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Cultural Heritage Months
April 19, 2024
Dear Colleagues,
One of the messages I received when I joined the Queensborough community was that faculty, staff, and students wanted more opportunities to celebrate the rich diversity present on campus. For the last three years, we have worked to develop an infrastructure to support college-wide celebrations and we are continuing that work. Another message I received was that there are many events generously planned by colleagues across campus, but our community is often unaware of what’s happening, and/or events are scheduled on the same day and at the same time. With your help, we hope to address some of these issues, and we are starting with the cultural heritage months.
Here are four things to know:
- For AY2024-2025, we will launch a centralized website to celebrate the following cultural heritage months. Hispanic Heritage Month, Native American Heritage Month, Black History Month, and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. For each heritage month, a call for events will be sent to the community with a hard deadline. This deadline with ensure that the Division of Strategic Initiatives and Advancement has sufficient time to develop the website and amplify your events.
- I have asked a group of faculty and staff to serve as a Cultural Events Working Group. This group has been asked to plan a kickoff event for each heritage month that will engage the Queensborough community in celebrating the diversity that is so uniquely present on Queensborough’s campus. At these kickoff celebrations, the calendar of events for the entire month will be shared, (again) amplifying your events.
- We acknowledge that these heritage months do not capture everyone, and we are maintaining the application-based Mosaic Fund as a resource for faculty and staff to host cultural events.
- The College will also launch a centralized website for Pride Month and follow the process outlined above.
*Deadlines for Centralized Website and Event Promotion
- Hispanic Heritage Month- Monday, August 19, 2024
- Native American Heritage Month- Monday, October 7, 2024
- Black History Month- Monday, January 6, 2025
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month- Monday, March 3, 2025
All events should be submitted via the Campus Events Calendar. Please use the tag “History/Heritage Day, Week or Month."
*Events must be submitted with all relevant details including title, description, location, time, and RSVP details.
Sincerely,
Chris
President Christine Mangino
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