{"id":33438,"date":"2022-09-26T09:32:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=33438"},"modified":"2022-09-26T09:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T13:32:43","slug":"hispanic-latinx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/hispanic-latinx\/33438\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign up to read at our Hispanic\/Latinx Open Mic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Got a favorite book or author from Latin America?\u00a0 Please share your enthusiasm with other members of the MIT community at our <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.mit.edu\/event\/hispanic_latinx_open_mic\">Hispanic\/Latinx Open Mic event<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Our Open Mic will be held in the Nexus, Hayden Library, 14S-130, between 5:30 and 6:30pm on October 13.\u00a0 We eagerly invite you to share a brief selection (up to 3 minutes) from a Latinx author, in any language. Poetry, prose, whatever \u2013 it\u2019s all good. To help us plan <strong>please <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSev2rfHyR6rXbo5yZgr4TVWuYNoFfKyFIAo8sOXolVOrrtGEw\/viewform\">sign up to read<\/a><\/strong> (but by all means stay and enjoy all the selections).<\/p>\n<p>Interested as a listener but not as a reader? No problem. Our Open Mic is open to all and no registration is required to attend. Drop in and stay for as long or short a time as you like; join us for light refreshments, friendly conversation, and a celebration of the rich variety of Latinx voices and perspectives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hispanicheritagemonth.gov\/about\/\">National Hispanic Heritage Month<\/a> is celebrated nationally every year from September 15 to October 15, and for this year\u2019s celebration the MIT Libraries are joining forces with friends and colleagues from The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/latino-erg.mit.edu\/about-us\">Latino Employee Resource Group<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/languages.mit.edu\/\">Global Languages<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wgs.mit.edu\/hermanasunidas\">Hermanas Unidas<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/misti.mit.edu\/mit-mexico\">MIT Mexico<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/diversity\/standing-together\">Sloan School\u00a0Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/mujeres\/www\/\">Mujeres Latinas<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/misti.mit.edu\/mit-brazil\">MIT Brazil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33449\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Logos-1-300x115.png\" alt=\"Co-sponsor logos\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Logos-1-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Logos-1-1024x394.png 1024w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Logos-1-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Logos-1-624x240.png 624w, https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/Logos-1.png 1137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got a favorite book or author from Latin America?\u00a0 Please share your enthusiasm with other members of the MIT community at our Hispanic\/Latinx Open Mic event! Our Open Mic will be held in the Nexus, Hayden Library, 14S-130, between 5:30 and 6:30pm on October 13.\u00a0 We eagerly invite you to share a brief selection (up to 3 minutes) from a Latinx author, in any language. Poetry, prose, whatever \u2013 it\u2019s all good. To help us plan please sign up to read (but by all means stay and enjoy all the selections). Interested as a listener but not as a reader? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"subtitle":"Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with the friends, food, and good books","is_event":false,"event_date":"20221013","event_start_time":"5:30pm","event_end_time":"6:30pm","calendar_url":"","featuredListImg":false,"calendar_id":"","calendar_image":"","pauthor":"","urgent":false,"notes":"As always, I struggled with the graphics (all the logos).  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