The Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) is pleased to co-sponsor and provide support for Latino/a Heritage Month each year. Latino/a Heritage Month is a month-long series of speakers, screenings, performances, and gatherings organized by the community of Latino/a students, in collaboration with the MRC as well as other faculty and staff at Oberlin College, around topics related to the diverse Latino/a heritage. The goals of Latino/a Heritage Month are:

▪ To celebrate Latinidad as a quintessentially diverse, transnational, and changing phenomenon in the Americas and the rest of the world.

▪ For faculty, staff, and students, both Latino/a and non-Latino/a, to teach and learn about the past, present, and future of Latinidad.

▪ To highlight the achievements and creativity of Oberlin’s Latino/a communities by showcasing cutting edge Latino/a scholarship, cultural production, and performance.

▪ To foment informed, engaged reflection and dialogue on what might constitute Latinidad in different historical and geographical contexts; on the social, cultural, and political importance of Latino/a communities in the U.S. and elsewhere; and on the relationships among different diasporic Latino/a communities, and their relationships with Latin America.

▪ To reach out to broader Latino/a community in Northeast Ohio.

▪ To celebrate the various relationships Latinos/as build with other communities throughout the United States and the ways in which together they create meaningful new communities, cultural knowledge and expressions.

▪ To build coalitions with other marginalized communities in a struggle for social justice.

The 2006-2007 Latino/a Heritage Month Schedule:

CARLOS CORTÉS
Public Lecture: "Dora the Explorer: Symbol of the Latino/a Coming of Age in the U.S. Media"
September 22, 2006 at 4:30pm in West Lecture Hall

Dr. Carlos E. Cortés is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Riverside. Cortés serves as Creative/Cultural Advisor for Nickelodeon's Peabody-award winning children's television series, "Dora the Explorer," and its sequel, "Go, Diego, Go!." A consultant to many government agencies, school systems, universities, mass media, private businesses, and other organizations, Cortés has lectured widely throughout the United States, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Australia on the implications of diversity for education, government, and private business.

LALO ALCARÁZ
Public Lecture: "La Cucharacha Comes to Campus"
September 29, 2006 at 4:30pm in West Lecture Hall

Lalo is the creator of the nationally syndicated and politically charged Latino comic strip La
Cucaracha, featured daily in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun, and 60 other major newspapers. Today Lalo is a one-of of-a-kind cartoonist, satirist and writer who captures the essence of the country’s changing cultural and political landscape like no other. Bringing a young fearless Latino sensibility to his political and social commentary, his is a fresh voice whose unabashedly pro pro-immigrant, progressive stance about the need for a multicultural visibility in the media is long overdue.

ADELINA ANTHONY
Public Performance: "Mastering Sex and Tortillas"
October 6, 2006 at 8pm in the Cat in the Cream

Adelina is a multi-genre artist whose interests address issues ranging from queerness, feminism,
violence, gender, race/ ethnicity, sexuality, immigration, and community empowerment through progressive education and transgressive art. As a performer with over 15 years of stage experience, Adelina has garnered Best-Actress nominations in comedy and drama. She has twice participated as an actor for Chicana/o stage readings at the National Queer Arts Festival. Adelina will be performing "MASTERING SEX & TORTILLAS!" a performance work exploring sexuality, gender, race/ethnicity and other interconnected issues from a queer Chicana perspective at Oberlin.

LHM 2006-2007 poster

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LHM 2005-2006 pamphlet

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LHM 2004-2005 pamphlet