Celtic Culture Celebration!
Join us as we showcase unique aspects of the Welsh, Scottish, and Irish cultures. Enjoy a presentation of each room and videos of each culture's history, art, music, poetry, dance, and more!
Out of the Classroom Curriculum Credit (OCC) is offered for student attendees who register.
This event will also have a live stream option for individuals to participate virtually if they are unable to attend in-person.
Come and practice your Hungarian and meet others interested in the language! All levels welcome.
Through experiential learning, high school students engage directly with global issues by assuming the role of world leaders and negotiating responses to timely topics.
The Latinx Connect conference (October 27-29) aims to move us beyond “celebrating” Latinxs, instead calling for empowerment and justice for the Latinx community, which faces numerous disparities in U.S. society, particularly those at the intersections of Latinx identity (e.g., Afro-Latinxs, Indigenous Latinxs, queer and Trans* Latinxs, undocumented Latinxs).
As the largest pan-ethnic group in the United States, Latinxs are extremely diverse by race, language, immigration, and experiences along the diaspora, which creates opportunity for dialogue. The Latinx Connect conference will provide a space to learn with each other.
The 3-day conference, free and open to all, will bring together students, educators, community leaders, political advocates, and others to dialogue about Latinx identities, histories, cultures, and contemporary issues. Participants will discuss what it means to be Latinx/a/o/e/Hispanic in relation to intersectional identities, education, immigration, public health, arts & culture, history, and other topical areas.
The conference will also serve as a culminating experience for Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month, recognized annually from September 15 - October 15 to acknowledge the history, culture, and contributions of Americans who identify as Hispanic/Latinx.
Latinx Connect is organized and sponsored by a grassroots transdisciplinary and cross-institutional group of educators and community leaders based in Pittsburgh.
The conference is generously supported by the University of Pittsburgh's Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and the Hispanic Latinx Professional Association (HLPA), Community College of Allegheny County, University Center for International Studies (UCIS), and La Roche University."
Make your own papel picado! Papel picado, loosely translated as “perforated paper,” is a folk art technique practiced in Mexico. Color-ful pieces of cut paper are strung to flutter in the wind during many holiday celebrations, including Día de los Muertos, Christmas, Easter, and personal ceremonies such as weddings and christenings. Specific color schemes are tied to each of these holidays.
