Caribbean Classes at the EC 2023
Reflections on 2023 student dance and drum classes at the Eugene Young Environmental Education Center and Raíces’ new home.
Raíces at the EC
Raíces Cultural Center has a new home! Read more about our vision to create a center for exploration, collaboration and cultural fusion within the performing, visual and media arts, as well as, their connection with Nature and Planet Earth.
Support Spotlight: Raíces Receives NEA ARP Grant for 2022-2024
Raíces Cultural Center has received two years of NEA ARP funding support for our core arts program team.
A Bountiful Summer at the Raíces MicroFarm
Photo gallery from the 2019 Raíces EcoCulture MicroFarm summer season.
Save the PR Bee: Raíces Awarded Bee Cause Foundation Grant Award on Behalf of TaínaSoy Apiario
Raíces Cultural Center has teamed up with TaínaSoy Apiario Institute for Sustainability and Ecological Conservancy to provide fiscal sponsorship for the awarding of a Bee Cause Foundation grant which will help launch an educational program in Aguada, Puerto Rico to Save the PR Bee.
Puerto Rico Sustainable Disaster Support Initiative Phase 1 – GOAL REACHED!!!
Thanks to the generous contributions of friends, family, community members, and supporters from near and far, Raíces Cultural Center has met it’s goal in Phase 1 of our Disaster Relief Support Initiative. In 9 months we were able to raise over $10,000 to help support grassroots recovery efforts on the island of Puerto Rico. Learn more about what the funds have been used to support as our friends, family and collaborators work for a just, sustainable and renewable recovery for the island.
High Tunnel at Finca Mi Casa up and Running Again
by Francisco G. Gómez Finca Mi Casa’s High Tunnel is back in action thanks to you! It was January 2018 when we first visited Don Luis and Doña Carmen, at […]
Of Taíno Queens and the Legend of Yuiza
Interested in boricua history, especially legends? Here’s a story that’s rather interesting. It’s the legend of Yuiza and her possible connection to the Afro/Taíno people of Loíza.
Raíces Cultural Center Awarded 2018 Park Partners Grant
Thanks to all of our neighbors and friends from Highland Park who came out and voted in the 2018 Park Partners Grant Competition. Raíces won in the Culture & Diversity category and will be expanding the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series.
Water is Life Exhibit – Post Presentation Reflections
by Francisco G. Gómez Water is Life Presentation – Highland Park, New Jersey – October 28, 2017 Time is always a great factor when doing an arts installation show, and […]