Latinx Heritage Month
We are excited to commemorate Latinx Heritage Month annually from September 15th to October 15th. We celebrate Latin America's cultures, histories, and peoples this month. Latinx people are the fastest-growing population in Richmond, representing our student body, faculty, and staff. This year’s planning committee wanted to showcase that diversity through our events and programming. UR will host speakers, performers, and community gatherings of Latinx from Virginia and across the nation. We invite all of the Spider community to celebrate with us!
Latinx Heritage Month 2025 Schedule of Events
Latinx Heritage Dinner
September 16 | 4 to 8 PM
Heilman Dining Center
September 16 | 4 to 8 PM
Heilman Dining Center
Don't be an NPC: A Meet & Greet with Ready Player Juan's Dr. Carlos Kelly
September 18 | 12 to 1:30 PM
Multicultural Space
RSVP Required
Register Here
September 18 | 12 to 1:30 PM
Multicultural Space
RSVP Required
Register Here
Storytelling from the Borderlands: Ready Player Juan, Latinidad, and Latines in Video Games
September 18 | 5:30 to 7 PM
Westhampton Living Room
September 18 | 5:30 to 7 PM
Westhampton Living Room
City Excursion: Frida: Beyond the Myth at the VMFA
September 19 | 2 to 4:30 PM
Registration required -Coming Soon
Movie Under the Stars: Instant Family (2018) Presented by Spider Board
September 26 | 7 to 9 PM
Westhampton Green
Conectando: A Meet & Greet with Latinx and Latinx Studies Faculty
September 29 | 5:30 to 7 PM
September 29 | 5:30 to 7 PM
Multicultural Space in Whitehurst Hall
From the Bronx to the MCU: Marvel Writer Gabby Rivera on America Chavez, Marvel's First Latinx Superhero
October 7 | 12:30 to 2 PM
Queally Center
Superhero Creation Lab with Marvel's Gabby Rivera
October 7 | 6 to 8 PM
Rare Books Room in Boatwright Library
RSVP Required
Thank You!
Thank you to the amazing Latinx Heritage Month committee and all our campus partners!
Dafne Luna (she, her, hers, ella) Assistant Director, The Hub for Student Inclusion and Community
Laura Fernandez (she, her, hers) Assistant Professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies
Patricia Herrera (she, her, ella) Associate Professor of Theater and Dance
Jen Thomas (she, her) Book Arts Program Director
Vincent Savage (he, him, his) Director of Residential Dining
Taylor Hoogsteden (she, her, ella) Assistant Director of Programming, Center of Student Involvement
Shannon Hooker (she, her) Assistant Director for Modlin Center for the Arts
Miriam Gonzalez (she, her, they), Assistant Director will Program
Mia Reinosa Genoni (she, her, ella) Dean of Westhampton College
Isaac Skromne (he, him, his, el) Assistant Professor of Biology
Emilia Hodal (she, her, hers) Assistant Director Student Engagement & Bonner Scholars Program
Manny Valdez (he, him, they) Assistant Director Richmond Scholars
Alfonso Amanecer (her, him, his) Assistant Dean of Richmond College