"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more in context."
— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project
"The understanding of a culture comes from hearing the language, tasting the food, seeing personal interactions, experiencing the traditions, and so much more when it is in context."
— Elizabeth Laval & Candice Pendergrass, Sikh Youth Public History Project
“We get to know each other through our stories, and that’s why we have to have books, and history.”
Luis Rodriguez is an American poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist. Author of 15 books, Rodriguez was the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate. He is the founding editor of the Tia Chucha Press and co-founder/president of the Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural Bookstore in the San Fernando Valley.
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