Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation

RA'CES DE LONG BEACH: ROOTS OF THE RANCHO [RANCHO LOS CERRITOS WILL BE PRESENTING RA'CES DE LONG BEACH: ROOTS OF THE RANCHO. THIS SPECIAL EXHIBIT WILL TELL THE STORY OF MEXICAN AND MEXICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE RANCHO LOS CERRITOS ADOBE HOME AS TENANTS FROM 1880-1930. IT WILL BE ON DISPLAY FROM OCTOBER 01, 2021 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2022. THE RA'CES DE LONG BEACH EXHIBIT WILL FEATURE RECORDED ORAL HISTORIES, ARTIFACTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED AND WORKED AT THE RANCHO, AND PHOTOGRAPHS THAT HIGHLIGHT THEIR STORIES. VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE RA'CES DE LONG BEACH THROUGH BOTH IN-PERSON AND DIGITAL FORMATS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE DEVELOPING AN IN-SCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WILL ALIGN WITH THE RA'CES DE LONG BEACH EXHIBIT. THIS EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT WILL SERVE ABOUT 1,800 LOCAL STUDENTS. THIS EXHIBIT WILL ADDRESS THE NEED FOR THE RANCHO TO MORE FULLY REPRESENT THE HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES OF LONG BEACH CITY'S SIGNIFICANT LATINX COMMUNITY.] [PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO IMPLEMENT A SPECIAL EXHIBIT TO TELL THE STORY OF MEXICAN AND MEXICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE RANCHO LOS CERRITOS ADOBE HOME AS TENANTS FROM 1880-1930 ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: RANCHOS WILL CURATE THE SPECIAL EXHIBIT, RA'CES DE LONG BEACH: ROOTS OF THE RANCHO. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE COLLECTING ARTIFACTS AND ORAL HISTORIES, DIGITIZING THE STORIES COLLECTED DURING RESEARCH, COORDINATING LECTURERS FOR THE SPEAKERS SERIES, AND CREATING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR THE IN-SCHOOL AND AFTER-SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT WILL ALIGN WITH THE EXHIBIT EXPECTED OUTCOMES: RA'CES DE LONG BEACH WILL DOCUMENT, INTERPRET, AND PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF RANCHO'S DIVERSE PEOPLES, SPECIFICALLY THE LATINX COMMUNITY. THE EXHIBIT WILL ENCOURAGE THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION, ANALYSIS, AND CONSIDERATION OF THE LIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF MEXICAN AND MEXICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE. RANCHOS WILL RETAIN SIX CURRENT STAFF MEMBERS TO DEVELOP THE EXHIBIT. THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT WILL SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1,800 LOCAL STUDENTS. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO CREATE ONE JOB'A CURATORIAL INTERN'WHO WILL WORK WITH THE CURATOR TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP MUSEUM EXHIBITS AT RANCHO LOS CERRITOS HISTORIC SITE AND MANAGE THE SITE'S COLLECTION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: LOCAL RESIDENTS, VISITORS, K-12 STUDENTS, AND SCHOLARS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE THAT RANCHOS WILL PROVIDE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]