Latinx Heritage Month
September 12 - October 11
Puerto Rico Solidarity & Social Justice Retreat 2019 Presentation
Medaille Formal Lounge
From a humanitarian crisis to rebuilding Puerto Rico - A reflective analysis from Nazareth students after their return from the PR Solidarity and Social Justice Retreat 2019.
Learn how you can become involved locally in Rochester!
An Invisible History: A Trip to the Archive and Back (Keynote by Ruben Flores)
Callahan Theater
Ruben Flores is an associate professor of history at the University of Rochester who teaches U.S. and Mexican history.
He is originally from El Paso, Texas, and he is the author of Backroads Pragmatists (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014), which examines political ideas about democracy and race in 20th-century Mexican and U.S. societies. You can download part of his work below!
Latinx Heritage Month Reception
Medaille Formal Lounge
Join the Nazareth community in celebrating Latina/x/o cultures and identities through food. We will be hosting a celebratory reception featuring traditional cuisine from numerous countries across the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America!
Dance with DJ Johnny Mambo
Medaille Formal Lounge
DJ Johnny Mambo is the host of the Mambo in the Morning Show weekdays on Poder 97.1. He was the ROC Award Winner of Best Latin DJ for 2017 and 2018. He was also a Top 5 Nominee for Rochester's Best DJ by News 10 NBC's Rochester Rocs 2018.
Join us for a fun night and dance to bachata, salsa, merengue, reggaeton, and cumbia!
Using Podcasts to Tell Stories - Nadia Reiman
Presentation: Monday, September 30th - 6:00-7:30 PM
Peace Theater, Arts Center
Nadia Reiman is a Latina award-winning journalist who is now the supervising producer of This American Life.
Join us for a conversation on how to use podcasts to tell stories about life, and how we can create a new form of journalism that responds to the challenges of the digital times.
Listen to "Save the Girl" - A podcast about the troubling notion that women need to be saved and the implications this could have for immigration purposes. Click here!
The Divine Feminine by Tania Day-Magallón
Presentation: Tuesday, October 1 - 5:30-7:00 PM
Exhibit Open: From Tuesday, October 1 - Friday, October 11
Casa Hispana
Join us for a conversation with Mexican painter Tania Day-Magallón. Tania uses her unique experiences as a Muslim Mexican woman immigrant as inspiration for her paintings which she characterizes as a celebration of womanhood.
Tania received her artistic training at the National School of Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking in Mexico City, where Frida Khalo and Diego Rivera taught for several years.
Performance by Gina Chavez
Saturday, October 5 ~ 8:00 - 10:00 PM
Beston Hall, Glazer Music Performance Center
Latin-pop songstress Gina Chavez is a 10-time Austin Music Award winner and NPR Tiny Desk concert series performer known for passionate, bilingual songs that traverse cumbia, bossa nova, vintage pop, reggaeton, and folk. With dynamic vocals and sharp social commentary, Chavez and her band take audiences on a journey through the Americas, expertly blending sounds with tension and grace.
Tickets: $25-$40 (free for Nazareth students and 50% off for faculty/staff)
Student Panel on U.S./Mexico Border - CANCELED
Casa Hispana
Join student participants from the Center for Spirituality Spring Break Solidarity and Social Justice Retreat to El Paso, TX and Juarez, Mexico along with local community partners to hear firsthand accounts of the situation at the Mexican/U.S. border.
Learn how you can become involved locally and nationally to advocate for those who are seeking asylum in the U.S.
Casa Hispana: Grupo Cultural Latinos en Rochester
Casa Hispana
Come learn about Casa Hispana while enjoying Latin Food and the folk dances of Groupo Cultural Latinos en Rochester!
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Email: belonging@naz.edu
Website: naz.edu/community-belonging
Location: Smyth 185
Phone: 585-389-2026