Upcoming Events:
- 2023 Events -
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Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month Networking Social, Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 2:00PM - 5:00PM, Cambridge Queen's Head Pub
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We’re excited to share with you the details of our upcoming Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month Networking Social to celebrate the close of HMM! Along with our partners—the HBS Latinx ERG and Harvard University Campus Services—we want to bring together our community in a way we haven’t in a several years. Please share with your colleagues if you’d like as this event is open to all faculty and staff who would like to participate. RSVPs are encouraged so that we can plan accordingly for food and drinks, but they aren’t required if you aren’t able to access it. RSVP (if you are able): https://tinyurl.com/ERGlatinx
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Registration deadline is Thrusday, October 5
- 2022 Events -
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2022 Harvard Arts Medal Ceremony Honoring Rubén Blades ’85 HLS, Thursday, April 27, 2022 | 4:00pm, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
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Musician, actor, and politician Rubén Blades LL.M. ‘85 is the recipient of the 2020 Harvard Arts Medal, which will be awarded by Harvard University President Larry Bacow at a ceremony presented by the Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Harvard University Board of Overseers. It will include a discussion with Blades moderated by Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and 2017 Harvard Arts Medal recipient John Lithgow ’67, ArD ’05, and performances by the Harvard Jazz Band led by Yosvany Terry, Senior Lecturer on Music and Director of Harvard Jazz Ensembles. This is the official opening event for ARTS FIRST, Harvard University’s annual festival showcasing and celebrating the creativity and artistic expression of students, faculty, staff, alumni and affiliates April 28-May 1 at venues throughout campus. All are welcome. TICKETS. For more information, please visit the Office for the Arts.
- Events: 2019 - 2021 -
Marcela is a business executive with extensive industry experience in financial services, healthcare, and non-profit organizations. She has managed numerous U.S. and international teams locally and internationally.
As a partner at Surfside Capital Advisors LLC, and Managing Director at MCBI Advisors, she is focused on helping business leaders address strategic business and operational issues to achieve sustainable advantage and success. Her work is anchored on implementing transformative human capital initiatives that directly impact core business strategies. Marcela’s expertise includes organizational design, values-based performance management and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Previously, Marcela was the Inaugural Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for Mass General Brigham (Formerly Partners HealthCare).
Marcela is a dedicated advocate for women and minorities. She was appointed by Massachusetts’ Governor Charlie Baker to serve on the State’s first Latino Advisory Commission where she is serving her third year. She is also the Board Chair of ALPFA’s National Board of Directors, a professional association with more than 90 thousand members and 150, chapters across the country. Marcela is a member of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Network Advisory Board. She is also the Co-chair of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Advisory Committee. In 2018, Marcela was recognized as one of the Top 100 Executive & Emerging Leaders in the USA by Diversity MBA Magazine. In 2015 she received the Women Leadership Achievement Award by the World Women Leadership Congress in India.
Marcela earned an MBA and post MBA from Simmons College School of Management in Boston.
- 2020 Events -
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Boost Your LinkedIn, Tuesday, September 29, 2020 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Come and learn pieces of advice that you can use right now to boost your LinkedIn profile from Harvard's Center for Workplace Development, Roberto Martinez, Senior Talent Diversity Sourcer
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How Can We Harness the Power of ERGs at Harvard?, Monday, September 21, 2020
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Employee resource groups (ERGs) in higher education are groups formed based on a shared identity or experience with a focus on advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus. This panel will highlight the work that ERG leaders are doing across Harvard, identify their successes, barriers, and challenges, and explore how ERGs can work in collaboration to advance DEI at Harvard. This panel is hosted by Harvard Women In Tech + Allies and as the AHLFS's representation, don't miss our very own Angel Velarde, FAS Financial Associate, on the panel.
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Addressing Mental Health Challenges in the Time of COVID, Tuesday, September 15, 2020 | 1:30pm - 2:30pm
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Join All of Us as they share what makes some of us more vulnerable and how to enhance resilience. Featuring Dr. Jordan W. Smoller, Professor of Psychiatry at HMS, Professor in Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health, and Principal Investigator in the All of Us Research Program, and Dr. Luana Marques, Director of Community Psychiatry PRIDE at MGH, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. The conversation will be moderated by the Association of Harvard Latinx Faculty and Staff Administrative Chair Jacobo Negron
- 2019 Events -
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Latino Identity in the Workplace, Wednesday, November 20, 2019 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm, Forum Roon, Lamont Library
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A facilitated session by Dr. Robert Rodriguez. he will be speaking about the Latino Identity in the Workplace and how to help Latinos at Harvard gain a better frame of reference on how to view our culture sense of identity and provide tools on how to better leverage our heritage as an asset and as a source of strength.
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Harvard Latinx Heritage Month Celebration - Latinx Heritage Month Poster, Wednesday, October 09, 2019 | 12:00pm - 1:30pM, Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, 2nd fl., Milstein East Room 2036
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Join the Association of Harvard Latinx Faculty and Staff as they partner with HGSE and the Committee on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at SEAS for a celebration of Latinx culture and history at Harvard. Our guest speaker will be Professor Andrew Crespo, first Latino to be promoted to a tenured position on the Harvard Law School faculty. There will be opening remarks by our Admin Chair Jacobo Negron as well as Alexis J. Stokes, Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at SEAS.Enjoy appetizers, music and creating community!
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Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Tips for Internal Candidates, Thursday, September 26, 2019, Lamont Library, B30 (basement level, Cambridge Campus)
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Thinking of a career shift? Need advice about internal mobility? The Association of Harvard Latinx Faculty and Staff is proud to team with the FAS Human Resources Recruitment Services and invites you to attend. Facilitated by Chris Keller, FAS Diversity Recruiter, this will be an hour-long professional development session for staff interested in how best to approach a job search at Harvard. In this session, FAS Lead Diversity Recruiter, Chris Keller, will provide practical guidance on how to navigate internal opportunities at Harvard.
Latinx Spring Mixer, Thursday, March 28, 2019, 4:30pm - 6:30pm @ Cambridge Queen's Head Pub
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Conference, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 9:30am - 4:00pm, Farkas Hall, 12 Holyoke St. (Cambridge Campus)