La Tierra Mia: Chicano Park Murals Documentation Project, Vol. 1, 2013

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Acknowledgements

The Ch icano Park Mura ls Documentation Project was born as a result of the Department of Ethni c Studie s w ith support from the Office of Community Se rvi ce Learning at the University of San Di ego (USD) through working co ll abe rative ly w ith th e Chicano Park Steering Committee (CPSC) for ove r the pa st two years. It was the desire of the CPSC that the current mural restoration project be documented along w ith al l of the oth er murals and sculptures found at Chicano Park. As a result, Profe ss or Alberto Pulido, along w ith his student s in Et hni c St udi es 343: "Chi ca no/ Latino Studies" took on the task as a way to learn about the important hi story of the Chi ca n@movement through the hi story of Chi ca no Park uti li zing an app lied scholarship perspecti ve that is ce ntra l to the Ethnic Stud ies cur ri culum at the University of San Di ego. We w ish to thank all of the student from ETHN 343 (spring semeste r 2012 ) w ho made thi s proj ect po ssbile. They are: Alexa Sanchez, Daniela Con de, Debora Vi ll egas, Di ana Aguiar, Janell John son , Jasmine Ma l len, Juli an Duran , Maria Ru va lcaba , Michelle Padi ll a, Mina Nhi Nguyen, Sa ra Padil la, Victor Sa nchez, Yasa min Mahal laty w ith support from our student liai son Chelita Borbon. Tomm ie Camari l lo, Annie Ross, Rosa Olga Nava rro, and Rigo Reyes from the CPSC and its members require spei ca l recognition for working co ll aborative ly w ith USD. The artists: Victor Ochoa , Mario Torero, Carmen Kahlo, Sa l Baraja s, Rau l Jacquez, Dav id Ava los, Gui ll ermo Ro sette, Felipe Aldame and all the others w ho have dedicated their li ves to mak ing Chicano Park " El Ombligo de Aztlan "- muchas gracias for your support 1 We thank Katie Gordon w ho gave her ti me to take all of the se photos along w ith Todd Sta ns w ho provided hi s photos of the restored mura ls. Allen Wyna r from the Media Center at USD patiently guided us throughout thi s proj ect. and gave us the idea of putting it together in a book . Chris Nayve from the Office of Commu nity Se rv ice Learning has al ways supported the work of Ethni c Studies. My co ll eague Ga il Perez prov ied great w isdom and su ppor t to all of us. To all of you we say : iMuchas Grac ias Y Que Viva Chi cano Park 1

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