LATINO STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

ELKFLSO

LULACCLLA

…we are an Alliance of Latino Student Organizations

• To collaborate with the administration in insuring the inclusiveness of Latino students, faculty, and staff in Vision 2013.

• To work towards the inclusiveness of Latinos at Northern Kentucky University: students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

• To ensure Latino academic and professional success.• To survey Latino student recruitment and retention at

NKU.• To build an identity for the Latino student body.

Latino Student OrganizationCampus / Community• Cultural Awareness • Social Consciousness• Explain LSO Agenda• Share experiences • Assist / Join existing

Multicultural groups and events

Student Members• Peer Support/Insights• Community Building• Network• Mentor/Guidance • Volunteer• Academic Support

Our Mission:LSO shall coordinate cultural, social,

and academic activities on campus in order to develop leadership skills among its existing members.

LSO shall build a sense of community among Latino and non-Latino students at NKU.

LSO shall increase awareness of issues facing Latinos, create a network of forward thinking people and promote change through cultural understanding and other progressive means of communication.

League of United Latin American Citizens

Campus / Community• Represent Latinos’ Interests• Volunteer• Social Service• Assist / Join Existing Volunteer

Groups and Events

Student Members• Provide a venue for students

to represent Latino interests

Our Mission:LULAC shall “advance the economic

condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States.”

LULAC shall aid the National LULAC group in attaining their goal by providing social service for the Greater Cincinnati Hispanic population.

LULAC shall reinforce leadership qualities, responsibility and commitment in NKU student members of the chapter.

Educating Latinos for Kentucky’s FutureCampus / Community• Arouse interest on KY’s

Education Legislature• Advocate for an inclusive

education system• Assist / Join existing groups

and events with common ground

Student Members• Scholarships• Leadership Workshops• Provide a path to change KY’s

Education Legislature

Our Mission:ELKF shall “inform Latinos about post-

secondary educational opportunities, inform Kentucky's post-secondary educators and administrators about the importance of educating Latinos and strategies for doing so and do other activities devoted to the educational advancement of Latinos in Kentucky.”

ELKF shall work with the National group in scheduling, planning, and coordinating the annual statewide conference.

ELKF shall raise awareness and offer solutions to the administration and others on issues faced by current and potential Latino students at NKU.

Alliance LSO LULAC ELKF CLLAStudent Orientation

Welcome Picnic

Su Casa Library Su Casa College Fair

Dia de los muertos

Outreach Presentations

Virgen Santa Rosa

YMCA Black & Hispanic Achievers

Centro de Amistad College Fair

Christmas toy drive

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Virgen de la Caridad

Multicultural Literacy Night

USHLI Conference

Black & Hispanic Achievers Gala

NHHM Kick-Off Santa Maria Health Fair

ELKF Conference

ELL 23rd Annual Breakfast

PanAmerica Day

ELLF Children’s Day / Dia de los Niños

Latino Student Leadership Workshop

Multicultural Leadership Conference

Presentations Cesar Chavez Day

Latino Student Recognition

Virgen Guadalupe

Mentor Program

L.A. Film Fest

GENERAL LIST OF EVENTS

Estimated ActualLULAC    Academic Tools $1,050.00  Prints $50.00  Multicultural Lit Night $1,245.94  Totals $2,345.94 $0.00

LSO    Welcome Picnic $435.00  Virgen Santa Rosa $115.00  Vigen Guadalupe $115.00  Virgen Caridad $115.00  L.A. Film Festival $90.00  NHHM PanAmerica Day $2,287.56  Recognition After Party $204.20  NHHM Kick Off $2,509.00  NHHM Finale $1,609.00  Totals $7,479.76 $0.00

ELKF    Bags $567.00  USHLI Conference $2,875.00  ELKF Conference $1,600.00  Cesar Chavez $195.00  1 trips to Frankfort $253.80  Black/Latino Parallels $125.00  Totals $5,615.80 $0.00

ESTIMATED BUDGET

This Budget is excluding:• Materials needed for presentations•Materials needed for the Mentor program•Materials needed for student workshops•Materials needed for the Black and Hispanic Achievers program activities/presentations

Estimated ActualCLLA    Day of the Dead $2,450.00  Toy drive $24.00  Totals $2,474.00 $0.00

TOTAL BUDGET Estimated ActualLSO $7,479.76  LULAC $2,345.94  ELKF $5,615.80  CLLA $2,474.00  Totals $17,915.50 $0.00

Documentary Project

• To document• To reproduce• To produce• To post on website• To recruit• To expose• To enhance • To empower • To … show!

DOCUMENTARY  Director/Producer $2,400.00 Camera Operator $1,200.00 Talent $1,200.00 Editor $1,800.00 Totals $6,600.00

•This project would employ NKU students. •It would be similar to the F-1 Visa documentary used by OISS to recruit students.•This project would be produced and directed by the same team that completed F-1 Visa

Estimated Total cost of events plus documentary: $24,515.50

Latino Student Orientation and Welcome Picnic

Due to the lack of a transitional program for incoming Latino Freshman students , the Orientation is our greatest opportunity to reach out to them.

