2024 “Presente in Oklahoma!” Luncheon

Name: 2024 “Presente in Oklahoma!” Luncheon
Start: 2024-09-24T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-24T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Oklahoma History Center Museum

Schedule

Tue Sep 24 2024 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Oklahoma History Center Museum | Oklahoma City, OK

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and join us for the 2024 “Presente in Oklahoma!” Luncheon, which will highlight the Hispanic/Latino community’s contributions to the state. The event will be held on Tuesday, September 24, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Oklahoma History Center.
It includes a book signing, art performances, and esteemed guest speakers to honor Tina Peña (Peru), Patricia Fennell (Ecuador), Veronica Zelada (Guatemala), Dr. Daniel Molina (Mexican-American), and Shannon Yolanda Calderon Primeau (Mexican-American)—who will be honored posthumously.
The program will begin with a book signing by author Mariana Llanos, an award-winning bilingual children’s book writer, poet, and translator of Peruvian heritage.
Jesse Guardiola, vice president of community engagement and government relations for United Way of Tulsa, will be the keynote speaker. Attorney Monica Ybarra-Weedn will be the event’s emcee. Jorge Hernandez, co-founder of Tango PR and a highly recognized member of the Latino community in Oklahoma, will share some closing remarks.
Art performances will be presented by Angelica Pereira, a Colombian-born violinist who has played with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and other symphony orchestras and music programs. A Flamenco dance by Colten Hernandez follows this, and then Hilda de Leon Xavier will share a folkloric dance from Guatemala. Vasquez and Xavier are both former students of Shannon Calderon, one of the honorees at the event. The performance section will close with Lee Hernán, a singer/songwriter/bandleader originally from Puerto Rico who is also an English as Second Language (ESL) teacher.
The registration deadline is Thursday, September 19, at 11:59 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at okhistory.org/presente. Registration is $50 for Oklahoma Historical Society members (apply the OHSMO25 discount code at checkout) and $75 for nonmembers. One ticket includes admission to the event and luncheon, which will be authentic Mexican food made by local chefs.
The Oklahoma Historical Society, Ylla | Gosley, Attorneys at Law, American Farmers and Ranching, Mid-America Christian University, Medina Exploration, Respect Diversity Foundation, Evelyn Cardona, and Viridian Coffee financially support this event. Programming was developed in collaboration with the Friends of the OHS Multicultural Office and the Hispanic/Latino Oklahoma History Ambassadors Committee members.