Christ Lutheran Church issued the following announcement.
Campuses across CUNY will mark the 33rd annual National Hispanic Heritage Month, which starts today, with dozens of virtual programs, performances and events that celebrate and engage the city’s diverse Latino communities.
The events range from the cultural to the civic. New York City College of Technology will have a “Hispanic Spoken Word” poetry contest on Instagram. Among the many virtual performances to be featured this month is Lehman College’s presentation of “The Trouble with My Name,” an examination of language, race and social justice by renowned Puerto Rican writer Javier Ávila. Several campuses will host online events to engage and mobilize the Latinx vote and the College of Staten Island will feature New York State’s first undocumented attorney, who will share his experiences with the politics of immigration.
Movie screenings include an upcoming HBO documentary that follows Grammy winners Arturo O’Farrill and Kabir Sehgal as they prepare to record a live album at the U.S.-Mexico border, a 1996 documentary about TheYoung Lords, and the recently released Netflix documentary about legendary Puerto Rican astrologer Walter Mercado.
“The wide range of programs available this year under challenging circumstances is a testament to the resolve of our campuses and the University community’s deep appreciation of the heritage and accomplishments of Hispanics past and present,” said CUNY’s first Latino Chancellor, Félix V. Matos Rodríguez. “National Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity to pay tribute to customs, traditions, histories and cultures that have greatly enriched the communities of our University. CUNY embraces this commemoration in the same way we embrace diversity and inclusion on all of our campuses, each and every day of the year.”
National Hispanic Heritage Month each year is from September 15 to October 15. The commemoration began by federal law in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week to celebrate the customs and achievements of individuals who trace their roots to Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. It was expanded to a month in 1988.
CUNY is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and is proud that 11 of its 25 colleges have that designation. The University joins the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) in celebrating National HSI Week from Sept. 14-20. Among CUNY’s HSI, Bronx Community College, Hostos, Guttman and Lehman all have a student body that is more than 50% Latino.
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