Latino Princetonians

Join us this Monday (9/15) as Latino Princetonians gather for company, cafecito, and celebration, kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month! ☕️ Check your email or our September newsletter for details.

Congratulations to our 2 Steering Committee Members, Janet Marquez (left, ) and Kathy Valdez (right), for completing the Management Development Certificate Program (MDCP).

The MDCP provides learners with a structured, holistic learning experience that targets the key skills and competencies needed to manage effectively. The program has been discontinued; however, please visit Management Development Learning Opportunities for resources to foster key .

As campus comes back to life, join LP by ringing in the new academic year with some events! All events are open to all staff regardless of identity:

🗓️Cultural Exchange Night
Friday, Sep.12 from 4-6 PM
Hinds Plaza, 65 Witherspoon Street

🗓️ Monday, Sept. 15 | Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall - Hispanic Heritage Month con cafecito kickoff!
Interested in sharing your story, culture, or want to spotlight a local entrepreneur? Tag us on Instagram so we may feature you and the community!

🗓️Farmer’s Market
Wednesday, Sep. 3 - Oct. 29 from 11AM-3PM
Firestone Library/Chapel Plaza
Princeton University’s Farmer Market opens on September 3 to October 5 from 11am to 3pm every Wednesday. The market will be closed on October 15.

🗓️Child Car Seat Installation
Thursday, Sept. 18 from 11:00AM - 2:00PM
701 Carnegie Center Parking Lot
Led by State Certified Technicians

🗓️VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY!
Princeton Cornerstone Community Kitchen Dinner Service
Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2025 from 4:45-6:30 PM
Princeton United Methodist Church, 7 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton, NJ.
email Melissa, [email protected] if interested in volunteering!

🗓️Book Club: My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Friday, Sep. 26 from 12–1 PM via zoom

🗓️VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY!
Princeton Festival Cultural Latino - Face Painting
Sunday, Sep. 28 from 1-5 PM
Hinds Plaza & Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ
To volunteer, email Lisa Linn De Barona, [email protected]

Join us for a discussion of Solito, a moving memoir recounting a nine-year-old boy’s solo journey from El Salvador to the U.S. This powerful story explores themes of survival, hope, and the cost of migration.

📅 Date: Wednesday, August 13
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM (Bring your own lunch)
📍 Location: Carl A. Fields Center for Equality – 105 Class of 1985 Room

Registeration on MyPrincetonU. Link in our bio. All are welcomed!

Join LatinoPrincetonians this Thursday, June 5, from 12-1pm for our "Using Copilot as an Effective AI Tool" training workshop. Sign up on MyPrincetonU. Link in our bio.

New arrival! Giveaway item alert-LatinoPrincetonians stickers! They are so cool, can't wait to start handing them out at our next event! Limited quantity 😁

LatinoPrincetonians and Princeton Social Professionals is partnering to host a Loteria Night next Thursday, November 21, at 5:30pm at Shultz Dining Hall. Prizes available. Registration required.

As promised, some of the amazing facepainting designs that our volunteers created. There were so many happy and smiling faces. Always a pleasure to work with the Arts Council of Princeton () at the Princeton Shopping Center ().

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We had such a great turn out at el Día de los Mu***os in the Princeton Shopping Center with the Arts Council of Princeton! We thank our 14 WONDERFUL and AMAZING volunteers that made face painting everyone such an amazing and quick experience. Everyone was so creative and had such amazing Sugar Skull designs! More photos to come of the designs!

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We had such a great turn out at yesterday's Benefits Refresher! We learned so much about some of the exciting changes that will happen next year. If you missed this one, don't worry you can catch the next one virtually on Tuesday, October 24 from 12-1pm. Registration is not required!

Don't forgot open enrollment starts October 28th!

Thank you so much to our co-sponsors Disability Alliance at Princeton (DAP) and LGBT Employee Resource Groups.