Rutas Transnacionales is a UHI (Urban Humanities Initiative)-based project that hopes to aid the Oaxacan community’s efforts in advocating for a Oaxacan Corridor. These are ideas and starting points for the community to imagine how they could be represented in public space.
The Oaxacan Corridor seeks to preserve Oaxacan indigenous culture by honoring the migrant experience of those who have come to Southern California and built a transnational community extending beyond geopolitical borders.
The Oaxacan Corridor, on Pico Blvd. between Westmoreland Ave. and Crenshaw Blvd., would increase the number of Oaxacan businesses and the revenue they earn and also increase production and necessary imports from Oaxaca– like the mole negro, mole rojo, tlayudas, and epazote–needed by Oaxacan restaurants in L.A.
In honoring the Indigenous migrant experience and political identity of the Oaxacan community in L.A., we must acknowledge the communities indigenous to the LA Basin and the original stewards of this land such as the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples.
