{"id":35940,"date":"2015-09-01T13:54:03","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T13:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=35940"},"modified":"2015-09-16T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T15:35:40","slug":"acc-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month-with-diez-y-seis-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/09\/01\/acc-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month-with-diez-y-seis-event\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Diez y Seis event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) will host its eighth annual Diez y Seis event with special guest speaker, Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos on Wednesday, September 16, from noon to 1 p.m. at Riverside Campus (1020 Grove Blvd.) in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important that we recognize the diverse contributions of Hispanic and Latino-Americans,\u201d says Dr. Mariano Diaz-Miranda, ACC professor of history and director of the Latino\/Latin American Studies Center. \u201cMuch of our history as a state has been shaped by their influence.\u201d<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36010 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/08\/Diez-y-Seis.jpg\" alt=\"Diez y Seis\" width=\"262\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/08\/Diez-y-Seis.jpg 612w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/08\/Diez-y-Seis-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/08\/Diez-y-Seis-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cultural celebration commemorates Mexico\u2019s declaration of independence. Secretary Cascos, along with local historians, will pay tribute to the cultural, historical, and political contributions of Tejanos, Mexican-Americans, and other Hispanics.<\/p>\n<p>Guests will enjoy the rhythmic steps of Roy Lozano\u2019s Ballet Folklorico and entertainment from Johnny Degollado y su Conjunto and Mariachi Estrella.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to the public. It is presented by the ACC Center for Public Policy &amp; Political Studies, the Latino\/Latin American Studies Center, the Office of Student Success, and Student Life.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/cppps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austincc.edu\/cppps<\/a> or call 512-223-7050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) will host its eighth annual Diez y Seis event with special guest speaker, Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos on Wednesday, September 16, from noon to 1 p.m. at Riverside Campus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/09\/01\/acc-celebrates-hispanic-heritage-month-with-diez-y-seis-event\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":35994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,11,17,18],"tags":[448,62,449,400],"class_list":["post-35940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-campus-updates","category-news-and-announcements","category-official-acc-press-releases","tag-diez-y-seis","tag-event","tag-hispanic-heritage-month","tag-riverside-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}