Mayor Paul Soglin signed a proclamation Wednesday designating Saturday, April 28, 2012 as Chican@ Latin@ Studies Day in Madison.
Meant to honor the 35th anniversary of the Chican@ Latin@ Studies Program, the idea for the proclamation was conceived by CLSP associate director Petra Guerra, who worked with Ald. Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, District 5, to present a proposal to the city council on April 10.
Bidar-Sielaff, who was elected council president on April 17, is also the co-chair of the Latino Health Council of Dane County and an executive committee member of the Latino Support Network, a coalition of social service agencies organized to better support Dane County’s Latino community.
Starting at 1 p.m. in Tripp Commons at the Memorial Union on Saturday, the CLSP will host an anniversary event featuring panel discussions on the program’s history and the reading of the official city proclamation.
