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Service Learning at Plenitud
Service learning program participant Mary Timm from St. Thomas University’s VISIONS program watering plants in the greenhouse at Plenitud.
Service Learning at Plenitud PR
Students from St. Thomas University in Minnesota were attending a service learning program at Plenitud PR when the Raíces crew arrived in January 2018. Students participating in the trip participated in trainings, workshops, and volunteer…
Service Learning in the Greenhouse
Service learning program participant Sunita Dharod from St. Thomas University’s VISIONS program weeding the garden beds in the greenhouse at Plenitud.
Serving Dinner
Owen Ingley of Plenitud and Nicole Wines of Raíces Cultural Center serving dinner to VISIONS students on a service learning retreat.
Serving Food
Serving food 2 in 2009
Serving Food Using the Environment
Serving food using everything in the environment
Setting Up
Organizing the art work that was submitted for display in the Water Is Life exhibit series group art show.
Shallots
Shallots are one of many crops not common to the Caribbean that Don Luis Soto has been able to adapt to the tropical growing conditions and proposed successfully on his farm Finca Mi Casa.
Sharing a Song
Doña Ana Rodríguez, a member of the "Panel de Testigos Oculares & Descendientes de la Bomba Antigua" shares a song with the participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Sharing Andean Culture in New Jersey
Pepe Santana and Grupo INKHAY, along with the other performers and groups who shared their talents and knowledge in the 2018 Raíces Roots Music Concert Series, provided the opportunity to bridge cultures through the universal language of music in…
Sharing Capoeira
Capoeira is more than a martial art or dance, it is a community and way of life that builds character and guides its practitioners with a set of values. Students are requested to share what they have learned with the community.
Sharing Culture
Bomba, like many genres from the Caribbean traditions, is participatory. It is a community based tradition, with no defined roles of performer and audience. When the Raíces ensemble performs bomba, they always include members of the audience so…
Sharing Culture
Pepe Santana, musician and cultural historian, sharing his knowledge about Andean folkloric traditions to educate audiences about the music and songs being performed at the concert.
Sharing Culture with the Community
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira sharing art and culture with the community. Members of GLDC often participate in community events at schools, libraries and other community organizations to share, demonstrate, and play capoeira.
Sharing Culture, Sharing History
Doña Ana Rodríguez, a member of the "Panel of Eyewitnesses and Descendants of Historic Bomba" shares a song with the participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Sharing Gratitude, Sharing Culture
Mestre Zumbi and Francisco G. Gómez exchange words and gestures of affection and gratitude for the opportunity to collaborate on sharing the cultural traditions of capoeira from Brazil at the Raíces Roots Music Concert Series 2018.
Sharing Herbal Remedies
The Borough of Highland Park's Sustainable Highland Park Committee provided the town's residents with the opportunity to learn about herbal remedies for pain relief in this workshop presented by herbalist and curandera Angela Lugo.
Sharing History
PROPA founder and 5th Bomba Research Conference organizer Melanie Maldonado with Doña Ana Rodríguez and Doña Carmen Cora, panelists who shared eyewitness accounts and stories from historic bomba of the mid-early 20th Century.
Sharing Knowledge and Culture
Workshop participants got to sample food and drinks made with herbs.
Sharing Knowledge and Culture at the Raíces Open House
All Raícitas share what they learn at community events, open houses, family performances and cultural festivals. These Raícitas presented the history and meaning of bomba.
Sharing Knowledge, Learning Culture
Raíces Director Francisco G. Gómez spends some hands-on planting time with 2017 High School Intern Eli Goldstein. Eli spent a semester studying herbalism and culture with Raíces BOD Chair and herbalist Angela Lugo. Eli came to Raíces through the…
Sharing Seeds
The Raíces Disaster Relief Support Crew stopped to take a quick photo of a collapsed greenhouse in the outskirts of Lares As they did a car came up the driveway. It turned out to be the owner of the property, Olga Perez. Olga’s husband is an…
Sharing Stories, Sharing History
Panelists in the discussion about witnessing historic bomba of the early 20th century shared their stories and experiences, some passed down from their own ancestors with the participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Sharing the Cornmeal
Sharing the cornmeal I brought for them
Shekeres
Raíces Folkloric Ensemble members playing an introductory rhythm on the shekeres and bell.