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San Mateo County proclaimed the National Hispanic Heritage Month with the purpose of celebrating the cultural diversity of this community, and within this framework it was established September 17 is National Voter Registration Day, which seeks to provide local voters with timely information and get them involved in the election process.
The proclamations they made during the Council meeting, where an urgent call was made for people to pre-register for the elections before the elections, said sociologist Anna Lee Mraz during the radio program Hecho en California in collaboration with Peninsula 360 Press.
As part of this proclamation, Yahaira Ortega, equity policy manager at Thrive Alliance, commented that it is very important that people register to be informed of what is happening or else they will not be able to vote.
"I was very excited because this is already being talked about at the local level. I am very excited that they want people from other towns to have important information about the electoral processes," said Yahaira Ortega.
In the second proclamation it was designated that from September 15 to October 15 be the National Hispanic Heritage Month Locally, this is an important fact, since 40 percent of the population of San Mateo County is Latino, said Anna Lee Mraz.
The Casa Círculo Cultural organization was founded in 2009 to address the lack of cultural events and programs in Spanish. As part of its contribution to the Hispanic community, last year they held their Day of the Dead event with Mayan culture as its main theme. The event was attended by the supervisor for District 2 of San Mateo County, Noelia Corzo, who recognized the value of remembering Latin roots in these celebrations.
The two proclamations are relevant because, on the one hand, there is the registry of flyers that must be available to everyone and the Hispanic Heritage Month that seeks to recognize the importance of the Latino population, "making the invisible visible, a time to reflect on our roots and our history," said Mraz.
These proclamations recognized two organizations that have been contributing to the San Mateo County community in both areas for years: El Concilio, a community organization committed to increasing education, employment, and access to quality of life services for underserved communities in San Mateo County, and Casa Círculo Cultural, which has been working for and with county residents for 15 years.
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