Honoring Dr. Rodolfo Acuna, NHI Lifetime Achievement Award Winner and Chicano Studies Pioneer
NHI was saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Rodolfo ‘Rudy’ Acuña, honored in 2008 with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his groundbreaking and impressive work in Chicano Studies. According to the California State University, Northridge news site, Acuña — who died at age 93 on March 23 — founded the Chicana/o Studies department at what […]
NHI familia invited to share Dia de los Muertos remembrances
Because the last few Celebración events have been held live in November, the National Hispanic Institute has made a Día de los Muertos altar a part of Celebración. The next Cele date will be announced soon, but won’t be in its usual place on the annual calendar. NHI’s leadership wanted to make sure the familia […]
NHI honors its First Families at Celebracion 2019
On November 2, 2019, the National Hispanic Institute celebrated a historic moment in its 40-year history. In a true, once-in-a-lifetime event, NHI co-founders Ernesto Nieto and Gloria de Leon welcomed a group of people who were instrumental to the growth of the organization. The event, for what NHI called its First Families, honored people who […]
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