Salsa Night at the Odeh Center
Odehmenan Health Equity Center
Community Signature Event
Come to Flourishing through Movement Liberation: Salsa Night at the Odeh Center to warm up with dance and food! Historically, throughout life challenges, communities have found a way to band together and thrive by relying on dancing for their physical, mental and spiritual health.
The evening will involve a presentation (with a live band!) on the history of salsa, from the 1960s with Chamaco Ramírez to today with Bad Bunny, a salsa tutorial with two instructors, and hours of open dancing with a live band and Latin American food.
Please join us in welcoming our community partners from the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center and Omarcitos. A special shout-out and huge thank you to Kevin Garcia, Ricardo Jimenez, Omar Torres-Kortright, Becky Medina, and Omar Cadena for making this event possible! Additionally, thank you to our UIC partners from UIC Library and the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, including Dean Rhea Ballard-Thrower, Dr. Donghua Tao, Deana Lewis, and Camryn Woodworth, for organizing this and joining us as co-hosts in December.
