The Black Student Union at CCNY, Capoeira @ City, the Dominican Student Association DSA, Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity Inc, the Student Association for International Studies, and Ccny Salsa Mambo Club bring you:
The 2nd Annual Afro-Latino Encuentro!
When: Tuesday February 18th, 2014 5-8pm
Where: Hoffman Lounge at The City College of New York
“Identity Through Art” Panel Discussion with:
Tony Perlata, Sisa Bueno, Alicia Anabel Santos, and María Isabel Hernández Amarante
Performances: Capoeira @ City and an Afro-Latin Jazz Band
Description:
The objective of the event is for our CCNY community to learn about the roots of the Afro-Latino culture, and most importantly, to embrace them. The African influence in Latino culture is so huge, yet so very disappointingly underrepresented. When many of us think of “Black” people, we think of African-Americans. We want to educate people that Black people are, not only in the United States, but all over the world; our event will focus, in particular, on the experience of those of African descent in Latin America. Outside of Africa, Latin America holds the largest amount of Afro-descended people—larger than the amount the United States does. We want to change the typical notion people have on Black History Month: if we can honor Americans of African Descent from the United States, we can also honor those from Central and South America and the Caribbean. Whether we honor someone who speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, or Creole—that shouldn’t matter. The point is that if we go down the bloodline, African Americans from the United States and those from the rest of the Americas have ancestors who came from the same place: Africa.
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