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Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month (LHHM) is celebrated annually from September 15 to October 15 to acknowledge the history, culture, and contributions of Americans whose ancestry can be traced to over 20 countries in Latin America, including Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. This year at Emma Willard School, the celebrations included informational slideshows throughout campus, morning reports segments, and a festival to close out the month with a variety of activities!
Starting not long after campus opened with the start of the school year, LHHM kicked off with some slides on screens throughout campus. Created by students from the Latine Affinity Group, the graphics were filled with suggestions for celebrating this month, including movies, books, and stores to support.
To close out the celebrations in October, Emma Willard’s Black Latinx Student Union partnered with the Latine Affinity group for a Morning Reports dedicated to information about the celebrations and included a preview of the festival that evening. Members of the Latine Affinity Group shared slides about their heritage, families, and what this celebration means to them.
BLSU club members present on the history of the heritage month at morning reports.
Part of the morning reports presentation about supporting small businesses.
A preview of the festival after school!
The on-campus festival included a themed dinner in the dining hall with a make-your-own guacamole bar, alongside a Salsa dance workshop with Head of School Jenny Rao and Associate Director of Student Life for READY Evangeline Delgado (a preview of this happened during Morning Reports to great applause)!
Ms. Rao leads salsa dancing at the festival!
Games and snacks!
Students at the LHHM festival.
Alongside the workshop was a piñata filled with candy for guests to burst, a table with Lotería (a bingo-like game), a trivia game table with prizes (about Latine people and historical events), and empanadas from Lidia's Empanadas!
Students also raised funds for the New York Capital Region Hispanic Chamber of Commerce during the festival, a local organization that “provides leadership opportunities and promotes the economic development of Hispanic businesses in the capital region.”
Junior Renata L. ’26, who helped create the community slideshow, also took over the Instagram for the Friday festivities to make sure they were chronicled, in addition to all the things an Emma student might do in a day on campus!
Renata L. '26 takes over the Emma Willard Instagram for the day!
Thank you to BLSU, Latinx Affinity, and the office of DEI for a great month of programming!
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