Camp Naco Fireside Chats

MAY 22  11:30 - 12:30 in the Central School Project theater

and MAY 29 11:30 - 12:30 in the Central School Project Theater

This month Camp Naco is holding two Friday afternoon presentations here at Central School Project.

Please mark your calendar for these two FIreside chats! They are a great way to take a break mid-day and learn about the cultural history of our region.

MAY 22  11:30 - 12:30 in the Central School Project theater

Rebels & Runaways - Youth in Arizona History

Presenter - Doris Morgan Rueda

Youth in Arizona have been at the center of many pivotal historical developments: Hispano teens navigating the transition from Mexican to U.S. rule; Black youths migrating west after Reconstruction; children of Irish immigrants seeking work in copper mines; and Apache children surviving the Camp Grant massacre. Despite their presence throughout the state’s history, they are rarely mentioned in history books or museums.

A first-generation Colombian American and Assistant Professor of History at Appalachian State University, specializing in socio-legal history, her work examines Latinidad and childhood while connecting communities to their histories through scholarship and creative projects.

MAY 29 11:30 - 12:30 in the Central School Project Theater

The Many Lives of Wing Fang 

Presenter - Jaynie Adams

The Many Lives of Wing Fang examines the experiences of Chinese Arizonans through the effort to recreate one person's life story. From immigration stories to armed conflict in the Sonoran borderlands, to everyday life in Arizona's Chinatowns, step into Arizona in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as we explore the many lives of Wing Fang.

Presenter Jaynie Adams: History Engagement Manager at the Arizona Historical Society and associate editor of the Journal of Arizona History, she is a Tucson native whose work focuses on housing, transportation, and community development in the Southwest.