Additional Events

César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Celebration

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2025 Events Celebrating Farmworker Awareness Week

• Noche de Corridos: Farmworker Awareness Kickoff Mixer, March 21

  Noche de Corridos: Farmworker Awareness Kickoff Mixer
  
  Friday, March 21, 2025
  4-6 p.m.
  Broad Art Museum

  Join us to celebrate and kick off Farmworker Awareness Week with Noche de Corridos, the folklore music of farmworkers. Visit the Farmland: Food, Justice, and Sovereignty exhibit while listening to live music by Los Gueros Ibarra conjunto from Lansing, Michigan.

  For more information on the exhibit, visit the Broad Art Museum website.

• Latinx Faculty Meet and Greet, March 27

  Latinx Faculty Meet and Greet
  
  Thursday, March 27, 2025
  11:30 a.m.
  Multicultural Center, Room A

  We cordially invite you to join us for the spring semester Comunidad Latina Faculty Mixer, continuing the conversations from the Latina/o/x Mixer that took place last fall. This event is open to all faculty and aims to deepen connections, share experiences, and foster collaboration within our community.

  Come and connect with our community and meet the hosts listed below. The mixer will take place at the Multicultural Center (MCC), offering an opportunity to explore the space and learn about its resources.

  Lunch will be provided. To ensure that we have enough food and materials, please RSVP.

  Your hosts for this event:

  • Migrant Student Services
  • Office of Multicultural Enrichment and Advocacy (formerly known as OCAT)
  • Julian Samora Research Institute
  • Chicano Latino Studies
  • Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
  • Chicano/Latino Faculty, Staff, Specialist & Graduate Student Association (ChiLA)

  We look forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions, feel free to contact Elias Lopez, lopezel1@msu.edu.

• Que Sérá Tu Legado? What Will Your Legacy Be? Farmworker Appreciation Lunch, March 28

  Que Sérá Tu Legado?
  What Will Your Legacy Be?
  A Farmworker Appreciation Luncheon
  
  Friday, March 28, 2025
  1 p.m.
  Snyder-Phillips, C110

  In honor of Farmworker Appreciation Week, this lunch celebrates and recognizes the contributions of Spartans from farmworker backgrounds. Join us for a plática with Heather A. Hathaway Miranda about farmworker identity, higher education, and crafting your legacy. Lunch is through Snyder-Phillips Dining Hall.

  Students who have a dining plan will use their plan to access lunch and students who do not have a dining plan will provide their name at the register for check-in.

  This program is sponsored by the CCDH Planning Committee and supported by Culturas de las Razas Unidas and Future Teachers of Color.

  If you have any questions, feel free to contact Amanda Flores at flores64@msu.edu.