MCC Daily Tribune

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a Book Reading by Dr. Ricardo Nazario y Colón - Thursday, Oct 5, 2023

Please join us for this special event to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

Thursday, October 5, from 5 to 6 pm 
MCC's Downtown Campus, 2nd floor
Parking Lot AA

Register for the Book Reading on October 5th

Learn more about MCC's Diversity Conference Series

Dr. Nazario y Colón is SUNY’s senior vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion and chief diversity officer. He was born in the South Bronx, New York and raised in the highlands of Puerto Rico. He is an accomplished administrator with over 30 years of experience in various industries including higher education, business, the U.S. Military, and state government. He was the inaugural chief diversity officer at Western Carolina University, a role he held for seven years.

He is a published poet with numerous publications in journals and anthologies. He has authored two full and one chapbook, The Moor of the Bronx, Finishing Line Press 2023, Of Jíbaros and Hillbillies, Plain View Press 2011, and The Recital, Winged City Press 2011. Dr. Nazario y Colón's research interests are Black culture centers, multiracial identity experience, and student leadership development. His doctoral research focused on African-American faculty and staff retention. He is a former U.S. Marine and division one cross country athlete, a DeWitt Clinton high school graduate, a life member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., and co-founder of the Affrilachian Poets. 

This event is sponsored by the Latino Empowerment Network (LEN), an MCC affinity group, and the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Belonging (DEB).  

Christina Lee
Global Education & International Services
09/28/2023