Sept - Oct, 2021 Events, Opportunities & Connections!
Hola ,
Hispanic Heritage month is still in full swing and the Amigos fam is so excited to share all of the great events in store.
Don't forget to reach out if you would like to help with planning for the country celebrations even if it is just to jump in and talk about childhood memories of your country or origin/roots.
Here are this week's Events, Celebrations, Career Opportunities, Resources and Help An Amiga.
REMEMBER TO TAKE ACTION.
Upcoming Events
Check out these events by fellow Latina Professionals in the LatinaMeetup family. Show up and use the hashtag #LatinaMeetup to let us know you were there!
9/27 - Daily🔥 🅽🅴🆃🆆🅾🆁🅺🅸🅽🅶 en Español con Amigos 🤚🏻🤚🏽🤚🏿
9:00 AM EST - ¿Quieres conocer y conectar con otros profesionales? ¡Perfecto! Todos están invitados a presentarse. Esta es una sala amigable y divertida, una reunión con AMIGOS nuevos.
9/27 -Daily🔥 🅽🅴🆃🆆🅾🆁🅺🅸🅽🅶 🅸🅽🆂🆃🅰🅶🆁🅰🅼 Engagement 🔥🔥🔥 GROW w/ US
10:00 AM EST. - Are you here to network & connect? So are we! Everyone gets a chance to introduce themselves. It’s all about fun, friendly networking with new & old AMIGOS 😁🎉 ZERO drama, super friendly. Daleeee💥☕️👏🏽
9/27 - HISTORIA: Méndez vs. Westminster: be4 Brown vs Board of Ed From AMIGOS
4:00 PM EST - Did you know that 8 Years Before Brown v. Board of Education, the Mendez Family Fought School Segregation? Sandra Robbie shares stories: Emmy-winning doc "Mendez v. Westminster: For All the Children"
9/27 - Vision, Intrinsic Motivation, & Pursuing What Teens ♥️
5:00 PM EST - Causes of depression in youth come from fear of failure, depending on extrinsic motivation, lack of self-awareness, & emotional intelligence. Give your child these life tools & champion them 4 life.
2:00 PM EST - Join the room and let’s talk about the latest news and tips about travel 🧳 destinations, hotels, resorts, cruises, and more.
9/28 - AMIGOS BOOK ROOM: The Likeability Trap
6:30 PM EST - Are you stuck in an impossible bind? At work, are you criticized for being cold or a pushover? Leave old rules and reimagine leadership rather than reinvent yourself.
9/28 - Hispanic Heritage Month: Eddie Gonzales
8:00 PM EST - Eddie Gonzales is the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's diversity, equity, & inclusion lead for Heliophysics. His mission is to ensure that the agency’s future workforce is more diverse & equitable.
9/28 - Las Palabras Matter: Different Meanings & Spanglish, Pt. 1
8:00 PM EST - Did your Puerto Rican friend get mad when you said “cabron”? Did you’re Mexican friend perk up when you used the word “cojer”? Our language fluidity is a gift (& curse, lol); join us as we discuss!
9/29 - 📰🌎👀 🅽🅴🆆🆂 in LATIN AMERICA 📰🌎👀
12:00 PM EST - Share a headline or just talk about Latinos and politics with Marielisa. Amigos del mundo welcome!
9/29 - Latinas in Motion midweek check in
6:00 PM EST - Ladies, share how you were in the movement today. Or do you need encouragement, accountability? Judgement free zone, good vibes. NO 🚫Sales! www.latinasinmotion.com
9/29 - Latina Author Chat: Ada Ferrer / CUBA: An American History
6:30 PM EST - Learn the epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex and intimate ties to the United States—from the arrival of Columbus to present day—written by a celebrated New York University professor & daughter of Cuban immigrants.
9/30 - ☕️🎉AMIGOS Break Room: Cafe con Chisme😎🔥
12:00 PM EST - Come spend your lunch break with us.
6:00 PM EST - Comida y antojos típicas de Latino America con ingredientes sostenibles.
9/30 - 🎶Pass the AUX: Música y Recuerdos: HHM Legends & Icons 🎶
8:00 PM EST - Latinidad is not a monolith; each one of our culturas has its own icons, legends, y legacies. Our playlist will showcase legends from each culture so come represent!
9/30 - In The Heights Mix, Mingle & Discussion. Celebration or Lack or Representation? 6:00 PM EST - The movie In The Heights really sheds light on our diverse culture. Some see this film as a reason to celebrate our Heritage, others noted the lack of representation of Afrolatinos and the need to highlight success stories within that specific community.
10/1 - 🔥 Hot 🔥 Friday 🎧DJ 🎵 SET
5:00 PM EST - Today is Salsa 💃 Bachata 💃Reggaeton and other Latin Sounds 💃 Let’s celebrate our roots.
5:00 PM EST - Healing in Nature From AMIGOS - 🎉☕️ Latinos/Latinas unite, network, fun.
10/1 - Paraguay: The Land of Magic | Spanish Heritage
7:00 PM EST - Paraguay: The Land of Magic | Spanish Heritage We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! Join the fiesta and chat about what makes Paraguay the land of magic and the heart of South America! We will discover the 🌻 Food 🌻 Artesanía 🌻 Folklore.
10/2 - Historias de Migración - Coming to America! Come tell us tu historia de migración!!
1:00 PM EST - Comparte con nosotros your migration story. Let’s honor the journey during el mes de la herencia!! Sala bilingüe 🥰
9:00 PM EST - The most anticipated Latino Cultural event of the year in the Baltimore Metropolitan Region.
10/6 - LatinasInBusiness NETWORKING BLAST
6:00 PM EST - SPECIAL GUESTS – GIVEAWAYS - great announcements and WIN ONE FREE MEMBERSHIP! We will be reviewing a number of Grants for Women Entrepreneurs during our October Meet&Greet! Don't miss this opportunity to apply! REGISTER NOW TO SAVE YOUR SEAT!
10/17 - Gente Market presents a Dia De Los Muertos festival for the whole family!
7:00 AM EST - Gente Market presents a Dia de Los Muertos festival for the whole family to celebrate traditions, culture, and loved ones who have passed.
10/20 - Power Women Gathering OCT 2021
Embrace the desire to be a shining star in the world. Own the power to be paid well for your brilliance. Be a star in your own niche.
Help An Amiga & Collabs
Danay (that's me 😁 ) asks
We are celebrating each country in Latin America for Hispanic Heritage Month! That includes history, current events, food, music and more. If you would like to join in the celebration and sharing of your country or origin's cultura, please reach out.
Career Opportunities
These are opportunities being shared by recruiters and partners who reached out to LatinaMeetup.
Wikimedia hiring a Programmes Director, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (REMOTE) The Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team sits within the Talent & Culture department and serves as the centre of excellence for all things related to creating an equitable and inclusive workplace environment. The Programmes Director, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion will lead the Programmes sub-team. They will partner closely with leadership and staff in each department to lead Foundation wide cultural transformation initiatives.
COX is Hiring a Lead Product Manager The Lead Product Manager role will be responsible for developing, managing and optimizing one or more large, complex, and/or high revenue Product lines.The role includes but is not limited to contributing to and managing the product roadmap, overseeing the implementation and working in an agile environment with a cross-functional team to develop products that meet the needs of our consumers and clients. Recognized as an expert within the company and requires in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in Product Management along with other job disciplines within the organization in order to successfully manage the product. Manages large, complex Product line(s) of strategic importance to the organization due to high growth value, involving large cross-functional teams.
Overstock Hiring Head of Investor Relations Overstock's Head of Investor Relations is responsible for developing a proactive investor relations strategy and shaping our narrative to ensure that the company's business strategy and financial prospects are fully understood by the analyst and investor community.
Notion is Hiring Various Positions Notion is looking for folks in engineering, product, sales & customer success, people, marketing, finance, data science and security operations. If anyone wants to apply for a job or wants to chat about the company DM me and I will set you up to have a chat with my friend and she can submit your resume to greenhouse as well.
Come work for Curriculum Associates A leader in Educational Technology serving over 10 millions kids nationwide! We are expanding our Product team and looking for technical product leaders as well to support our ever-expanding roadmap. I have been with the company for 9 years and can tell you all the reasons why it’s awesome to work here. DM me with questions.
Internal Communications Manager
Technical Producer, Reading Projects (Full time, Remote)
Technical Producer, Math Projects (Full time, Remote)
Technical Producer, Accessibility Projects (Full time, Remote)
Senior Producer, Reading (Full time, Remote)
Product Specialist, Spanish Reading (Temp, Remote)
Research and Policy Manager at JustFix JustFix is seeking a Research and Policy (“R&P”) Manager with 3-4 years of relevant experience in tenant/housing rights, research, public policy, and/or data analysis. The candidate should have a passion for tenant rights and an eagerness to join us on our mission to co-create tools with tenants, organizers, and legal advocates in the fight for stable, healthy housing for all.
Greater Chicago Food Depository Hiring Associate Director of Communications Through media relations, content curation, and strategic communications, this role raises awareness of hunger in Chicago and Cook County while inspiring key audiences to take action in the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s mission. The associate director of communications serves as the primary point of contact for media inquiries and leads the development of media pitches and public relations plans. This role supervises the collection and organization of stories, photos, and video content to support the Food Depository’s marketing and communications needs. This position is also responsible for management of the marketing and communications budget. The associate director of communications reports to the senior director of marketing & communications and supervises the communications specialist. This role will also work directly with Food Depository leadership and other departments on a variety of projects.
Resources
At LatinaMeetup we’ve always used our platform to celebrate, invest in and highlight Latina businesses and brands. We uplift and elevate each other so that we can rise together. Which is why last year was particularly hard: hard hearing the reports from our fellow Latinx entrepreneurs about being left out of the Paycheck Protection Program, and hard watching thousands of small, Latinx-owned businesses, who were already more exposed due to centuries of inequity, close their doors for good. But today, we are excited to share that Comcast has launched a multi-year, multi-faceted initiative designed to help strengthen small businesses owned by people of color, who were hit hardest by the pandemic. Going beyond funding and one-time donations, Comcast RISE is helping these business owners take stock, rebuild, and achieve their goals now, and in the future.
BGE is pledging $15 million to assist Maryland’s small businesses with COVID-19 relief and recovery
BGE is pledging $15 million to assist Maryland’s small businesses with COVID-19 relief and recovery. Eligible businesses located in BGE’s service area can apply for a $20,000 BGE Energizing Small Business Grant. This grant program is part of BGE's comprehensive Customer Relief and Energy Infrastructure Investment Plan, designed to help the state’s economic recovery from the pandemic. Deadline is October 13th!
Entrepreneurs and business owners will have the opportunity to pitch to a panel of judges for a chance to win the $10,000 cash prize and/or be a Shopify Green Bag Winner, which includes a free eCommerce site build courtesy of Shopify. All participants are eligible for 1MBB Business Development services provided by a HOPE Financial Wellbeing Coach.
Hispanic Heritage Foundation's The Youth Awards
The Youth Awards program is the main pipeline to Hispanic Heritage Foundation's (HHF) system of talent that prepares and positions Latino youth through the award-winning Latinos On Fast Track (LOFT) program as they transition from high school to college, to graduate school, and into their careers. Follow LOFT on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Deadline is November 14th, 2021. Shout out to Wendie Veloz for sharing this grant opportunity!
Female Founders Alliance: Ready Set Raise Cohort 4
A national, industry agnostic, virtual pitching, and fundraising accelerator for women and non-binary founders. The program is designed for pre-seed and seed startups across industries located anywhere in North America. The priority application deadline is September 9, 2021, and the final deadline is October 3, 2021.
WomensNet is offering a $10K Amber Grant each month to a woman-owned business.
The Amber Grant is a monthly $10,000 grant. Additional smaller grants may be awarded as well. Women can apply at the Amber Grants for Women website, and winners are picked from a judging panel from WomensNet.
Creciendo con TikTok, a Small Business Grant Program
TikTok, HHF and partners have partnered to create a $150,000 Grant Fund aimed at expanding and elevating 30 Small Latinx Businesses across the US. celebrating the perseverance, hard work and commitment of Latinx Business Owners as champions of entrepreneurship during the COVID crisis, the fund will grant cash awards of $5,000 each to selected Latinx business owners from across the country who exemplify those business principles championed through TikTok.
The Bank of America Institute for Women's Entrepreneurship at Cornell
The new Bank of America Institute for Women's Entrepreneurship at Cornell offers an unparalleled opportunity for women to earn a certificate in business from this Ivy League university. Through a free online program made possible by Bank of America, students will gain the skills, knowledge and resources necessary to build, manage and scale a successful business. Shout out to Wendie Veloz for sharing this grant opportunity!
JOANN GRANTS for Hispanic Crafters & Sewers
The second annual JOANN Minority Grant Program will provide grants totaling $100,000 to 20 small Hispanic business owners, in need of support to help achieve their business goals. Each grant recipient will receive $5,000 in JOANN cash to help broaden their creative product supplies to further spread handmade happiness among their customers. Applications will be accepted through Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 - October 15.
Shoutout to Linette of Breads & Threads the Magazine for sharing.
Our mission is to CELEBRATE, ELEVATE, and CONNECT Latina professionals in an effort to build our wealth and influence as a community.
When you have wealth and influence, EVERYONE wants to help you, listen to you, be a part of what you are doing. It creates a snowball of opportunity, and THAT is what I want for our community.
Here is how you can be a part of this movement.
- Add yourself to the Latina professionals directory.
- Tell your amigas about it.
- Be active in our Facebook group.
- Support your fellow Latina sisters in business and life.
- Brag about your success and your support of other Latina professionals in our group.
As always, reach out any time for assistance, questions or collaborations.
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