- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- CHICAGO MUSLIM ORAL HISTORY PROJECT : Ortez, Andrea
- Creator:
- Ortez, Andrea
Alter, Peter - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2017-06-23
- Subject:
- Hispanic American women
Loyola University (New Orleans, La.)
Inner City Muslim Action Network
Shahada
SouthWest Organizing Project
Converts
University of Alysir
Islamophobia - Location:
- Egypt, 27.0, 30.0
El Salvador, 13.83333, -88.91667
United States, California, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, 34.05223, -118.24368
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Hyde Park, 41.7942, -87.59394
United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, South Side, 41.74855, -87.64417 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Andrea Ortez (b. 1989) was raised in a Catholic household in Los Angeles. While studying at Loyola University Chicago, Ortez attended a community organizing event led by several Muslim organizations. Through volunteering and community service, she learned about Islam and converted at the end of college. Ortez worked for the Parternship for Reslience in the southwest suburbs.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/355
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:355/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2019 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
AMERICAN MEDINA:STORIES OF MUSLIM CHICAGO ORAL HISTORY PROJECT - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
-
