Latina Heritage Month 2007

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Event Listing: Con Fronteras y Sin Fronteras: Examining Boundaries and Borderlines

Kickoff Event
Noche de Indendio
  Sat. Sept. 15 (Blanchard Great Room)
8:30 pm - 2:00 am

Salsa Lessons and a Hot Latin DJ Dance Party to kickoff the month. Dress for it! Event is Free and open to all.

Keynote Event
Co-sponsored with Odyssey Books
Aviva Chomsky and Roberto Marquez
Poetry reading, discussion, and book-signing
Thurs. Sept. 20
Blanchard Campus Center Great Room, 7:30pm

Mount Holyoke College Professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Roberto Marquez : Translations of Poetry of Latin America and Salem State College Professor of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Aviva Chomsky : "They Take Our Jobs! And 20 Other Myths About Immigration".

Q&A and refreshments to follow.
7:30pm, Blanchard Campus Center Great Room

Film Screening: Quinceañera
Wednesday, Sept. 26
7pm, Dwight 101

Quinceanera is an important and entertaining film about one Latina girls coming of age story - fueled by the racial, class, and sexual tensions of her Latino neighborhood undergoing a transition of its own. Starring Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, and Chalo González. Rated: R. Discussion to follow

Community Leadership and Career Choices in the U.S. Bilingual Context
Thursday, Sept. 27
4pm to 5:30pm, Kendade 305

In celebration of Latina/o Heritage Month and the Take the Lead initiative at Mount Holyoke College, the Spanish Department is proud to sponsor a panel in which community leaders in the Western Massachusetts area will interact with students to discuss bilingual (English/Spanish) community action and career choices in the U.S. Some of the featured issues include career and volunteer opportunities, Latina/o-related policies, and immigration, among others.

It's a Broken Record/ Ese Disco se Rayo: A Latino AIDS Testimonial
Tuesday, Oct.2
7pm, Cassini Lounge, Shattuck Hall

Mount Holyoke College Professor of Spanish, Alberto Sandoval-Sanchez presents this powerful, and moving expression of a Latino and his community's experience with AIDS.

Dean Cycon: Javatrekker
Friday, October 12
7pm, Odyssey Bookshop

Behind a single coffee bean lie the stories of countless lives and cultures, of success, opportunity, struggle, and tradition amid a complex global landscape of economics and desire. Founder and owner of Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee, Dean Cycon is truly one of the few people on Earth who can be described as a professor of coffee. In Javatrekker, Cycon explores the untold origins of coffee through his travels to ten different producing countries. Drawing upon his wide range of experience and study as a coffee roasting entrepreneur, lawyer, activist, and development worker, he shares the unique qualities of the coffee, insight into the lands and culture, and a greater understanding of the economic and personal challenges of bringing each bean to your grinder. Coffee tasting to follow.

What is America saying about our Latina/o Culture?
Tuesday, October 16
4:30pm-6:30pm, Eliana Ortega House

Latina Heritage Month Closing with a documentary screening followed by informal discussion, sharing, and food! Screening: BROWN IS THE NEW GREEN: GEORGE LOPEZ AND THE AMERICAN DREAM, a new documentary from Phillip Rodriguez just premiered on PBS. A fresh, provocative film examining how corporate efforts to profit from the "Latino market" are shaping America's perception of Latinos. This one hour program features the extraordinary insight and observations of Latino icon and advocate George Lopez through rare behind-the-scenes access to the actor/comedian's remarkable life and career. Everyone Welcome!

Sandra Maria Esteves in concert with The Ibrahim Gonzalez Trio
Friday, September 28
Sprngfield Technical Community College, Seibelli Hall Theatre

A Journy in Poetry with Music featuring Desmar Guevara (piano), Ray Martinez (bass), Musical Direction by Ibrahim Gonzalez (percussion), Poetry by Sandra Maria Esteves. Click the poster to enlarge.