We use this opportunity to inform students about resources, organizations, networking opportunities, and social service opportunities that current NKU students feel were/are valuable to their experience at NKU.

Statistics have shown that participants of the Latino orientation are more likely to be involved with the office of Latino Student Affairs. As a result they would take greater advantage of what the Office has to offer, build a sense of community – resulting in an increased retention rate.

Virgen: Rosa, Caridad, Guadalupe Culturally, these three Virgins are the syncretized image of Virgin Mary and

patrons of Peru, Cuba, and Mexico. For this reason we do not feel that this is promoting particular religious beliefs. However, because these three patrons are highly regarded in the Catholic Latin American Calendars, we have asked Father Mathew to include their celebration in his mass for that day.

What these events are about is having a social service day like the one on Cesar Chavez day and Martin Luther King Jr. day, but we are creating a cultural bridge between Latin American social values and U.S. American social service idiosyncrasy.

NHHM Kick Off and FinaleHumor is a great way to express frustration, conformity, reality, and many

other feelings. We feel that Latino standup comic Joe Hernandez would give an interesting and entertaining perspective on what’s happening today, politically and socially, with the Latino community of the United States.

To conclude current events, we have invited Hispanic journalist Fernando del Rincon, who is well known in the Hispanic community and can give us his insights on current issues faced by the Latino community. He has done many on-sight reports and has lead challenging newscasts involving Immigration issues, Arizona Law, DREAM Act, U.S. policies that affect Latino NKU students and the overall Latino community of the U.S. He is also an inspiration as a successful first generation immigrant journalist in the U.S.

NHHM PanAmerica Day“What part of Mexico is Chile?” exactly! We feel that NKU students are not as

familiar with the Western Hemisphere as they are with the Eastern. Although we are unclear on why this is, this PanAmerica Day event would showcase diverse South American cultures. We will have maps and flags of the 20 Latin American countries and hand out basic information about the diverse countries.

Also, we will have on-sight activities such as arts and crafts that the students can create, immigrating Latin American typical art, as well as an interactive performance by a Brazilian Capoeira group, since many students don’t realize that Brazilians are also Latin Americans.

Mentor, Outreach, PresentationsTogether with Latino Orientation, another opportunity we have to help Latino

students adjust to the college life is through our mentor program. In this program we would match successful Latino students with incoming Freshman so they can share experiences, resources, and relationship ties.

Part of our duty is also to inform current high school students in the community of the great opportunities offered by NKU. As Latino Organizations we are committed to our community and even when students aren’t sure about attending our college, it is our duty to show them a path to post-secondary education.

Several sociology, anthropology and Spanish professors have asked Latino members of our organizations us to give presentations in their classes about their life as immigrants as well as life in their native country. Public k-12 schools of the area have also asked us to coming to their classrooms and do a short presentations about the diverse Latin American cultures (non-Latino student also participate on these).

Multicultural Literacy NightA lot of students from diverse backgrounds are being taught in Kentucky and

Ohio public schools. Although they may not be aware of it, they are being culturally excluded by their Language Arts or English teachers by not including authors from other heritage in their classes.

During this event, we plan on selling books with international themes for a small price ($1-$5) so that those who cannot afford to buy these books for their children can have them for a small price. We are also hoping to have ACT/SAT books to sell for $5 to high school students that plan on attending college and cannot afford to pay for testing preparation courses.

We will work with other organizations (YMCA, ELLF, Su Casa, Centro de Amistad), to identify students and teachers that would benefit from attending this event.

Cesar Chavez Day & MLK DayAs part of our awareness agenda, we want to include the continuing struggle

for the rights of U.S. citizens of Latin American heritage. One way we want to do this is to collaborate with other minority advocate organizations to show patterns between the struggle of African Americans and that of Latin Americans in the U.S.

We will also use these days to promote social service and will collaborate with Kentucky and or Cincinnati social service groups in completing a task that will have social impact.

Community OutreachAs part of our community outreach agenda, we will promote NKU and post-

secondary education in the Latino community by assisting in multiple college fairs.

We will also contribute voluntarily in the Latino community so that we can continue to stay in touch with their current needs and be able to identify them when we meet Latino students that are coming to NKU.

Another way in which we are going to stay in touch with the community is volunteering at the Su Casa library and adult classes, and participating in the Santa Maria Health Fair and Children’s Day.

NKU Inreach We will collaborate with the office of admissions in the second Multicultural

Leadership Conference. By encouraging students to participate in diverse Leadership Conferences, we are building stronger leaders.

We are bringing community leaders into our campus by hosting the YMCA Black and Hispanic Achievers Gala, as well as the English Language Learners Foundation 23rd Annual Breakfast. We are also exposing high school students to NKU by inviting them to campus for Dia de los Muertos Celebration.

We bring in members of the community through the Latin American Film Festival .

We also make a good name of NKU by contributing to the Holiday spirit through the yearly Toy Drive, which is another way in which we promote the name of NKU in the Latino community.