Latinx/Latino
Latinx students, staff, and faculty may face many of the same challenges navigating higher education. UNLV provides programs, resources, and services that help the Latinx comunidad. #YoSoyUNLV
Resources
- Student Diversity & Social Justice – the office of Student Diversity & Social Justice (SDSJ) was created out of student demand for identity specific support. As such, several identity-based positions were created to serve UNLV’s traditionally underserved students through programs, initiatives, and services.
- Jean Nidetch CARE Center - provides free and confidential support services to members of the UNLV community who have been impacted by sexual assault, relationship abuse, family violence, and/or stalking.
- Latinx Heritage Web Resources
- Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada
- UNLV Library Databases Focusing on Latinx Heritage
- Latinx Heritage-Related Streaming Media Selections
- Afro-Latinx Resources
- Latinx Heritage Special Collections Resources
- Latinx and Latin American Studies
Affinity Groups
- Latinx Faculty and Staff Alliance - The Latinx Faculty and Staff Alliance’s mission is to support the Latinx and Hispanic communities on- and off-campus by promoting and advocating for diversity initiatives at UNLV. All UNLV academic and administrative faculty members as well as classified staff members are invited to join. Please email Brittany Paloma Fiedler at brittany.fiedler@unlv.edu to be added to the listserv.
- Student Affinity Groups - There are numerous registered student organizations on campus where students can get involved.