Latino Hispanic Heritage Caucus

Mission

The mission of the Latino/Hispanic Heritage Caucus is to advise and inform UD administrators on issues of particular importance to the Latino/Hispanic community at the University of Delaware. The caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing issues affecting the community and to promoting an inclusive, diverse, and equitable campus environment.

Goals

  • Increase visibility, outreach, to become a force for diversity and inclusion for staff faculty and students.
  • Create authentic allyship and with our members and committees on campus to be recognized as a safe space for all communities.

Members

Chair: Natalia Davila (VP for Enrollment Management)
  • Carla Guerron Montero (Anthropology)
  • Irene Post (Undergraduate Student)
  • Aurelia Rio (Languages, Literatures Cultures)

Committee Highlights

On Friday, October 14, the students in HIST 135 helped build a community altar in the Munroe Hall Lobby in celebration of Dia de los muertos. Día de los muertos, the ritual is a time when Mexican and Latinx families honor their deceased family members and loved ones with an ofrenda, or “altar” assembled at home or the cemetery. The belief is that the souls of the dead travel from the underworld to their graveside or altar once each year between November 1 and 2. In order to entice them to make the trip, family and loved ones collect favorite items and place photographs on the altar for the brief reunion. Students and community members participated by placing a memento (photograph, object, etc.) of a deceased loved one at the community altar.