The National Hispanic Heritage Month is from September 15th-October 15th, this is a time to celebrate the diversity and richness of our culture! During this Celebration Month, our main event will be the Latino Diversity Festival on Tuesday, September 26th. This is the third time we will host this event and every year is a great success with hundreds of students attending!

The RHC is looking for about 15 volunteers for the Latino Diversity Festival, Tuesday September 26 th from 9:00 AM to 1:45 PM. There will be FREE food from 10 different Latin American countries, live entertainment, and much more!

The event will showcase the 10 most predominant Latino cultures in the US, and we need your help to assist at one of the tables and pass out information.

Here is the link to sign up, you have until Thursday, September 21st to sign up: http://signup.com/go/MUVzDwL

We need volunteers from 9:00 AM – 1:45 PM. You can volunteer for as many shifts as you are able to, or just for 45 mins! If you can only do a short shift include that information in the comments.

If you want to represent a specific country, make sure to put your name for that country. AGAIN, you can scroll down and sign up for multiple times!

Here are the countries that will be represented:

• Colombia
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• México
• Perú
• Puerto Rico

SEMPTEMBER

• International Coffee Hour presents: Puerto Rico
  Thursday, September 21 | Social & Presentation
  2:30-3:30pm | Inclusive Excellence Center (Union 119)
  Free and open to UWM students, faculty, and staff
• Voces de la Resistencia: Contemporary Latinx Activist Artists
  Friday, September 22 – Friday, October 13 | Art Exhibition
  12-5pm Mon-Fri; 12-7pm Thu | Union Art Gallery
  Opening Reception: Friday, September 22, 5-8pm; Artist Talk at 7pm
• Conversation & Reading with Haitian Novelist and Essayist, Yanick Lahens 
  Friday, September 22 | Conversation & Reading
  4-6pm | Special Collections, 4th Floor, Golda Meir Library
• Latino Diversity Festival
  Tuesday, September 26 | Music & Activities
  10:30am-1:30pm | Union Ballroom East
• LACUSL Lecture Series: Jon Kahl, Pre-Columbian Monuments, and Acid Rain
  Tuesday, September 26 | Lecture
  3-4:30pm | AGSL, 3rd floor Golda Meir Library
• Mother Earth, Father Sky: The Taino Culture
  Wednesday, September 27 | Performance & Stargazing
  7pm & 8:30pm | UWM Manfred Olson Planetarium
• 6th Lusophone and Hispanic Linguistics Symposium
  Friday, September 29 – Saturday, September 30 | Symposium
  Various Times | UWM Curtin Hall 3243 N. Downer Ave.

OCTOBER

• The History and Current Legal Status of
  the Sanctuary City Movement
  Tuesday, October 3 | Brown Bag Lecture
  12-1pm | Union 280
• Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  Potluck
  Tuesday, October 10 | Potluck
  7-8pm | Center for Latin American and Caribbean
  Studies, NWQB Room 2484
• Latinx: Complicating Identities / Beyond the Gender Binary
  Thursday, October 12 | Workshop
  2-4pm | Inclusive Excellence Center (Union 119)
• Latina Student Reception
  Thursday, October 12 | Reception
  6-8pm | Union Fireside Lounge
• Hispanic Heritage Month Award
  Friday, October 13 | Reception
  6-8pm | UWM Hefter Center, 3271 N. Lake Drive
  RSVP required