Summary

Creator:

Mi Gente (Duke University)

Abstract:

Mi Gente is a Latinx student organization at Duke University, and the largest Latinx student group on campus. The group has the goals of serving the Latinx population at Duke and bringing Latinx culture to the larger Duke population. The Mi Gente records include meeting minutes, captures of the organization's website and Twitter feed, events and promotional materials, photographs, and advocacy documents. Contents of the collection span 2010-2017.

Extent:

0.1 Linear Feet
5 Gigabytes

Language:

Materials in English

Collection ID:

UA.31.04.0017

University Archives Record Group:

31 -- Student/Campus Life
04 -- Student Organizations- Religious and Cultural Organizations

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection includes minutes from council meetings, agendas, promotional materials, strategy documents, and digital photographs of events, as well as captures of the group's two websites from 2010-2015 and Twitter feed from 2015. Also includes images and video recordings from Mi Gente's cultural showcase, Mezcla and materials from the Alianza Latina photo campaign. Contains materials for the Duke Without Mi Gente campaign including strategy documents for establishing a Latinx cultural center at Duke and a letter of solidarity with the students in the 2016 Allen Building sit-in.

Biographical / Historical:

Mi Gente is a Latinx student organization at Duke University, and the largest Latinx student group on campus. Founded in 1992, Mi Gente's mission is to "provide a sense of community among Latinxs at Duke as well as to promote awareness and sponsor activities about Latinx cultural, political, educational, and social issues." The organization advocates for and works to raise awareness for issues concerning the Latinx community. Mi Gente also develops community service and outreach opportunities to foster connections with the Latinx community of Durham.

Source: https://sites.duke.edu/migente/about-us/, accessed December 9, 2022

Acquisition Information:

The Mi Gente Records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2015, 2017, and 2022.

Processing information:

Processed by Tracy M. Jackson, January, 2016 and Matthew Farrell, September 2017.

Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2015-0040 and UA2017-0049.

Accession UA2022-0070 added and finding aid updated by April Blevins, January 2023.

Rules or Conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related

Related Material:

La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, Rho Chapter, Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Spectrum Records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Student Organizations Reference Collection, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

University Archives Web Archive Collection, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Hispanic American college students -- North Carolina -- Durham

Names:

Mi Gente (Duke University)
Duke University -- Students -- Societies, etc
Duke University -- Students