Monday, September 25, Celebrarting Mexican Traditions: El Día de Los Muertos, Las Posadas & El Cinco de Mayo
12 - 1 p.m., Oakland Center Fireside Lounge
Presented by Vincent Murray, Executive of the Bagley Housing Association
Tuesday, September 26, Coming to America: An International Student Panel
12 - 1 p.m., Oakland Center Gold Room B
Armando Ojeda, director of Supplier Diversity Development for Ford Motor Company
and former president and CEO of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
will discuss "Opportunities in Hispanic Business." Light refreshments will
be served.
Wednesday, September 27, World Cup: Foosball and Playstation Soccer Tournament
12-2 p.m., Oakland Center Fireside Lounge
Friday,
September 29, Closing Ceremony: Fiesta Latina
12 - 2 p.m., Oakland CenterPatio
Featuring musical entertainment by Gloria Sosa and her band Dondé. FREE Latin American food & beverages.
Relevant
Full-Text Articles:
- (2005). 100
Most Influential Hispanics. Hispanic
Business 27, (10), pp. 40-78.
- Grillo,
I. (2004). Stealing
the Past. Business Mexico 14 (8),
pp. 46-7. 51.
- Karaim,
R. (2003). The
Latin Swing. U.S. News & World Report
135 (7), pp. 12-15.
- Navarrette,
R. (2006). Talking
Borders. Hispanic
19 (7), pp. 14-15.
- Ordoñez,
J. (2006). Music:
The Hurban Sprawl. Newsweek (Feb
27, 2006): p13.
Relevant
Books at Kresge Library:
- California
Association for Bilingual Education. (2005). Building
on strength : Language and literacy in Latino families
and communities . Covina,
Calif. : Teachers College Press.
- Castillo,
D. A. (2005). Redreaming
America: Toward a bilingual American culture. Albany:
State University New York Press.
- Griswold
del Castillo, R. (1995). César
Chávez: A triumph of spirit. Norman,
Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press.
- Stavans,
I. (2001). The
Hispanic condition: The power of a people. New
York: Rayo.
Links
to Information on Famous Hispanics:
- Pedro
Almodóvar: Director
- Joan
Baez: Folksinger/Activist
- César
Chavez: Labor & Human
Rights Activist
- Luis
V. Guiterrez: Politician
- Frida
Kahlo: Painter
- Gabriel
García Márquez: Writer/Nobel
Prize Winner
- Pablo
Neruda: Poet/ Nobel Prize Winner
- Ellen
Ochoa: Astronaut
- Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez:
Major League Baseball Player
- Lydia
Villa-Komaroff: Scientist
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