Student Organization Spotlight

Here at 5710 we want to give spotlight to the different cultural RSOs that work with our offices. This week’s spotlight is on:
Latino Student Association (at SSA)
Contacts: Chary Caraballo, Chair, bcaraballo@uchicago.edu
Karina Esparza, Co-Chair, karina@uchicago.edu
The School of Social Service Administration

Organization Purpose:The Latino Student Association at the School of Social Service Administration is comprised of those interested in increasing awareness on an array of micro and macro level issues related to the Latino experience in society. The organization provides mutual support for its members through meetings, social, and educational events. Additionally, LSA aims to establish formidable relationships with national and collegiate organizations invested in heightening cultural awareness to the greater University of Chicago community. Chary Caraballo and Karina Esparza are the co-chairs this year!

Weekly Schedule: April 16-22

Friday, April 16

Inventing Race in the Americas
Presented By: Center for Latin American Studies
Time: 9:00am –5:00pm
Location: John Hope Franklin Room of the Social Science Research Building, 1126 E. 59th Street

Chicago Careers in Business (CCIB) Information Sessions for First-Years
Presented By: Career Advising & Planning Services
Time: 12:00pm –1:00pm
Location: West Lounge of Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street

7th annual South Asia Graduate Student Conference
Presented By: South Asia at Chicago
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Room 110 of the Classics Building, 1010 E. 59th Street

Poets Rising for Haiti
Presented by: Rising in Solidarity with Ayiti (R.I.S.A.)
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Backstory Café and Social Center, 61st Street & Blackstone Avenue

Bus Stop Hip Hop: A Benefit Concert for Hip Hop in Palestine
Presented by: Students for Justice in Palestine
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Mandel Hall in the Reynolds Club, 5701 S. University Avenue

RuPaul’s Drag Race Marathon on the Quad
Presented By: Queers & Associates
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Main Quadrangles

Finding the Perfect Summer Opportunity by CAPS Guest Blogger - Laurel Mylonas-Orwig

Now that it’s April and the first week of Spring Quarter is already gone, you may feel the pressure mounting to find the perfect summer opportunity, if you haven’t already. As a student at this university, I had planned on taking classes in the summer between my third and fourth years. When I suddenly realized this wasn’t possible (for a variety of reasons), it was already the third week of April, and all of my friends had already secured internships and other opportunities. I was left feeling panicked and uncertain about how I would fill my time—and more importantly, how I would pay rent!

Life Series: Women of Color Roundtable Discussion

OMSA is proud to host this popular conversation series once again. We welcome back FIERCE [Fabulous Intellectual Embracing Respect, Consciousness, and Empowerment] as we facilitate an informal roundtable conversation on what it means to be a woman of color at University of Chicago. Come for the topic, stay for the conversation! This program is hosted in coloration with the FIERCE, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc.

**Please note this is a safer space and we invite all U of C students who identify as women of color.

Weekly Schedule: Friday April 9 -16

Friday, April 9^th

Hire Big Ten Plus Spring Career Fair
Presented by: Career Advising & Planning Services
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: The DePaul Center, Downtown Chicago Campus, 1 East Jackson Street

Contra Dance Weekend!
Presented by: The University of Chicago Folk Arts Community

Time: 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Location: International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 East 59th Street

Carnaval: A Festive Brazilian Celebration
Presented by: Brazilian Student Association

Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Hutchinson Commons in Reynolds Club, 5706 South University Avenue

Chicago Mini Tango Festival
Presented by: Argentina Tango Workshops and Milongas

Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: 5710 South Woodlawn Avenue