Fullerton College Celebrates National Latino Heritage Month
Fullerton College will help celebrate National Latino Heritage Month with several events and workshops that honor the contributions, struggles, and successes of the Latino community. Most events begin in mid-September and run through October, with some extending further into the semester.
Hosted by the Cadena Cultural Center, the 9th annual Latino Students Forum will be held on Sept. 26 in Building 200, Room 224 from noon to 2 p.m. The forum is supported by the Fullerton College Puente Project which provides an academic, counseling, and mentoring program for under-served students. The forum is designed to cultivate connections among Latino students and discuss topics of importance for Latino students pursuing higher education.
Following the forum, the Cadena Cultural Center will take students on a cultural tour of La Plaza de Cultura y Artes and Los Angeles’ historic Olvera Street on Friday, Oct. 6. La Plaza de Cultura y Artes is the nation’s premier center of Mexican-American culture with a specific focus on the unique Mexican-American experience in Los Angeles and Southern California. Students interested in the tour can contact the Cadena Cultural Center at 714-992-7086 to RSVP.
The 3rd annual Fullerton College Ethnic Studies Summit is a free, public two-day conference and celebration taking place on Friday, October 13 and Saturday, October 14. Consisting of renowned speakers, interactive workshops, dialogue circles, research presentations, multi-genre performances, film screenings, and a resources fair and artisan marketplace, the summit will bring together students of all ages with scholar-activists, educators, organizers, artists, and the local community to explore the theme “Liberation, Autonomy, and Self-Determination.” The intentions of the summit are to share and generate knowledge and inspire action by theorizing, strategizing, skill-sharing, and discussing practices for responding to and ending all systems of oppression, to engage in communal healing, and to create a more just society. For more information, contact the Ethnic Studies Department at 714-992-7047. View the promo video.
Finally, Fullerton College’s Ethnic Studies Department is excited to host the annual Dia De Los Muertos celebration on Thursday, Oct. 26. The Mexican holiday, which focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember those who have died, will be celebrated with music, lively demonstrations, and elaborate altars adorning the quad from 6:30 to 10 p.m. The event is open to the community.
More information on any of the events listed above is available by calling 714-992-7000.
