SALSA Weekly

Hola amigos!

 

We hope you're having a great day thus far :) We have planned some awesome events and have attached an events calendar. 

 

We also want to thank you for attending our social with First Together. It was a success!  This week on Wednesday, we will be having a joint GBM with SHPE and Juntos. Please be sure to stop by to enjoy some delicious food and learn more about these organizations!

 

Lastly, we want to remind you that there are always opportunities to get more involved with SALSA. If you are interested, please reach out to us and we can tell you more or if you have any questions in general :)

 

Cheers,

Cecilia M.

Communications Director/Secretary

 

February GBM

Date: 2/26

Time: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Location: CUC Pake

Description: Casual joint GBM with other Hispanic organizations on campus!

 

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Spanish And Latin Student Association
Carnegie Mellon University

salsa.cmu@gmail.com

Felicidad: Stand Up Comedy (NEXT WEEK!)

FELICIDAD, es el nombre del nuevo stand up comedy de Led Varela, donde abordará la eterna búsqueda del ser humano por encontrar satisfacción. También hablará de la experiencia de emigrar, su infancia y sus relaciones. Billetes: https://es.brownpapertickets.com/event/4505321   Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce  1555 Broadway Avenue, Second Floor ●  Pittsburgh, PA 15216 U.S.A. Please Like, Follow and Subscribe us at:

 

Film Series UPDATE--Center for Latin American Studies at Pitt

En caso de que no hayan escuchado

UPDATE!

CLAS Film Series Update! Note: Unfortunately, the film that was going to be shown today was moved to March 19, 2020. Apologies for the inconvenience. For film information, please visit: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/cinema     Copyright © 2020 University, All rights reserved. CLAS is moving its email list to send announcements from MailChimp. Thank you for your patience. Our mailing address is: University 230 S. Bouquet Street 4200 Posvar Hall Pittsburgh, Pa 15260

SALSA 2/18

Hello everyone!

 

We hope you're doing well! We have have some upcoming events and we are currently on the process of planning more. Continue reading for more information!

 

First, we are hosting a joint event with First Together, which will be a casual hangout. Make sure you are in our groupme for more details. Our GBM will be next week and other Hispanic organizations will be joining us. 

 

Pitt LSA and Pitt SHPE will also be hosting a Chocolate Night this upcoming Friday.  The event is free! This is a great chance to connect with the Hispanic/Latino community outside of CMU. There will be desserts, music, dancing and prizes!

 

Lastly, we want to remind you that there are always opportunities to get more involved with SALSA. If you are interested, please reach out to us and we can tell you more :)

 

Cheers,

Cecilia M.

Communications Director/Secretary

 

PItt SHPE & Pitt LSA: Chocolate Night

Date: 2/21

Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Location: Benedum Hall (G28)

Description: There will be desserts, music, dancing, and prizes!

 

FirstTogether and SALSA Get Together

Date: 2/22

Time: 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm

Location: 5423 Howe Street

Description: Come join SALSA and FirstTogether for a casual get together. We will play games and focus on bonding within our groups during this event. See the groupmeet or reach out to us for more info.

 

February GBM

Date: 2/26

Time: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Location: CUC Pake

Description: Casual joint GBM with other Hispanic organizations on campus!

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Spanish And Latin Student Association
Carnegie Mellon University

salsa.cmu@gmail.com

LASPP

40th Annual Latin American & Caribbean Festival

[SALSA] Churro Sale tomorrow morning!

 

SALSA will be selling churros and candy. 1 item for $3 and 2 for $5.  Cash or venmo.

 

Outside the UC from 11am to 3pm.

 

All proceeds will benefit Casa San Jose.

 

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LatinX & Proud! Reading series continues with poet Analicia Sotelo

