The successful monthlong series of events for Hispanic Heritage Month, Aurora Avanzando, is closing out by opening new doors for students in Aurora.
City leaders, Thursday, Oct. 14 visited Aurora high schools for the Si Se Puede panel discussions with students in the Upward Bound college-prep program for first-generation college students. Representatives from several City departments, most of whom were also first-generation college students, shared their personal educational and career paths while passing along valuable life lessons.
On the final day of Hispanic Heritage Month, Friday, Oct. 15, more than 100 middle school students will visit Aurora City Hall to meet with Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin and other City officials for the last event in the Aurora Avanzando series. The ‘My Story, My City | Mi Historia, My Ciudad’ dialogue will connect students, who recently completed poems at school about their lives in Aurora, with Latinx City leaders who will also share experiences of their childhood in Aurora.
The ‘Si Se Puede’ panel discussions and the “My Story, My City” in-person dialogue are the final two of 15 events Aurora hosted for Hispanic Heritage Month. Other events included the first-ever Mexican Flag Raising Ceremony, a Parade of Nations, four online community conversations with Latinx leaders, the Mayor’s Awards of LatinXcellence, and the street dedication ceremonies for three fallen Marines.
—City of Aurora government