The community is invited to join the City of Kyle for the Dialogue for Peace and Progress 2025 – Celebrating Hispanic Heritage on Saturday, October 4 from 10-11 a.m. at the Kyle Public Library, 550 Scott St.
The Dialogue for Peace & Progress is an event series that works to join community members and leaders for open and honest conversations to raise awareness and, if necessary, facilitate change in the City of Kyle.
The City of Kyle is currently recruiting panelists from a multitude of perspectives, backgrounds and generations to participate in this event. If you are interested in being a panelist for the dialogue, please fill out the webform, linked here
https://www.cityofkyle.com/form/webform-17941, by 5 p.m. Friday, September 26:
The event will take place in conjunction with the Kyle Public Library’s Fiesta de las Flores in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. Event details include a performance by the Wallace Middle School Mariachi band at 12 p.m., a poetry reading by Dr. Gloria Velasquez, the moderator for the Dialogue for Peace and Progress - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage, at 1 p.m., and a performance by Ballet Folkloric at 1:30 p.m. Free food and drink provided by Pollo Campero will also be available while supplies last.
For more information, visit
https://www.cityofkyle.com/library/page/fiesta-de-las-flores-1.
This year's Dialogue will be moderated by Dr. Gloria Velasquez, a native of Michoacán, México who came to the United States at age 12 when her father, seeking an opportunity for a better life for his family, brought her and her six siblings to the “Land of Dreams.” She taught herself to read and write first in Spanish and then in English.
Dr. Velasquez earned her GED at the age of 24 and has taught Spanish at Texas State, levels 1-4, since 2002 and has also taught at Texas Lutheran University, Austin Community College, and Wharton County Junior College.
Aside from her passion for teaching, she is also committed to being part of students' academic life; therefore, she does so by mentoring students and serving as an advisor for a student organization. She is currently the advisor to two campus student organizations: First-Generation Connect at Texas State and Grupo Folclórico Ocotochtli.
To see Dr. Velasquez’s full profile, visit
https://faculty.txst.edu/profile/1922145..
To watch past Dialogues for Peace and Progress Events, visit CityofKyle.com/Dialogue.
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