Community Engagement | The Border Project
Many student and community engagement activities have taken place in conjunction with The Border Project exhibition. A Student Celebration was held at the Tohono O’odham Cultural Center and Museum bringing together the student participants from all three schools. University of Arizona students, teachers, and community members came together at the Arizona State Museum for a Borderlands celebration, teacher workshop, and student docent training. Another strong engagement piece of the exhibit is a ‘Visitors’ Wall’, inviting viewers to share their own perspective on ‘border’. As a result of these group activities, small group discussions, and profound collaborative sharing, the project helped to create cultural remittance and revealed the importance of extending the reach of its message. Portions of The Border Project have been part of various shows, publications, and presentations including: an Arizona State University exhibit on borders hosted by the Cultural Arts Coalition; the 7th Annual Santa Cruz Valley Border Issues Fair and Concert; the 1st Bi-Annual Sonoran Desert Symposium; the Museum Association of Arizona Annual Conference, the book Globalization and Borders: Death at the Global Frontier, the Heard Museum’s journal, Voices Heard, and most recently Sierra Club’s Lens on the Border exhibit at the 5th Bi-Annual Sonoran Desert Symposium.
“Mant he:kid 'o ka: g kolhai kihjeg, 'am moi cegito g t-himdag ga:wuldg.” (When I think of the word border I think of cultural separation.) This project was created in collaboration with many talented and passionate individuals, committed to supporting youth in sharing their truth and inspiring conversations through art. These individuals are teachers, carpenters, photographers, translators, technicians, museum curators, non-profits, grant organizations, neighbors and even opponents. These in particular volunteered countless hours and energy to bring this project to life:
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