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'Crossing Borders' chosen as theme
Speakers, movies, discussions planned to celebrate Latino Heritage Month at Saint Mary's College
Melissa Vlach
Issue date: 9/25/07 Section: News
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A celebration of Hispanic culture kicked of last week and will continue for just over a month.
Latino Heritage Month began at Saint Mary's last Tuesday, September 18, with an opening ceremony in Delphine Intercultural Center. Keynote speaker Enrique Ortiz '08, president of the Latin American Student Association (LASA), gave a speech relating to the month's theme of "Crossing Borders." The events scheduled for this month all relate to the theme in some way.
"We're trying to take care of every aspect: political, cultural, social, education," said Elia Moreno, coordinator of Delphine Intercultural Center. She hopes that the events throughout the month will cause people to ask themselves, "What borders have I crossed?" Such borders might deal with education, religion, gender, culture, language, or other topics. "You might be surprised to see, once you start thinking really deeply, like 'Wow, I have crossed a lot of borders,'" she said.
Several events have already taken place. Ruben Navarette spoke during last Wednesday's community time as part of the Social Justice Series. Then, on Thursday evening, a panel of immigration occurred in Delphine.
More events are planned for the coming weeks. This Thursday, September 27, the documentary La Ciudad will be presented. This movie gives four different stories about Latino immigrants in New York City who came from different countries.
Salsa Night in Dryden will occur the next night, September 28. A Latino/a Faculty and Staff Night is planned for the following Thursday, October 4. This will be a potluck dinner and social. "We're inviting…Latino faculty and staff from campus to come together and talk to students about their experiences," said Moreno.
LASA will collaborate with the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) for the showing of the film Quinceanera on October 10. The movie deals with issues of culture and sexuality. "LASA and…GSA are going to get their members involved and bring them together in order to watch the film and maybe at the end have a discussion about it," said Ortiz.
Latino Heritage Month began at Saint Mary's last Tuesday, September 18, with an opening ceremony in Delphine Intercultural Center. Keynote speaker Enrique Ortiz '08, president of the Latin American Student Association (LASA), gave a speech relating to the month's theme of "Crossing Borders." The events scheduled for this month all relate to the theme in some way.
"We're trying to take care of every aspect: political, cultural, social, education," said Elia Moreno, coordinator of Delphine Intercultural Center. She hopes that the events throughout the month will cause people to ask themselves, "What borders have I crossed?" Such borders might deal with education, religion, gender, culture, language, or other topics. "You might be surprised to see, once you start thinking really deeply, like 'Wow, I have crossed a lot of borders,'" she said.
Several events have already taken place. Ruben Navarette spoke during last Wednesday's community time as part of the Social Justice Series. Then, on Thursday evening, a panel of immigration occurred in Delphine.
More events are planned for the coming weeks. This Thursday, September 27, the documentary La Ciudad will be presented. This movie gives four different stories about Latino immigrants in New York City who came from different countries.
Salsa Night in Dryden will occur the next night, September 28. A Latino/a Faculty and Staff Night is planned for the following Thursday, October 4. This will be a potluck dinner and social. "We're inviting…Latino faculty and staff from campus to come together and talk to students about their experiences," said Moreno.
LASA will collaborate with the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) for the showing of the film Quinceanera on October 10. The movie deals with issues of culture and sexuality. "LASA and…GSA are going to get their members involved and bring them together in order to watch the film and maybe at the end have a discussion about it," said Ortiz.