Webinar Date: Friday, May 27th 11:30 am Central / 12:30 pm Eastern/ Puerto Rico Time
Title: "El Tirijala" - The Back and Forth of the Recovery in Puerto Rico: Challenges of the local perseverance and the federal collaboration for the preservation of the island's cultural heritage
(Spanish Translation: El Tirijala de la Recuperación en Puerto Rico: Retos en la perseverancia criolla y colaboración federal para salvaguardar el acervo cultural de la isla)
Registration link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1mJiZ-8WQGmw_zCAJkWDPA
Abstract: This webinar will present a frank picture of the status of the recovery in Puerto Rico, after almost 5 years after the passing of hurricane Maria and the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees will learn about the challenges and delays that were experienced with the federal response. The presentation will reveal more about the local perseverance and achievements in recent years, as well as what future initiatives are in development. The discussion will take place amongst members that represent different aspects of the recovery: local heritage emergency responders, Puerto Rico's libraries and archives, federal heritage response, and Puerto Rican preservation professionals living in the diaspora.
List of Presenters:
Miriam Centeno, Preservation and Digitization Strategist, The Ohio State University Libraries
Soraya Serra Collazo, Presidenta, Junta de Directores (President, Board of Directors), Alianza Cultural para Emergencias de Puerto Rico
Hilda Teresa Ayala-González, Archivera General, Archivo General de Puerto Rico, Directora Interina, Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico
Gretchen Ruiz Ramos, Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF) Liaison, Environmental and Historic Preservation, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Moderated by: Laila Hussein Moustafa, Associate professor- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Delin Guerra
Program Manager
American Library Association
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