USU hosts Latino history workshop

Utah State University’s Latino Voices Project will hold a free workshop to train interviewers Saturday, June 2. The session will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Whittier Community Center, 290 North 400 East, Logan.

Those attending will learn to collect the life story of family, friends and neighbors in an effort to increase oral histories in USU’s Latino Collection. Lunch will be provided.

Anyone interested in attending the training workshop should call Ellie Mendez at (435) 730-6101. Enrollment is limited.

Workshop participants will be eligible to apply for paid positions as interviewers in the Latino Voices Project.

Additionally, those interested in being interviewed or who know of individuals who would like to participate, call Jorge Rodas, (435) 760-6941.

The Latino Voices Project is supported by Utah State University, the Merrill-Cazier Library, the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies, Utah Humanities Council and the Utah Division of State History.