Best of Core Forum: Power of a Community: The Colorado Chicano Movement

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Best of Core Forum: Power of a Community: The Colorado Chicano Movement

Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.



Description:

Documenting the cultural heritage and unique experiences of your community
members provides a more inclusive archival record. This presentation covers
the steps needed to establish relationships and work with community members
through participatory archives. This presentation will provide an overview
of the basic structure of how to conduct oral histories and working with
communities.

Learning outcomes:

This is an introduction to this type of community embedded archival
practice and the steps archivists can take on developing trust,
establishing relationships and working with community members. Sharing the
experiences of how the Colorado Chicano Movement Archives (CCMA) was
developed over the years will also show the challenges and successes we
have experienced. Community archiving provides many benefits to the
institution, students, and researchers. The importance of empowering the
community to tell their story the way they want it told is emphasized.

Who should attend?

This session would be for anyone interested in working with communities.

Presenters:

Maria Elena Smyer is the University Archivist and Assistant Professor of
Library Services for Colorado State University in Pueblo, Colorado. She has
twenty years of library and museum experience working with the immigrant
community, language instruction, collection development, and multicultural
programming for all ages.

Rhonda Gonzales Manzanares is Dean of Library Services at Colorado State
University Pueblo. She is an innovative and effective library director with
experience managing renovation projects, program development, strategic
planning, library technology implementation, systems migration, personnel
and budget management, and donor cultivation for Archives and Special
Collections. The development of the Colorado Chicano Movement Archives and
the Aztlán Research Center, in collaboration with the community, has been
one of her favorite projects!

Charlene Garcia Simms is an American teacher-librarian, author, poet, and
publisher focused on documenting Hispanic genealogy, Southwest history, and
Hispano cultural heritage. She currently works for Colorado State
University Pueblo as their project archivist.

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.85; ALA member: $80.10;
Student member $44.50; Non-member $89.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1676

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration_at_ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece_at_ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

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