OMAHA — A Cinco de Mayo commemoration, free and open to the public, is to be held Saturday at the South Omaha Museum of Immigrant History. Historically, the day marks when a small but mighty Mexican army triumphed over invading French troops in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. Though France later would […] The post Omaha immigrant history museum event aims to ‘set the record straight’ on Cinco de Mayo appeared first on Nebraska Examiner.
Dr. Cristóbal Salinas Jr., an award-winning advocate for social justice, diversity, equity and inclusion, is scheduled to give the Hispanic Heritage Keynote address entitled, “Navigating Latinx/ : Challenging Norms of Language, Patriarchy and Gender” on Thursday, October 7 at 7:30 p.m. as part of EKU’s Chautauqua Lecture Series.