Latiné Heritage Month 2023
September 15 - October 15 is Latiné Heritage Month! We encourage you to show your UCSF PRIDE by sharing your Latiné Heritage with your colleagues and friends. Here are a few ways you can share.
- Change your social media and Zoom profile picture to reflect your Latiné Heritage
- On Zoom use a virtual background showing your Latiné Heritage (Bonus if the photo is one your took yourself)
- Add "Latiné Heritage Month" and/or an image showing your Latiné Heritage to your Email Signature
Latiné Heritage Month Zoom Backgrounds
Please download any of these virtual backgrounds and add them to your Zoom by following these steps:
- In the Zoom.us desktop client, go to 'Settings' as noted above and select 'Visual Background'.
- Using the (+) icon, upload your new background.
Download the Zoom Backgrounds HERE
UCSF EVENTS
Latiné Heritage Month 2022 Planning Committee is organized and hosted by the following organizations:
- Society of the Advancement Chicanx and Native American Scientists
- National Hispanic Pharmacy Association
- Hispanic Student Dental Association
- Chicanx Latinx Campus Association (SF & BCH Oakland)
- Latino Medical Student Association
- Multicultural Resource Center
Cafecito
September 14, 2023 | 10 am - 11 pm
Join us in kicking off Latiné Heritage Month with Cafecito. We’ll explore the different cultures that our CLCA communities represents and explore notions of diverse cultures and identities that exist in our families.
We had planned a beautiful gathering to kick off Latino Heritage Month with a hybrid event on Thursday, 9/14. Unfortunately, due to a multi-day visit from the Joint Commission, our hybrid event will be VIRTUAL ONLY, from 10:00am to 11:00am.
While we regret not being able to see you all in person, please BYOC* to our online event and visit with members of our familia on both sides of the bay.
This event is online.
Sponsored by the BCH Chicanx Latinx Campus Association.
Latinx Virtual Cooking Night: Tacos Dorados
Friday, September 29 | 5:30pm to 7pm
For Latinx Heritage Month 2023 at UCSF, we invite you to join the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)- UCSF Chapter and the Latinx Heritage Month Planning Committee for a virtual evening of cooking as we make Tacos Dorados (vegetarian and meat versions)
Latinx Health Research Panel Discussion
Friday, October 13 | 12 pm - 1 pm
An interactive Q&A session with research staff, faculty, and community partners focused on career paths, Latinx research, and health disparities.
Panel members include Alicia Fernandez, MD (Professor, UCSF School of Medicine), Susana Rojas (Member, Latino Task Force and Executive Director, Calle 24), José Gutierrez Jr, PhD, FNP-BC, AAHIVS (Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Nursing), and Alexandra Velasquez, MS (Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, UCSF).
Roberto Vargas, MPH (Associate Director, Center for Community Engagement) will serve as Moderator.
UCSF Nursing Alumni and Student Mixer
Tuesday, October 24 | 6 pm - 9 pm
UCSF Faculty-Alumni House, 745 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco
Join us as we gather to celebrate the spirit of community and culture during Latinx Heritage Month with food, entertainment, and more.
Enjoy an evening of fellowship and networking with an esteemed panel of UCSF faculty members and alumni professionals as we honor the contributions of our nursing community and the beauty of cultural traditions that fuel our practice.
This event is open to everyone as we recognize the importance of increasing diversity in the nursing workforce while enjoying the richness of Latinx culture. This event is co-sponsored by the UCSF Nursing Alumni Association; UCSF School of Nursing's Diversity, Inclusion, and Outreach Office; and the Society of Latinx Nurses.
Panel: Journey to Get Here Together
Wednesday, October 25 | 12 pm - 1 pm
Join our colleagues as they discuss their journey and other topics in alignment with the national Latine Heritage Month theme: of “Latinos: Driving Prosperity, Power and Progress in America”. A raffle prize will be available at the end of the hour.
Panelists:
- Hilda Diaz, CMI, Manager, Interpreter Services, BCH Oakland
- Richard Flamburis, Division Administrator, Child Trauma Recovery Program, Department of Psychiatry
- Klint Jaramillo, MEd, MSW, Executive Director, Resource Centers for Identity & Inclusion, Office of Diversity and Outreach
- Crystal Loucel, MPH, MS, RN, UCSF SF General Health Promotion Specialist, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- Susan Martinez, MS - HAIL, Senior Lean Consultant, QBI & Continous Improvement, BCH Oakland
Bailamos: Night of Latiné Dancing
Thursday, October 26 | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
UCSF Faculty-Alumni House @ 745 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, CA 94143
Please join the Multicultural Resource Center of the Office of Diversity & Outreach, and the Latinx Heritage Month Planning Committee 2023 at UCSF for this collaborative event to welcome you all for an in-person closing celebration in honor of Latinx Heritage Month 2023!
We will have a live band- Rumbuché, 30-minute dance lesson, and light appetizers will be provided while supplies last.
UCSF COVID POLICY for events states that masks are not mandotory and highly recommended.
RSVP is kindly required here. Open to all members of UCSF. We will have a registration table for attendees to check-in with their badge.
Día de los Muertos 2023
Monday, October 30 - Wednesday, November 8
We welcome staff to participate in our Community Altar by adding a written dedicaiton to a loved one htat has passed away and /or by sharing photos of your dearly departed. You are welcome to honor patients who've passed, but please use only their first initial in the dedication.
