University Libraries - Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio

This is a collaboration between author Chuy Renteria and the University of Iowa Libraries. This page hosts the entirety of the audiobook version of Chuy’s memoir “We Heard It When We Were Young” as a free and accessible link to anyone interested in listening. Also provided are educational resources geared towards high school level curriculum. Thank you for our partners who helped make this project possible.

This project brings together interviews from people living in immigrant and mixed-status communities throughout the rural heartland of the United States, and art from young artists to provide a fuller picture of enduring and traumatic impacts of large-scale immigration worksite raids in rural America.

Health Story Hub is an open access website that offers a searchable database of stories about health, illness, and healing for teachers and community members to use in classrooms, community groups and clinics. By supporting those who teach health-related courses and lead support groups around illness and healing, the project encourages students and participants to learn from reading others’ stories or to create their own.