Events
Events
Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies News and Events
Afro-Caribbean Immigrants and the Making of the Panama Labor Movement
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Time: 9:55 AM-11:10 AM
Where: Karnoutsos, Room 102
RVSP Here: https://bit.ly/3f1Cfbd
Hispanic Heritage Month Closing Ceremony
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Time: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Where: GSUB Lobby
RVSP Here: https://bit.ly/LATICLOSING
Past Events
2nd Annual Pa’Lante Graduation Ceremony For Hispanic/Latinx Students
Date: Friday, May 20th, 2022
Time: 4:00PM-6:00PM
Where: GSUB Lobby
NJCU as a Hispanic-Serving Institution: A Town Hall Meeting
Date: Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
Time: 11:30am – 1pm
Location: G-SUB Multipurpose room B or via Zoom
To attend in person or via Zoom, register here: https://bit.ly/3O4SlxN
Book Party with Author & NJCU Alumnus Alvert Hernandez
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
11:30am
GSUB Room 129 or via Zoom
Conversations: Latin America and Caribbean Issues Series
Thursday Feb. 3, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Karnoutsos Room 102
Dr. Natoschia Scruggs
Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Director of the Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center
"Interrogating the African Diaspora in Latin America"
Dr. Scruggs’ research focuses on contemporary and historical public policy formation and analysis, particularly as they pertain to global migration. Her publications include peer-reviewed articles and book chapters addressing family violence, elder abuse, sexual exploitation, displacement, and state violence.
Lee Hagan Africana Studies Center Webpage
Poetry Slam: My Story/Mi historia
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Time: 4:00pm-5:30pm
Location: GSUB Multipurpose Room B or via Zoom
Day of The Dead Student Contest
Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Time: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Location: Gilligan Student Union Building, Room: 129
We would like to congratulate Tionna Watson, NJCU student in the Graphic Design program, for her art work submission and Francy Poster, NJCU student in the Spanish program for her altar submission. Both students won our 2021 Day of The Dead Contest.
Category: Art Projects
Winner: Tionna Nyasia Watson
Category: Art Projects
Winner: Francy Moser
Title: A mis Ancestros
Latinx Student Success: A Panel Discussion
Date: Thursday, October 14, 2021
Time: 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Zoom
The Panel:
- Cristian Vergara
- Alvert Hernandez
- Jodi Bailey
- Yalile Suriel
Conversations: Latin America and Caribbean Issues Series
Thursday Sept. 30, 11:30 am -12:30 pm
Karnoutsos 102
Dr. Marcelo E. Fuentes
Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures, NJCU
The Racism of Imperialism: Latin American Natives through European Eyes
Dr. Fuentes’s research focuses on expressions of imperialism, Islamophobia, and racism in Spanish and Portuguese literature from the Middle Ages to early modernity. One of his most recent publications is the article “‘Crespo e Nuu e Negro’: Gomes Eanes de Zurara and the Racialization of Non-Christians by Portuguese Authors “in the journal Essays in Medieval Studies.
El Día de los Muertos: A Day of Remembrance
Virtual Celebration November 2 - November 6, 2020
Welcome to NJCU's Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration
The Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies and the Council for Hispanic Affairs
Virtual Celebration
Join us!!! ¡¡¡Únete!!!
Celebrating and exploring our cultural heritage through this holiday honoring the dead and the cycle of life and death. Learn different aspects of the Día de los Muertos celebration and how it is and practiced in our community!
Our Program/Nuestro programa
Welcoming remarks
Dr. Cora Lagos, Co- Director, Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies.
World Languages and Cultures, Chair. NJCU.
https://youtu.be/jUY49Nj5a10
El Altar del Día de los Muertos
Dr. Virginia Ochoa-Winemiller, Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies. NJCU. https://youtu.be/yjayRDNXkKs
La Tradición del Día de los Muertos
Cristian Vergara.
Advisor for University Advisement, Vice- President of CHA and this years’ HACU speaker. NJCU.
https://youtu.be/Y17xlrScZ5A
Celebrating Death and Identity in Mexico and the Yucatán
Dr. Virginia Ochoa- Winemiller, Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies. NJCU.
https://bit.ly/34MLTH4
The impact of Covid-19 in our Community
Dr. Joyce Wright, PhD, RN, CNE, RN to BSN Coordinator for Wall. NJCU.
https://bit.ly/327XP4e
Zoom Passcode: 2#Vif2x+3I
Battle of the Brains
NJCU was invited to participate in the inaugural HSI (Hispanic-Serving Institutions) Battle of the Brains.
HSI Battle of the Brains is a virtual competition that begins on the morning of Wednesday, October 14, 2020 with an exciting program continuing through to the Finals on Saturday October 17, 2020. In the competition, teams will be given 24 hours to provide a comprehensive solution to a complex business problem. Teams will be competing for cash prizes and the title of 2020 HSI Battle of the Brains champion. Additionally, this virtual event will give students the opportunity to join a national network of peers and to participate in exclusive opportunities to engage with executive leadership and hiring managers from top employers from around the globe.
Professor David Blackmore and Professor Cora Lagos are sponsoring the team on behalf of the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies
You can learn more about HSI Battle of the Brains by watching this video about HBCU Battle of the Brains.
NJCU Team Coaches
Dr. Jorge L. Medina (NJCU School of Business) Team’s Official Coach
Competing Students
Catalina Fernandez, Junior, Economics/Finance Captain
Gercy Sorto, Junior, Accounting/Finance Captain
Maytte Cadena Senior, Biology, Mathematics
Jessica Menjivar Senior, Biology
Raymond Smikle, Senior, Biology
Emily Jaramillo, Senior, Biology
Haydee Soriano, Senior, Political Science/Psychology
Reading and Book Signing
Richie Narvaez reads from:
Hipster Death Rattle
Tuesday, March 3, 2:00 p.m.
Michael B. Gilligan Student Union, Room 129
Richie Narvaez will read from his new Brooklyn-noir detective novel, Hipster Death Rattle. Gentrifiers are being hacked to death by machete in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Will slacker—up until now—journalist Tony "Chino" Moran step in to help find who has been attacking his new neighbors?
Narvaez is also the author of Roachkiller and Other Stories and was New York Chapter President of Mystery Writers of America. He has taught at Columbia University, Borough of Manhattan Community College, FIT, and NJCU.
Sponsors: The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies; the Council on Hispanic Affairs, and the English Department