TIFTON – Students, faculty, staff, and members of the community will experience Hispanic culture, music and food in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month on Sept. 24-26 at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
To kick off the events, Gilda Pedraza, Leader of the Community Fund Georgia, will speak at 3 p.m. on Sept. 24 in Health Sciences 237. She founded this organization which is a grant-making public charity dedicated to promoting collaborative work in the Latino/Hispanic community.
ABAC students can take advantage of Loteria Night at 6 p.m. on Sept. 25 in the John Hunt Town Center Multipurpose Room. The first 35 guests in attendance will receive free t-shirts.
To wrap up the festivities, Dr. Natalie Hernandez from the Morehouse School of Medicine will speak in Health Sciences 108 at 9:45 a.m. on Sept. 26. Her presentation will be followed by the annual ABAC Hispanic Heritage Celebration in the Meadows at 11:45 a.m.
Sponsors for the celebration include Academic Affairs, Student Engagement Programs (STEPS), Multicultural Programs, ABAC Foundation, Housing, Dining, and Surcheros.
For additional information on these events, interested persons can contact Olga Contreras-Martinez, Multicultural Education Director, at (229) 391-4877 or by email at ocontreras@abac.edu.
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