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Thursday, October 8, 2026

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Saturday, October 10, 2026

  • Latin American & Caribbean Storytime: It's Piñata Time!

    Join us for a special Latin American story time celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! The event will take place at the Urbana Free Library's Lewis Auditorium at 2pm on Saturday, October 10th. We'll read a fun story about piñatas, learn about this tradition, and celebrate with a real piñata filled with Latin American treats!

    Join us for a special Latin American story time celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month! The event will take place at the Urbana Free Library's Lewis Auditorium at 2pm on Saturday, October 10th.  We'll read a fun story about piñatas, learn about this tradition, and celebrate with a real piñata filled with Latin American treats!

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Thursday, October 15, 2026

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.
  • Ofrenda Opening Reception

    You are warmly invited for the CLACS Ofrenda Opening Reception to celebrate and honor the lives and memories of loved ones who are no longer with us. Refreshments will be provided. Make sure to RSVP as spots are limited: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_P8Lb15PCYaWy1dM6xTKbXk-84mYorZl18Nq9IgTyo2jYkQ/viewform?usp=dialog

    You are warmly invited for the CLACS Ofrenda Opening Reception to celebrate and honor the lives and memories of loved ones who are no longer with us.   Refreshments will be provided.   Make sure to RSVP as spots are limited: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_P8Lb15PCYaWy1dM6xTKbXk-84mYorZl18Nq9IgTyo2jYkQ/viewform?usp=dialog

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Thursday, October 22, 2026

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Thursday, October 29, 2026

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Thursday, November 5, 2026

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Thursday, November 12, 2026

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

Thursday, November 19, 2026

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, February 4, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, February 11, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, February 18, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, February 25, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, March 4, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, March 11, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, March 18, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, March 25, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, April 1, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, April 8, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, April 15, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, April 22, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.

Thursday, April 29, 2027

  • Lunch on Us

    Lunch on Us is La Casa Cultural Latina’s signature educational and community-building series, held on select Thursdays throughout the academic year and open to all University of Illinois students. Over a free lunch, students participate in meaningful conversations, interactive workshops, panel discussions, and presentations led by campus and community partners.

    A group of eight college students sit around a long table sharing a meal and smiling toward the camera inside a brightly colored cultural center. Plates of food, drinks, and conversation fill the table, creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere. In the background, additional students sit at an information table with a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Prospera\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" banner, while colorful artwork, large portraits, international flags, and a Día de los Muertos skeleton decoration add vibrant cultural elements to the space. Large windows bring in natural light, reinforcing the sense of community and belonging.