Latine Chicane Heritage Month
Celebramos nuestra hermosa culturaLatine (we celebrate our rich Latine culture) everyday and we proudly highlight it at MiraCosta College between September 15th and October 15th. The conversations, events, and connections that stem from our heritage month programming are critical to our students’ learning, identity formation, and belonging here at the college.
Upcoming Latine Chicane Heritage Month events
- 9/14/26, 12:30pm-1:30pm, OC 30 Quad - Health Loteria
- 9/15/26, 12:30pm-1:30pm, OC 30 Quad - Community Hour: Sembrando Metas, Harvesting Success
- 9/30/26, 5pm-6pm, OC 3511 - Cinco de Mayo: How Marketing Created a Cultural Phenomenon
- 10/6/26, 1:30pm-3pm, OC Aztlan A&B - Sin Límites: Latinx Professionals for Social Change
- 10/15/26, 12pm-1:30pm, The SPHERE 3200 - National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day
Past Latine Chicane Heritage Month events
- Foos in Medicine - Beyond the White Coat: Honoring Roots. Healing Comunidades. Trailblazers in Medicine
- Introduction to Indigenous Healing
- Ponle Nombre al Centro (Name the Center) for Latine Students
- Queering and Debinarizing the Spanish Language
- Only MiraCosta emails will be able to access zoom recording of Queering and Debinarizing the Spanish Language
- De Todo Corazón: Latine Films with Depth
- Film names and links of where to stream, some films will be streamable via MiraCosta’s film streaming databases.
- Latinx Chicanx Heritage Month Kickoff Dance Party & Mercadito
- The Historical Perspective on Chicanx/Latinx Art with Alessandra Moctezuma
- Arte hasta la muerte: Awareness & Advocacy: Paint the Fields with Us!
- Virtual Paint Party with El Comalito Collective
- "A Dream Called Home" by Reyna Grande
- Fat Liberation & Cultura
- Solidarity Sounds and Spaces
- Good Chisme: A Roundtable Discussion on Identity, Language, & Raza
- UCLA Quechua Lecturer: Luz Maria de La Torre (Being an Indigenous Woman in Contemporary Times)
- Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead Celebration on Campus)
- Juntas Tour (Writing and Poetry Practices presented by Yesika Salgado and Karla Cordero)
- Archived 2019 Events
Latine Chicane Heritage Month at the MiraCosta Library
Our library is celebrating Latine Chicane Heritage Month with an online display featuring influential Latine and Chicane individuals, books, eBooks, films and more. View their hours and learn more about their services.
Contact Information
For more information on Latine Chicane Heritage Month events or planning committee contact:
Susy Morales (she/ella)
Latine Student Success Specialist
smorales@miracosta.edu
442.262.2248
History and Heritage Programming are a service of the Department of Student Equity. For general inquiries about all Student Equity programs and services, please contact us at studentequity@miracosta.edu or call our main office at 760.757.2121 x6900.
