Student Success and Belonging Center (SSBC)

Latine Programs and Services


The Latine Programs and Services is a central location for students, staff, faculty, and community members to engage with the Latine history, experience, and culture. Additionally, the program strives to build partnerships with community organizations, student clubs, and campus departments in order to connect students to the resources available to them.

 

Programing

These programs are open and available to all who are interested in participating, regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.

Hispanic Heritage Month

The Latino/a Programs and Services works diligently to host multiple events throughout the month to celebrate the intersectionalities of all students. 

Dia de los Muertos

For the holiday, Latino/a Programming transforms La Casita (de Helen Ramirez) into an altar. The center accepts photo submissions from the campus community and provides a space for those to partake in the holiday.

Lunch and Learn Series

Throughout the academic year, the Latine Programs and Services hosts a lunch and learn series that focuses on bringing our comunidad together, educating our campus community on Latine traditions, breaking stereotypes about the culture, and many other topics. The discussions are led by different experts from the campus or the Fresno community and are held in many types of styles such as a panel, lecture, or social event. 
 

 

Meet Your Pueblo

Meet Your Pueblo is a social opportunity to bring our comunidad together. Aguas frescas are served while students engage in various activities that relate back to the Latine culture. From making papel picado, painting sugar skulls, to playing Loteria, students can drop in at any time during the hour and half social to meet other students and the Latine Programs and Services Coordinator to learn more about the center and create a community with each other.

Dia de Los Reyes

During winter break, the Latine Programs and Services Coordinator celebrates Dia de Los Reyes with the faculty and staff. The goal is to have colleagues participate in the holiday, learn about the tradition, and break bread amongst colleagues before the spring semester starts. This is a great opportunity to network alongside the Fresno State staff and faculty while celebrating the new years together.
 

Resources

Arte Américas was founded in Fresno in 1987 by educators and artists advocating for Latino/a representation in art and cultural institutions throughout the Central Valley. Today, Arte Américas stands as the region’s largest intergenerational and intersectional Latinx cultural hub that creates dynamic programming and presents high-quality exhibitions, featuring artists who embody the diverse artistic expressions of Latinx cultures. 

With the ever lingering COVID-19 pandemic, a global recession around the corner, and the civil rights of millions being put in jeopardy daily, the United Way fight has never been more important. These challenges have made their commitment to help improve the radical wealth, health, and educational disparities that have been disproportionately impacting Communities of Color stronger than ever. Their outreach team continues to work alongside other nonprofits to help expand their reach and create a stronger network of community organizations across the city of Madera, as well as the county as a whole. Their Free Tax Prep continues to get cash back credits in the hands of qualified filers and their 211 Helpline remains available everyday, year round.

Latino Outdoors aims to inspire, connect, and engage Latino communities in the outdoors and embrace cultura y familia as part of the outdoor narrative, ensuring history, heritage, and leadership are valued and represented.

Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network’s (SIREN) mission is to empower low-income immigrants and refugees through community education and organizing, leadership development, policy advocacy, civic engagement and legal services.  We believe that all people regardless of legal status or nationality are entitled to essential services, human dignity, basic rights and protections, and access to full participation in society.

Established in 1965, Fresno Economic Opportunities Commision (EOC) is a non-profit Community Action Agency that provides opportunities, strengthens self-sufficiency, and offers support for all people. They listen to the needs of the communities they serve to create effective programs and services. Fresno EOC is at the forefront, continuing the war on poverty with over 35 programs dedicated to getting people the help they need to achieve their goals

The Education & Leadership Foundation is a community benefit non-profit organization that provides education, civic engagement, and immigration services. Their mission is to empower underrepresented communities through immigration services, equitable educational opportunities, and social justice.
Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation

The Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation was founded in 2001, by a group of local business owners, to meet the needs of an ever-growing Hispanic business community. Since opening its doors, the FAHF has been committed to developing strategies and policies to better serve all Spanish and English-speaking business owners interested in the welfare of the Fresno-area Hispanic community.  

Centro La Familia provides a broad range of services to un-served and underserved residents in more than a dozen different communities. Each week, their experienced and specialized bilingual staff (English, Spanish and Hmong) work in remote areas of Fresno County to assist community members who face transportation barriers.

HSF empowers students and parents with the knowledge and resources to successfully complete a higher education, while providing support services and scholarships to as many exceptional students, HSF Scholars and Alumni as possible.

Fresno Barrios Unidos is a social justice nonprofit with over thirty years of service in Fresno/Fresno County, dedicated to empowering historically challenged youth through health, wellness, and advocacy. Their mission is to achieve food sovereignty, end mass incarceration, foster generational healing, and lead in climate adaptation, recognizing that education and access are essential components. 

A non-profit organization dedicated to Empowering and Supporting the West Fresno Community to Achieve Optimal Health and Well-Being.

The CLYLP Central Valley Institute (CVI) formerly known as the San Joaquin Valley Institute (SJVI) was established in 1999 to inspire and motivate students from the area to become the future leaders of the Central/San Joaquin Valley Chicano/Latino community through public service.  Open to 50 students from the Central/San Joaquin Valley, the three-day institute offers an impactful program designed to develop student’s leadership potential and increase their knowledge of the region’s cultural and political landscape. Institute participants connect with education, business, political and community leaders from the Central Valley and receive encouragement in their pursuit of post-secondary educational opportunities. Housing, meals and program materials are provided at no cost to the participants or their families. 

CBDIO was created by and for Indigenous communities in rural California to organize and make sure our communities’ culture, languages, and knowledge are recognized and respected by the systems and institutions that impact their lives. 

The Fresno County Department of Social Services offers public assistance programs for Non-Citizens based on their immigration status. Individuals in California seeking assistance are encouraged to consult one of many state-funded organizations that provide legal services to immigrants.