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Tasting the flavors of Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Each year, Americans observe Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, a time to celebrate and recognize the incredible contributions of Hispanic and Latinx individuals in our culture, communities, and country whose ancestors came from Mexico, the Caribbean, Spain, and Central and South America.

At Monroe Community College we believe that celebrations like Hispanic Heritage month is important in providing the space to teach and learn about cultural history, and to examine the way in which these cultures are viewed within America. Originally, Hispanic Heritage Month was Hispanic Heritage Week, started in 1968 under President Johnson. In 1988, President Reagan enacted a public law to celebrate a, 30-day Hispanic Heritage Month starting on September 15, the independence day of five Central American countries. Within the month, other Latin American countries celebrate their independence as well.

With the on-going pandemic and having to stay home during the last seven months, the Latino Empowerment Network (LEN) decided to celebrate the month with array of mouth watering recipes that you might want to try out. We have submitted several recipes that we have grown up with in our households and a couple we gathered from faculty and students. Also as another contribution in celebrating this important month, we've gathered a list of locally family owned restaurants in our community that offer a variety of Spanish and Caribbean cuisine's. Each restaurant brings in their own infused flavor to their dishes. We encourage you to try one or try them all. If you want to be more ambitious and test your culinary skills try one of the recipes in the mini cookbook we've created. It's in English and Spanish.

We hope you take the time to download these attachments and give one or more a try. It is our hope that next year we all will be able to get together in the PRISM Multicultural Center and celebrate the month by sharing some of these dishes.

Enjoy;

Brought to you by: Latino Empowerment Network & the PRISM Multicultural Center

Attached Files:
LATINO RESTAURANTS TWO.pdf
Hispanic Heritage Cookbook two.pdf

Shirley Batistta-Provost
Inclusion/Diversity/Equity and Accountability
10/01/2020