African Influences in the Caribbean: West Africa and Puerto Rico
Escuela de Bomba y Plena Tata Cepeda, Valencia College and the Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts (PROPA) are partnering together to provide a series of panel discussions called “African Influence in the Caribbean.” During this fourth program, ethnographic and archival research and area expertise will inform a discussion on how West and Central African descendants have preserved a connection to the Mother Continent through dances in the Caribbean.
Valencia Voices: Oral Histories of Immigration in Osceola County
At its second venue at the Osceola County Welcome Center and History Museum, the “Voices of Immigration” is an exhibition designed and created by the Humanities Department at Valencia College-Osceola Campus. This exhibition is based on “Valencia Voices,” an oral history project started in 2018 that has been collecting interviews from local Valencia residents with a focus on the impact of immigration in Osceola County. The Osceola Historical Society will
EXHIBITION: Valencia Voices: Oral Histories of Immigration in Osceola County–Archive, Exhibits and Forums
The “Voices of Immigration” is an exhibition designed and created by the Humanities Department at Valencia College-Osceola Campus. This interactive exhibit will feature stories of ten Valencia-Osceola students and staff who have recorded their stories of separation from their countries of origin and their arrival in the United States and Central Florida. Interpretive panels in Spanish and English and personal artifacts will show immigration as an individual experience, a watershed
The Legacy of Franklin Roosevelt’s WPA in Florida
This talk will be in person. Free to the public. Please RSVP. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was one of FDR’s most wide-ranging, yet controversial programs. Many saw it as a ‘make work’ program which did not accomplish its goals – the acronym was derided as ‘We Piddle Around.’ The evidence indicates that the program was far more successful and, even today, Floridians enjoy the buildings and constructions created by
Female Superheroes: What Are Their Real Powers?
This talk will be in person. Free to the public. Please RSVP. Join us for this talk about an examination of the perceptions of women in popular culture through comic books and how this culture has changed over time. Professor emeritus and avid comic collector, Magdalena Lamarre, will give an examination of the perceptions of women in popular culture through comic books and how this culture has changed over time.
African Influences in the Caribbean: Congo and Puerto Rico
Escuela de Bomba y Plena Tata Cepeda and Valencia College have partnered to provide a series of panel discussions called “African Influence in the Caribbean.” The March presentation is a deep dive into the history, background and rhythmic relationship between the African country Congo and the Caribbean island Puerto Rico. Eric Wright, Professor of Evolution of African American Culture and Music at Valencia College, will discuss the history behind how
The Jim Crow Era
This talk will be in person. Free to the public. Please RSVP. Join us for this talk about how The Jim Crow era did more to create anti-black beliefs and feelings than slavery. Stereotypes created during the Jim Crow era are deeply embedded in the collective American consciousness and unfortunately have been internalized by many. This racial cultural conditioning of the American mind is the most destructive legacy of the
Race and Change
Join Lake Wales History Museum for a virtual presentation about race and change, discussing the progress we’ve made to discover and embrace a multicultural world. Dr. Kitty Oliver is a veteran journalist and academic, an author and oral historian, a media producer, and a professional singer with an MFA in Creative Writing, specializing in literary nonfiction and memoir, and a Ph.D. in Comparative Studies, focusing on race and ethnic communication.
FCV Book Club: The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of Oceans by Cynthia Barnett
Join the FCV Book Club for an online discussion with author Cynthia Barnett on her book The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans on February 24 at 6:00 p.m. ET. The event is free and open to everyone. Registration is required. A personalized Zoom link will be emailed to all registrants. Author Cynthia Barnett will cohost the FCV Book Club discussion on her newest book,
African Influences in the Caribbean: Genealogy
Escuela de Bomba y Plena Tata Cepeda and Valencia College are partnering together to provide a series of panel discussions called “African Influence in the Caribbean.” During this second panel discussion, the panel of experts will be discussing the Transatlantic Trade; Caribbean DNA research with a focus on Puerto Rican genealogy; and case studies of Folkloric practitioners. There will be musical demonstrations of Puerto Rican and African rhythms. For those