ILR Heritage Celebrations
February 12, 2025 @ 10:00 am
Facilitator: Rick Gold
The course will help you appreciate America’s multicultural and multiracial society and
learn how different ethnic, racial and religious groups celebrate their heritage. It intro-
duces the concept of heritage studies, origins and evolution,
problems and prospects, and challenges and contributions of
six groups.
January 8 - Hispanic Heritage Month
Speaker: Dr. Paul Ortiz, Professor of History at Cornell University
on Zoom
January 15 - Jewish American Heritage
Speaker: Rabbi Jonah Zinn, Executive Director UF Hillel
January 22 - South Asian American Heritage Month
Speaker: Dr. Saeed Khan, Emeritus Professor of Pathology,
UF College of Medicine
January 29 - Native American Heritage Month
Speaker: Dr. Charlie Cobb & Dr. Amanda Hall, UF Museum of Natural History
February 5 - Black History Month & Juneteenth
Speaker: Dr. David Canton, Director, UF African American Studies Program
February 12-International Day for People of African Descent
Speaker: Dr. Riche’ Daniel Barnes, Associate Professor of Anthropology & Associate Director
of UF African American Studies Program