2023 National Latinx Heritage Month
El Centro is honored to be able to celebrate National Latinx Heritage Month! Our objectives for National Latinx Heritage month for 2023 are:
- Create a community that reaches outside of El Centro’s Walls
- Promote a sense of belonging for Latinx/é, Afro-Latinx/é, Chicanx/é, Hispanic students
- Include all intersectionalities within the Latinx/é experience
- Experiencing joy and community empowerment
Background
National Latinx Heritage Month is a time where we can all get together to CELEBRATE our unique backgrounds. However, NLHM wasn’t always a month-long celebration. Starting in 1968, Lyndon Johnson’s administration started Hispanic Heritage Week, a time to commemorate the history, culture, and contributions of Latinx people in the US.
Heritage week started on September 15th, the independence days of Central America’s northern triangle countries, including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, in addition to Mexico and Chile’s independence days that take place on September 16th and 18th.
In 1988, Hispanic Heritage Week was expanded into the month-long celebration it is today. In the mid-2000s, many organizations changed National Hispanic Heritage Month to National Latinx Heritage Month in order to encapsulate the diversity of our communities.
National Latinx Heritage Month has become synonymous with celebrating and educating others about the Latinx/é, Afro-Latinx/é, Chicanx/é and Hispanic communities’ rich traditions while embracing diversity, multiculturalism, transnationalism, and the intersectionality of our identities.
El Centro looks forward to celebrating you this month, and we can’t wait to be with you at all our events!
September Events
Monday, September 11, 2023, 5:00-6:00 PM, Morgan’s Grind, Library
Puentes/Bridges is space for Latinx/e Adult Learners, Transfer Students, Non-Traditional Students, Veterans and Student Parents. Free coffee provided!
Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 4:00-5:00 PM, El Centro
Current CSU students and CSU Alumni welcome! During this Plática (dialogue) we’ll explore: What Does National Latinx/e Heritage Month Mean to You?
CSU Alumni Happy Hour directly following in partnership with the Alumni Association.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 5:30-7:00 PM, Ramskeller, Lory Student Center
Following the Plática in El Centro join other CSU Alumni for Happy Hour.
Special thank you to the Alumni Association.
Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 4:00-6:00 PM, LSC, Sutherland Community Garden
The Launch of National Latinx Heritage Month means honoring the independence days of several Latin American Countries:
- Costa Rica, September 15
- El Salvador, September 15
- Guatemala, September 15
- Honduras, September 15
- Nicaragua, September 15
- Mexico, September 16
- Chile, September 18
Join the celebración w/Bachata and Latinx/e Student Organizations. There will be outdoor games, music, dancing and lots of orgullo (pride).
Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 5:00-7:00 PM, LSC, Longs Peak Room
Keynote presentation with Kim Guerra, creator of the “Badass x Bonita” brand and movement, and author of Mariposa and Mija.
She writes and creates as a way of healing and loving herself in a revolutionary way.
Latinx. Mujerista. Guerrera.
Tuesday, September 20, 2023, 5:00-6:00 PM, APACC, LSC 333
Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 4:00-5:00 PM, El Centro
Intended for Latinx/e Graduate Students, we’ll focus on community-care and how to avoid/heal spiritual/bodily destruction while at a Predominantly White Institution.
Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 8:00 PM, Laurel Village Pavilion Amphitheater
Remember to bring your blanket for this outdoor movie. We’ll be watching “Encanto”!
Rain Location: BSB, Room 131.
Thursday, September 28, 2023, 4:00-5:00 PM, LSC Room 372
Join El Centro and B/AACC: Explore the history of slavery in Latin America and the modern Afro-Latinx/e experience.
Friday, September 29, 2023, 9:00-10:00 AM, El Centro
We’re mixing Pride Resource Center’s Queer Coffee w/El Centro’s Cafecitos. Open to LGBTQ+ and/or Latinx/e Faculty and Staff.
October Events
Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 6:00-7:30 PM, ROOM CHANGE: LSC Room 328-330
Traverse the history of the Philippines and the modern experience of Filipino-Americans. Led by the Filipino Culture Club in partnership with APACC and El Centro.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 4:00-5:00 PM, El Centro
Intended for students who identify as Central/South American and Caribbean to be in community, we want to explore the future vision and intentions of this meet-up series with you.
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 6:00-7:00 PM, ROOM CHANGE: LSC Room 328-330
Join other Filipino students for food and community while sharing kwentos (stories). Led by the Filipino Culture Club in partnership with APACC and El Centro.
Monday, October 9, 2023
Join El Centro, the Pride Resource Center and the Native American Cultural Center on the LSC Plaza from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM!
Wednesday, October 11, 2023, 5:30-6:30 PM, El Centro
For this installment of our series, we’ll have dinner w/Tim Hernández, a proud Northsider, teacher, Chicano, and organizer from Denver. Dinner provided.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Join El Centro, the Pride Resource Center and the Native American Cultural Center on the LSC Plaza from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM!
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 6:00-7:00 PM, LSC, Never No Summer (Nii-cii-biicei’i)
The Borderlands Speaker is an intentional collaboration between the Pride Resource Center, El Centro and RamEvents to honor the overlap of Latinx/e Heritage Month and LGBTQ+ History Month.
Our Borderlands speaker, Cleopatra Tatabele, is an activist, educator, and organizer grounded in their Black, Indigenous, and Latinx ancestry and Two Spirit identity.
Cleopatra seeks to create safer spaces for all through education, diverse representation, and activism. Cleopatra provides people with tools for success via consultation sessions with social media, educational workshops, and their facilitation prowess. They also are an artist who seeks to create unique pieces to inspire change in her community.
Thursday, October 19, 2023, 6:00-9:00 PM, LSC, Ballroom D
Join the dancing and celebration as we closing out NLHM and welcome the upcoming year with orgullo (pride).
