Latino Diversity Festival Volunteers Needed!

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

Welcome Back to School! Bienvenidos!

UWM

Hello Students! Bienvenidos!

I would like to take the opportunity to welcome back all of you who are returning to the Fall semester, as well as those of you who are new to us this year!

At the Roberto Hernández Center (RHC) were are thrilled and looking forward to an outstanding school year and we know it will be the best one yet! We are ready for the awesome task of working and welcoming all of you to the RHC. Our center’s mission is to provide academic services that promote Latino student success (through Holistic Academic Advising), to engage in outreach to the Latino community (help recruit & inform) and beyond and to support applied research pertinent to Latinos. We work hand in hand with the rest of our UWM campus to provide you all with a well-rounded educational experience.  We also believe that it is critical to provide you with leadership opportunities, character education, and exposure to help you compete with their global counterparts. The Roberto Hernández Center staff takes great pride in providing an inclusive and safe atmosphere in our academic office space (Bolton Hall 183). Come and make use of our quiet study rooms, computers, book and film collection, and a study lounge area. We look forward meeting you and helping you in your educational journey.

This Fall 2017 semester will be filled with numerous opportunities and events for all of you, as well as our Latino community in Milwaukee. We encourage you to attend all of the Hispanic Heritage Month events that we have planned for you (September 15th-October 15th) as well as other academic activities.

You are a valued member of our UWM and RHC family!

Alberto J. Maldonado M.S. Ed.
Interim Director
Roberto Hernández Center

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

Mexican Independence Day Parade 2017

News

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The Roberto Hernández Center will be represented at the Mexican Independence Day Parade. The parade is scheduled for Sunday, September 10th at 9:30 AM.

Last year we had about 30 students that walked with us and we had a lot of fun. You get the opportunity to represent UWM and at the same time enjoy the beautiful parade.

Let Olivia Navarro know if you are interested in participating by Thursday September 7th. You can email her at onavarro@uwm.edu or stop at the RHC to sign up! If you email her please include: full name, email, phone number, and t-shirt size.

You will get a “YO SOY UWM” shirt if you haven’t gotten one in the past. If you belong to a student organization, feel free to invite other members to join as well!

We would meet at 9:00 AM at the Wheaton Franciscan Health Clinic parking lot: 2025 W Oklahoma Ave. 114 Milwaukee, 53215.  

The parade goes until 1:00 PM and there is a festival afterward for those that want to stay.

http://www.umos.org/special_events/mexican_independence.html

Youth Educator and Case Manager (UMOS)

Jobs

Youth Educator & Case Manager
UMOS Latina Resource Center
$15.00/Hour

MUST BE BILINGUAL

Contact: Leyton Schiebel
leyton@uwm.edu  or  leyton.schiebel@umos.org
414-698-7508
Closing Date: Until Filled – Start Immediately

Go to the following link to apply: http://www.umos.org/corporate/career_opportunities.html

Full time position opening for Youth Educator. Position is located in Milwaukee and posted both internally & externally. Interested applicants should submit their internal bids/applications directly to the HR Dept.

Job duties:

  • Implement evidence based curriculum for youth such as but not limited to teen pregnancy prevention, dating violence prevention, and sexual assault prevention
  • Establish relationships with various public schools and/or youth serving social service agencies
  • Recruit sites to implement evidence based curriculum
  • Link youth to community resources and/or services
  • Provide case management to youth and their families as needed
  • Conduct community presentations and outreach to promote youth program and awareness
  • Complete and submit monthly statistics in a timely manner related to case management
  • Coordinate and collaborate with the project partners to implement program activities, presentations and/or outreach activities

Implemented curriculum is called Making Proud Choices, which educates Youth around teen sexual health, contraception, negotiation skills, positive relationships, and proud, healthy choices. It is an AMAZING curriculum. Modules are taught to a class for 1 hour a day only, but may be scheduled with several classes per day at Educator’s discretion.

Youth Educators have from August 14th 2017 – June 31st 2018 to teach benchmark of students throughout 5 schools. Youth Educator works essentially as a mobile health teacher for a grant through Boys & Girls Club of Great Milwaukee. Also work as an official Mandated Reporter in the case a youth discloses sensitive information, so cross-training as a Case Manager occurs in order to provide resources, info, and referrals for your clients and their families. Enriching trainings about LGBTQ+ sensitivity, trauma informed care, and human trafficking with city-wide coalitions.

Work, Intern, Volunteer & Research Abroad

The Education Abroad Knowledge Community’s (EA KC) Subcommittee on Work, Internships, Volunteer and Research Abroad (WIVRA) compiled a list of scholarships and awards for students seeking experiential learning programs abroad. Advisors can share this resource as a whole, or by specific program type, with students as they navigate the aid available for these types of experiences.

Visit website for more full list of scholarships