Centro Cultural

Title: Centro Cultural
Description: 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.

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Students wearing nametags
Two students wearing nametags sitting at a classroom table with books and notebooks in front of them. On the table is also a playing card, presumably distributed to students as part of a lesson plan.
Male students
Three male students working together on an assignment inside of a Centro Cultural classroom.
Using a workbook
Students sitting at tables in the Centro Cultural main hall, completing an assignment out of a workbook.
Teacher hard at work
A candid photograph of a teacher looking over an assignment and sitting with students in a Centro Cultural classroom.
Teacher and students
A teacher speaking with students inside a Centro Cultural classroom.
Students learning
Students working together on an assignment during a class being taught at Centro Cultural.
Class in the main hall
A large group of students gathered together in the main hall of Centro Cultural.
Three students
Three students discussing an assignment together in a Centro Cultural classroom.
Discussing learning
Man with a mustache engaged in conversation during a lesson being taught at Centro Cultural.
Learning at Centro Cultural
Adult students sitting together at a table going over an assignment.
Engaged in group work
Adult learners are broken into groups to work together in a Centro Cultural classroom.
Discussing homework
Students engaged in conversation while broken into smaller groups, working in a Centro Cultural classroom.
Adult education
Large group of adult learners working on an assignment while sitting at tables inside of Centro Cultural's main hall.
Group work
Students at Centro Cultural broken up into small groups working on an assignment.
Classroom desks
Students at Centro Cultural working while seated at individual classroom desks.
Classroom presentation
A man standing in a Centro Cultural classroom and speaking into a microphone.
Learning center
An individual painting a sign that says 'learning center' in both English and Spanish, presumably for Centro Cultural's educational programming.
Sitting at a desk
Two gentleman sitting down at a desk inside of Centro Cultural.
Students hard at work
Students working individually on an assignment inside of a Centro Cultural classroom.
Latino youth singing
A group of young Latinos singing. On the left side of the photograph is a young man playing a guitar into a microphone and above him is a man video recording the event.
Volunteer appreciation
Two young women dancing in traditional dresses at a volunteer appreciation celebration. The dress the girls are wearing are traditionally associated with the Mexican state of Jalisco. The celebration is taking place inside of Centro Cultural's community center.
Packed audience
A large crowd gathering inside Centro Cultural for what appears to be a Mexican Independence Day celebration. A man on the left side of the photograph is video recording the event.
Mexican dance performance
Young men and women lining up for a show of traditional Mexican folk dance.
Cultural presentation
Children dressed in traditional Mexican clothing inside of Centro Cultural's main hall. One girl is speaking into a microphone. The girls are wearing dresses from the Mexican state of Jalisco and the boys are wearing clothes that are traditional from the Mexican state of Veracruz.