La Doce, a 3-mile stretch along South 12th Avenue on Tucson's south side, is working to embrace its cultural identity and pave the way for future generations.
Diana Ramos Just 6 miles from Downtown Tucson, there is La Doce, a 3-mile stretch along South 12th Avenue from 44th Street to Drexel Road with a population of 9,000 in which 90% identify as Latino.
People are also reading… Changing communityIn 2018, Regeneración, a grassroots organization, partnered with Southwest Folklife Alliance in a project called “La Doce: Barrio Foodways” to hear people's stories and traditions of food waste that existed in people's homes, while doing research and talking to the community, Regeneración mapped out about 65 city blocks and green spaces in La Doce.
The community has been affected by gentrification, where big companies are buying vacant lots to build houses and selling them for higher prices, prices that people from the community can't afford, Rojas said. A work in progressRegeneración works with an intergenerational cohort of south side community leaders who meet every other Saturday to discuss topics that are affecting the community and how to address them.
“This isn't a project, right, this is our life's work and this is the work that we're doing for the seven generations in front of us and for the seven generations behind us,” Ruiz said.Tucson man now author of longtime comic strip Henry Barajas now authors Gil Thorp, which beginning Monday appears in the Star's Sports section.
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