City College celebrates Latinx/a/o Heritage Month with 2021 events

The Department of Student Life and Leadership Development at The City College of New York celebrates Latinx/a/o Heritage Month 2021 with a LHM Virtual Honoree Wall representing the 21 Latin American countries from Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
 
As part of their Instagram Live Speaker Series, Student Life & Leadership Development will host their Instagram Live Speaker Series: Latinx/a/o Heritage Month (LHM) Edition, in collaboration with Student Leadership & Campus Life at Guttman Community College, on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m.
 
Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta (Bronx Community College) and Elena Romero (FIT & “Latinas” on CUNY TV) come together to discuss Latina excellence as well as claiming your seat at the table. The Instagram Live Speaker Series kickoff event can be accessed on Instagram @ccnystudentlife or @GuttmanCC.

The eighth edition of The Americas Poetry Festival of New York, by the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at the Center for Worker Education, will take place on Oct. 13, 14 and 15 with a hybrid format allowing for in-person and remote participation. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the festival will feature poets from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Chile, México, Ecuador and Latinx authors from the U.S. 

The venues are: City College Downtown’s Center for Worker Education, Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center, Consulate of Argentina in New York and Instituto Cervantes NY. For more information, please contact CCNY Professor Carlos Aguasaco at caguasaco@ccny.cuny.edu "> caguasaco@ccny.cuny.edu .

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Ashley Arocho
p: 212.650.6460
e: aarocho@ccny.cuny.edu