CSRC Events

Launch Event: Thriving Youth Survey – Coachella Valley

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

CSRC Library - 144 Haines Hall

Please join us at the CSRC for a Día de Muertos ceremony and community altares.

The program will include live music, presentations, face painting, Oaxacan food, and more!

PROGRAM

Welcome by CSRC Director Veronica Terriquez

Music group performs “Bruja”

Cellist- Carolyn Park

Guitarist- Rise Barkan

Vocalist- Learsi Martinez-Caunan

Presentation by Gabriela Rodriguez-Gomez, Doctoral Candidate, CCAS: “Day of the Dead Visual Culture by Chicana/x & Central American Artists”

Honor the Lives and Legacies of Latina Leaders:

Gloria Molina — tribute by John Echeveste, former CEO of La Plaza de Cultura y Artes

Carmen Ramirez — tribute by Maricela Morales, co-founder of CAUSE-Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy and the first Latina Mayor of City of Port Hueneme, 2002-2010

Presentation: Rosario B. Jaime-Lara, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Nursing: “Nutrition, Health, and Celebrating our Traditions”

Music group performs “Todo Cambia”

Altares and other displays curated by Ana Pescador

Food and pan de muerto celebration on the patio

Organized by the CSRC and co-sponsored by the Latina Futures, 2050 Lab

Launch Event: Thriving Youth Survey – Coachella Valley

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Location:

CSRC Library - 144 Haines Hall

Date:

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Time:

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm