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Celebrate Latinx Heritage Month with DePaul

Members of the DePaul community gather in the Lincoln Park Student Center for the 2017 Dolores Huerta Celebration. This year’s program will return to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 11. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)
Members of the DePaul community gather in the Lincoln Park Student Center for the 2017 Dolores Huerta Celebration. This year’s program will return to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 11. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)

This article was updated on Sept. 20 to include registration​ information for the 2022 Dolores Huerta Celebration.

Latinx Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, honors the culture and contributions of Latina/o/x individuals. To celebrate, DePaul has planned various educational and cultural programs in the coming days and weeks.

Cafecito con Tepeyac: What does Latinx mean?
Thursday, Sept. 15
3 p.m.
Lincoln Park Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave., room 314

Cafecito con Tepeyac: Latinx Heritage Month - Cultural pride
Thursday, Sept. 22
3 p.m.
O'Connell Hall, 1036 W. Belden Ave., room 360

FERIA: Latinx Heritage Month kickoff and lowrider car show
Thursday, Sept. 22
6 p.m.
Welcome Center, 2400 N. Sheffield Ave.

Join the campus community for an outdoor festival honoring Latinx Heritage Month and celebrating DePaul's Latinx student community. The program will feature a show, games, food, live entertainment and Blue Demon swag.

Indigenous People's Day Celebration
Friday, Oct. 7
4 - 7 p.m.
Lincoln Park Campus Quad

Join the DePaul community for a celebration in Lincoln Park honoring Latinx and indigenous people.

Annual Dolores Huerta Celebration​
Tuesday, Oct. 11
11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Lincoln Park Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield Ave., room 314
Register

Hosted by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity, the annual program highlights contemporary issues that have an impact on the Latinx community. This year's program will feature a panel of individuals who will speak to "Living Justice: Stories of Action from the Latinx Community." The panel will include Maria Pesqueira, president of the Healthy Communities Foundation; Edgar Ramirez, CEO of Chicago Commons; and Eduardo Chavez, director and writer of the documentary, "Hailing Cesar," and grandson of activist Cesar Chavez.