During the COVID-19 pandemic, we continued our collaboration between the Humanities Truck and the day laborer community that every day seek labor at the Home Depot parking lot. This community has been hit hard by the pandemic as many got […]
Friendship Around Food Read More »
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck and people across the DC region began struggling to put food on their tables, American University’s Humanities Truck Project came up with an innovative way to help. Last summer, the distinctive red-and-blue truck began delivering food to
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ESPECIAL PARA EL TIEMPO LATINO Para los jornaleros de Washington, DC salir en busca de trabajo, a la plazoleta de Home Depot, es como ir al prado en busca de un trébol de cuatro hojas en invierno: casi imposible encontrarlo.
DC: Los jornaleros viven al filo de la precariedad Read More »
Washington, D.C. (ABC7) — Two American University professors have been using the University’s Humanities Truck to curb hunger in Washington, D.C.
Two AU professors use Humanities Truck to deliver food to the needy every week Read More »
AU’s Humanities Truck engages DC communities by gathering and disseminating research and shared stories. Now it’s doing much more than that—it is helping ease food distribution to people in need impacted by COVID-19.
The Humanities Truck Brings Food and Community to DC’s Day Laborers Read More »
Last February 20th, in celebration of Black History Month, the DC Afro-Latino Caucus, Trabajadores Unidos de Washington, DC and the Humanities Truck organized the panel DC Afro-Latinos in Action. The event took place at American University. The panelists were activist
Panel DC Afro-Latinos and Third Visit to The Corner/La esquina Read More »
The Humanities Truck works with diverse populations to collect, create, interpret, and curate stories that can return to the communities they originated from and circulate throughout the DMV. As we confront a global pandemic, we aim to record social responses
COVID-19: Servicio de alimentos gratis Read More »
The Humanities Truck works with diverse populations to collect, create, interpret, and curate stories that can return to the communities they originated from and circulate throughout the DMV. As we confront a global pandemic, we aim to record social responses
COVID-19: Letter from Trabajadores Unidos de Washington, DC Read More »
The Humanities Truck works with diverse populations to collect, create, interpret, and curate stories that can return to the communities they originated from and circulate throughout the DMV. As we confront a global pandemic, we aim to record social responses
COVID-19: Información de ayudas sociales si usted vive en DC Read More »
This Fall, the Humanities Truck went on the road once again with an exhibit featuring day laborers as photographers of their own everyday lives, alongside portraits of day laborers at the corner of the only Home Depot in Washington, DC.
Day Laborers at the Corner: Coming to Light Read More »
This Spring, the Humanities Truck has been on the road with an exhibit featuring day laborers as photographers of their own everyday lives. The exhibit, Invisible Hands: Jornaleros Manos Invisibles: Day laborers, was inaugurated at the Katzen Museum on September,
Invisible hands: Jornaleros/ Manos Invisibles: Day laborers Read More »
