Helping students find ways to learn about their own cultures, along with other cultures within the Hispanic/Latinx community, brings an important sense of belonging at UofL, says 诲颈谤别肠迟辞谤听惭贸苍颈肠补 狈别驳谤贸苍.
As kicks off Sept.15, the Cardinal Community, led by HLII and partners, is celebrating the diversity of the campus population through a scheduled throughout the month.
“We love the work we do to empower our students to live their authentic selves while exploring their own Latinidad. We are excited for this month of visibility and celebration, and we are dedicated to celebrating our culture throughout the entire year while we continue working towards an inclusive and welcoming campus,”聽狈别驳谤贸苍 said.
Celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year, UofL鈥檚 HLII office is located within the 聽and presents heritage and identity events in an effort to uplift the Hispanic/Latinx culture represented on campus by curating educational and celebratory opportunities in which students and the community can engage. The initiative also works year-round to promote Hispanic, Latinx & Indigenous聽student success through campus and community engagement, student coaching, leadership development and cultural programming and events.聽
Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month is observed Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, in line with the day of independence for various Latin American countries. Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua all celebrate their day of independence on Sept. 15. Mexico and Chile鈥檚 follow within the same week. The national observance was first celebrated for only one week. It became a month-long celebration in 1989.
UofL celebrations begin with at the . Other events include a聽聽at the聽Cultural and Equity Center,聽聽and聽Baila con Migo. The full series of events can be found聽.
