MiraCosta College’s Latinx Chicanx Heritage Month activities have grown beyond the single month of October to include November. The full calendar is available on the Social Justice & Equity Center Instagram account @mccsjec.

The MiraCosta College Library has created captivating online displays featuring items from their collections of each of the History and Heritage Months. Make sure to check out these online displays for books and ebooks, biographies of famous people, and online films and documentaries. https://library.miracosta.edu/latinx

Look for some of your favorite Latinx/Chicanx MiraCostans talking about what brings them joy and pride when they think about their cultures. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CFdZJb1hpDa/ 

Arte hasta la muerte: Awareness & Advocacy—Paint the Fields with Us! 

Join Maira Meza, artist and illustrator of the award-winning book, The Spirit of Chicano Park/El espíritu del parque Chicano, to paint and reflect on the value of the food produced by farmworkers. The first 15 people to register will receive free paint, brushes, and canvas. Register at https://bit.ly/30lKggZ

Virtual Paint Party with El Comalito Collective

Keep the creativity flowing and paint along with the artist/activists of @ElComalitoCollective, while discussing the intersections of Queer and Chicanx identities. Register to learn how to pick up your free canvas, paint, and brushes before the event! Register at https://tinyurl.com/MCCLatinxPaint

 

A Dream Called Home by Reyna Grande.

Join acclaimed author Reyna Grande in a discussion about her book. All are welcome in this presentation. Students currently reading the book will have priority during the Q&A. Register at https://tinyurl.com/LatinxGrande

 

Join Leigh-Anna Hidalgo, UCLA Chicano Studies Ph.D. candidate and body positivity activist, to learn how she combats fatphobia in the cultura, ultimately leading to fat liberation. Follow her Instagram @TheBigGirlsCode. Register at https://tinyurl.com/sjecbodypositivity

Join professors Maria Figueroa of MiraCosta College and Dr. Gaye T. Johnson of UCLA in conversation about the historic Black and Brown interwoven threads of solidarity. Register at https://tinyurl.com/SolidaritySounds

Good Chisme: A Roundtable Discussion on Identity, Language, and Raza

Join MIraCosta faculty, staff, and students to talk about how it feels to be Latinx but not fluent in Spanish, or to witness anti-Black racism in your Latinx family or to experience racism as an Afro-Latina. We will come together in dialogue about forgotten roots, cultural and language loss, pressure to assimilate, and more! Register at https://tinyurl.com/GoodChisme

For more information about Latinx/Chicanx Heritage Month events or future Heritage Month planning, contact Jodi Mulhall at jmulhall@miracosta.edu.