Institutional Diversity Host Lecture on During National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 22, 2011
CHARLESTON, SC – September 30, 2011 – In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, The Office of Institutional Diversity (OID) and Círculo Hispanoamericano de Charleston will host Fernando Colón-Navarro, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas. Dean Colón-Navarro will speak about the Pre-Brown vs. Board of Education struggle for Latino children in the public schools. The program will take place on September 30, 2011, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Theodore S. Stern Ballroom, 71 George Street, Charleston, South Carolina, 29424. A Pre-Program Reception will be held from 6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. Both the reception and the main program are open to the public.
Dean Colón-Navarro holds multiple awards and outstanding recognitions, including Professor of the Year and Outstanding Advisor from the Hispanic Law Student Association, and Professor of the Year for three consecutive years from the Chicano Law Association. His professional experience includes twenty years in higher education. He has extensive experience working in multiple State and Federal Courts. Dean Colón-Navarro is the Co-Founder of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law Institute for International and Immigration Law.
“Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.” National Hispanic Heritage Month is an “observation that started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402 (The Library of Congress).”
Dean Colón-Navarro will speak about “The Struggle Against Segregation and the Unequal Educational Opportunities for Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S.”
Events are free and open to the public. For more information on other OID programs, please visit our website at: www.diversity.cofc.
