Latino Nights @ the Library

Program Type:

Community Conversation

Age Group:

Family, Children (0 - 5), Children (5 - 12), Teens, Adults
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Program Description

Event Details


Community Altar: Discover the Importance of the Day of the Dead

  • Everyone is INVITED! Build a community altar!
  • Come and eat traditional Day of the Dead bread and Mexican hot chocolate
  • Stories & activities for the whole family!


Día de los Muertos: Un Altar para la Comunidad de Sun Prairie!

  • Cuentos y actividades para toda la familia
  • Aprendan como se hace un altar
  • Vengan por su pan de muerto y atole!


Presenter: Araceli Esparza / Midwest Mujeres

Araceli Esparza is a poet and connector for equity-building campaigns in the nonprofit industry she actively supports diverse leaders in Black and Latina communities. She was born and raised in Madison, WI; her parents were migrant farmworkers from Guanajuato, Mexico, from whom she still gathers her strength. You can read more about her here: www.araceliesparza.com

This program is part of the Ripple Project, a year-long series of free humanities programs focused on racial equity and social justice in the Dane County public libraries. Learn more at www.beyondthepage.info/ripple-project The Ripple Project is sponsored by Beyond the Page, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Madison Community Foundation.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Photography: Children and adults participating in Sun Prairie Public Library programs may be photographed by newspaper or television reporters/photographers, library staff members, or others involved with the program. These photographs may appear without compensation in newspapers or productions, publications, on the web, or other printed or electronic materials related to the role and function of the Sun Prairie Public Library. Parents who do not want their children photographed should notify Lynn Montague, Head of Youth Services, before the program starts.