Maria Hinojosa, anchor and executive producer of NPR’s Peabody Award-winning weekly program, Latino USA, spoke about racial inequality in the United States on March 3, 2016, as part of BHCC’s Women’s History Month celebration. “Your challenge right now is to own this moment in history and to own your power,” she told a packed audience, stressing the challenges faced by immigrants in the United States today. “If you can vote, if you can become a citizen, please do. We need you to be voting and we need you to be engaged. The power of history is on your shoulders.”
Before her lecture, Hinojosa sat in on a freshman composition class attended by a group of Chelsea High School Early Start students. Associate Provost of BHCC’s Chelsea Campus Alice Murillo also attended the class with Hinojosa. Following the classroom visit, Hinojosa enjoyed a lunch in the College’s art gallery.
