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For Hispanic Heritage Month 2022, CALS Butler Center recorded nine oral history interviews with Arkansas community members that are either part of the Latine and Hispanic communities in Arkansas or work closely in Latine and Hispanic community development in the state.

In 2023 we expanded on that effort by training Hispanic and Latine youth within Central Arkansas to conduct oral history interviews. In 2024, we will host the training again. Those trained will conduct interviews with someone in their community they admire and can be paired with another member of Central Arkansas’s Hispanic or Latine community to interview them about their life. Those who submit interviews will be eligible for a $25 Walmart gift card.

Watch previously recorded interviews here.

Would you like to be a Youth Oral Historian?

Register for training here.

We will be hosting training at the Dee Brown Library on October 26, 2024, 2:00 – 5:00 PM. Trainees will receive information on how to conduct an interview and access to equipment to facilitate interviews. Trainees will also have the opportunity to be paired with another member of the community to interview that they do not know if they desire.

Interviews and training will be offered in both English and Spanish