http://www.casademaryland.org/

CASA de Maryland is a community organization that was founded in 1985 by Central American refugees and North Americans. CASA was created in response to the human needs of the thousands of Central Americans arriving to the D.C. area after fleeing wars and civil strife in their countries of origin. CASA's primary mission is to work with the community to improve the quality of life and fight for equal treatment and full access to resources and opportunities for low-income Latinos and their families. CASA also works with other low-income immigrant communities and organizations, makes its programs and activities available to them, and advocates for social, political, and economic justice for all low-income communities.

On June 19, 2010, the ILCRP collaborated with CASA de Maryland and the Smithsonian Latino Center to conduct and videotape 11 life history interviews with immigrants residing in Langley Park, MD. The research coincided with the grand opening of CASA's new multicultural center. CASA also displayed traveling exhibit materials from Dr. Freidenberg’s Growing Old in the United States and The Immigrant Experience in Prince Georges County.

Futhermore, CASA has helped place students from the University of Maryland into service-learning opportunities in conjunction with the Ethnology of the Immigrant Life Course taught by Dr. Freidenberg.

http://www.pregnancyaidcenter.org/

Pregnancy Aid Centers, Inc. (PAC) is a nonsectarian, non-profit, community-based women’s health clinic and social service agency. PAC’s mission is to provide culturally sensitive, individualized medical and mental health care to low-income women, adolescents, and newborns who have Medicaid, or whose Medicaid is pending, or who have no insurance.

PAC has helped place students from the University of Maryland into service-learning opportunities in conjunction with the Ethnology of the Immigrant Life Course taught by Dr. Freidenberg. Dr. Freidenberg also sits on PAC’s board of directors.

Located in Langley Park, MD, Rollins Terrace Elementary School offers both Spanish and English emersion programs for its students.

Rollins Terrace has helped place students from the University of Maryland into service-learning opportunities in conjunction with the Ethnology of the Immigrant Life Course taught by Dr. Freidenberg.

http://www.lasc.umd.edu/LangleyPark/Langleypark.html

The Langley Park Project is an informal network of faculty members and students at the University of Maryland and members of Action Langley Park, a nonprofit organization of residents, businesspeople, workers, social service personnel, and other members of the community. Together, they work to improve the lives of immigrants who live in Langley Park and nearby neighborhoods. The Project co-sponsors health and other community events (including the annual Langley Park Day in May), publishes the biweekly Barrio de Langley Park, and advocates for positive public sector action pertaining to immigrant welfare. The Project is coordinated by Professor William Hanna at the University of Maryland.

The Langley Park Project has helped place students from the University of Maryland into service-learning opportunities in conjunction with the Ethnology of the Immigrant Life Course taught by Dr. Freidenberg.

http://latino.si.edu/

The Smithsonian Latino Center (SLC) is dedicated to ensure that Latino contributions to art, science and the humanities are highlighted, understood and advanced through the development and support of public programs, scholarly research, museum collections and educational opportunities at the Smithsonian Institution and its affiliated organizations across the United States.

The SLC is the host of the virtual exhibit Inside/Out: Growing Old in the United States, curated by Dr. Freidenberg. Likewise, in collaboration with CASA de Maryland and the ILCRP, the SLC helped collect life histories from immigrants residing in Langley Park, MD, during the grand opening of CASA’s new multicultural center on June 19, 2010.

Director: Magdalena Mieri

http://americanhistory.si.edu/events/programdetail.cfm?newskey=18

The National Museum of American History established the Program in Latino History and Culture (PLHC) to present public programs that reflect the rich and distinctive history of Latino communities and cultures in the United States. These programs include lectures, films, family and children’s programs, concerts, and other activities.

