2024 Day of Giving

Support the Community Heritage Lab!

Support the Community Heritage Lab, where SCU students, faculty, and staff work with community partners on collaborative, interdisciplinary research and public-facing projects. These projects enhance engagement with diverse local histories and cultures that strengthen our campus community. Thank you for supporting this important work!

Your gifts will help support: 

• The Thamien Ohlone Augmented Reality Tour of the SCU campus, co-created with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe 
• A continuous, year-round Ohlone Youth AR Storytelling Program exercising the cultural, artistic, design, and technological skills of Ohlone youth to co-create experiences for the AR tour 
• The development and expansion of the Ohlone Heritage Hub website, in collaboration with the Ohlone Indian Tribe and the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe 
• The Ohlone Youth Cultural Camp that brings Ohlone youth to their homelands on SCU’s campus to practice culture and build community 
• Archaeological and historical research about Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara’s Old Quad neighborhood, and the rich heritage of Silicon Valley 
• Other student-centered research projects with community partners