Latino Awareness Month – Events This Week
Oct. 29, 2008 by ngarrett
Wednesday, Oct. 29: Nagarote-Wesleyan Partnership – Usdan 108
Guest Speaker: Gloria Alba Andino Lopez: “DR-CAFTA & the Roots of Migration: How Free Trade Agreements hurt the Environment, Workers, and You”
Ms. Lopez is a community leader and activist from El Regadío, Estelí, Nicaragua. She has represented organized resistance against the detrimental impacts of neoliberal economic policy which damages small farming communities. She will be speaking on the impacts of free trade policies and its connection to migration, labor rights, and the environment.
Co-Sponsored by Latin American Studies Department
Thursday, Oct. 30: Latino Awareness Month Convocation – La Casa, 240 Washington St., 7 p.m.
Julissa Peña and Stephanie Aracena ’12, Harold Flores ‘09 and an alumni speaker will kick off Latino Awareness Month discussing life as a Latino at Wesleyan University and their expectations and hopes for the Latino community.
Friday, Oct. 31: Ell Pollo and La Unidad Latina present Pumpkin Carving Night
Saturday, Nov. 1: La Casa Jam – La Casa, 240 Washington St., 11 p.m. – 3 a.m.
Come join the residents of La Casa and members of Ajua Campos kick of the first La Casa Jam of the year.
