LATTC Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC) celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month! Join the college for events throughout the month-long celebration to acknowledge the contributions of Latino communities and celebrate their rich cultural heritage as a campus. 

Aztec Dancers
Wednesday, October 2 | 1–2 pm
D3-100 (in front of The Hub)
Join LATTC's Latinx Staff & Faculty Association (LFSA) as they host a special Aztec dance performance on the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Month. 

Talk Featuring Guillermo Diaz, Jr.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 | 11:15 am–12:30 pm
E3-106A (Culinary Arts Building)/Zoom option available
Guillermo Diaz, Jr., CEO of Conectado gives a special presentation on Artificial Intelligence (AI), covering the fundamentals, getting started, and its potential applications. As the mastermind behind the digital platform Conectado, Diaz leverages is expertise to connect Latinos in the greater business community.

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Film Screening and Discussion with Eduardo Chavez
Thursday, October 10 | 12:30–2 pm
F5-101 Multipurpose Room
LATTC's Latinx Faculty & Staff Association (LFSA) invites you to a special event in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month honoring the life and work of farm worker, civil rights activist, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Cesar Chavez. The event on Thursday, October 10 at 12:30 pm will feature a special film screening a keynote address from the filmmaker, speaker, activist, and podcast host, Eduardo Chavez.

PUENTE Book Club Meeting
Monday, October 14 | 12 pm
Location: TBD; please email Dean Maggie Cordero (corderm@lattc.edu) for a copy in advance of the meeting so you can be prepared to discuss. The first 40 people will receive a free copy of Burro Genius.

Join a special book club meeting to discuss Burro Genius, a book by Victor Villaseñor. As a child Villaseñor coped with an untreated learning disability (he was finally diagnosed at the age of forty-four with extreme dyslexia) and the frustration of growing up Latino in an English-only American school. Despite teachers who beat him because he could not speak English, Villaseñor clung to his dream of one day becoming a writer. He is now considered one of the premier writers of our time.

Día de Muertos Event
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 
Time and location: TBD