This year on April 10-14, 2017, the Union for Puerto Rican Students held their 23rd Annual Pa’Lante Conference, centered around the theme of “Celebrating Chicago’s Puerto Rican Community and Scholarship”. As one of…
The UIC Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change, hosted their second Know Your Rights program of the semester, a panel conversation with a diverse group of speakers, this time on west campus. Those…
In 1999, Pilsen set 20 bronze medallions in a 5-block stretch of sidewalk. The medallions are replicas of the monumental Aztec sculpture known as the Calendar Stone or Piedra del Sol, but how much…
As a member of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, the LCC has been working with museums, historic sites, and cultural centers around the world to share resources in connecting heritage to…
This week the UIC campus has been reeling from the discovery of a series of posters left in the UIC library and other spaces. In response, several units on campus, including the LCC,…
In an annual tradition, UIC student organization Mexican Students de Aztlan (MeSA) hosted a conference titled “Escucha Mi Grito” on Friday, March 17th. The closing of this year’s conference was a reception held…
On Wednesday, February 22nd, Tim Arroyo, who documented the continuing struggle of the Water Protectors in North Dakota, joined us at the Latino Cultural Center to talk about his experience on the front…
On February 21, 2017, the Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change hosted their first of two moderated Know Your Rights Workshops, where more than 100 students, staff and faculty came to learn…
In the continuing spirit of Valentine’s Day, the Latino Cultural Center hosted a Telling our Storiesworkshop on February 15th. This workshop welcomed members of UIC’s community to get creative and express themselves through the…
Yoga was reimagined on campus as Centers for Cultural Understanding and Social Change (CCUSC)’sReimagining Masculinities Initiative (RMI) hosted “Trap Yoga”. A yoga session, instructed by Mila Kellen “Kels” Marshall, designed to blended yoga with the uses…
