Great! We're touring Cesar Chavez next week, Josephine On Tuesday, September 18, 2012, Harsh, Carol wrote: > Greetings from SITES,**** > > ** ** > > As a result of our nearly 20 years of working side by side with state > humanities councils, we stand amazed at the rich public humanities programs > that you produce and support throughout your states. Your reach into remote > and sometimes disenfranchised communities of people is very important. > And, we know from our MoMS projects that wonderful humanities programs are > often sparked by exhibitions. **** > > ** ** > > SITES has just finished producing a set of 6 colorful bi-lingual posters > about the Mexican migrant labor story. Our distribution partners – the > state migrant education center directors – have not accounted for quite as > many sets as we projected. The next best recipient group from our > perspective was the state humanities councils, since they serve such a > vital role in terms of providing public programs. So, we are sending to > each of your councils a set of these exhibition posters and hope that you > will be able to put them to good use. You can keep them or pass them on to > another organization that works directly with the Mexican community in your > state.**** > > ** ** > > *Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Story, 1942 – 1964* was developed with > Smithsonian Latino Center funding as a result of overwhelmingly positive > feedback to the traveling exhibition of the same name. At each museum > location on the current tour, local communities are discovering family > connections and opportunities to explore both this little-known chapter in > American history and to discuss implications in today’s world. We hope that > your council will be able to take advantage of the posters and the related > online resources to share with visitors. Here’s a link to the project page, > for a quick preview: www.sites.si.edu/bracero.**** > > ** ** > > So, please accept this gift from us to you as a token of appreciation for > the many years we have worked together. If you think of a creative way to > put the posters to good use and to collect stories from individuals who may > have been bracer workers, we would love to know about it. The posters > should be arriving within a week or so.**** > > ** ** > > With warm regards,**** > > ** ** > > Carol**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Carol G. Harsh**** > > Director, Museum on Main Street**** > > Smithsonian Institution, SITES**** > > 202-633-5333**** > > 202-465-5267 (cell)**** > > 202-633-5344 (fax)**** > > ** ** > -- Josephine Jones | Colorado Humanities | Director of Programs & Center for the Book | [log in to unmask] | f 303 864 9361 | p 303 894 7951 x15 | 7935 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 450, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 in the Denver Tech Center | coloradohumanities.org | Please join us at One Book One Denver events exploring *Enrique's Journey* by Pulitzer Prize-winning Sonia Nazario. Details<http://www.coloradohumanities.org/content/2012-one-book-one-denver>