Latinx & Proud! Reading Series  with Analicia Sotelo    Tuesday, February 18 7 p.m.  City of Asylum @ Alphabet City 40 W. North Avenue FREE!     Click here for free tickets!   Analicia Sotelo's poetry collection Virgin is about more than Greek mythology and Tex-Mex food: it's infused with musings that delve into modern relationship dynamics, familial relationships, love, loss of love, love that never existed, and sexuality without love. The speaker's voice in Virgin is palpable and personal, addressing religion, culture, and societal expectations for women with defiance, often moving the reader to both action and deep introspection. The collection left our staff stunned in the best possible way and we can't wait for you to hear Analicia read.  Analicia will be joined by poets Mónica A. Jiménez, Clarissa A. León, & Jose Maria Ochoa!i.      "The Latinx & Proud! Reading Series amplifies crucial literary voices beyond National Hispanic Heritage Month. Our series hopes to encourage cultural discovery and inclusivity, which is important for individuals to be seen, heard, and accepted." —Karla Lamb, Program Manager @ City of Asylum and LatinX & Proud! advisory board member  The mission of the Latinx & Proud! Reading Series is to incite conversation, empower, & amplify the Latinx community in Pittsburgh, PA & beyond. Latinx & Proud! advisory board:  Adriana E. Ramírez, Eloisa Amezcua, Malcolm Friend & Karla Lamb   Click here for free tickets!   Analicia Sotelo is the inaugural winner of the Jake Adam York Prize, selected by Ross Gay for Milkweed Editions, 2018. She is also the author of the chapbook, Nonstop Godhead, selected by Rigoberto González for a 2016 Poetry Society of America National Chapbook Fellowship. Her poem "I'm Trying to Write a Poem About a Virgin and It's Awful" was selected for Best New Poets 2015 by Tracy K. Smith. . Analicia is the Director of Communications & Development at Writers in the Schools. She serves as an Adroit Journal Summer Mentor, a committee member of the Poison Pen Reading Series, & on the City of Houston's Millennial Advisory Board.   At City of Asylum, we want our events to be welcoming and accessible to all people.  All floors of Alphabet City are wheelchair accessible.  Thanks to the generous support of RAD, we also have hearing assistive systems available for all programs, by advance request.  If you have questions or are in need of accommodations, please contact us.     Click here to contact us about accessibility accommodations       Copyright © 2020 City of Asylum, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you registered to hear more from City of Asylum, either at one of our events or online. Our mailing address is: City of Asylum 40 W. North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212

SALSA 02/11

Hola amigos!

 

We hope you're having a great week thus far :) We having some upcoming so please keep reading for more information! Also please be sure to contact us if you are not in our Group Meet.

 

First, we are having our valentines goody-bag/churro sale this upcoming Thursday from 12pm to 3pm. We will be outside the UC near the tennis court. 

 

We also have a tentative events calendar for the year for you all. You can see the dates attached below and topic of the event; we plan to have a full calendar that includes time & date, location of the event, and a description of the event for our next weekly email. Almost every event will include food and most of it will be Hispanic/Latino.

 

Lastly, we want to remind you that there are always opportunities to get more involved with SALSA. If you are interested, please reach out to us and we can tell you more :)

 

Cheers,

Cecilia M.

Communications Director/Secretary

 

Event: Churro Valentine's Day Sale

Date: 2/13

Time: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Location: Outside the UC near the tennis courts

Description: Come buy a goody bag for your Valentine from us! We'll be making fresh churros and selling them in a goody bag that includes memes, candy, and a little decor. There will not be a pre-sale for this event.

 

Opportunity:

Turn your summer internship into an adventure! Are you looking for an internship that allows you to travel internationally and do meaningful work? If so, you should consider the CMU Technology Consulting in the Global Community Program (TCinGC). See the following link for more info: https://www.tcingc.org/  

 

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Spanish And Latin Student Association
Carnegie Mellon University

salsa.cmu@gmail.com

[CLAS] Director Candidate Presentation

 

Young and Sixty, Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies Enters a New Era!

Tuesday February, 4 3:30PM

Presenter:
by Eliseo R. Colón Zayas, Professor, School of Communications, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Event Location:
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall

The Caribbean is a privileged place to think about Latin America, as it embodied many of the cultural, social, political, and economic theories that emerged in the context of Twentieth Century Postwar - Cold War era. The maelstrom of those years in Latin America helped configure much of the academic knowledge of that era. However, taking on many of the challenges and transformations in Latin America during the first two decades of the 21st century requires us to adopt a global perspective. Integrating local and transnational ideas and fostering awareness of new cultural, social, political and economic movements allow us to fully comprehend Latin Americas' past and present. Working with issues in the realm of the environment, gender, indigenous peoples, technology, religion, and the Latinx diaspora have opened doors for new voices and scholar whose voices we have begun to hear from.

Although aware that planning processes in an organization are a cooperative effort of all its members, envisioning Pitt's Center for Latin American Studies towards its 60th anniversary provides me a base for sharing my vision and goals as roadmap to guide the Center to fulfill Pitt's Global Path. We will promote new knowledge and life changing research by tackling the most pressing issues of current Latin America and the growing Latinx transnational communities.

This presentation will address issues aimed at showing my vision and goals for the Center such as: 1) interdisciplinary experience and across disciplinary programs as a key driver of the strategic approach to Latin American issues and its transnational communities; 2) experiential learning and research opportunities in Latin American and with Latinx communities to advance new knowledge and life-changing research; and, 3) partnerships that deepen the Center's offerings and financial resources.

