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Have fun with us as we kick off Hispanic Heritage Month by celebrating the independence of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. There will be performances, music, Latinx vendor(s), and yummy Hispanic food will be provided!

This year’s HHM Kick-off Festival will be Friday, September 13th from 5-6:30PM in Medallion Plaza.

For more info, contact: MJ Larrazabal, Assistant Director, CREDE (mlarrazabal@elon.edu)

Perspectivas, a series addressing Latinx/Hispanic community issues, was revamped into two avenues:

1. an educational program focusing on student perspectives and deliberative dialogue, in collaboration with Kernodle Center.
2. a semesterly zine featuring Latinx/Hispanic student writers and their viewpoints.

This year’s Deliberative Dialogue will take place on Wednesday, September 23rd from 6-7:30PM in McKinnon F.

For more info, contact: MJ Larrazabal, Assistant Director, CREDE (mlarrazabal@elon.edu)

Learn about the complexity and intersectionalities of Latinx/Hispanic identities. There will be a panel formed by Elon students, faculty and staff that identify as Latinx/Hispanic.

This year’s Identity Panel will occur Tuesday, October 1st from 5:30-6:30PM in McKinnon F.

For more info, contact: MJ Larrazabal, Assistant Director, CREDE (mlarrazabal@elon.edu)

Join us for an afternoon of fun, music and soccer as we cheer the Women’s Soccer Team on. Go Phoenix! Announcements will be made in both English and Spanish.

This year’s Noche Latina will be Wednesday, October 23rd! 

For more info, contact: Zoe Mooney, Assistant Director of Marketing for Athletics (zmooney@elon.edu).

A joint effort between El Centro & CREDE to celebrate Afro-Latinx culture – happens annually in February/March.

For more info, contact: MJ Larrazabal, Assistant Director, CREDE (mlarrazabal@elon.edu)

Siéntate y Hablemos is available on Spotify. Join us for a monthly conversation about everything and anything Hispanic/Latinx in our new podcast: Siéntate y Hablemos!

El Centro offers free conversation classes to Elon students, faculty, and staff. They are non-credit bearing classes offered to different levels, from new beginners to advanced.

We will be releasing the Fall 2024 Conversation Class Schedule at the beginning of the academic year.

If you have any questions about Conversation Classes, contact Sylvia Muñoz (munozs@elon.edu).

EL CENTRO STUDENT COORDINATORS

Applications for El Centro SC positions become available every Spring Semester for the next academic year. 

The Student Coordinator position in the Center for Race, Ethnicity, & Diversity Education (CREDE) and El Centro is a highly-selective student leadership development position for Elon University students of all identities and backgrounds interested in a hands-on experience in social justice work. El Centro Student Coordinators are Elon’s grassroots leaders, organizers, and facilitators for campus-wide discussions, reflections, and action on issues surrounding race, ethnicity, and the teaching of the Spanish language and its cultures. This is a paid position.

Each year, the CREDE and El Centro rigorously train a team of Student Coordinators to develop a deep and self-reflective analysis of race and ethnicity, build critical-thinking skills, and foster exemplary leadership in order to prepare students as professionals and citizens for social justice. Over the course of the year, Student Coordinators receive mentorship and work closely with CREDE and El Centro staff while leading race, ethnicity, and diversity-related programs in specialized program areas.

EL CENTRO CONVERSATION LEADER POSITIONS 

Applications for El Centro Conversation Leader become available every Semester.

El Centro offers the opportunity for undergraduate students to acquire teaching skills, cultural competence, and sensitivity while helping lead El Centro Conversation Classes. This position prepares conversation leaders to think critically, embrace diversity and inclusion, and work on social justice through leading within and beyond the classroom, meaningfully participating in a global society.

El Centro Conversation Leader provides high quality and effective, non-credit bearing Spanish language instruction through dynamic teaching methods that are centered around faculty, staff and students, and their individual language goals and needs. This position is committed to engage students in conversation classes, community service opportunities and events related to El Centro.