b'members of the Local were advanced in years. Yet, with the full support of union leadership, we were able to interview hundreds of members and preserve their stories.The work continues today.Initially, the Oral History Project took place in New York City, Long Island and Florida.In 2014, at the Retiree Divisions Puerto Rico Retiree Conference in San Juan, we had the good fortune of meeting Professor Nestor Murray-Irizarry, the founder and president of Casa Paoli in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Although our initial introduction involved a cultural presentation on mask making and Vejigantes, we knew that we had met a kindred spirit in Professor Murray-Irizarry.His lifelong work in preserving Puerto Rican culture, folklore and oral traditions reflected the same passion we felt preserving our history and oral traditions at Local 237.We asked him if he would join us in our efforts to preserve our history and his answerwas a resounding YES!In 2015, the Oral History Project began in Puerto Rico.Since 2015, the Puerto Rico Project has captured not only the history of our Puerto Rican membershipbut also the experience of the Puerto Rican diaspora who made a U-turn to return to their homeland after a lifetime of work in New YorkCity.The call of the island was always strong within the Corazones Boricuas of ourPuerto Rican members.Our work in Puerto Rico reflects not only our Puerto Ricanmembers journey to New York City, but also their love for the Island of Puerto Rico.It alsoreflects their profound love for Teamsters Local 237.For the support of this project by our President Gregory Floyd and Vice PresidentRuben Torres as well as the entire executive board, I am very grateful. To our retiredmembers who shared their history and their love of the unionMil gracias.In Solidarity,Nancy B. True DirectorRetiree DivisionTeamsters Local 2376 '