October 31, 2019 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Celebrate Día de Los Muertos with live dance and music performances by Dance Academy of Mexico – DAOM ! Stop by to learn all about this tradition and see the ofrenditas displays over hot chocolate and pan dulce!
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Student/Parent Educational Forum (FREE EVENT)
October 12, 2019 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Student|Parent Educational Forum (College & Career Fair) Fully Bilingual Event for Parents & Students
This event is to EMPOWER Hispanic students to become “agents of change” in their communities. Guest speakers will talk about the challenges facing today’s students at the local, state, and national levels.
Our target audience is students from middle schools, high schools, colleges as well as parents, and community leaders.
At the forum, you will obtain FREE information about scholarships, internships, and workshops. You can network with Hispanic Professionals in our community!
– Real People, Real Stories from Hispanic Professionals –
Please REGISTER ONLINE prior to the event.
Laptop Raffle for all the Students attending the event; must register to enter.
Scholarship Lottery for High School seniors and College students.
Students must be present in order to win.
Register at https://www.mexicanfiesta.org/studentforum/
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Foro Educativo para Estudiantes | Padres (Exhibición de Universidades y Carreras)
¡Evento completamente Bilingüe!
Este evento es para EMPODEDAR a nuestros estudiantes Hispanos, para que se conviertan en “agentes de cambio” en nuestra comunidad. Los panelistas invitados hablarán sobre los desafíos que esperan los estudiantes hispanos a nivel local, estatal y nacional.
Nuestro objetivo es orientar, educar e informar a estudiantes de escuelas intermedias, escuelas secundarias/preparatoria, universidades, así como padres de familia y líderes comunitarios.
En el foro, obtendrá información gratuita sobre becas, practicas laborales y talleres. Además, podrá hablar con Profesionistas Hispanos de nuestra comunidad.
– Personas Reales, Historias Reales de Profesionistas Hispanos –
Rifa de una computadora portátil para todos los estudiantes que asisten al evento. Por favor registrarte antes del evento.
Rifa de becas para estudiantes del grado 12 de Preparatoria (High School) y estudiantes universitarios.
Los estudiantes deben registrarse y estar presentes en el evento durante las rifas. El formulario de registro para esa rifa se proporcionará durante el evento.
Inscribete en https://www.mexicanfiesta.org/studentforum/
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Protect Your Magic: resiliency + care practices in academia
September 30, 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Join us as we welcome La Loba Loca to UW-Milwakee for an evening conversation titled, “Protect Your Magic: building resiliency and care practices in academia, a talk with La Loba Loca.”
Loba is a Queer Andina educator, herbalist, and activist. Loba’s work focuses on Andina identity, reproductive justice, doula work and plant connections. Loba’s core philosophy is based on (re)claiming and (re)membering Abuelita Knowledge as well as how to use our roots as tool for liberation and transformation.
Loba has facilitated over a hundred talks and trainings across Abya Yala and Turtle Island or so-called Americas and the Caribbean. Loba’s project is the only in the U.S. that offers education that intersects Queer radical politics, healing justice, Indigenous knowledge, and Reproductive Justice.
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
If your group would like to cosponsor this event please email alida@uwm.edu.
For more information email alida@uwm.edu.
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11th Annual Emerald Gala
April 6, 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Sxsters of the Always Kapptivating chapter of Kappa Delta Chi cordially invite you to the 11th Annual Emerald Gala! Join us on our Founders Day as we celebrate community service, leadership, culture, and immigration through a FREE dinner and amazing performances. We will also be awarding our new individual scholarship to an undocumented college student from the Madison area.
The 11th Annual Emerald Gala will take place on Saturday, April 6th from 5pm-8pm in the Gordon Commons Overture Room. This year our theme is the Intersectionality in Immigration. We will be celebrating our immigrant roots and the strong immigrant community in Madison.
Key Note Speaker: Aissa Olivarez
Aissa Olivarez is a staff attorney at the Community Immigration Law Center (CILC), a non-profit resource center which helps low-income immigrants with legal services. When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) terrorized the residents of Madsion and separated families in late 2018, Aissa played a critical role in assisting families that were affected. More recently, Aissa attended the State of the Union address with Representative Mark Pocan to advocate for the immigrant community.
Performers:
Nashalee Rodriguez – Spoken Word
Sherose Charania – Spoken Word
Rootz – Afro-Carribbean Dance Group
This event is free and open to the public! There is limited seating, so RSVP now at: tinyurl.com/emeraldgala19
In addition we have a $500 scholarship open to full-time undocumented students who attend UW-Madison, Edgewood College or Madison Area Technical College (MATC). Apply by Friday March 29th at: tinyurl.com/KDXscholarship
Contact Lupe Salmeron with any questions at: alphakappa.projects@kappadeltachi.org.
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Forgiveness – The Gift of Our Wounds
April 6, 2019 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
NAACP Ozaukee County Branch welcomes Arno and Pardeep as they share their story and lead a discussion about forgiveness, trauma, and purpose.
Free and open to the public – middle-school, high-school, and adults are encouraged to attend.
After the tragic 2012 massacre in Oak Creek, WI Pardeep Kaleka, son of murdered Sikh temple leader, and former white supremacist Arno Michaelis started on a journey of forgiveness. They created Serve 2 Unite , an organization that works with students to create inclusive, compassionate and nonviolent climates in their schools and communities. Their story is one of triumph of love over hate, and of two men who breached a great divide to find compassion and forgiveness.
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Dreamers Gala 2019: Dare to Dream
April 4, 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Dreamers Gala is the primary source of funding for the Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J., Dreamers Scholarship for undocumented students at Marquette University. Five students have already received partial scholarships and, thanks to donors like you, we have been able to endow the scholarship to ensure its impact for years to come. We appreciate your continued support!
Our Gala’s theme this year is Dare to Dream and it will take place on April 4, 2019, 5-8pm on Marquette’s campus. You can use the link here to register or make a donation. Registration information must be received by March 28, 2019 in order to guarantee space.
We will also gladly accept in-kind donations for raffle items. Please contact one of the co-chairs.
All donations and ticket sales are tax-deductible.
We hope that you will join us again to celebrate the accomplishments and to support the financial needs of Marquette’s undocumented students!