Eliseo R. Colón Zayas is a professor and researcher at the School of Communication of the University of Puerto Rico, which he chaired from 1999 to 2013. He holds a B.A. from Duquesne University, earning his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been a visiting professor and lecturer at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de São Paulo (Fulbright Research-Scholar), the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, the ITESO (in Guadalajara, Mexico), the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, the Universidad de La Plata in Argentina and the Universities of A Coruña, Sevilla and Málaga in Spain. Some of his books include: Matrices culturales del neoliberalismo: una odisea barroca (2013) and Medios Mixtos: Ensayos de Comunicación y Cultura (2013) .

TOMORROW--CLAS@Pitt event: Film CHURROS--02/11/2020 6pm

Block Chronicles, the University of Pittsburgh Center for Urban Education and the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at the University of Pittsburgh are co-sponsoring a film screening of Churros. Angel Sanchez (actor) and Bruce Smolanoff (Director) will be in attendance and will participate in a discussion immediately following the screening.

 

February 11, 2020

6:00 p.m. – Doors open

6:30 p.m. – Film starts

125 Frick Fine Arts Auditorium  

 

CHURROS is a dramatic short film about Jo-Jo, a 15-year-old Mexican-American boy who lives with his street vendor single mother and little sister in Brooklyn.

He breakdances with a crew and dreams of being "the illest" b-boy in the world, but a local gang member attempts to lure him away.

One night, Jo-Jo is forced to make one of the most important decisions of his life. Fiction, 40m, Mexico-USA, 2019

 

 

For information about this film, visit: https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/cinema/churros

 

For information on other upcoming films, visit:  https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas/cinema

 

Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS)

University Center for Int’l Studies (UCIS)

University of Pittsburgh

4200 Wesley W. Posvar Hall

230 South Bouquet Street

Pittsburgh, PA  15260

Phone: 412-648-7397

 

clas@pitt.edu

www.ucis.pitt.edu/clas

 

 

Event of possible interest TONIGHT

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm in McConomy Auditorium.

Lecture Series: Jaume Plensa

Spanish artist Jaume Plensa creates sculptures and installations that aim to unify individuals through connections of spirituality, the body, and collective memory. Plensa's work in steel, glass, stone, light, water, sound, and other materials can be found in public spaces around the globe, including at Bonaventure Gateway in Montreal, Millennium Park in Chicago, BBC Broadcasting Tower in London, and Shanghai IFC Mall, among many others. He is the recipient of numerous international awards including the Medaille de Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, awarded by the French Ministry of Culture, and the Velázquez Prize for the Arts, awarded by the Spanish Minister of Culture. 

Salsa Weekly 2/3

Hola amigos!

 

We hope you're having a great day thus far :) We have planned some awesome events so keep reading for more.

 

First, we're planning to have a valentines goody-bag/churro making event sometimes this weekend on campus. The time will be determined by your vote in our GroupMe! If you aren't already in the chat, email up your phone number and we'll add you. The following Friday, we'll be having a valentines day churro sale with the goody bags that will include Hispanic candy, memes/cards, and a cute churro or two! Price is TBD; there will not be a pre-sale for this event.

 

We also have a tentative events calendar for the year for you all. You can see the dates attached below and topic of the event; we plan to have a full calendar that includes time & date, location of the event, and a description of the event for our next weekly email. Almost every event will include food and most of it will be Hispanic/Latino (aka we're gonna stop serving pizza at everything and order tacos and stuff instead).

 

Lastly, we want to remind you that there are always opportunities to get more involved with SALSA. If you are interested, please reach out to us and we can tell you more :)

 

TLDR: We're going to stop serving pizza and get better food, see below for our events this and next week, we'll have a full events calendar next week for yall

 

Ciao,

Kate Liston

President

 

Event: Churro/valentines day bag making
Date: TBD
Time: TBD

Location: TBD

Description: Vote in the GroupMe for the time and date that works best for you! We'll send an email update with the final vote and location for that time/date.

 

Event: Churro Valentine's Day Sale

Date: 2/14

Time: TBD

Location: UC Tables

Description: Come buy a goody bag for your Valentine from us! We'll be making fresh churros and selling them in a goody bag that includes Hispanic memes, candy, and a little decor. There will not be a pre-sale for this event.

 

Opportunity:

Turn your summer internship into an adventure! Are you looking for an internship that allows you to travel internationally and do meaningful work? If so, you should consider the CMU Technology Consulting in the Global Community Program (TCinGC). See the following link for more info: https://www.tcingc.org/