Week 9

Hola Readers,
This past weekend was an eventful weekend for Latinos around the Hartford area. The Connecticut expo center hosted the Latino Expo 2010 “The festival of Hispanic Culture, Business, and Entertainment”. The event was held on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 in the afternoon. It included a cultural stage, local businesses that put an effort into helping Latinos, along with radio stations, and higher education schools.
The Puerto Rican Latino Studies Institute (PRLS) held a booth at the expo and invited students from the PRLACC to come and work the booth with Dr. Rios (the director of PRLS). We went and offered information on both the center and the Institute. The courses and minors available with PRLS and the activities and clubs one can join through the center. Joining us was Excelsior College and Lambda Theta Phi Fraternity Inc. which can be found at many different colleges and universities.
Radio Stations such as La Mega 910 and Hot 93.7 offered the music throughout the day. Each held a dance contest as well. La Mega even held a dance competition on Saturday offering $100 dollars to the winner. The expo held a performance stage as well where many children’s dance groups got to perform in front of a live audience. Of course there was also a food station where Colombian, Dominican, and Mexican food was being sold. The food was absolutely delicious.
The Latino Expo is a yearly event. This was the 10th year the event was being held. It is a good opportunity to go and see what is offered to Latinos such as La Voz news paper aimed specifically to the Latino Community. Insurance companies go as well and offer the opportunity to talk to someone right then and there who can speak Spanish and inform you on anything that may help you out when searching for insurance. Along with insurance, Chet a company that helps you prepare financially for college was there to give advice and offer information. Ultimately the Latino Expo is a great resource and an event worth attending to get information on different opportunities for Latino/as so keep a look out for it next year. =)