TUCSON – Tucson is the closest it’s ever been to having a Mexican American Chicano Cultural Center, as a consultant works with city officials to make the decades-long dream a reality.
On Thursday, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, longtime Chicano community leader and organizer Raul Aguirre and historian and author Lydia Otero sat down with Javier Duran, director of the Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, to talk about the need for a Mexican American Chicano Cultural Center in Tucson.
The Confluencenter hosted the event, titled “Re-envisioning Tucson’s Mexican Heritage” as part of its Show and Tell series — back after a yearlong break — at Playground Bar in downtown Tucson…