Latinx/é Activism Week 2024
Latinx/é 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 Larry Itliong, Philip Vera Cruz, and the farmworkers rights movements. Programming during this week seeks to honor our history while uplifting the contemporary Latinx/é 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.
2024 Latinx/é Activism Week Events
March 25-29, 2024 | Morgan Library | All Day
Stop by the Morgan Library to engage with books/literature highlighting student activism & resistance movements within the Latinx/é, Afro-Latinx/é, Chicanx/é, Hispanic community.
March 27, 2024 | 11:30am – 1:15pm | LSC Longs Peak Room, Room 302
Join us with special guest, Tim Hernández, for conversation over a shared meal about collective action, liberation movements and activism. Tim is a teacher, community organizer, and Chicano from the Northside of Denver. He currently represents the Northside and Westside of Denver in the Colorado General Assembly. He made statewide headlines when he was fired from his job at North High School in 2022, sparking the largest student walkouts in the last 50 years for Chicano studies, Chicano teachers, and calling for more teachers of color in Denver Public Schools. He is 27 years old, the first member of Gen Z to serve in the Colorado House, and a committed fighter for fully funded public schools, attainable and affordable housing, and preventing gun violence in Colorado.
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March 28, 2024 | 3:15 to 5:15 PM | LSC Sutherland Community Garden
Experience the power of music as a catalyst for social justice with 2MX2, a revolutionary bilingual band whose music combines traditional Latin, alternative, pop and urban rhythms blending English and Spanish (Spanglish).
*Rain Location: LSC Theatre
Fund Your Latinx Activism Week Project:
This year, to honor student activism, we are collecting proposals from student(s) that aim to make a difference in their community. Proposals can include community service projects, artwork, or anything else that celebrates the theme of Latinx/é Activism Week 2024.
Projects should focus on activism, coalition building, solidarity, and the power of community; designed to support and uplift the Latinx/é community. We want students engaged in solidarity work that centers the community at the heart of social change and liberation. Successful applications should demonstrate elements of Harro’s Cycle of Liberation (2008).
- Application opens: 02/19/2024
- The proposal deadline is: 03/01/2024
- Accepted applications will be announced and notified by 03/08/2024
