Latino Heritage Month 2008
Latino Heritage Month celebrates and honors the many cultures and contributions of Latinos / Chicanos / Hispanics. Our schedule of events below is a mix educational with social, and includes literature, music, dance, history, spirituality, and the examination of Latino identity.
Latino Heritage Month 2008: Getting Involved: Our Families, Our Community, Our Nation
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SCHEDULE
Latin Dance Lessons
Thursdays during LHM starting September 11th, 7:00PM
Dance Studio, Balfour-Hood Campus Center
Come learn various dances from the Wheaton's only Latin dance performing group, Paraiso Latino.
Book Display
Monday, September 15th, Wednesday, October 15th
Wallace Library
Books which celebrate and recognize Latino authors, figures, literature, and culture.
Film: Born in Brazil
Monday, September 15th, 5:00PM-7:00PM
Woolley Room, Mary Lyon
Born in Brazil is a documentary that speaks to the growing rise in unwanted
c-sections around the world and women's continued fight for their reproductive rights. Come watch this amazing documentary and stay for a short discussion.
Samba Tremeterra
Friday, September 19th, 9:30PM
Atrium, Balfour-Hood Campus Center
Come to listen and dance to the captivating Brazilian samba!
Tres Vidas
Monday, September 22nd, 7:00PM-9:00PM
Cole Memorial Chapel
A singing actress and chamber music trio, based on the lives of three legendary Latin American women: renowned Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Salvadoran activist Rufina Amaya and Argentinean poet Alfonsina Storni.
Go to Latin America!
Wednesday, September 24th, 2:00PM-3:00PM
1960, Balfour-Hood Campus Center
A workshop covering all of Wheaton's abroad programs in Central and South America.
Asian Latinos and Globalization: Constructions of America's Oldest and Newest Identity
Tuesday, September 30th, 5:30PM
Ellison Lecture, Watson Fine Arts Center
Columbus was on his way to Asia when he got lost in America, and set in motion a relationship of exchange between Asia and Latin America that continues to this day. Join us as Dr. Evelyn Hu-DeHart takes us on an exploration of the trans-Pacific movement of peoples, cultures, languages, commodities and investment through five centuries of time.
Mendez vs. Westminster
Thursday, October 2nd, 5:00PM
Media Center, Balfour-Hood Campus Center
Before Brown vs. Board of Education, five Mexican-American families challenged school segregation in Los Angeles. Seven years later racial segregation in schools was ruled as a violation by the US Supreme Court. Join this discussion hosted by FYS A19-Hispanics in the US.
Grupo Fantasia
Friday, October 3rd, 10:00PM
The Loft, Balfour-Hood Campus Center
Musica Latina dance night with live bachata and merengue music.
Ignacio Rivera
Thursday, October 9th, 8:00PM
Lyon's Den
A slam poetry performance that reflects on multi-gender & multi-racial experiences within the Latino and Queer Communities in the U.S. and the Caribbean. Enjoy a breath-taking piece by the artist and the enlightening discussion afterwards.
Café con Leche
Wednesday, October 15th, 7:00PM
Atrium, Balfour-Hood Campus Center
Take a break and experience what a Latin Cafe would feel like when Paraiso Latino transforms Balfour's Atrium into the ultimate escape from classes. Enjoy Latin culture through a performance from Wheaton's only Latin dance performing group and live band. Spanish pastries will be served with coffee (Latin Style). Bring friends!
Miss Latina Queen of Queens Pageant
Saturday, October 25th
Tickets on sale
A Boston Connection to the Drag Queen performance hosted by Somos Latinos LGBT Coalition, the pageant will have representatives from the east coast of the United States, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, and other countries in Latin America. 18 years or older, positive ID required at pageant.
El Dia de los Muertos
Monday, November 3rd, Time TBD
Cole Memorial Chapel Basement
A multi-faith celebration honoring the departed.
For questions regarding Latino Heritage Month, please contact our student intern Greg Thompson '10.
Presented by the Latino Heritage Month Committee in collaboration with the Marshall Center for Intercultural Learning, Student Life, KLMC Quad, Wallace Library, SGA, Paraiso Latino, the Alliance, Boston/Providence Connection, Spectrum House, Center for Global Education, Worldfest, WOW, Hispanic Studies Dept, English Dept, History Dept, Political Science Dept, SSSR, FYS A19, and Latino Student Association.