Texas State Poet Laureate to go to A&M-San Antonio a second time | Texas A&M College-San Antonio | TAMUSA – The Mesquite

The Workplace of First-Yr Expertise will host a Widespread Expertise Speaker Collection occasion that includes 2022 Texas Poet Laureate Lupe Mendez.

This might be Mendez’s second look at Texas A&M College-San Antonio, after first visiting in April for a poetry reading and Q&A of his e book “Why I Am Like Tequila.”

The occasion will happen 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 within the auditorium. The occasion may also be accessed just about on Zoom.

Mendez will learn a few of his poetry, focus on his journey as a poet and activist and discuss  his experiences working in schooling.

“College students will get an opportunity to find out about his work as a poet, but additionally actually find out about his personal life and what received him right here and what pushes him to proceed his roles as a poet, educator and activist,” mentioned Myrna Garza, a coordinator for the Workplace of First-Yr Expertise. 

Whereas Mendez’s first go to was closely targeted on his poetry, college students can anticipate to be taught extra about him within the upcoming occasion.

“There might be a poetry studying part, however we additionally needed to dive deeper into his identification and his different work exterior of his (poetry),” Garza mentioned.

A peer chief and pupil employee from the Workplace of First-Yr Expertise can even lead a Q&A with Mendez about racial literacy, how that entails his roles as a poet, activist and educator, and the way it’s influenced his positions at present.

Garza mentioned the occasion will embody a studying of the university’s land acknowledgement assertion, which is a recognition of the land’s ethnic ancestry and historic relevance.

Garza mentioned the university’s land acknowledgment has not but been a part of occasions held by the Workplace of First-Yr Expertise, however she is worked up to have the ability to embody it on this occasion and presumably others sooner or later.

“Our aim might be to begin incorporating it into different occasions that we now have inside our program,” Garza mentioned.

College students can RSVP to attend in individual or on Zoom on JagSync.