Our mission is to promote awareness of and professional competency in addressing the unique cultural heritage of Latinos.
04/12/2016
Special College Night Screening!
Movie “Hostile border”! $5 with a student ID!
(In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
Friday, April 15th at 6 PM
164 N. State Street, Chicago, IL, 60601
For more information visit:
http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/hostileborder
02/09/2016
Chicago Winter Flamenco Festival 2016! Performances and Workshops throughout the city from February 10th-March 29, 2016. Check out all events, dates, and ticket prices here: http://www.flamencoartscenter.com/events/events.html
04/13/2015
Contramestre Beto Defreitas came to Argosy to teach us some beautiful Capoeira moves. After we had worked up a good sweat he laid down the truth about the importance of community, and spirituality in Capoeira.
03/08/2015
Several of us got together to break bread and bang on some drums. It was a great time. Thanks everyone for coming out and supporting LASA!
http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2009/11/latino-clients.aspx
Working with Latino clients Psychology programs are preparing the next generation of practitioners and researchers to meet the needs of the nation's fastest-growing minority.
03/04/2015
Being Latina/o and microaggressions
http://psychologybenefits.org/2013/09/26/how-latinos-experience-subtle-racism/
“But You Speak So Well”: How Latinos Experience Subtle Racism By Silvia L. Mazzula, PhD (Asst. Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY). Dr. Mazzula is also the President-Elect of the Latino Psychological Association of New Jerse...
03/04/2015
The National Latina/o Psychological Association. An organization close to our heart!
http://www.nlpa.ws/
Home The National Latina/o Psychological Association (NLPA) is a national organization of mental health professionals, academics, researchers, and students whose objective is to generate and advance psychological knowledge and foster its effective application for the benefit of the Latina/o population.
03/04/2015
Interesting data on Latino's in Illinois.
http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/latino-heritage/Pages/group-data.aspx
Latino Heritage : The Face of Illinois Latinos For a century, people have been coming to Illinois from across Latin America in search of freedom, work, education or love. Today, one in six Illinoisans are Latino. Not only has the Latino population grown, but the number of Latinos outside of Chicago has soared in recent years. And notably, the La…
03/03/2015
Our first event this semester is coming up on Thursday, 5-7 in room 1311C. Come out!