Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 Calendar
“¡A Nuestra Salud! Health in the Latinx Community”
Thursday, September 16 – Sunday, October 17
All events are free.
Virtual Event
Sonia Manzano: “How to Talk to Kids about Race and Racism”
Thursday, September 16
8:00 p.m.
Registration: https://www.watch.psu.edu/maria/
Manzano is an author, actress, and speaker, better known for her role as María in Sesame Street.
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity; Human Resources; Outreach and Online Education; World Campus Student Affairs; Office of Diversity and Inclusion for Finance and Business; College of Education, Office of Education and Social Equity; and Division of Development and Alumni Relations.
Hispanic Heritage Month Night of Remembrance
Wednesday, September 22
6:30 p.m.
Worship Hall, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
Join the Penn State Latinx community in remembering and celebrating the lives of loved ones lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We would like to read the names of our lost loved ones during the event. Please share the name of your loved one here: https://forms.gle/nXLy2tPwYh85GLJz9.
Organized by the Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 Committee. Sponsored by Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity, the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, and Residential Dining, Housing and Food Services.
Ricardo Almodovar: “Being an Agent of Change”
Thursday, September 23
5:30–6:30 p.m.
Room 134, HUB-Robeson Center (virtual conversation)
Almodovar is a community advocate, PA State Coordinator for the Campus Vote Project of the Fair Elections Center, and a Commissioner for the Pennsylvania Advisory Commission on LGBTQ+ Affair. He will address his work at the local and state level and will share his advice on how students can get involved in community advocacy.
Sponsored by the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
¡Vamonos! 2021
Friday, October 1
Registration link: https://apply.psu.edu/register/?id=86a5d6b1-35a0-4a9a-b0c2-49420c3f2f31
Recruitment event for Latina/o ninth through twelfth graders from Pennsylvania.
Sponsored by Penn State Undergraduate Admissions, Multicultural Outreach Office.
The Comparative Literature Luncheon Series Presents
Lorgia García Peña: “A Full Stature of Humanity: Latinx Difference, Colonial Musings, and Black Belonging During Reconstruction”
Monday, October 4
12:15–1:30 p.m.
102 Kern Building or via Zoom (email odb2@psu.edu for the Zoom link).
Dr. García-Peña is a first-generation Black Latina scholar at Tufts University. She studies Blackness, colonialism, migration, and diaspora with a special focus on Black Latinidad.
Sponsored by the College of the Liberal Arts; Department of Comparative Literature; Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese; and Latina/o Studies Program.
2021 Hispanic Heritage Month Virtual Keynote Event: The Latino Health Paradox
Dr. David E. Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D.
Wednesday, October 6
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Email sandoval@psu.edu for the Zoom link.
Dr. Hayes-Bautista is the director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. He will address Latinx health and the mystery behind Latinx epidemiological outcomes.
Organized by the 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month Committee. Sponsored by the Latina/o Studies Program. Co-sponsored by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Office of Educational Equity; Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese; and Eberly College of Science.
Hispanic Heritage Month Cultural Night
Denisse Rojas Marquez: “A Nuestra Salud: Community Action in 2021”
Friday, October 15
6:00–9:00 p.m.
Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center
Tickets will be required for dinner. Request FREE tickets.
Note: Tickets for this event are limited. If you decide not to attend, please release your ticket by canceling your registration. (See “View Event Details” in your confirmation email.)
Rojas Marquez is a medical student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and co-founder of Pre-Health Dreamers (PHD), a national organization that provides advising and resources to undocumented students who would like to pursue Medicine.
Organized by the 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month Committee. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity and the College of Education, Office of Education and Social Equity.
Dolores Huerta Day of Service: Own Your Health! Health Clinic and Fair
Sunday, October 17
2:00–5:00 p.m.
Heritage Hall, HUB-Robeson Center
Learn about health resources on and off campus and participate in free noninvasive health and physical readiness assessments, HIV testing, lipid panels, COVID-19 vaccinations, hearing testing, and more (a current Penn State ID will be required for health assessments).
Organized by the 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month Committee.
Sponsored by University Health Services and The Center for Fitness and Wellness, Department of Kinesiology. Co-sponsored by the College of Health and Human Development, Office for Diversity and Inclusion; Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese; and Student Engagement Programs.
“To Our Health! Health in the Latinx Community”
For an updated list of co-sponsors, please visit this site’s “Sponsors” page.