Here is a list of events that Miramar College will hosting to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month
Title: Latinx Heritage Month Kick-Off
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Location: K2 Community Lounge
Event Description: The LEAD Office in collaboration with the Outreach Office invite you to join us in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month at the Welcome Center located in K2-101! We will have FREE food, music, games, and activities! Come learn about different Latin American countries and cultures. Please encourage your students to attend! RSVP Today: tinyurl.com/LHMK2024
Event Contact: Jennifer Pena
Title: Poetry Reading with Dr. Adrian Arancibia
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Time: 11:10am – 12:00pm
Location: H-106
Event Description: Adrián Arancibia is an author and critic based in San Diego, California. He is a founder of the seminal Chicano/Latino performance poetry collective Taco Shop Poets and is the author of Atacama Poems on San Diego City Works Press, The Keeper/El Guadador on Editorial Ratona Cartonera, Poems of Exhaustion on Parentheses BC Press. Born in Iquique, Chile, he is a Literature Ph.D., and is professor of English, Creative Writing, and Chicano Studies.
Event Contact: Dr. Adrian Arancibia
Title: Club Rush featuring Mariachi Serenade San Diego
Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Compass Point
Event Description: Learn about our student clubs and leadership opportunities. We will feature San Diego's Best Mariachi, Mariachi Serenade San Diego, is a group of passionate mariachi musicians with the same goal in mind, to bring QUALITY mariachi entertainment to the public. Our musical background is diverse and includes traditional mariachi music passed down from older generations to classical voice training from SDSU.
Event Contact: Joseph Hankinson
Title: Hearing Marginalized Voices Through Poetry
Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm
Location: Library Atrium
Event Description: Sandy Shakes is a spoken truth artist from Boyle Heights. She's performed across LA, San Diego, New Mexico, and El Paso, collaborating with many poetic organizations. Her work has been featured in anthologies, and she has led workshops, spoken in classrooms and appeared on podcasts. In 2024, she released her rst poetry chapbook, "Scribble Scrabbles." Follow her on Instagram @sandyshakes_themic.
Event Contact: Bear Wolf
Title: Medical Spanish Workshop
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm
Location: H-105
Event Description: This workshop is an introduction to medical expressions to help patients, doctors, nurses, and any other interested people communicate basic medical needs in Spanish. This workshop is intended for all.
Event Contact: April Koch
Flex #: 25542
Title: Presentation by Author Randy Parraz
Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Time: 10:30am – 11:45am
Location: TBD
Event Description: Presentation by the author of "Dignity by Fire: Dismantling Arizona's Anti-Immigrant Machine"
Event Contact: Judy Patacsil
For Disability Accommodations: Please contact the LEAD Office 3 business days prior to the event.
Please contact the LEAD Office with any questions.
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