>>> IT IS NOT HARD TO FIND MONUMENTS IN CHICAGO, BUT VERY FEW WERE CREATED BY THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AS PART OF THE CHICAGO PROJECT, WHICH ALLOCATED FUNDING FOR THE MELLON FOUNDATION, THAT MONUMENTS PROJECT IS BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF CREATING MONUMENTS THAT REPRESENT THE FULL SPECTRUM OF HISTORY DEPICTED IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY .

>> WE RECEIVED TWO GRANTS.

THE FIRST GRANT WAS TO MOSTLY BE PLANNING.

BUT WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF TEMPORARY MONUMENTS THAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT DOING.

ONE OF THEM IS ELEVATING AND CELEBRATING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF AN IMPORTANT LATINO ORGANIZATION STARTED IN 1953.

WE ALSO ARE FUNDING, FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, A DIGITAL EXHIBIT ABOUT THE STREET FAIR THAT THEY PUT ON IN 1969, AND WE WILL BE LAUNCHING THIS.

MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE NOT AWARE OF THESE IMPORTANT HISTORIC EVENTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH WOMEN, LATINAS.

I AM A DOCUMENTARIAN, PHOTOGRAPHER, I FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS HISTORY AT THE FOREFRONT.

THIS IS THE HISTORY THAT MANY YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY, YOUNG WOMEN, PEOPLE ARE WALKING ON THIS HISTORY.

THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT.

THE LBD TO IMMEDIATELY -- I AM EXCITED ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN THIS.

MAKING SOMETHING FOR THE CITY, FOR OURSELVES, THAT WILL ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE.

THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY, BRING