Latinx/é Activism Week 2022
Latinx/e Activism Week is a collaborative effort between EL Centro and a variety of campus partners that commemorates the historical contributions of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and the farmworkers rights movements. Programming during this week seeks to honor our history while uplifting the contemporary Latinx/e activists, advocates and leaders who continue to contribute to advocacy for civil and worker’s rights in Colorado, Fort Collins and beyond. Our hope is that CSU students and community members engaging in this programming can reflect and learn skills regarding different forms of advocacy and activism while building upon our historical legacies.
Partners: El Centro, Campus Activities, Ram Events, SEED, Library
Writing With Ancestors
Time: 3:30p – 4:30p
Place: Morgan Library Rm 110A
Storytelling can empower self-actualization and community-building. Grab your favorite writing tool and join this writing workshop to learn how to write with your ancestors and tell your story.
Collaboration with FCCAN Community Action Network Foor Justice, Peace & Environment.
Keynote Speaker: Mónica Ramírez
Time: 5:00p – Dinner
5:30p-6:30p – Program
Livestream: https://youtu.be/Gk5yUuHTQl0
Place: Lory Student Center – Ballroom A
Mónica Ramírez is an attorney, author, and activist fighting for the rights of farmworkers, migrant women workers, and the Latine(x) community. She is the founder of Justice for Migrant Women and co-founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, The Latinx House, and Poderistas.
Mónica has received numerous awards, including Harvard Kennedy School’s first Gender Equity Changemaker Award, Feminist Majority’s Global Women’s Rights Award, the Smithsonian’s 2018 Ingenuity Award and the Hispanic Heritage Award. She was named to Forbes Mexico’s 100 Most Powerful Women’s 2018 list and TIME Magazine included her in its 2021 TIME100 Next list. Mónica is also an inaugural member of the Ford Global Fellowship. She serves on the Board of Directors of the National Women’s Law Center, Friends of the Latino Museum and she is a member of The Little Market’s Activists Committee.
Mónica lives in Ohio with her husband and son.
Activism Workshop
Time: 5:30p – 7:00p
Place: LSC 226 &228
Join El Centro for an interactive workshop where we learn more about activism in our communities. The workshop will be led by student facilitators from the SEED program. Participants will get to reflect and share stories about their own views/values around activism and define this for themselves.
Food will be provided!
RSVP here.
Lunch with Latinx/e Leaders: Betty Aragon-Mitotes
Place: El Centro and via zoom (https://zoom.us/j/95298945944)
Time: 12:00p – 1:15p
Food will be provided!
My family came to Fort Collins in 1962 and moved into one of the Tres Colonias neighborhoods, Buckingham. Throughout my life living in Fort Collins I have seen much injustice for people of color. I have advocated for the Hispanics, Mexican and working poor for over 20 years. I have fought for equality, and better conditions within the Hispanic communities to have a voice. My work included fighting for affordable shopping, Wal-Mart. Then fought the truck route issue and was one of the co-founders of the Museo de las Tres Colonias, Founder of Mujeres de Colores and Producer of Fort Collins the Choice City for Whom, Hispanic Community voices COVID-19, and Los Betabeloros, Honoring the Hispanic and Mexican Beet Workers. I had a vision to honor our people with a monument, with the help of our group, the community and gifted artist; we installed a monument in November in Sugar Beet Park to cement our place in history. I am currently starting to work on another film, and continue to push for a mural showcasing our Hispanic history and culture
Art as a Healing Practice
Place: El Centro
Time: 12:00p – 1:00p
To close Latinx/e Activism Week, El Centro is hosting an interactive space to talk about Art as a Healing Practice. As part of engaging in activism it is also important to care for ourselves and our communities and part of this is engaging in healing spaces to decompress and process. Art has played an important role in engaging in Activism as well as a form of healing and self-care. We will engage in conversation about the different art forms and how they have played a role in activism while also engaging in our own creative process!
Food will be provided!
Chicanx Labor Movement and Chicanx Studies Book Display
Place: Morgan Library
Pick up a book and learn about Latinx/é activism through the historic Chicanx Labor Movement! Books about the labor movement and Chicanx studies are on display at Morgan Library.
