Announcing: We Made San Diego: Video Podcast Series
By Brayden Chayer & David Sawicki Preserving Latino, Chicano and Mexican-American history is a priority for the “We Made San Diego” Project. While recent successful sold-out screenings of the short documentary, “We Made San Diego- For All” made an impact on the...
New Documentary Offers a Way for San Diego to Reconnect With Its Latino Heritage
"We Made San Diego- For All” Shines a light on Untold Stories from the Latino Community SAN DIEGO - YoungPop announces their nomination for the 2024 San Diego Film Week. A documentary short, titled: “We Made San Diego- For All” was written and produced by David...
Video: “MAAC has Your Back” Part 1, Doc Short. Watch now!
MAAC serves tens of thousands of San Diego every year — check them out, in this documentary short.Stay tuned for Part 2, coming soon! When you click the subscribe button, you will be notified, thank you.
WATCH NOW: “We Made San Diego” Video Series
We are excited to announce the "We Made San Diego" YouTube Web Series- episodes featuring Latinos that created a great impact on the San Diego region! The Series will launch with an overview of the project- why and how it will preserve and celebrate the...
Mural: “A Life of Activism”
The Mural: “A Life of Activism” was unveiled at the MAAC Community Center on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Many of the community members that are featured on the mural were present. Author Maria E. Garcia with a canvas reprint of the Mural
An Invitation to Create History by Preserving History
As a third grader, I did not know what the statistics were on Latinos in history books or about our drop-out rate. What I did know that as a little girl I did hang on to the first book I ever read about one Latino family. The book was fiction but there was a little...
Why I Wrote the Book
Why I wrote “We Made San Diego”Even as a third grader I would look for books that had someone that was Latino. In college I would write on index cards with facts about either historical facts or something I had learned about Mexicans or Mexican Americans. Sadly, our...
Where to Buy the Book
Aztlan Libre 2076 Logan Ave. San Diego, CA 92113 619-786-7831 https://goo.gl/maps/XATXucuCa8ThL3xEA Tony’s Jacal Mexican Restaurant 621 Valley Ave. Solana Beach, CA 92075 858- 755-2274 https://goo.gl/maps/tx7dB9Vg8XHmk2eL9 Back from Tomboctou 3564 Adams Ave....
2nd Annual Celebration Gathering
Schools Tour Program
Learn about our schools tour program where we strive to engage students of all ages in programs that educate our community about Latino history and culture.