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Why should I join Our Mission: Journey ThroughJourney Through Our Heritage? Journey Through Our Heritage strives to promote Our Heritage self empowerment, develops leaders and engages Pride students with their community. All students gain Metropolitan confidence by knowing their individual cultural State UniversityJTOH provides a platform to explore and know your individual cultural and historical birth rights. Through rigorous of Denver heritage while instilling pride in the academic study, service learning, STEM projects Chicana/o legacy you will carry with you creative problem solving and healthy competition, throughout your life. we hope to instill a sense of pride for students in Studies Department Purpose their past as well as their future. Africana Studies Department Through effective and impactful Our Goalsconnections and relationships, JTOH provides the ability to work within 1. To implement indigenous values, traditions,culturally diverse communities while and practices that build character. Encourage rigorous interdisciplinary competition designed building character, tolerance and to challenge and inspire young minds. understanding. 2. To create a formal connection between MSU Power Denver students with GED/high school students state wide.JTOH provides the ability to practice effective and active leadership 3. To collaborate and work with community in building relationships with programthrough community events, organiza- administrators, community organizations, tion and field experience. This real- schools and potential partners who desire to participate in the program. life application will help you be successful as the driving force of 4. To embrace and promote diversity by change in our ever-changing world broadening participating teacher’s ability to teach a more culturally inclusive curriculum, facilitate the infusion of cultural and historical contributions of Latinos and other ethnicities and provide avenues for the success of all. Dr. Renee Fajardo Department of Chicana/o Studies Campus Box 41 / P.O. Box 173362 Denver, Colorado 80217-3362 Phone: 303-556-3032 Cell: 720-329-0869 Fax: 303-556-3178 E-mail: [email protected] Visit us @ http://www.msudenver.edu/journey

Welcome!(Kitlapalojua) JTOH Core The Highlight of the JTOH year Events 2017-2018 the Tlatchli GamesJourney Through Our Heritage (JTOH) is aprogram designed to create an awareness of Welcome Back Ceremony This fun-filled odyssey of the mindculture and a sense of community. Using October 6th, 2017 allows students to utilize their knowledge of thecurriculum that instills confidence, compassion 5:30 - 8:30 P.M. JTOH curriculum in games and activities thatand understanding for all people, we hope to develop memorization, study skills and strategiesencourage our students to become leaders. St. Cajetan's @ Auraria necessary for academic success.Through analytical thinking and creative problemsolving we endeavor to develop role models that Cultural Expressions The JTOH program concludes with the annualhave a positive impact on the future. December 8th, 2017 Mauricio Saravia Awards Ceremony Trophies awarded for:Journey Through Our Heritage teams choose a 5:30 - 8:30 P.M. Cultural Expressions, Mural Designfocus area each year that aligns with program St. Cajetan's @ Auraria Service Learning, Tlatchli Games andgoals. Journey Through Our Heritage teams then Literary Achievementcompete in events that help them explore and Anthology Submission Deadlineexpress that theme. February 28th, 2018 Service Learning ( Due March 30th , 2018) The JTOH students participates with numerousThe Journey Year at a Glance: Tlatchli Games community organizations including : April 20th, 2018 Colorado Folk Arts Council (CFAC),Welcome Back Ceremony in late fall. 5:30 - 8:30 P.M. Chicana/o Arts and Humanities Council (CHAC),This event brings our schools, their families, and St. Cajetan's @ Auraria Sisters of Color United for Education (SOCUE),our community together to learn about what our Pirate Art Gallery and many other partnerships.focus will be for the year. This event allows Awards Ceremony Each team has the option of choosing their owneveryone the chance to celebrate a new start and May 4th, 2018 service learning project. Each Team will be givenmeet new people. 5:30 - 8:30 P.M. points based on the concept, design and written synopsis of their project. The teams with theCultural Expressions in early Dec. Teams History Colorado Center highest points will be awarded a trophy for theirdevelop a core curriculum that utilizes video, 1200 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80203 efforts and a gift certificate for their schools.teatro, spoken word and music to competeagainst each other.In spring the JTOH teams create a student-drivenanthology of prose, poetry and original art.