About Us
The purpose of this organization is to create and maintain a unified Latino and Caribbean Community at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. LACASA is an organization meant to bring students from different backgrounds to create a safe space where students are able discuss issues and topics of interest that concern and affect the Latino and Caribbean communities. All while celebrating, sharing and promoting the very diverse and colorful cultures of our people through cultural, educational and social activities and events. Our members include students of many different Latino ethnicities enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, as well as other UPB students who are interested in learning about and participating in Latino culture, history and empowerment. Our mission is to, in recognition of the need for a conscious voice for underrepresented students, strive to promote the Latino and Caribbean cultures and improve diversity awareness on our campus. Our goals are to encourage unity within the students in the club, to be a voice of the community on campus as well as to educate others on the campus. These goals will be achieved through cultural celebration, open forums and campus- wide activities. The Latino and Caribbean American Student Association recognizes the need for unity within the Caribbean and Latin American students on this campus and vow to achieve this by always creating a safe and open environment and assistance to the best of our ability in academia, housing, and other aspects that affect student life.
