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Browsing: Hispanic Heritage Month
Despite the rainy weather, students managed to find sunshine during Fiesta Friday in the SUB Barfield Drawing Room. Students gathered to celebrate the legacy of Hispanic culture in a celebration that included food, music, dancing, balloons and face painting.
Nationally observed from Sep. 15 to Oct. 15, Baylor’s adoption of Hispanic Heritage Month aims to highlight multicultural student organizations celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of Hispanic and LatinX communities. Hispanic Heritage Month coincides with independence anniversaries of several Latin American countries throughout the two months and hopes to foster more meaningful dialogue through various initiatives.
Vibrant artwork brought Baylor students and South Waco residents together this past weekend at the South Waco Community Center, where a new mural was unveiled in celebration of Hispanic culture and community pride.
Families filled the Mayborn Museum on Saturday afternoon and for the fourth year in a row, hosted the Community Offering or “Ofrenda” in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, featuring an array of artwork, activities and performances.
Urban renewal has since demolished many homes and buildings in Calle Dos and Sandtown, another Hispanic neighborhood, but the inaugural Hispanic History Month Walking Tour aimed to bring them back through storytelling.
“Everybody deserves to be treated with a sense of respect, regardless of culture,” Hispanic Student Association (HSA) President and North Richland Hills senior Daniela Lopez. “In such polarizing times, it’s important that everybody remembers we’re all just people, and we’re all just trying to get through every day.”
This week’s event, “Patch in the Patch,” runs from 8-11 p.m. in Barfield Drawing Room and will offer students a chance to decorate tote bags and create custom patches.
What began as an entrepreneurial dream for owners Kayla and Ismael Olvera has flourished into a thriving reality known as Mila Café, Waco’s first official Mexican coffee shop.
Family, food and dancing — three cornerstones of Hispanic culture — will fill Fountain Mall from 6-9 p.m. on Friday for the Hispanic Student Association’s (HSA) annual campus-wide event, Fiesta. As far as HSA president and Fort Worth senior Daniela Lopez is concerned, this is the first time in the group’s history that the event will be held during the fall semester.
Some of the events that the Latinx Coalition organized to commemorate this month, included a Hispanic Heritage Month trivia questionnaire, luncheon, loteria, compra local, career workshop, karaoke night, Noche de Rezo worship session, mariachi masterclass and Festival de Desayuno, as reported by the Multicultural Affairs Office.
“The hope was to bring people together to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, but also for students to know that the Latinx Faculty and Staff Association is here to support them as they are navigating their way through college,” Diaz-Espinoza said.
Kappa Delta Chi, a Latina-based sorority at Baylor, sold aguas frescas at the Bill Daniel Student Center to celebrate the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month on Sept. 15. The event was the first of weekly fundraisers that the sorority will hold over the next month.
With Hispanic Heritage Month approaching, the Department of Multicultural Affairs assists students in learning more about the many cultures represented on Baylor’s campus while providing a space for productive dialogue.
To observe National Hispanic Heritage Month, student organizations at Baylor have joined together to organize events for the fourth consecutive year to spread awareness of Hispanic culture and celebrate its diversity.
Living life in the real world now doesn’t seem so scary.
Tuesday, the department of multicultural affairs and the Hispanic Heritage Month Committee hosted the “Life After Baylor” Forum.
The forum was held in commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Three weeks of Latin dances, community service and opportunities for cash prizes remain as a part of the Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations on campus.
For the past three years, Baylor’s Hispanic Heritage Committee has coordinated 30 days of activities for students to embrace the culture and contributions of Hispanics.
