Hispanic Heritage Month 2017

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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