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FLC to celebrate Hispanic culture

Events this week include parade, symposium

by Herald Staff Report
El Centro de Muchos Colores Hispano Resource Center at Fort Lewis College plans a parade, cultural festivities and more for this week.

Las Posadas, a holiday procession, complete with the Holy Family on a donkey, will move across campus from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday. El Centro will then host a potluck in Reed Library's headquarters. The process is also sponsored by the Unity Project of La Plata County.

The fourth annual Latino College Day will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. The group will welcome more than 100 area high school students to campus for a day of lectures, campus tours and lunch. The hope is to inspire them to attend FLC. This event is sponsored by the Ballantine Family Fund.

A free cultural symposium, titled "A Call to Reflection, Unity and Action: Our Responsibility to Mother Earth" is also scheduled for Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Community Concert Hall. Three speakers will celebrate International Human Rights Day and the Day of the Virgin de Guadalupe.

•Doña Flordemayo is a Mayan curandera espíritu, a member of the Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers and founding member and president of the Institute of Natural and Traditional Knowledge.

•Devon Peña is professor of American ethnic studies and anthropology at the University of Washington. He is an author, farmer, environmental-justice activist, and founder and director of The Acequia Institute.

•Adrian H. Molina is a poet, social-justice activist and American hip-hop and spoken-word artist.

The evening will include prayers, poetry, stories, lyrical journeys, academic discourses and more.

For more information, e-mail Amy Iwasaki at iwasaki_a@fort
lewis.edu or call 769-7039.