Name: A Diasporic Classroom: Teaching with Stories, Archives, and Culture
Start: 2026-05-07T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-07T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library

A Diasporic Classroom: Teaching with Stories, Archives, and Culture

Join a one-day educator institute exploring diasporic histories and identities through panels and workshops that engage with primary sources
About this Event

Join us for a full-day educator institute presented by NYPL’s Center for Educators and Schools in partnership with CENTRO (The Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College).

This gathering invites educators to explore how diasporic histories, identities, and cultural expression can shape classroom practice. Through panels, interactive sessions, and hands-on workshops, participants will engage with archives, primary sources, literature, music, and creative publishing practices that illuminate diasporic experiences across Latin America and beyond, with several sessions drawing on Puerto Rican case studies.

Together we will consider how migration, memory, language, and culture shape the experiences of students and communities—and how educators can bring these perspectives into the classroom.

Participants will leave with practical strategies, classroom-ready resources, and connections to NYPL and CENTRO collections, staff, and educational programs.

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This venue is fully accessible to wheelchairs.

ACCESSIBILITY | This event will be captioned. You may request ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation by emailing [email protected] at least two weeks in advance of the event.