For my latinos....

Coromanti

Coromanti

8,715
5,390
Joined
Jun 1, 2013
I help run the Caribbean and Latin American Student Association as the University of Pittsburgh.

Granted the university doesn't have a large Caribbean OR Latin population, we know they're out there.

The thing is the Caribbean students come out to meetings and events, the Latins are ghost except when

an event is exclusively about them and even then only like 1 or 2 show up.

How can we attract more Latinos to come out?

It's making me sad that we can't have unity as people with similar history and who come from the same part of the world.
 
One of my homegirls does similar things with her Central American group here in so cal I'll ask her for ideas for you my dude.
 
Last edited:
Set up a booth on campus with event info and take down emails so you can send a newsletter.

And play this at the booth:
 
Maybe you could make a FB page, Twitter account and IG and just spread the word through social media since almost everyone is on there. You could probably make flyers and put the social media info on there and just put them up in different parts of the school
 
cubanref said:
Maybe you could make a FB page, Twitter account and IG and just spread the word through social media since almost everyone is on there. You could probably make flyers and put the social media info on there and just put them up in different parts of the school
Click to expand...
We got that covered!  Our website/PR chair guy goes HAM with that.  Still no love....
frown.gif
 
georgehimself said:
Set up a booth on campus with event info and take down emails so you can send a newsletter.

And play this at the booth:
Click to expand...
Aight we can play that...we DO do that.  I seen a few of them that are VERIFIED latinos walk right by us.
 
Last edited:
Ok serious answer:

Get a few of your bilingual students that can read/write well in both languages. Put up a flyer for a resume building workshop for Latinos and offer the service of helping building better resumes to give them better chances for getting jobs during school or after graduation. This will also look good for the people helping critique the resumes. After the first meeting, have the attendees go home with some notes to fix and come back to you during your next association meeting. After your next association meeting, you can go over their resume edits and proof read again. I haven't really thought it all out, but maybe that would be a good place to start.
 
Make an event about both cultures. Make it like a food thing where you provide different dishes from both cultures.

My homegirl says that's a good way to get other groups to meet and gather with each other
 
I'd say that for people already within the org, have the individual members recruit people they see around campus. That's how it worked for me at undergrad and now at graduate school. If I saw someone Brown/Latino looking, I'd say something like "Hey man, come check out (blah blah: give them whole spiel on the org)." The individual touch really helps.

Tabling at new student orientations is what really built the organizations I was apart of during undergrad. Also, just tabling at high student traffic areas. Then it's usually word of mouth, which is where that personal touch comes out.

Lastly, free food always gets people to come out. REAL TALK.
 
I guess since is Latinos, this wouldn't count as offensive...would like to know what Meth thinks of this...I'll wait..[/quote]

Some might get offended but Offer free tacos to anybody and it's a guaranteed great turnout.
 
Captain Charisma said:
I'd say that for people already within the org, have the individual members recruit people they see around campus. That's how it worked for me at undergrad and now at graduate school. If I saw someone Brown/Latino looking, I'd say something like "Hey man, come check out (blah blah: give them whole spiel on the org)." The individual touch really helps.

Tabling at new student orientations is what really built the organizations I was apart of during undergrad. Also, just tabling at high student traffic areas. Then it's usually word of mouth, which is where that personal touch comes out.

Lastly, free food always gets people to come out. REAL TALK.
Click to expand...
Yea we always do free food.

But about that middle point...I notice that at U Pittsburgh most of the Latino's are friends with white people, and the few I know personally come form suburban areas.  Does that have anything to do with it you think?

So it wouldnt be rude to just walk up to a brown person BECAUSE theyre brown and invite them to come?
 
Last edited:
bigmarv999 said:
I guess since is Latinos, this wouldn't count as offensive...would like to know what Meth thinks of this...I'll wait..
Click to expand...

Some might get offended but Offer free tacos to anybody and it's a guaranteed great turnout.[/quote]
Cmon...stop.
 
Probably why I don't go to "black" events at my university.

Mostly white people and all those events im usually the only black person and it feels like a civil rights sit-in. Same reason why I don't mess with clubs or campus events. Already subjected to that drop of oil experience too much, not willingly putting myself in those situations.

Swap races where I mentioned them as you please.
 
Last edited:
Jay Patt said:
 
Probably why I don't go to "black" events at my university.

Mostly white people and all those events im usually the only black person and it feels like a civil rights sit-in.

Swap races where I mentioned them as you please.
Click to expand...
That's what they say.  They feel underrepresented at these events but then it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy because if they don't come, they don't see themselves there so they feel excluded or are unwilling to be the only latino there.  Someone gotta step up and be the first consistent latino. Ya know?

To be fair one Costa Rican girl comes when she can but she runs the Spanish Club (linguistically oriented as opposed to culturally oriented) and is in like 4 organizations already so she busy
 
Last edited:
I feel like the mistake your making and I might be wrong is you are trying to please two different cultures just bring it together
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

The ultimate sneaker enthusiast community.

NikeTalk was created as a way of giving back to both the sneaker enthusiast community and to the greater global community of which we are all a part.

NikeTalk is NOT affiliated with Nike Inc. in any way, shape, or form. All opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of Nike, Inc.

© 1999-2024 NikeTalk.com

Share this page

Back
Top Bottom