Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Center at CCSU

05/08/2026

04/19/2026

Join us tomorrow!
Todos son bienvenidos🎬🍿

FREE FILM SCREENING!

Join us on Monday, April 20th for a free screening of the 2024 film Sugar Island, directed by Johanné Gómez Terrero. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director herself.

This powerful film tells the story of Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teen navigating adulthood, community struggles, and ancestral resistance. It sheds light on the lived realities of many undocumented individuals and families in the Dominican Republic.

All are welcome!

The LALCC thanks Dr. Eilyn Lombard Cabrera, Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, for her hard work organizing this event.

For more info, please contact Dr. Eilyn Lombard Cabrera at [email protected]

04/14/2026

04/09/2026

04/08/2026

The LALCC extends a big thank you to Dr. Alejandro Velasco, Associate Professor of Latin American History at NYU and a leading scholar in Latin American Studies for his recent presentation at CCSU, “Crude Tactics: Venezuela, the U.S., and the Future of Resource Sovereignty in the Americas,” offering insight into Venezuelan history and contemporary politics. Gracias! 👏

04/08/2026

Save the Date!

Join us for SCOW’s 14th Annual Latino Winemakers Wine Tasting Fundraiser on Thursday, September 24, 2026, from 5:30 – 8:30PM at The Farms Country Club.

Can you guess which country we’ll be highlighting this year?

Mark your calendars, you won’t want to miss this special night!

04/08/2026

Next Wednesday, April 15, the LACC welcomes Dr. Sarah Tosh, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Camden, for a talk on her research titled “Punishment and Resistance along the Criminalization to Deportation Pipeline.”

In 2026, U.S. immigration policy has taken a more punitive turn, with increased enforcement and due process concerns leading to rising detention and deportation. Drawing on nearly a decade of mixed methods research focused on criminal conviction based deportation in the New York City area, Dr. Tosh examines the “crimmigration” nexus, the systems that funnel immigrants from criminalization to deportation, their impact on marginalized communities, and the forms of resistance that emerge in response.

All are welcome!

03/30/2026

FREE FILM SCREENING!

Join us on Monday, April 20th for a free screening of the 2024 film Sugar Island, directed by Johanné Gómez Terrero. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director herself.

This powerful film tells the story of Makenya, a Dominican-Haitian teen navigating adulthood, community struggles, and ancestral resistance. It sheds light on the lived realities of many undocumented individuals and families in the Dominican Republic.

All are welcome!

The LALCC thanks Dr. Eilyn Lombard Cabrera, Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, for her hard work organizing this event.

For more info, please contact Dr. Eilyn Lombard Cabrera at [email protected]

03/30/2026

In light of the recent news regarding Cesar Chavez, the faculty of the Latino and Puerto Rican Studies Minor and the LALCC have decided to move forward with next Tuesday’s event featuring special guest Roj Rodriguez, a Mexican-American independent photographer joining us from Austin, Texas. We dedicate this event to the farmworkers across the country and survivors of sexual assault.

Roj’s book Mi Sangre began as a personal photo-documentation project, retracing his Mexican heritage. It soon evolved into a broader exploration of Mexican culture on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The work captures everyday life, cultural traditions, and popular iconography in Mexico, presenting them as they are experienced in Mexico and as they are reinterpreted by Mexican Americans in the United States 🇲🇽🇺🇸.

We hope you will join us for this engaging conversation and visual journey in solidarity.

12/30/2025

SE ACTIVA PROTOCOLO EN CONNECTICUT POR FRÍO EXTREMO
El Gobernador Ned Lamont anunció que se ha activado el Protocolo de Clima Frío Extremo de Connecticut a partir de las 6:00pm. del lunes 29 de diciembre de 2025, y que permanecerá vigente hasta el mediodía del domingo 4 de enero de 2026, debido a una ola de frío inusualmente intenso que afectará al Estado durante este período.

El propósito del protocolo es garantizar que las poblaciones más vulnerables reciban protección contra el frío extremo, que podría ser mortal si se exponen a la intemperie durante períodos prolongados. Mientras esté vigente, se establece un sistema para que las agencias estatales y los municipios se coordinen con United Way 2-1-1 y la red de refugios de Connecticut para garantizar que cualquier persona que lo necesite pueda recibir refugio, incluyendo transporte a los refugios.

ACCIONES MIENTRAS EL PROTOCOLO ESTÁ VIGENTE:
La División de Gestión de Emergencias y Seguridad Nacional del Departamento de Servicios de Emergencia y Protección Pública de Connecticut utiliza su red de comunicaciones WebEOC, que es un sistema basado en internet que permite a los funcionarios de gestión de emergencias y socorristas locales, regionales y estatales compartir información actualizada sobre una variedad de situaciones y condiciones.
El sistema se utiliza para monitorear la capacidad de los albergues en todo el estado, lo que permite que el servicio 2-1-1 actúe como centro de información para ayudar a encontrar alojamiento a quienes lo necesiten. Los funcionarios locales, a través de WebEOC, pueden alertar al 2-1-1 y al Estado cuando abren albergues temporales o centros de acogida.
El Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Connecticut, el Departamento de Vivienda de Connecticut y el Departamento de Salud Mental y Servicios de Adicción de Connecticut coordinan con el 2-1-1 y la Coalición de Connecticut para Acabar con la Falta de Vivienda, junto con proveedores comunitarios, para proporcionar transporte a las personas que buscan refugio.

Se insta a cualquier persona que necesite refugio o un centro de calefacción a visitar 211ct.org o llamar al 2-1-1 para encontrar las ubicaciones disponibles. Se puede proporcionar transporte si es necesario.

FUENTE: CT Office of the Governor