By SFCC
Santa Fe Community College will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. Activities will kick off on Monday, Sept. 17 with a dance performance by Baile Folklorico from noon to 12:30 p.m. and a singing performance by Jovita Enriquez from 12:30 to 1 p.m. All the free events are open to the public and are on the college campus, 6401 Richards Ave.
The month-long celebration will continue with weekly events that will include music performances, cultural panels, a salsa-tasting contest and lectures and discussions by members of SFCC faculty and staff.
A full schedule will be updated weekly at www.sfcc.edu/sfccfiesta.
The events are supported by President’s Advisory Council and the Office of Student Development.
The schedule is listed below.
Baile Folklorico
Campus Center
Jovita Enriquez
Campus Center
Lecture by Carole Chavez Hunt, Chair, World Languages (SFCC)
“Culture in NM/Language & Language Anxiety”
Board Room
Singing Performance By Jovita Enriquez
Campus Center
SFCC Plant Operations and Management Department Panel Discussion
“Ya No Sabemos si Somos
ni de Aquí, ni de Alla”
“We don’t know whether
we’re from here or from there”
Mexican SFCC Staff members share their stories of immigrating to NM
(Panel will speak in Spanish with English translation)
Jemez Rooms
Lecture by Dr. Hermes Cervantes
“Growing up Spanglish: a Celebration of Language, Culture, and Larry Torres”
Highlights growing up in the Southwest as seen through the humorous writings of Larry Torres, Professor of UNM – Taos and writer for the Santa Fe New Mexican
Repeated 5 to 6:15 p.m.
Lecture Hall 216
October 2
Lecture by Dr. Steve Martinez, SFCC Assistant Professor, History
“Nuevo Mexicano Veterans of U S Foreign Wars” and “The political life of Nina Otero and Women’s Suffrage”
Board Room
Home-made Salsa Contest & Salsa Tasting for All
(Directions for entering the salsa contest will be out soon)
Courtyard
Mariachi Buenaventura
Courtyard
SFCC Culinary Arts
Food Truck (food for sale)
Main College Entrance
Piñata breaking for children
Courtyard
Display of Mexican/Latino Folk Art
Courtyard
Lecture by Dr. Andrew Lovato, SFCC Associate Professor, Communications
“Santa Fe Hispanic Culture”
Board Room
Miguel Dominguez, Singer
Campus Center
Mauricio Lopez y Aspen Santa Fe Baile Folklorico
Campus Center
All Month: 9/15 – 10/15: Hispanic Heritage Month Display in the SFCC Library
Additional events and content: Dr. Andrew Lovato’s Experiences Living in Santa Fe (Link to these interviews will be provided)
TEDxABQ talk by Dr. Andrew Lovato, “The Santa Fe Entrada, History Matters,” Sept. 28, 29