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Saludos from the Latinx Resource Center equipo! Week 6 is done and you are one week closer to accomplishing your goals for this semester. Some of you are finished with midterms and others of you are just beginning exams. Either way, we are rooting for you, echenle ganas, you got this!
We have some key updates for you, including upcoming events we have lined up for the second half of Latinx Heritage Month: Unity in Community: Celebrating Our Song of Liberation centering radical joy and creating connections. Please read through and save all the dates for both LRC-specific events as well as those with our campus partners.
To view events being organized across SDSU during this month, check out the Events calendar.
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Orange Shirt Day, marked in Canada as the First National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, takes place on September 30th to honor the lives of the children who were ripped from their families, taken to residential schools, and faced many injustices inflicted upon them and their families. This day honors the children who never returned home to their families and the survivors to continue healing from these atrocities.
While we may believe this happened a long time ago, the reality is that residential schools were in full practice in the U.S. up until the 1960s and in Canada until the 1990s. The impact on the survivors and the families and loved ones of the children reverberates to this day.
On September 30th, the Native Resource Center called all of us at SDSU to take a stand against these atrocities. We stand in solidarity with the Native Resource Center and our Indigenous and Native siblings today and every day. We encourage you to continue learning and questioning the legacy of these residential schools, the genocide of Native American and Indigenous peoples - here in the U.S. and throughout Latin America- and the continued oppression and injustices that take place every day.
We recognize the legacy of these meditated, intentional actions and policies to rip Native children from their families continues to this day through the forced separation of children from their families at the border and through targeted deportations.
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Research is for everyone! In partnership with the Latinx Resource Center and funding generously provided by the Aztec Parent Fund, we are excited to launch the Culturally Connected Research Hub intended to help transform the way undergraduate students engage and lead in research at SDSU. The CCRH is an alternative, community-rooted way for SDSU undergraduate students to access, participate in, and explore research as an element of their experience at SDSU. Through the CCRH we want to offer even more opportunities to students to be involved in this critical aspect of campus cultural, and academic life, and model the ways that research can be with us, and for us, not just about us.
Join us this Wednesday, October 6th from 3-4pm to learn more about the Culturally Connected Research Hub and how you can get involved!
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Looking for a safe space to connect with other Latinx students where you can find a sense of community, companionship, and support? En Confianza @SDSU is here for you! A partnership between Counseling and Psychological Services, En Confianza offers a space to show up as you are, and connect in Spanish, English, or Spanglish! We meet every Thursday from 3-4:15 pm via Zoom. See the flyer for more details. |
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Are you looking for a safe, brave space where you can build comunidad through radical joy, learning and connections? JoterĂa sin Fronteras is a support group for students who identify within the intersections of LGBTQ+ and Latinx. JoterĂa meets every Thursday from 6 PM to 7 PM (currently virtually). Joteria Sin Fronteras is a collaboration between the Latinx Resource Center and Pride Center. See flyer for details. |
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Join the Latinx Student Union and San Diego’s own Chef Claudette Zepeda on October 8th at 5pm for a hands-on tutorial on how to make Carne en su Jugo!
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The RE:BORDER kick-off webinar helps launch the upcoming RE:BORDER Conference dialogue. The webinar is hosted in collaboration with the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, Universidad AutĂłnoma de Baja California (UABC), and the SDSU Research Foundation.
This free event will be virtual and all participants will have access to simultaneous translation in English and/or Spanish. Presentations will be short and concise. We hope you will be able to join us at the RE: BORDER 2021 Conference and the RE:BORDER 2021 Webinar,“Public Health, Mental Health, and the Baja California Border".
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 from 9 - 10 a.m. Register here for webinar.
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You are invited to RE:BORDER 2021 third annual conference that explores key regional issues and innovative solutions. This year’s theme is “A Nuestra Salud: Confronting Public Health and Mental Health Challenges and Solutions in Our Transborder Region.”
The conference aims to foster and facilitate transborder diplomacy, cross-disciplinary relationships, and binational collaboration/cooperation by increasing understanding about the assets as well as the pressing challenges facing our transborder region through the sharing of stories, knowledge, research, and experiences of scholars, professionals, politicians, artists, students and community members who comprise our transborder region. Register here
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Join the Latina Network on October 13th from 11:30-1pm for the Latina Network Luncheon, “Latinas in Health and Wellness with keynote speaker Dr. Elva Arredondo and a panel of SDSU alumna, staff and faculty. Register here!
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Check out IGNITE! A student org focused on empowering young women to be impositions of leadership through representation, dedication, and engagement.
Interest form to join and stay engaged here!
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Open position for Graduate Student Assistant with the Hansen Chair in Peace Studies. Resume and cover letter can be sent to Dr. Rebecca Bartel at rbartel@sdsu.edu to apply.
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If you would like to feature your event or announcement on our newsletter please email latinxresourcecenter@sdsu.edu to be included in our next issue! |
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