The PLHC has collaborated with the ILCRP on numerous projects, including the Immigrant Community Museum Consultation and the Museum Course for the University of Maryland’s Certificate Program in Museum Scholarship and Material Culture. Likewise, the PLHC will collaborate with the ILCRP and CASA de Maryland on the Immigrant Life History Project on June 19th 2010.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/about/dept-detail.cfm?deptkey=41

The Division of Home and Community Life uses scholarship and collections to educate and inspire a broad audience about domestic and social environments and the intersections between public and private life in our nation's past. The division cares for its collections and develops them to represent the country's many peoples. Through collecting and research, division staff produce and contribute to publications, exhibitions, and other forms of public history. Staff of the division collect, research, and disseminate information in the areas of home life, gender identity, life cycles, lifestyles and family structure, work, patterns of domestic production and consumption, standards of cleanliness and health, diverse forms of housing, modernization and the role of technology, invention, leisure, community institutions, religion, and education.

Fath Davis Ruffins, curator of the Division of Home and Community Life, will be a speaker on the panel presentation at the Driskell Center November 11th 2010.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/about/dept-detail.cfm?deptkey=38

The Division of Culture and the Arts dedicates itself to educating and inspiring its audiences by preserving and presenting their heritage. The division carries out its mission through collections, research, exhibitions, publications, teaching and lectures, performances, broadcasts, and other presentations. The areas of focus for collections and programs are: music, dance, theater, film, broadcast media, sports, recreation, and popular culture.

Marvette Perez, curator of the Division of Culture and the Arts, collaborated with the ILCRP in creating the Museum Course for the University of Maryland’s Certificate Program in Museum Scholarship and Material Culture.

The Spanish Catholic Center has helped place students from the University of Maryland into service-learning opportunities in conjunction with the Ethnology of the Immigrant Life Course taught by Dr. Freidenberg.

http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/

The David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park, celebrates the legacy of David C. Driskell - Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Art, Artist, Art Historian, Collector, and Curator - by preserving the rich heritage of African American visual art and culture. Established in 2001, the Center provides an intellectual home for artists, museum professionals, art administrators, and scholars, who are interested in broadening the field of African Diasporic studies. The Driskell Center is committed to collecting, documenting, and presenting African American art as well as replenishing and expanding the field.

On November 11, 2010, the David C. Driskell Center hosted a panel presentation titled, Human Mobility: Perspectives from History, Anthropology, and Museology, as well as The Immigrant Experience in Prince Georges County museum exhibit.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14361418169

Engaged University has helped place students from the University of Maryland into service-learning opportunities in conjunction with the Ethnology of the Immigrant Life Course taught by Dr. Freidenberg.

http://www.pgparks.com/page252.aspx

The Langley Park Community Center has helped place students from the University of Maryland into service-learning opportunities in conjunction with the Ethnology of the Immigrant Life Course taught by Dr. Freidenberg.

http://www.popcenter.umd.edu/

The Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC) is a multidisciplinary center dedicated to population-related research and housed in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) at the University of Maryland. MPRC includes faculty from 13 university units. The Center’s research focuses on four key areas: (a) family and fertility, including marriage, parenting and intergenerational relationships; (b) social and economic inequality; (c) health processes and aging; and (d) data and methods for population research.

The MPRC is host of the Immigrant Work Group, a group of about a dozen researchers who meet regularly to share their research in the area of immigration. The Immigration Working Group is led by MPRC Associate Director Dr. Joan Kahn and Faculty Associate Dr. Judith Freidenberg.

http://www.heritage.umd.edu/

The Center for Heritage Resource Studies (CHRS) was established in 2000 to bring scholars and practitioners together to support a comprehensive approach to the study of heritage. Center faculty and affiliates are leaders in the field of heritage studies, working at local, national, and international levels. The Center’s activities are formulated in a way that can be readily applied by those responsible for the management of historic, cultural, and environmental resources.  In this manner, the Center aims to contribute substantially to an increased awareness of the need for responsible heritage development.

The CHRS sponsored the Immigrant Community Museum Consultation in Langley Park, MD.