Apr 23 2024

Noche de Poetas: My Village

April 23, 2024

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Location

Latino Cultural Center (LC B2)

Cost

Free

a red photo background highlights a village in black from latin america and text in yellow highlights the featured poet

Noche de Poetas Spring 2024

“My Village” 

  • Lāhui
  • Barangay 
  • Pueblo
  • بلد

Presented by the UIC Latino Cultural Center

Join Mexican Students de Aztlán (MeSA), Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), and Union for Puerto Rican Students (UPRS) with Anakbayan and Indigenous Student Alliance (ISA) this Spring 2024 Semester for an OPEN MIC!

Don’t miss out on the amazingly talented poets as they share their own poetic words on this month’s theme: How culture inspires self-governance

Leading the night will be the featured poet: Lena Salem 

When: April 23rd, 2024

Time:  5:30 to 7 pm

Where: In-person at the Latino Cultural Center Gallery – Lecture Center B2

Guiding questions:

How does your hometown affect your cultural identity and connection?

What does self-governance look like in your culture?

What does it mean to be indigenous to a land and how does this contrast the ways settlers define indigeneity?

For access needs or questions, email lcc@uic.edu or call 312-996-3095. ASL Interpretation services may be available by contacting the LCC 5 business days before the program. All audiences are welcome.

Date posted

Apr 17, 2024

Date updated

Apr 17, 2024