From mid-September through the end of October, Penn State units at campuses across the commonwealth will be holding events in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month. The unifying theme for this year’s observances is “Nuestra Música (Our Music): Identity, Culture and Resistance."
Malpaso Dance Company will perform at Eisenhower Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The Cuban dance ensemble, an associate company of Joyce Theater Productions, will perform works by choreographers Daile Carrazanna, Mats Ek, Aszure Barton and Robyn Mineko Williams. Read more here.
Legendary labor organizer Dolores Huerta, cofounder with César Chávez of the United Farm Workers, spoke at Penn State in September 2019 during National Hispanic Heritage Month, and inaugurated the University's annual Dolores Huerta Day of Service.
Penn State Altoona will host workshops and a spoken word performance by award-winning author, speaker, and equity and inclusion strategist Carlos Andrés Gómez on Tuesday, Oct. 18.
JW Cortés, an actor who portrays Detective Alvarez on the hit TV show "Gotham," will give the keynote address for Hispanic Heritage Month at Penn State Berks on Sept. 15, 2022.
