“This led my older cousins and I to go to the school board and tell my tia’s story about everything that happened.”
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Immigrants, Diversity, and the Electoral System by guest writer Blanca Hernandez
“It was in Richmond where I learned about my first (s)heroes, but also about this country’s history. About its inequalities. Its adversaries. Its struggles and successes. It’s where I learned to appreciate who came before me, and who made what I had yet to live, possible.”
MiHistoria.net is a collaborative storytelling project that bears witness to the Latina experience, strengthens inter-generational ties, builds bridges of understanding between urban and rural women, and empowers Latinas to become the authors of our own stories. Learn about the MiHistoria team, the project, the film that inspired us, and our partners.