Paseo Boricua Community Library Project

About Us

Paseo Boricua

Paseo Boricua is the area along Division Street in Chicago, Illinois that is marked by two steel sculptures of the Puerto Rican flag. The sculptures are the world's largest Puerto Rican flags. They soar over the streets at Western and California.

It's a place where people can learn about Puerto Rican history, culture and politics through the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and where the Pedro Albizu Campos High School provides an alternative school setting to help young people succeed. Puerto Rican restaurants and night life have developed along with commerce.  

The Paseo Boricua Community Library (PBCL) is a participatory action research project representing a collaboration among teachers, students, researchers and local volunteers. The project began in January 2003.  Read more.

Sponsors

The following organizations and projects are involved with the Paseo Boricua Community Library:

Puerto Rican Cultural Center

Pedro Albizu Campos High School

Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

University of Illinois, Chicago

Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR

National Science Foundation Center of Advanced Materials for Purification of Water with Systems (CAMPWS)

Inquiry Page

Prairienet

People

Here are profiles for some of the individuals associated with the Paseo Boricua Community Library Project:

view Eric Franklin ejfrankl@uiuc.edu    
view laura johnson laurarj@earthlink.net Student  
view Lucia Rodriguez lrodri6@uic.edu Student
view Stephanie Eckhardt Student
view juana cardenas Student
view Ann Bishop abishop@uiuc.edu Parent Champaign, IL US
view Rahul Ganguly ganguly@uiuc.edu Student Champaign, IL Champaign
view Bharat Mehra b-mehra1@uiuc.edu Student Champaign, IL
view Kristy Mangel kmangel@uiuc.edu Student
view Martha Arroyo marroy4@uic.edu Student
view Carey Thomas Campbell ctcampbe@uiuc.edu Student Urbana, IL USA
view Katharine Woods kwoods2@uic.edu Student
view Martha Arroyo marroy4@uic.edu Student
view Alejandro Molina alm1998@mindspring.com Teacher Chicago, IL

Go to the Paseo Boricua Community Inquiry Lab to create your profile.

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