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Semana de la Raza activities begins May 2 for Cinco de Mayo

“Semana de la Raza: Uniting all the Americas” kicks off a week full of Cinco de Mayo activities on Monday, May 2, at California State University, Fresno featuring cultural events and performances.

Semana de la Raza is a weeklong cultural and educational program in observance of the Mexican holiday, Cinco de Mayo which commemorates the Mexican defeat of the French in 1862 Historians have cited the event as a factor in the North defeating the South in the U.S. Civil War.

All Semana events are free and open to the public.

At noon Monday, there will be an art display and traditional Aztec and Native American dances will be performed in the Free Speech Area in celebration of “Indigenous Day.”

On Tuesday, May 3, Fresno State’s Teatro TORTILLA presents a small performance of “College Me” at noon in The Pit on the lower level of the University Student Union. From 4-7 p.m. panelists will discuss societal issues affecting both men and women, particularly from the immigrant population.

During Multi-Cultural on Wednesday, May 4, student clubs will display clothes and provide food from different backgrounds at a multicultural fair celebrating the many cultures around the world. It will be at noon in The Pit.

For the official Cinco de Mayo observance on Thursday, May 5, Mariachi Santa Cruz will perform at noon in the Free Speech Area.

The CineCulture series concludes the weeklong observance on Immigration Day, Friday, May 6, with a showing at 5:30 p.m. of the documentary, “An Unfinished Dream,” in the Leon S. and Pete P. Peters Educational Center located in the Student Recreation Center. After the screening, film maker Margarita Reyes leads a discussion about the film and immigration.

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