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-10 posts tagged "Institute for Latino Studies"
Madison Riehle | Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Welcomed by an audience cheering her famous phrase, “Si, se puede! Si, se puede!” Dolores Huerta, the co-founder of the United Farm Workers and civil rights icon, took the stage in McKenna Hall Tuesday night to discuss her career as an activist and leader. The lecture was hosted in conjunction with the Institute for Latino
Charlie Kenney | Tuesday, November 14, 2017
The Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) offers the Cross-Cultural Leadership Program (CCLP), an eight-week immersive program in the Latino communities of Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The specialized leadership program started nearly 10 years ago by Center for Social Concerns founder the late Rev. Donald P. McNeill. “It’s really a transformative experience,” said program director Karen
Kelli Smith | Thursday, November 2, 2017
The Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture (NDCAC) will be hosting a celebratory event for El Dia de Los Muertos on Thursday starting at 5:30 p.m. in the NDCAC building in South Bend. El Dia de Los Muertos, or The Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday held to remember and honor deceased
Kelli Smith | Friday, September 15, 2017
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Institute for Latino Studies (ILS) will be hosting six celebratory events on campus beginning Sept. 21. National Hispanic Heritage Month is a 30-day period starting Sept. 15 that is dedicated to recognizing contributions made by Hispanic and Latino American citizens. Though the ILS hosted unofficial celebrations for it
Alexandra Muck | Thursday, January 19, 2017
A panel convened by the Center for Civil and Human Rights and co-sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns and the Institute for Latino Studies discussed what it means for a city, state, university or faith-based organization to be declared a sanctuary, and what the implications of using the “sanctuary” designation might be. The moderator, director of
Devon Harford | Thursday, October 6, 2016
The Institute for Latino Studies and the Office of the President presented a poetry reading and moderated question-and-answer session with Juan Felipe Herrera, poet laureate of the United States, in DeBartolo Performing Arts Center on Wednesday night. Herrera was appointed a national poet laureate by the Library of Congress in 2015 and served as poet laureate
Selena Ponio | Monday, August 31, 2015
This Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be at the Leighton Concert Hall in the DeBartolo Performing Art’s Center addressing issues and questions brought up by members of the Notre Dame community. NBC News correspondent Anne Thompson and Judge Anne Claire Williams, both Notre Dame alumnae, will
Observer Staff Report | Wednesday, August 12, 2015
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak on Notre Dame’s campus on Sept. 2, University President Fr. John Jenkins announced Wednesday. NBC News correspondent and University trustee Anne Thompson will join Sotomayor in a discussion of “a wide range of issues” moderated by fellow trustee and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Ann Claire Williams,
Siying Yang | Thursday, October 9, 2014
The Student Coalition for Immigration Advocacy (SCIA) will host the first ever ComUNIDAD, an immigration conference Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hesburgh Center for International Studies, which will focus on Latino immigration, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), new immigration laws and policies and local immigration services. “Being from Arizona, a
Hunter Kuffel | Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Dan Vera, the inaugural winner of the Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize, will perform a public poetry reading from his book “Speaking Wiri Wiri” on Wednesday night. Vera will also visit classes and contribute to the Latino Studies Oral History project, according to Francisco Aragon, director of Letras Latinas, the literary initiative within the Institute for Latino