The Community Storytellers  Project (formerly called Neighborhood Historians) addresses the imperative need for community-centered history-gathering. In addition to documenting community memory, we hope to foster a sense of belonging and cultural ownership among Santa Feans, providing space for Santa Feans to tell their own stories on their own terms. Through community workshops, storybooths, and skills training, the Community Storytellers Project seeks to empower Santa Feans to become co- creators of a rich living history, encouraging community dialogue, healing, and the collective determination of where our story goes from here.

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  • Isabel Rodriguez - Ok Bueno

    Ok Bueno is a short film created in collaboration with the Little Globe Community Story Tellers program. Ok Bueno is a brief family history told through the lens of folk art, and family traditions.

  • David Sloan - Urban Sprawl in Santa Fe

    "Development" threatens vital ecosystems to Santa Fe's animal inhabitants.

  • Rosario H. Torres - Why Does It Matter?

    This video focuses on the Our Lady of Guadalupe Cemetery located on Early Street in Santa Fe, NM. This Cemetery has been maintained by the Catholic Church since 1896 when the first burials took place. The focus of the video is to recognize the importance of preserving and restoring this property as there remain living family members that can contribute family stories from the territorial days to the present.

  • Masouma M Karimian- The Journey Home

    After years of movement, relocation and travel, battling culture shock and not-belonging, Masouma finds her roots and grounding when she recovers her ancestry The Bakhtiari Tribe of Iran. With the help of Native American traditions, Indigenous teachers, and the support of her partner and love of her life, she finally finds the meaning of Home.

  • Douglas Conwell - Faith, Family and Friends--All Aboard the Bus

    Ed Montoya is a bus driver on Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe New Mexico longer than any other driver. This story is an inspiring look at what motivated him to do so. He was a positive force for good along this most busy street, offering friendly support and encouragement to all, including those who were unsheltered and shunned by many. His philosophy of life was rooted in his family, faith and close friendships. Sometimes it's hard to keep your faith in humanity, Ed said, when you have the weight of the whole world on your shoulders. But Ed's friendly smile and even a honk of the horn lifts the spirits of one and all.

  • Oriana Lee -In Spite Of

    A homeschooling family's story of overcoming racial profiling and police brutality

  • Terry Ngo - Santa Fe Resident

    A Vietnamese boat refugee elder shares how she came to be in Santa Fe.

  • Meryl Lieberman - You are my Teacher

    A Tribute to Unconditional Love

  • Kassia Howell - What does community mean to you?

    Kassia Howell interviewed neighbors in her community to try and put words to a concept that has individual meaning for each of us.

  • James Moss interviews Cheryl Dee Odom

    Cheryl Dee Odom gives an oral history about her experience with the College of Santa Fe, its "top five" national performing arts department and its demise.

  • James A. Moss interviews Phil Chapman

    Phil Chapman gives an oral history about his experience with faculty members of the College of Santa Fe during the period 1976-2007: James Moss, Phil Chapman, and Cheryl Odom. As well as the evolution of the performance department from top 5 in the USA to its demise.

  • Hernan Gomez Chavez interviews Hector Chavez Najera

    Hector Chavez Najera gives an oral history about training horses and working in construction in Santa Fe and the connection to Mexico. The audio was recorded at his home and the filming took place in La Cienega and Rancho Viejo during a remodel while he was working on site.