The Community Altars will be displayed in the following locations:
- BCH Oakland Cafe
- BCH Mission Bay lobby
Dedications can be picked up and dropped off in the following locations:
- BCH Oakland Family Resource and Information Center
- BCH Mission Bay Spiritual Services
LATINE @ UCSF
The BCH Chicanx Latinx Campus Association (CLCA) held our inaugural gathering on September 17, 2021. Our meetings have been vibrant, exciting and forewarding thinking. Our members have high expectations and are highly movitated to promote our Latinx heritage, culture, and professionalism. We welcome all of our Latinx family and allies to come join us. BCH CLCA aims to create advancement, community and support for our Chicanx, Hispanic, and Latinx BCH staff.
Monthly meetings are held every 2nd Friday at 2 pm. For more information, please email [email protected]
Latiné at UCSF
- Chicanx Latinx Campus Association
- Chicanos/Latinos in Health Education
- Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) for the Latino Access Initiative
- Latino Center for Medical Center and Research
- Latino Mental Health Research Program
- Latinx Center of Excellence
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS-Grad Div)
- UC President's Chicano Latino Advisory Council
CLCA Retreat 2019
National Latino Physician Day
October 1 is National Latino Physician Day
Did you know that only 6% of physicians are Latino or Latina in the United States, despite the country being made up of 19% Latino? California has an even higher Latino population reaching 39% with further increases projected to 50% by the year 2050. There are significant health care barriers, inequalities, and poorer outcomes in the Latino/Hispanic population. Having Latinos better represented in medicine is necessary for our communities and for the future of medicine in the United States.
HISPANIC vs. LATINA/O vs. LATINE vs. LATINX
- Who You Calling 'Hispanic'? - NPR Code Switch, 9/22/21
- What's the difference between Hispanic, Latino and Latinx? - UC News, 10/6/21
- Hispanic vs. Latino vs. Latinx: A brief history of how these words orginiated - Remezcla, 9/14/18
- Is it Hispanic, Chicano/Chicana, Latino/Latina, or Latinx? - Exploratorium
- Latinx? Latino? Hispanic? A linguistics expert explains the confusion - ABC News, 1/15/22
- About one-in-four U.S. Hispanics have heard of Latinx, but just 3% use it - Pew Research Center, 8/11/20
- Hispanic, Latino, Latinx: What's the Difference? - Salud America!, 9/12/21
- Stop using 'Latinx' if you realy want to be inclusive - Pennsylvania Capital Star, 9/12/22
- Latino civil rights organization drops 'Latinx' from official communciation - NBC, 12/9/21
- Why people are split on using 'Latinx' - CNN, 8/12/20
- 'Latinx' is growing in popularity. I made a comic to hlep you understand why. - Vox, 10/23/19
- From Hispanic to Latine: Hispanic Heritage Month and the terms that bind us - New York Public Library, 9/29/20
- Let's nix Latinx: Latine is the word you were already looking for - The Diversity Movement, 1/18/22
LATINE HEALTH DISPARITIES
LATINE YOUTH HEALTH DISPARITIES
- HHS Office of Population Affairs - The Changing Face of America’s Adolescents
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - InsureKidsNow.gov - Health Disparities among Hispanic Youth
- A National Portrait of the Health and Education of Hispanic Boys and Young Men – September 2016
- Reducing Health Disparities for Hispanic Children with Special Health Care Needs – Feb 2013
- Latino Disparities in Youth Incarceration by the Sentencing Project - 2017
- Well-Being of U.S. Latino Youth Differs by Ethnic Background – July 19, 2017
- Mental Health and Latino Kids: A Research Review by Salud America! – September 2017
CALIFORNIA LATINE HEALTH DISPARITIES
- Latinx Health Equity in California: Facing Disparities and Building for the Future. A Report by Hispanics in Philanthropy and the University of California, San Francisco. – September 2018
- Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity: the California Landscape – California Health Care Almanac, October 2019
- In a Statewide Disparity, More Latino Children Lack Health Insurance by California Health Report – September 11, 2019
NATIONAL LATINE HEALTH DISPARITIES
- HHS Office of Minority Health - Minority Population Profiles: Hispanic/Latino Americans
- HHS CDC - Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!
- HHS CDC – Health of Hispanic or Latino Population
- HHS CDC – Health of Mexican American Population
- HHS SAMHSA – Behavioral Health Equity: Hispanic/Latino
- US Census Bureau – Facts for Features; Hispanic Heritage Month 2020
- U.S. Department of Education - White House Hispanic Prosperity Initiative
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Hispanics in the US: Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month 2017
- Pew Research Center – Hispanic Latino Demographics
- Center for American Progress: Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity – May 7, 2020
- American Cancer Society – Cancer Facts & Figures for Hispanics/Latinos 2018-2020
- League of United Latin American Citizens – Latino Health Disparities
- National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families
LATINE RESOURCES IN THE BAY AREA
Business Professionals
- Association of Latino Professionals for America
- Hispanic Chamers of Commerce of San Francisco
- Latino Leadership Alliance
- San Francisco Bay Area Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
- SF La Raza Lawyers and Bay Area Latino Lawyers Fund
- Silicon Valley Latino
Community Centers/Foundations
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