/news/oberlin-celebrates-latinx-heritage-month <span>���سԹ� Celebrates Latinx Heritage Month</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:03:39-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:03">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:03</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>On Saturday, September 13, at La Casa Hispánica, ���سԹ� students celebrated the beginning of Latinx Heritage Month (LHM) by sharing tamales and learning about the significance of tamales in Mexican culture and history from members of the Mexican American Student Alliance (MASA). Throughout the festivities which will be observed through October 13, there will be a series of events ranging from workshops and panels to performances that celebrate and explore Latinidad and the achievements of the Latinx community.</p> <p>The LHM programming was largely coordinated by the LHM committee, a group of Latinx identifying students who volunteered their time, including their summers, to organize events and contact speakers, along with Julio Reyes, the Latinx community coordinator at the Multicultural Resource Center. This year the organizers of the month have changed the name, previously Latino/a or Latin@ Heritage Month, due to the gendered structure of the Spanish language, to Latinx (pronounced Latinexx) to better represent every member of the Latinx community such as genderqueer, non-binary identifying people.<br></p> <p>With the help of faculty, staff, and ���سԹ� community members, the committee has arranged for speakers such as writer and finalist for Latino Literacy Now's International Latino Book Awards, Alejandra Campos; author Carol Hess, and organizers Isabel Valenzuela and Tony Nelson to come to ���سԹ�. There will be performances, and some workshops, from La Yegros, a singer/songwriter active in the underground music scene of Buenos Aires, Argentina; comedians Gwen La Roka, Aida Rodriguez, and Elizardi Castro; Argentine music and dance ensemble Tami Tango Trio; performance artist and author Maria Aponte; and composer Raphael Jiménez. The LHM committee has also organized faculty and student panels and a Dia de la Raza Banquet, featuring award-winning poet, actor, speaker and author Carlos Andrés Gómez, which challenges Columbus Day by celebrating Indigeneity, mixed identities, and survival that is a part of Latinx identity. </p> <p>The organizers planned the month’s events around issues that they collectively decided to highlight. According to senior Ana Robelo, a LHM committee member, one of the most important aspects of the month is the opportunity for members of the Latinx community at ���سԹ� to speak about their experiences. It is also important for Latinx-identifying and non-identifying students alike to learn about Latinx history. “Having a platform for many students to share their stories and build a strong community is important,” said Robelo. “Students who are part of the community find it to be really affirming.” </p> <p>LHM is sponsored by La Alianza Latinx, Ohio Hispanic Heritage Coalition, The ���سԹ� College Office of Community &amp; Government Relations, The Cat In The Cream, La Casa Hispánica, ���سԹ� Young Educators, the Multicultural Resource Center, the Lamda Union, and the departments of Latin American studies, gender, sexuality, and feminist studies, and comparative American studies. </p> <p>All are welcome and encouraged to attend. “See it more as a conversation with us,” advises Robelo. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2014-09-22T12:00:00Z">Mon, 09/22/2014 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Rosalind Black</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25276">Latin American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/latin-american-studies" hreflang="und">Latin American Studies</a></div> </div> Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:03:39 +0000 Anonymous 10946 at /news/oberlin-celebrates-latinoa-heritage-month <span>���سԹ� Celebrates Latino/a Heritage Month</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-11-07T13:04:39-05:00" title="Monday, November 7, 2016 - 13:04">Mon, 11/07/2016 - 13:04</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>On Saturday, September 14, ���سԹ� students celebrated the beginning of Latino/a Heritage Month (LHM) with a celebration of several Latin American countries' independence, at La Casa Hispánica (Spanish House). Latino/a Heritage Month, which runs through October 15, celebrates the culture, achievements, and heritage of Latinos and Latinas. </p> <p>The LHM programming was put together by a panel of Latino/a students, the LHM committee, who volunteered their time. The month’s events include such speakers as incarceration expert Bob Libal and New York University Professor Arlene Davila, who will speak Thursday, September 19, on what academics can learn from Arizona’s efforts to keep Mexican-American history out of the classroom. In addition to the LHM Committee, LHM events are sponsored by La Alianza Latina, the Multicultural Resource Center, and La Casa Hispánica, as well as the Dean of Students’ Office, and the Office of the President.</p> <p>Jesus Gomez, Latin o/a Community Coordinator at ���سԹ�’s Multicultural Resource Center, organized the LHM panel and navigated the logistics of bringing speakers. He says that this year’s speakers were selected based on their relevancy to what ���سԹ�’s Latin o/a community is discussing and studying. “My role is to get what the students want,” Gomez says.</p> <p>The purpose of this year’s LHM is to celebrate Latinidad as it exists today, says Victoria Velasco, a junior and member of the LHM committee. Translated literally, Latinidad refers to Latin languages, specifically Spanish. The term has come to encompass the social, cultural, and political importance of diasporic Latino/a communities whose countries of origin are the Spanish-speaking countries of Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.</p> <p>���سԹ�’s 2013 LHM celebrates Latinidad as a “quintessentially diverse, transnational, and changing phenomenon in the Americas and the rest of the world,” says Gomez. </p> <p>Velasco concurs. “We don’t want it to be a cultural heritage month in which we celebrate what our culture used to be, but rather, how it’s transforming,” she says.</p> <p>Though the events focus on Latino/a communities, Gomez encourages individuals from all different backgrounds to attend. "They're events for everyone," he says.</p> <p>In keeping with the celebration’s contemporary focus, the month will conclude with a banquet that will feature presentation of students’ scholarship on Latina/o communities. </p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Releases</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2013-09-18T12:00:00Z">Wed, 09/18/2013 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">James Helmsworth</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2404">Cultural Celebrations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=2401">Resources for Students</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-programs field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?program=25276">Latin American Studies</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-departments field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/arts-and-sciences/departments/latin-american-studies" hreflang="und">Latin American Studies</a></div> </div> Mon, 07 Nov 2016 18:04:39 +0000 Anonymous 11856 at