As the year comes to an end ...

let's reminisce on the time we've spent together :

Main Events

- Retreat at Homecoming! Awesome job on the poster, guys!
- DREAM Act event. The start of one of our big projects this year!
- Dia de los Muertos. Pan de muerto, pan dulce, arroz con leche, hot chocolate, and people's thoughts.
- Quinceañera. party of the year, hands down! the practices, the decorations, the cake, and lots of people!
- Posada. This was our last events and quite a success. After having a huge quinceañera we ended the year with this small get together. Look around at the pictures. We were even mentioned in the Spec article "Student groups deck the holidays with cultural diversity"

Some other informal gatherings...
- LHM events ... go Rosario!
- ECCSF. yay Georgetown :)
- Halloween parade in the Village .. the misery of cold rain!
- Alternative Thanksgiving provided by Lucha and NAC. yum!
- Thanksgiving at either Jonathan's (mole!) or at Casa Latina (tostadas!)
- Las Mananitas a la Guadalupe

Meteor Shower

For those of you who met at the sundial in the wee hours of Tuesday morning craving abuelita hot chocolate, praying to la virgencita to move the clouds, and swearing you could see flashes of light out of the corner of your eye ... Well, it seems like we weren't the only ones disappointed with the meteor shower that night.

Just click here BBC reports on meteor shower

Mexican Film Series

So as some of you know, there's a big chunk of us taking a class called Mexico From Revolution to Democracy. Anyways, as part of the class, our TAs will be screening a series of movies. Professor Piccato said it was fine for us to invite other Caucus members. So if you're interested, just show up! There's one tonight. Here's the info:

Mexican Film Series: From Revolution to Democracy
International Affairs (room 802)


El Hijo Desobediente (1945)
Thurs, Oct 22nd, 8pm

Los Olvidados (1950)
Thurs, Nov 12th , 8pm

Los Ladrones Viejos (2008)
Thurs, Dec 3rd. 8pm

La Ley de Herodes (1999)
Thurs, Dec 10th , 8pm

LHM Opening Reception

The Latino Heritage Month Opening Reception was held last night in Roone Artledge. The LHM Committee supplied us all with great food (mmm, maduros!) and a great program. Speakers reminded us of those who have paved the way for our success and our responsibility to do the same for others. La Bruja shared some spoken word that left us all thinking about our abuelitas. She ended with a twist on Rihanna's "Umbrella". It was great! Those of us there that night will now be singing "arroz con habichuela, ella, ella" every time we hear it. So don't miss out and make sure to check out the other events this month. It's a great time to meet more Latinos and engage in all aspects of our culture.

Click here for the LHM schedule of events.

just for fun

Found this youtube video randomly. Miguel and I agreed that you all would find it funny. Perhaps because we could see members of Caucus engaging in this type of silliness. haha
Enjoy!

THE UNOFFICIAL FAREWELL

Luis made this video as his unofficial farewell to the Caucus.
And for all of us to realize how much we'll miss him. <3
Enjoy!!

Recent News ...

SOTOMAYOR HEARINGS
The confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor begin tomorrow Monday, July 13 at 10:00 a.m. EST. If confirmed she will be the first Latina to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. The site will be airing the hearings live. So if you want to check in and see what's going on during work, home or wherever, go for it. Here's the site:
http://sotomayorforjustice.com/news/livestream/


HORNE v. FLORES
MALDEF or the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund helped win a case in which the Supreme Court upheld a student's right to learn in English. Read it here:
http://maldef.org/news/releases/supreme_court_upholds_students_rights_to_learn_english/
If you're interested in the details of the case, let me know and I'll forward you the email containing the official decision and the Amicus Brief.


LUIS RAMIREZ HATE CRIME
Some of you may have signed a petition to demand justice for the murder of Luis Ramirez, a Latino living in Shenadoah, Pennsylvannia who was beaten to death. In order to raise more awareness on this case and hate crimes in general, Univision did a special called "Odio a Muerte." Here's the page on it with videos to click on if you want to watch it:
http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?chid=3&schid=160&secid=166&cid=1984837#p