migration
Musicians
Storytelling
2025

Agustin Lira and Patricia Wells on Protest Music

Family
Mariachi
Musicians
Cultural Transmission
Traditions
2025

Familia Laris and Mariachi San Marcos

Family
Youth
Mariachi
Musicians
Identity
2025

Mariachi Mestizo

Family
Mariachi
Community
Identity
Cultural Transmission
2025

Familia Morales

Music
Mariachi
Nostalgia
Migration
Resilience
2025

Mariachi

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Resilience
Resistance
Reclamation
2025

Indigenous Rap

Music
Community
Migration
Nostalgia
2025

Trio Romántico

Jazz
Community
Music
Stewardship
2025

Latin Jazz

Music
Migration
Community
Entertainment
2025

Norteño

Music
Nostalgia
Immigration
Identity
Stewardship
2025

Arpa Grande

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Festival
Stewardship
UNESCO
2025

Pirekuas

Music
Dance
Traditions
Festival
2025

Chilenas

Music
Oral Traditions/Language
Local History
Family
Identity
2025

Corridos

Local History
Immigration
Migration
Gentrification
Displacement
Bayview
2024

Alive with History, Community, and Promise

Lily Kharrazi (no author page)
Family
Community
Gentrification
Housing
Community Leaders
Bayview
2024

Jeannette Fisher-Kouadio, Attorney + Educator

Tumani Onabiyi; Malik Seneferu
Family
Local History
Local Artists
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Community Leaders
Bayview
2024

Malik Seneferu, Community Artist

Malik Seneferu; Tumani Onabiyi
Local Artists
Nostalgia
Community Leaders
Gentrification
Local Businesses
Bayview
2024

Karwanna Dyson, Entrepreneur + Motivator

Tumani Onabiyi; Malik Seneferu
Home
Nostalgia
Community Leaders
Healing
Reclamation
Bayview
2024

Antoinette Mobley, Cultural Worker + Activist

Tumani Onabiyi; Malik Seneferu
Youth
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Family
Local Artists
Activism
Bayview
2024

Osaze Seneferu, Emerging Artist

Tumani Onabiyi; Malik Seneferu
Martial Arts
Local Artists
Youth
Community Leaders
Family
Bayview
2024

James Hundon, Martial Artist + Educator

Tumani Onabiyi; Malik Seneferu
Gentrification
Home
Housing
Local Artists
Musicians
Bayview
2024

Calvin Holmes, Batá Drummer

Tumani Onabiyi; Malik Seneferu
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Home
Family
Community
Local Artists
Bayview
2024

Kristine Mays, Artist + Changemaker

Tumani Onabiyi; Malik Seneferu
Gentrification
Local History
Family
Community Leaders
Health
Bayview
2024

Jeffrey Branner, Preacher + Activist

Tumani Onabiyi; Malik Seneferu
Identity
Music
Resilience
Youth
Immigration
Bayview
2024

Au Co Vietnamese Musical Ensemble

Family
Music
Resistance
Women
Healing
Bayview
2024

Özden Öztoprak & Işık Berfin

Music
Resistance
Family
Youth
Identity
Bayview
2024

La Familia Peña-Govea

Healing
Reclamation
Ritual/Religious Arts
Music
Activism
Bayview
2024

Omnira Institute

Film
Local History
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Poetry
Resistance
Bayview
2024

If These Waters Could Speak

Tumani Onabiyi
Local Artists
Music
Jazz
Elders
Performers
Boyle Heights
2022

George Yoshida, Jazz Musician

Organizers
Street Vendors
Protest
Storytelling
Struggle
Boyle Heights
2022

Vendedores en Acción, Street Vendor Council Meeting

Local Artists
Family
Street Art
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Nostalgia
Boyle Heights
2022

Gajin Fujita, Local Graffiti Artist

Quetzal Flores
Elders
Nostalgia
Interview
Boyle Heights
2022

Victor Montana, Local Neighbor

Martha Escudero
Caretakers
Nostalgia
Women
Health
Interview
Boyle Heights
2022

Sofia Alvarez, Local Neighbor & Wellness Center Worker

Martha Escudero
Activism
Housing
Displacement
Mutual Aid
Organizers
Boyle Heights
2022

Roberto Ceballos, Community Organizer & Housing Activist

Eva Garcia
Caretakers
COVID-19
Mutual Aid
Women
Community
Boyle Heights
2022

Mayra Simons, Community Health & Wellness Advocate

Margarita Gonzalez
Local Artists
Migration
Music
Women
Interview
Boyle Heights
2022

Marisol "La Marisoul" Hernandez, Local Musician & Activist

Margarita Gonzalez
Local Artists
Storytelling
Women
Theater
Interview
Boyle Heights
2022

Lupe Montiel, Writer & Filmmaker

Margarita Gonzalez
Migration
Community
Healing
Organizers
Women
Boyle Heights
2022

Lilia Acosta, Community Advocate

Margarita Gonzalez
Latinx
Activism
Youth
Organizers
Students
Struggle
Boyle Heights
2022

Kassandra Cordova, Youth Organizer

Martha Escudero
Latinx
Activism
COVID-19
Displacement
Housing
Organizers
Boyle Heights
2022

Fanny Guzman Ortiz, Organizer & Housing Activist

Martha Escudero
Latinx
Family
Home
Nostalgia
Local History
Oral Traditions/Language
Boyle Heights
2022

Ed Shore, Local Neighbor

Martha Escudero
Family
Entertainment
Performers
Youth
Theater
Boyle Heights
2022

Chris & Claudia Rodriguez, Boyle Heights Visitors

Martha Escudero
Latinx
Women
Music
Rola del Dia
Community
Local Artists
Boyle Heights
2021

