Latino Cultural Series Outreach to Latino Community

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Latino Cultural SeriesOutreach to Latino
Community
October 1, 2008 June 30, 2009

• KimNhung Nguyen
• San Jose Public Library

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Goals and Purposes

• To increase visibility of Latino culture
• To expose library services programs
• To strengthen community ties

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Customer

• INTERNAL
• teensReach adult volunteers involvement in
  preparation, set up event promotion
• EXTERNAL
• Introduce youth and adult in our diverse
  community on Latino culture
• Promote library programs and services to
  youth, adult and various agencies

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Progress Future Plans

• Latino cuisines from Colombia, El Salvador,
  Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru brought on requests
  for similar programs from other countries. We
  will present Cuisines of Asia which will
  compliment our October program on Growing Up
  Asian in America

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Benefits Success Sample surveys illustrate
that we have achieved desired outcome

• the opportunity to try different kinds of food
  from different countries!
• it is a different culture
• .. can learn about the other cultures around the
  world
• wonderful and stimulating art!
• really understand the art

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Benefits Success Sample surveys illustrate
that we have achieved desired outcome

• Me gusta todo lo de arte
• Explican bien
• Porque los niños aprende mas
• Aprende uno sobre diferentes culturas
• Porque se devierte sanamente

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Community Impact

• Word of mouth promotion from clients
• Patronize neighborhood resources
• Local businesses support library programs by
  displaying our flyers
• Unique cultural programs bring people to our
  library from all over town

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Program Activities

• Dia de los Muertos (November 2008)
• Cuisines of Latin America (April May 2009)
• Latino Art Exhibit (April May 2009)
• Latino Author Series ( May June 2009)
• Aztec Dance and Costume (May 2009)
• Latino Music Instruments ( June 2009)

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Day of the DeadDia de los Muertos
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Cuisines of Latin AmericaArte Culinario de
Latinoamérica
Colombia El Salvador Mexico Nicaragua Peru
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Cuisines of Latin AmericaArte Culinario de
Latinoamérica
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Cuisines of Latin AmericaArte Culinario de
Latinoamérica
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Spectrum of Expression and ColorMatrices de
Expression y Color
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Spectrum of Expression and ColorMatrices de
Expression y Color
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Spectrum of Expression and ColorMatrices de
Expression y Color
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Aztec Dance and CostumesVestimenta y Danza
Azteca
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AuthorsEscritores
Francisco Jiménez
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Latino Musical Instruments Instrumentos
Musicales Latinos