El Centro, The Center for Latinidad, provides collaborative programming at Mt. SAC
and outside partners. We serve to support, educate, and assist the community in gaining
a sense of awareness and cultural wealth. We honor*, celebrate, and explore the diverse
cultural roots within Latinidad. Our center also provides a relaxed study and networking
space to promote community and academic support.
Mission
To celebrate and explore our Latinidad.
Celebrar y explorar nuestra Latinidad.
Vision
Uplifting our community, together we achieve our dreams.
Celebrate the start of Latinx Heritage Month with us! Check out what our space has
to offer, participate in activities and find out what we have planned for this upcoming
year!
Join us for a screening of the film Jamaica y Tamarindo, "a short documentary about Mexico’s Afro tradition through two of the country’s most
popular ingredients." The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Ebony Bailey.
Design Technology Center (DTC), Building 13, Time TBD
Events are subject to change, please check website and social media for up-to-date
information!
If you have any questions, contact 909-274-4399 or elcentro@mtsac.edu. To request
disability related accommodations please contact El Centro at elcentro@mtsac.edu at
least 5 business days in advance of the event.
Goals
To provide educational, cultural and social programming that affirms and celebrates
Latinidad; to create an awareness of the social, political, historical and cultural
realities of the Latine population.
To provide a physical space that reflects the perspectives of Latididad.
To increase the educational attainment of Latine students:
Close the achievement gap
Increase retention
Increase course completion
Increase transfer, degree, certificate, and/or vocational training
To foster a sense of community between students, staff, employees, and the greater
Mt. SAC community.
To hold the college accountable to uphold its core values of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion,
Social Justice, Anti-Racism, & Accessibility (DEISAA).
Program Resources
Relaxed and quiet student spaces
Peer-to-peer support
Leadership and community engagement opportunities
Lending Library
Latinx/Chicanx Studies books
Textbooks
Children’s book
Archival documents related to MECHA & El Centro’s roots
