DOE Events ( ALL employees, contractor and federal, are invited to hear and participate in the 29th annual observance of Hispanic Heritage in America.)
September 15 11:00-2:00 -- DOE-HQ Hispanic Heritage Month kick-off and award presentations (via satellite broadcast).
NOTE: ORNL had several nominees for these awards!
September 22, 11:30-1:00
September 29, 11:30-12:30
October 6, 11:30 - 12:30
October 13, 11:00-12:30
ORAU Events
Return to Hispanic Heritage Celebration at ORNL
Federal Office Building, Rooms B-04 and B-08
This event kicks off DOE-HQ Hispanic Heritage Celebration Month with the presentation of the DOE Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards for Achievement in Education. Awardees will be selected from nominations submitted by DOE Departmental elements and M&O/M&I contractors.
UPDATE! ORNL has a winner. Igrid Gregory from ORNL and Ana Gonzalez from ORO were selected for their outstanding educational achievements.
Brown Bag Session, Federal Office Building, Room B-12
Dr. Loida C. Velázquez, Director of the High School Equivalency Program Project and Principal Investigator at the University of Tennessee, will present a brown-bag seminar on Finding A Voice: Latinas in the South, a chapter of the book "Neither Separate nor Equal: Women, Race, and Class in the South." Dr. Loida Velazquez has worked for the past few years on research report that focuses on a comparative research of Hispanic women in the South. By comparing two different groups of Latinas: highly educated professional Hispanic women and female migrant workers, this research aimed to illuminate similarities and differences in their acculturation process into the Southern cultural milieu. It is hoped that the results of this research will assist educators and researchers developing educational and social service programs to better serve diverse populations, especially Latinas.
Brown Bag Session , FOB Rooms B-04/08
Video: "Builders of images: Latin American cultural identity". In this program, meet artist from Puerto Rico, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina who are creating works that reflect and influence their people's culture identity.
Brown Bag Session, FOB Room B-12
Video: "The Latin American and the Caribbean presence in the USA". This program examines the impact that Hispanics in the United States are having on American society, culture, and politics. It looks at three groups: Cuban in Miami, Puerto Ricans in New York City and Chicanos in Southern California.
Luncheon at Oak Ridge YWCA
Guest Speaker: Dr. Robert San Martin, Manager, Chicago Operations Office, "Breaking Real or Perceived Social Barriers for Success"
Sponsors ORO Hispanic Employment Program Advisory Council, Workforce Diversity Programs at Jacobs Engineering Group, LMER, and LMES
Seats are limited- first come first served. For ticket information, contact Ivette Montalvo-Johnson at 241-6338 or Anna Gonzalez at 241-4212.
October 5, 11:30-1:00
Hispanic Music and Food Fest
ORAU Campus (adjacent to the American Museum of Science and Energy)
For ticket information contact Hattie Preston at 576-3173.