2022 Latinx Heritage Month keynote to feature award-winning spoken word poet

The University of Southern Indiana Multicultural Center and the Activities Programming Board will present “Embracing Our Identity, Culture & History” by Carlos Andrés Gómez from 6 to 8 p.m. October 19 in Carter Hall, located in University Center West. This event will honor Latinx Heritage Month and is open to the public at no charge. 

Gómez is a Colombian American poet, speaker, actor and equity and inclusion strategist from New York City. He is the author of Fractures; winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, Hijito; winner of the Broken River Prize; and a number one Small Press Distribution bestseller. 

A star of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TV One’s Verses and Flow and Spike Lee’s number one box office movie Inside Man with Denzel Washington, Gómez’s honors include the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry, Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize, Foreword INDIES Gold Medal and the International Book Award. He has also partnered with John Legend on Senior Orientation, a program to counteract bullying and champion inclusive masculinity among high school students. 

Latinx Heritage Month is observed annually from September 15 through October 15, and it celebrates the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens who have ties to Spain, Mexico, the Carribean, and Central and South America.  

For questions, email César Berríos, Associate Director of the Multicultural Center, or call 812-228-5002.