Starting September 15th and ending on October 15th, at the Glendale Community College main campus. There will be a series of online and in-person meetings celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.
Hispanic History Month is a time when we can appreciate the Hispanic culture, music, food, and traditions. During this time, all over the media, you can see that many shows and movies have Hispanic actors or directors that are being featured during this month. This celebration started only as a week in 1968 but soon developed into a month in the year 1988 by former President Ronald Reagan. This event taking place at Glendale Community College has made the campus more diverse and inclusive of people from different backgrounds. There is a post on the Glendale Community College news page explaining this month’s event being held at different places on the campus. Two events that seem to be worth mentioning are two online meetings on Zoom and they take place on the 24th and 25th of September.
The online event that is being held on the 24th is being organized by Dr. Jacqueline Martiez. She is going to be talking about how Hispanic communities are incredibly diverse and hard to generalize in the United States. She is going to explain how we can learn and appreciate the many things that the Hispanic community can offer, and bring the community together as a whole. Dr. Martinez is also going to be sharing her subjective knowledge on communication Latina philosophy for exerting freedom and responsibility within the community. This will not only diversify the school but also draw in more students from more diverse backgrounds to pursue an education at Glendale Community College because they will feel like their culture is welcomed and appreciated on the campus.
The next online event that will be held on the 25th is being organized by the Arizona Poet Laureate, Alberto Rios. During this presentation, Alberto Rios is going to be taking a deep dive into cultural identity, literary craft, and language, and explain his Mexican-American heritage on the US-Mexico border. He will also explain how the English and Spanish dialects can be both a barrier and a bridge on both sides and blend them to try and express the complex realities that are humanly shared. The main goal of this event is to bring both the American and Mexican cultures together as one so that there are shared beliefs and traditions that can be passed on for generations to come.
Sources
https://www.gccaz.edu/news/2024/gcc-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month
Hi Evan! Great job on this article. I really liked how in the very first sentence of your article you included all of the time details about how Glendale Community College celebrates Hispanic History Month and when it begins and ends. Just having this information at the start makes it super easy for your intended audience, Glendale Community College students, to know when this event begins and to get them excited before you even explain. I really loved your use of history and how you explained what this time means and how we are able to appreciate Hispanic culture. I had no idea that it used to only be a week and that little drop of history made me really appreciate how we get to spend so much longer celebrating Hispanic History. I think that was a really good precursor to you talking about the two main events that will be going on. The way you described the first event had me really interested and wanting to know more about communication Latina philosophy. Lastly, I really enjoyed how you continuously reminded the reader throughout your article of how important this event is and how Glendale Community College can further diversify its students.
This is an exciting series of events for Hispanic Heritage Month at GCC! It’s wonderful to see how the campus is embracing diversity and creating spaces for students to learn about and celebrate culture so ingrained into Arizonan lives. The transformation of this celebration from a week in 1968 to a full month in 1988 under Reagan (the most shocking part of that statement) really drives home how far we’ve come in recognizing the significance of Hispanic heritage and it’s influence in the U.S.
Unfortunate that the online event on September 24th has already passed. Dr. Jacqueline Martinez’s discussion on the diversity within Hispanic communities sounds incredibly insightful. Her focus on how we can better understand and appreciate these diverse experiences is essential. I wonder if her talk helped foster a sense of unity while respecting the many unique identities within the community?
The event with Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Rios also stands out to me (also missed it it seems). His perspective on blending English and Spanish as both a barrier and a bridge is such a juicy concept. Coming from someone with a Mexican-American background, I can relate to how these languages intersect and sometimes create obstacles, but they also offer opportunities for way more connection and expression. I wonder if his deep dive into culture through the lens of language would resonate with many people?
Hey Evan,
I never knew this much information about Hispanic Heritage month at Glendale Community College. I have heard about the celebration but I was unaware that GCC does so much and it really is so interesting. Putting all of this information out will be such a great thing that will get people who are attending Glendale Community College to learn about what Hispanic Heritage month is and how people can go about celebrating it and learning. It is really cool because I didn’t know anything about it because it is not widely talked about and this is basically the first that I have heard about it. As someone who is part Hispanic this is really cool. I never looked into my Hispanic heritage since it is a pretty small part of me but since I have seen you post about this it might be a really interesting thing to look at and you have made me realize how important this month is. Thank you for writing this article because it will really inform people and help them learn more.