Special Collections & Archives (UNLV Libraries) from the Las Vegas Centennial Commission to support the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada project.
Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada is an oral history and community engagement project aimed at expanding the diversity of the voices that Special Collections and Archives preserves. UNLV students will be hired and trained to conduct oral history interviews with individuals representing a range of Latinx cultures and backgrounds.
The Centennial Commission grant will be matched by a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant that was awarded to University Libraries in December. MGM Resorts International has also generously contributed a $25,000 gift to support the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada project, with an additional $3,870 in gifts from community and alumni donors.