Everything Comes From the Streets
Turning Wheel is a Mobile Classroom that will teach and serve the local community. It is designed as both a classroom and creative space where history and culture come alive through the telling and presentation of community story and history. We draw from the arts, literature, poetry, music, oral history, and the sciences to make knowledge relevant to the lives of the community it serves. The Turning Wheel Project is a partnership between the Chicano Park Steering Committee, the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center and the University of San Diego where it is housed in the Department of Ethnic Studies. Turning Wheel is part of the University of San Diego’s Strategic Initiative with support from the Mulvaney Center for Community, Awareness and Social Action. The Turning Wheel Advisory Board is comprised of faculty, staff, students and community leaders and activists. Consult our website for additional information.
The idea behind Turning Wheel was born seven years ago when the Logan Heights Documentation Project was established in order to document the monumental murals of Chicano Park. Working closely with the Chicano Park Steering Committee, the Logan Heights Documentation Project published two editions of the mural documentation project. Teaming up with Via International of Logan Heights, the Logan Heights Documentation Project produced an award-winning documentary on Lowriding, a successful book on San Diego Lowrider history and a Lowrider Digital Archive out of Copley Library. The Turning Wheel Project will build on this impressive work and continue to educate about and document the history and culture of Logan Heights and surrounding communities.
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Visiting Schools with the Barrio Bus
Profe Pulido, the dedicated director of the bus program, visited multiple schools throughout the vibrant community of Watsonville. During these visits, he took the time to engage with the children and teach them about the rich and diverse subject of ethnic studies in San Diego, as well as the cultural significance of Low Riders in the community.