MACRI Cosecha II: A Mexican American Civil Rights History Harvest

Name: MACRI Cosecha II: A Mexican American Civil Rights History Harvest
Start: 2025-09-13T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-13T16:00:00-05:00
Location: 2123 Buena Vista, San Antonio, TX, United States, Texas 78207

Schedule

Sat Sep 13 2025 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2123 Buena Vista, San Antonio, TX, United States, Texas 78207 | San Antonio, TX

Bring your stories, keep your history! Attend our Fall Cosecha!
Do you have historical photos, documents, memorabilia, or stories related to Mexican American Civil Rights? Join us for our second MACRI Cosecha: A Mexican American Civil Rights History Harvest! MACRI will be scanning historical items and recording oral histories to be preserved in its archival collection.
Saturday, September 13, 2025
1 PM - 4 PM
MACRI Visitor Center
2123 Buena Vista Street, San Antonio, Texas 78207
RSVP at https://www.somosmacri.org/event-details/special-event-macri-cosecha-ii-a-mexican-american-civil-rights-history-harvest
Participants are asked to bring items that represent some aspect of the history of Mexican American civil rights efforts. Scanned items will be assessed for inclusion in MACRI’s digital archives, and the original items will be returned to the participant. Digital copies of the scanned items can be emailed to participants to make it easy to share with family and friends.
Examples of items of interest:
- Photographs of people, events, and organizations related to the Mexican American civil rights movement, especially from the 1920s to the present.
- Documents such as letters, scrapbooks, obituaries, or newspaper clippings from Mexican American civil rights activists, organizations, and organizing efforts, especially from the 1920s to the present.
- Memorabilia such as buttons, posters, flyers, newsletters, or handbills from Mexican American civil rights organizations and organizing efforts, especially from the 1920s to the present.
Help us prepare for your visit by letting us know you are coming and what types of items you plan to bring at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ffHSUMs7Vh1SE2KnHfh7VOSGmj2FUoqdvc2S08NnSCA/edit.
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The MACRI Cosecha is a new program launched with the support of a grant from Latinos in Heritage Conservation. Mil gracias!
MACRI's programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Spurs Give, and individual donors like you! Gracias!