[International] Hispanic Heritage Month begins Wednesday

[Jenna Graff <graff@uwosh.edu>]

Dear International Listserv Members:

Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 13-Oct. 15

The University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 13-Oct. 15 will
feature dance lessons, food-tasting, cooking demonstrations and
presentations by Latino speakers and performers.

The Sept. 13 kickoff will include a ?Taste of Nations? lunch
featuring Spanish, Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican foods, and live
Mariachi music by Juvenile San Francisco of Chicago. The event will be
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Crescent Café at Reeve Memorial Union,
748 Algoma Blvd.  Cost for the all-you-can-eat lunch is $6. Call
(920) 424-2346 to make a reservation.

All but one of the events in ?Hispanic Americans: Our Rich Culture
Contributing to America?s Future? are free and open to the
public.

Sponsors are Hispanic Cultures United and the Center for Academic Support
and Diversity. Cosponsors are the Women?s Center, anthropology
department, Counseling Center, Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Gamma Alpha
Omega Sorority and Kimberly-Clark Corp.

For more information on all the events, contact Multicultural Retention
Programs, (920) 424-3081.

Following is a list of the other events:

Sept. 14

• 6-7 p.m., Latino Greek Informational, ?The Value of Brotherhood,? Kevin Rodriguez, president of Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc.-Colony; Multicultural Education Center (MEC), Library, 751 Algoma Blvd.

Sept. 18

• 6-7 p.m., Salsa and Merengue Lessons, professional instructor Katherine Cloyd; Reeve Memorial Union, Titan Underground.

Sept. 21

• 6-7 p.m., ?Breaking the Cycle of Violence? presentation by Nedda Lopez, case worker at Milwaukee Women?s Center; MEC, Library.

Sept. 25

• 5-6 p.m., Hispanic Cultures United meeting, MEC, Library.
• 6-7 p.m., Salsa and Merengue Lessons, professional instructor Katherine Cloyd; Reeve Memorial Union, Titan Underground.

Sept. 26

• 6-7 p.m., Tango Lessons, professional dancers Bob Dronski and Kathleen Kreher; Reeve Memorial Union Ballroom, Room 227.

Sept. 27

• 6-8 p.m., Sabor Latino, entertainment, food-tasting and cultural displays by Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships Program-Fox Valley Technical College and Kimberly-Clark Corp.; Reeve Memorial Union, Ballroom.

Sept. 29

• 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Reeve Tasted, Mi Cocina Cooking Demonstration by Chef Beatriz Contreras, UW-Oshkosh director of financial aid; Reeve Memorial Union, Concourse.

Oct. 2

• 6-7 p.m., Salsa and Merengue Lessons, professional instructor Katherine Cloyd; Reeve Memorial Union, Titan Underground.

Oct. 3

• 5-6 p.m., La Conexi n Latina, Hispanic Cultures United (HCU) Social Gathering Potluck; meet HCU members and share a dish; MEC.

Oct. 5

• 6-7 p.m., ?Crossing Borders: The Chiapas Perspective,? presentation by Pete Brown, anthropology professor; MEC, Library.

Oct. 9

• 5-6 p.m., Hispanic Cultures United meeting, MEC, Library.

Oct. 10

• 7-9 p.m., ?Senorita Extraviada? (Missing Young Woman), presentation by Women?s Center Director Jennifer Castillo; Women?s Center, corner of Elmwood Avenue and Irving Street, 759 W. Irving St.

Oct. 11

• 6-7 p.m., ?Latino Fear Factor,? presentation by Richard Scott, University Counseling Center; Reeve Memorial Union, Room 306.

Oct. 13

• 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Iron Chef International, mi cocina cooking demonstration by Oshkosh chef Luis Arguello; Reeve Memorial Union, Concourse.