HISPANICLATINXA HISTORY OF SERVING OUR NATION AND OUR INSTITUTION

SEPTEMBER 15 - OCTOBER 15

SIU CARBONDALE

HERITAGE MONTH 2019

SEPTEMBERSAT 14 Service Project: Migrant Head Start 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. • Cobden, IL SIU students will Kick-Off the Hispanic Latinx Heritage Month with Civic Engagement and

Volunteerism. Volunteer with us! For more information contact Cristina Castillo at cristina.castillo@siu.edu

MON 16 Hispanic Latinx Heritage Month Kick-Off and Reception Guest Speaker: Dr. Roberto Barrios from SIU Anthropology Department 5 - 7 p.m. • Morris Library, Guyon Auditorium and Rotunda FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Sponsored by Hispanic/Latino Resource Center

WED 18 Women of the World Round Table Talk: Let’s talk ideas, current issues, future goals 12 - 2 p.m. • Student Services Building, Room 150 For more information email wrc@siu.edu. FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Co-sponsored by Women’s Resource Center and Hispanic/Latino Resource Center

FRI 20 MCMA Film Fridays and Hispanic/Latino Resource Center Present: Güeros, a Mexican Film 4 p.m. • Lawson, Room 131 Güeros’ running jokes concerns the siblings’ skin color. The word “güero,” a derogatory

slang term meaning “whitey,” applies to fair-skinned sibling, Tomás. Q & A after the movie. FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SIU Guitar Festival: Opening Gala Concert with Isaac Lausell 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. • Old Baptist Foundation, Recital Hall 104 For ticket information call SIU School of Music at 618-536-8742. Sponsored by SIU School of Music

SAT 21 SIU Guitar Festival: Closing Gala Concert with Luis Enrique Juliá, Samuel Morales and Isaac Lausell

7:30 - 10 p.m. • Old Baptist Foundation, Recital Hall 104 For ticket information call SIU School of Music at 618-536-8742. Sponsored by SIU School of Music

TUE 24 Panel Presentation: Migration in the Americas 5 p.m. • Reception 4:30 p.m. • Student Center, Auditorium Panelists: Professors Roberto Barrios, Cindy Buys, and other distinguished panelists will

discuss conditions in the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) that are causing people to flee and seek asylum in the U.S. and how they are being received here.

FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Sponsored by UNA, International and Immigration Law Society and Hispanic Law Students Association WED 25 Leadership Over Lunch: Guest, Dr. Ana Ojeda Migone 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. • Student Center, Mississippi Room For questions, please call 618-453-5714. Sponsored by Office of Student Engagement

Video Screening: Pulque! Mexico’s drinkable heritage. 4:30 - 6 p.m. • Guyon Auditorium Filmmaker Sarah Lewison and anthropologist Roberto Barrios explore the environmental and

social dimensions of artisanal pulque production in Atltzayanca, Tlaxcala, Mexico. Q & A after the video. FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Sponsored by Hispanic/Latino Resource Center

THU 26 Immigration Simulation Experience 5 - 7 p.m. • Student Services Building, Rooms 150-170 Learn the process of becoming a legal resident in the United States. FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Co-Sponsored by Southern Illinois Immigrant Rights Project and Hispanic/Latino Resource Center

FRI 27 Film Screening: “The Good Girls (Las Niñas Bien)” 5 p.m. • Faner Room 1326 Full Bright Scholars and LASA members; Laura Jimenez, Ph.D. & Daniel Rodriguez, MFA

Introduce this movie that explores the economic decay in Mexico in 1982. Q & A after the movie. FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

SAT 28 Service Project: Volunteering with Carbondale Green Earth 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Volunteer with us! For more information contact Cristina Castillo at cristina.castillo@siu.edu

SUN 29 Film screening: “Marcos Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” 2 p.m. • Guyon Auditorium Q & A after the film. FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Sponsored by Southern Illinois Immigrant Rights Project (SIIRP)

MON 30 Festival Latino 3 - 5:30 p.m. • Student Services Building, Pavilion All Hispanic RSOs, Multicultural Greek Council, & Latin American Student Association

(LASA) will bring to the SIU Campus the livelihood of Hispanic Latinx culture! Food, crafts, and music!

FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

OCTOBERTUE 1 (Un) Documents 8 p.m. • Kleinau Theatre Performance by: Award winning actor and poet; Jesús I. Valles “With a single phrase, you can give up your country. With a single signature, you can tear a

family apart.” Sponsored by The Department of Communications Studies and the Fine Arts FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

THU 3 Lecture Lunch Keynote: Dr. Sujey Vega “Bridges Not Borders: The Importance of Belonging and Acceptance for Latinos in the Midwest.”

11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. • Student Center, Ballroom A Lunch will be provided. Seating is limited for tickets email Cristina Castillo at

cristina.castillo@siu.edu. FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Charla (Chat): Dr. Sujey Vega “Healing Ourselves and Our Communities: Assessing the

needs of Latino communities in the Heartland” 5 - 7 p.m. • Morris Library, Room 752-754 FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Sponsored by Hispanic/Latino Resource Center and Office of Associate Chancellor for Diversity

SAT 5 Service Project: Doña Camila Mexican Store 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. • 100 W. Jackson St., Carbondale What better civic engagement and service project than to serve, and empower an individual

that represent the hard-working Hispanic that contributes to our nation. Volunteers with us! For more information contact Cristina Castillo at cristina.castillo@siu.edu.

TUE 8 Advocacy and Awareness: An Exhibit Wall of Immigration: A History of Anti-Latino Sentiment LGBT: A History of Resistance 5 - 7 p.m. • Student Services Building, 150 -160 FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Co-Sponsored by Hispanic/Latino Resource Center and LGBTQ Resource Center

MON 14 Salsa Making Workshop: Learn the basics for the best and most authentic salsas! 5 - 7 p.m. • Quigley, Room 212 FREE EVENT. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Co-sponsored by Hispanic/Latino Resource Center and GPhiO Sorority

Individuals with disabilities are welcomed. Call 618-453-5738 to request accommodations.