Hispanic Awareness Week April 11-18

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE

     COLUMBUS -- The implications of Proposition 187, affirmative 
action and the English Only movement will be examined as The Ohio 
State University celebrates Hispanic heritage during Hispanic 
Awareness Week, April 11-18.

     The celebration will kick off with a colloquium Friday 
(4/11) and Saturday (4/12) at the Wexner Center for the Arts.  On 
Friday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. there will be a panel discussion on 
the English Only movement and other legislation that affect 
Latinos.  A series of Hispanic literary readings will follow from  
3:30 to 4:30 p.m.  

     The formal opening of Hispanic Awareness Week will be held 
at the Faculty Club Main Lounge, 181 S. Oval Mall, from 4 to 6 
p.m., also on Friday (4/11).  A keynote address by Michael 
Olivas, professor of law at the University of Houston, will 
follow at 7 p.m. in the Law School Auditorium, Drinko Hall, 55 W. 
12th Ave.

     The colloquium continues on Saturday (4/12) at the Wexner 
Center with a panel discussion from 9 to 10:30 a.m. on Rethinking 
Ethnicity, Gender and Culture.  From 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., there 
will be a session on new immigration laws.  At 2 p.m., there will 
be a panel discussion on Legislation, Language and Citizenship.

     The colloquium concludes with a 4 p.m. address by Tomas 
Ybarra-Frausto, associate director for arts and humanities at the 
Rockefeller Foundation.

     Other activities include:

     -- The fifth annual Ohio Hispanic Congress, a statewide 
gathering of community leaders, business people, educators, 
students and community members, on Monday (4/14) in the Ohio 
Union, 1739 N. High St.  There are a variety of workshops and 
roundtable discussions on the theme of Ohio Hispanic businesses.
Topics include economic profiles of minority-owned businesses,
identifying the Hispanic market potential, business and the 
Internet, financing your business, and business implications of 
Spanish immersion schools
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