Ithaca College

 Dior Vargas- POC and Mental Health: Wednesday, September 28th @7:00pm,Textor 101 (Textor Hall).

Dior Vargas is a Latina Feminist Mental Health Activist. She is the creator of the People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project, a response to the invisibility of people of color in the media representation of mental illness. Vargas will visit Ithaca College to facilitate a dialogue that focuses on intersectionality as it relates to people of color in our communities. Vargas is a CrisisTextLine crisis counselor, a facilitator for the Young Adult Support Group at NAMI-NYC Metro, a member of the 2014 class of the Women's Media Center's media training program, Progressive Women's Voices, a steering committee member of the New York Chapter of National Women's Liberation, and organized the first Feminist General Assembly in New York City with Women Occupying Wall Street. In 2012

Through our programs and events, we hope to expand the cultural competence of the Ithaca College Community through awareness and appreciation of Latin American culture and its influence and contributions to American culture. Our events are open to the entire Ithaca College family as we aim to honor, show pride and respect for Latinx Heritage. This event is sponsored by PODER, a student organization dedicated to uniting students of Hispanic/Latino descent at Ithaca College, fostering and promoting diversity and awareness of Hispanic/Latino culture on campus, creating an environment in which students will be afforded the opportunity to learn about themselves as individuals, while also learning about their cultural history, developing Latino/Hispanic student leaders, and motivating Latino/Hispanic students to excel academically, socially adapt to the Ithaca College community, and ultimately find a place to call casa (home).

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Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact OSEMA at osema@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3222. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.