“Boyle Heights: A Place of Bridges” by Nobuko Miyamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto
Local Artists
Music
Rola del Dia
Oral Traditions/Language
Boyle Heights
2021

“7 Mile Stretch” by Gabriel Gonzalez

Gabriel Gonzalez
Latinx
Music
Punk
Women
Local Artists
Healing
Boyle Heights
2021

"Decolonize My Love" by Lysa Flores

Lysa Flores
Music
Women
Nostalgia
Performers
Community
Boyle Heights
2021

"Judson Street" by La Marisoul

La Marisoul
Latinx
Nostalgia
Local Artists
Music
Rola del Dia
Women
Boyle Heights
2021

"Siempre En Mi" by Vaneza Calderón

Vaneza Calderón
Latinx
Activism
Music
Local Artists
Son Jarocho
Rola del Dia
Boyle Heights
2021

“Pueblito En Mi Comunidad” by Cesar Castro

Cesar Castro
Rola del Dia
Local Artists
Music
Street Sounds
Nostalgia
Boyle Heights
2021

"My Life (Cruisin' Song)" by Raul Pacheco

Raul Pacheco
Migration
Music
Family
Local Artists
Nostalgia
Boyle Heights
2021

"Their Landing" by Eddika Organista

Eddika Organista
Community
Nostalgia
Music
Rola del Dia
Boyle Heights
2021

"Mi Comunidad" by Martin Saavedra

Martin Saavedra
Rola del Dia
Mariachi
Women
Nostalgia
Music
Boyle Heights
2021

"Mariachi Plaza" by Angelica Mata

Angelica Mata
Nostalgia
Elders
Interview
Women
Migration
Boyle Heights
2021

Elva Luna, Community Elder

Margarita Gonzalez
Latinx
Local History
Street Art
Visual/Craft/Material Arts
Boyle Heights
2021

The Murals of Boyle Heights

Margarita Gonzalez
Middle Eastern
Music
Local Artists
Organizers
Activism
Interview
Boyle Heights
2021

Quetzal Flores, Musician & Community Organizer

Margarita Gonzalez
Women
Struggle
Radio
Interview
Organizers
Boyle Heights
2021

Guillermina Quezada, Active Neighbor

Margarita Gonzalez
Latinx
Activism
Interview
Family
Struggle
Women
Boyle Heights
2021

Eva Garcia, Community Documentarian

Margarita Gonzalez
Latinx
COVID-19
Youth
Students
Home
Health
Boyle Heights
2021

Eduardo Serrano, Child in Quarantine

Margarita Gonzalez
Latinx
COVID-19
Health
Interview
Boyle Heights
2021

Manuel Serrano, COVID-19 Survivor

Margarita Gonzalez
Latinx
Caretakers
Community
Interview
Organizers
Food
Boyle Heights
2021

Sara Aguilar, Community Gardener

Eva Garcia
Activism
Music
Community
Protest
Housing
Boyle Heights
2021

"Anti-Eviction" Protests

Eva Garcia
Activism
Black Lives Matter
Community
Street Sounds
Struggle
Boyle Heights
2021

Police Brutality Protest

Margarita Gonzalez
COVID-19
Mutual Aid
Mariachi
Organizers
Community
Boyle Heights
2021

Mariachi Food Distribution

Eva Garcia
Women
Interview
Organizers
Struggle
Storytelling
Boyle Heights
2021

Margarita Gonzalez, Community Documentarian

Eva Garcia
Latinx
Hip-Hop
Local Artists
Music
Youth
Interview
Boyle Heights
2021

Steezy K, Local Hip-Hop Artist

Martha Escudero
Latinx
Local Artists
Women
Interview
Gentrification
Struggle
Boyle Heights
2021

Maricela Orrala, Local Musician

Martha Escudero
Music
Nostalgia
Interview
Performers
Local Artists
Boyle Heights
2021

Olusheyi Banjo, Local Gospel Artist

Martha Escudero
Activism
Elders
Local History
Interview
Organizers
Boyle Heights
2021

Kathy Masaoka, Community Elder

Martha Escudero
Asian
Healing
Hip-Hop
Local Artists
Interview
Music
Boyle Heights
2021

Zipaktli, Local Hip-Hop Artist

Martha Escudero
Hip-Hop
Music
Local Artists
Interview
Community
Boyle Heights
2021

MC Whyer, Local Artist

Martha Escudero
Music
Local Artists
Hip-Hop
Interview
Performers
Boyle Heights
2021

DJ Ra Ra, Local Hip-Hop Artist

Martha Escudero
Celebration
Youth
Family
Home
Interview
Boyle Heights
2021

Children on Malabar Street

Martha Escudero
Community
Radio
Interview
Women
Youth
Boyle Heights
2021

Skarleth Herrera, Youth Coordinator at the BHAC

Martha Escudero
Youth
Radio
Entertainment
Family
Music
Boyle Heights
2021

The Sister Show

Martha Escudero
Mutual Aid
COVID-19
Music
Mariachi
Performers
Boyle Heights
2021

Mariachi Fundraiser

Eva Garcia
Celebration
Activism
Struggle
Ceremony
Healing
Boyle Heights
2021

Juneteenth Vigil

Martha Escudero
Interview
Local Businesses
Women
COVID-19
Migration
Boyle Heights
2021

Olivia Marroquin, owner of "Oly's Beauty Salon"

Margarita Gonzalez
Latinx
Celebration
Traditions
Dance
Ceremony
Boyle Heights
2021

Danzantes

Eva Garcia
Activism
Home
Organizers
Struggle
Housing
Boyle Heights
2021

Reclaiming Our Homes

Martha Escudero

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