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Saludos y fuertes abrazos!
Can y'all believe it is already week 10? At the LRC, we have been busy too! While October 15 marked the end of Latinx Heritage Month, we remind you that we celebrate our culture, the richness, diversity and complexities of who we are the 365 days of the year!
Please take a look at a recap of how we celebrated in community this year. We also have many updates for you, including Dia de Muertos and upcoming workshops.
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Celebrando Nuestras Raices: Honoring Our Culture, Embracing the Future Recap
This year, in partnership with the Office of HSI and Regional Affairs and the Celebrando Nuestras Raices committee, we launched the inaugural Celebrando Nuestras Raices campuswide celebration. This year’s celebration focused on Honoring Our Culture, Embracing the Future and began with a riveting keynote by Dr. Norma Elia Cantú and an intimate panel discussion with Dr. Efren Lopez, Fabrizio Lacarra Ramirez, and Beatrice Zamora. There were over 30 events planned by partners across the SDSU campuses and highlighted on the LRC and HSI webpages. On October 14th, we ended the month with a closing event and Pachanga!
Estudiantes, colegas, community members, thank you for joining us! We hope you enjoyed yourselves, danced, and had a good time in the community and through radical joy! It was a beautiful sight to see folx on the dance floor up until the last song and to see students, staff, and faculty come together! Over 400 people attended the event and we continue to hear the impact it had to see Latinx joy and culture unapologetically celebrated at the Student Union Courtyard. The Pachanga was a collective collaboration between the Latinx Resource Center, Office of HSI and Regional Affairs, and ONE SDSU, and we look forward to continued years of this celebration.
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Honoring and Remembering Our Loved Ones
On November 2nd we celebrate Día de los Muertos, a beautiful celebration with Indigenous and pre-colonial roots that honors and remembers our loved ones who have departed. While primarily celebrated in Mexico, various other countries in Latin America also celebrate in specific ways including Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala and Perú.
We are honored to begin a collaboration with Dr. Norma Iglesias-Prieto and Chicana/o Studies Department in the creation of a community altar this year and to continue this important tradition in the Love Library. Dr. Prieto-Iglesias began the creation of elaborate altares and the tradition of Dia de Muertos at SDSU eighteen years ago in collaboration with CCS students.
The theme this year is En Amor y Honor: Honoring Loved Ones We've Lost to the COVID19 Pandemic & Beyond. The past 18 months have been specifically impactul to our communities. We have lost family and friends to COVID19 or know someone who was impacted directly. There has been much loss and we carry this grief and pain; we invite you to come together to be in community to collectvely uplift and honor our loved ones through collective remembrance, remembering their memories and legacies.
You are invited and welcomed to include and honor your loved ones in the community altar. Please submit information and pictures by Thursday, Oct 28th by 4pm at this link: bit.ly/AltarDiadeMuertos21
Photos will be printed and displayed at the community altar in handcrafted frames crafted by CCS students and parents.
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Altar Día de Muertos Ceremonia de Apertura /
Opening Ceremony and Altar Viewing Invitation
We also invite you to join us on Monday. November 1st at 12pm-1pm for the opening ceremony and viewing of the community altar to be housed in the Chicana/o Collections/LRC Lounge in the Love Library (1st Floor). We will also be celebrating Dr. Norma Iglesias-Prieto for her legacy of uplifting and maintaining this tradition at SDSU for almost two decades.
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LRC's Upcoming Events & Collaborations |
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En Confianza
En Confianza is a group for Latina/o/e/x, Chicanx, or Hispanic students. Find support and connect with other students in a welcoming environment. The group takes place in Spanish, English and Spanglish.
Join us every Thursday from 3- 4:15pm.
Zoom ID: 815 4745 0828
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Joteria Sin Fronteras
Joteria Sin Fronteras is a group for students that identify as LGBTQIA+ and Latina/o/e/x, Chicanx, or Hispanic. This space aims to build community through radical joy, friendship, knowledge, and fun activities! The group takes place in Spanish, English and Spanglish.
Join us every Thursday from 6-7pm.
Zoom ID: 830 7651 2282
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Healing Through Crafts
Healing through Crafts is a loving event focused on creating a safe place to express emotions and come together through art.
This week we focused on processing grief through art in honor of Día de los Muertxs and making embroidery felt skulls keychains and bracelets!
Date: Tuesday, October 26
Location: Women's Reesource Center Library
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Decolonizing Attraction
Learn about how to have “difficult” conversations in relationships, understanding your own forms of care and comfort, and the role oppression can play in relationships.
Date: Monday, November 1
Location: Women's Resource Center Library
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Interested in research but don't think it's for you? The Culturally Connected Research Hub (CCRH) is here for you!
Please join this *no-experience necessary* intro workshop to research and learn about ways you can get involved in research today!
Join us Wednesday, October 27 from 3:00 to 3:45
Zoom details in flyer
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We are excited to collaborate with Grad Life and Diversity @gradlife_sdsu and LCH FSA ERG @sdsu_lchfsa to celebrate Dia de los Muertos. Graduate students are invited to take part! Come meet other Grad students and enjoy time together.
Visit Scripps Cottage (next to Turtle Pond) for music and free tacos from Taquizas José. Pasa la voz!
Use the link in our Linktree bio to reserve your spot. * Questions, comments, concens? Please contact Marisa Reynoso at mreynoso@sdsu.edu
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Opportunities To Get Involved! |
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Las Maestras Center Dia de Muertos 2021
Join this virtual night of community and altar sharing! Please pre-register below!
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Please join the Sherman Heights Community Center in their annual Día de los Muertos Procession taking 5-10 PM Tuesday, November 2 starting at
El Centro Cultural de la Raza!
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Please join this dynamic panel of first-generation graduates that will share their stories and offer networking opportunities for students!
November 3, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Scripps Cottage
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The Women's Resource Center (WRC) is currently accepting applications for Spring 2022 Fellows.
Applications are due November 9!
If you have any questions please contact Celine Jusuf, Coordinator at the WRC, cjusuf@sdsu.edu
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Our Latinx Heritage Month Highlights |
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Family welcome activities highlighted the Latinx Resource Center and Undocumented Resource Center.
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Nuestra panchanga was our closing event for the Latinx Heritage Month.We danced our heart out and listend to mariachi to end the month's festivities. |
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This community open mic was an affirming space for students to share their creative work. |
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We had the chance to discuss and unpack the identities we hold and what shapes the way we identify |
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After more than a year of remote learning, we shared space in learning how to navigate our ways of being while on campus in-person |
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Thanks to our amazing graduate assistant, Daisy, we were able to learn all the tips and tricks to stay successful and organized! |
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Radical joy was abundant as we played Loteria, Jenga and more at the LRC Welcome Desk area in Love Library! Stay tuned for more events like this! |
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