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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Panel discussion
A panel sitting on stage in the Centro Cultural, presenting information to an audience of community members, possibly occurring in conjunction with Fiesta celebrations host by Centro Cultural.
Driveway construction
Workers using backhoes and other construction equipment to lay down an asphalt driveway for the Centro Cultural community center.
Preparing Thanksgiving meal
A man pulling a turkey out of an oven, with a partially carved turkey next to him and women plating food.
Thanksgiving celebration
A Thanksgiving hosted by Centro Cultural in their main hall.
Back of Centro Cultural
Two men waiting in the labor exchange area out in back of the Centro Cultural Community Center building.
Landscaping Centro Cultural
Men working on exterior landscaping around Center Cultural Community Center building.
Landscaping entrance to Centro Cultural
Two men helping landscape the entrance to the Centro Cultural Community Center building.
Entrance to Centro Cultural
Man walking out of the entrance doors of Centro Cultural Community Center building, on the side women are working in the rose bushes.
Parking outside of Centro Cultural
Parking spot side of Centro Cultural Community Center building and two women walking outside.
Man in front of Centro Cultural
Man standing out in parking lot in front of Centro Cultural Community Center building.
Front of Centro Cultural
The exterior front part of Centro Cultural Community Center building surrounded by trees and plants on a clear sunny day.
Front of Centro Cultural and cars
The exterior front part of Centro Cultural Community Center building with cars parked in front on cloudy day.
Landscaping
Four men landscaping outside of Centro Cultural. Three of them are filling a wheelbarrow with soil and sod.
Cooking tortillas
Two women cooking tortillas in the Centro Cultural kitchen.
Preparing a meal
A woman loading a plate of food in the Centro Cultural kitchen.
Food for sale
A group of women selling food at a community barbeque. The sign behind them advertises tostadas (fried tortillas) and Pozole (a pre-Columbian Mexican Soup, traditionally containing meat and corn).
Woman selling food
Tacos and 'zopios' for sale at a community barbecue.
Preparing plates of food
A group of women getting ready to serve food in the Centro Cultural kitchen.
Sharing tortillas
A woman topping off a plate of food with a tortilla and serving it from the Centro Cultural kitchen to community members in the main hall.
Sharing a meal
A woman serving food across the window that connects Centro Cultural's main hall with it's kitchen.
Community barbecue
A group of women in the foreground on a photograph of a community barbecue. The sign in the background, 'Pozole', is advertising a pre-Columbian Mexican Soup, traditionally containing meat and corn.
Serving food
A group of women serving food across the window that connects Centro Cultural's main hall with it's kitchen.
Woman serving food
A woman serving food across the window that connects Centro Cultural's main hall with its kitchen.
Group of women cooking
Four women preparing a meal in the Centro Cultural main hall.