Centro Cultural in Cornelius is an organization that serves the needs of recent immigrants to Washington County. It provides education and empowerment programs such as English as a Second Language, Spanish Literacy, Computer Technology, Cultural Values, Leadership Training and community organizing, Information and Referrals.
Centro Cultural has contributed hundred of photographs of celebrations and gatherings of Washington County's Latino community, as well as pictures of migrant farm workers and others served by the organization.
Centro Cultural community members recreating the story of the birth of Jesus on stage in the main hall of the community center. Participants are dressed as the wise men, angels and Mary and Joseph.
Some of the original Centro Cultural community members gathering for a Christmas party. This gathering could be at a community members house, or it could be in Centro Cultural's original community center which served the organization from 1971-1981.
A candid photograph of two men throwing the remaining candy from a smashed piñata to a roomful of children. A woman in the background is catching the event on video tape.
