Lone Star College-North Harris receives ‘Latino Americans: 500 Years of History’ grant

Lone Star College North Harris News

Published on: September 11, 2015

The Lone Star College-North Harris library is one of only four libraries in the Houston area to receive a competitive Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA).
According to Christine Ramsey, LSC-North Harris library director, As one of just 203 grant recipients selected from across the country, our library received a $3,000 grant which will allow us to hold public programming including film screenings, discussion groups, local history exhibitions and performances about Latino history and culture throughout the academic year.
The LSC-North Harris library will also receive the six-part, NEH-supported documentary film Latino Americans: 500 Years of History created for PBS in 2013. The award-winning series chronicles the history of Latinos in the United States from the 16th century to present day. 
Ramsey added, In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we have planned some amazing programs at this campus including a visit with Latino Americans: 500 Years of History acclaimed filmmaker, John Valadez. Valadez will be on campus Thursday, Sept. 17, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Student Services Building Conference Center. The program is open to the public as well.
Valadez will lead a discussion on two segments of the film, Latino Americans: 500 Years of History. Valadez has been producing and directing award-winning, nationally broadcast documentaries for PBS and CNN for the past 14 years. To learn more about Valadezs film, visit www.pbs.org/latino-americans/en/.
Valadez has twice been named a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow, is a Rockefeller Fellow, a PBS/CPB Producers Academy Fellow and a founding member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) and currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar.
Dr. Gerald Napoles, president of LSC-North Harris said, Im thrilled that students and faculty at our college have the opportunity to explore ...

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