The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Mexican American Student Association is holding a series Chicano Awareness Week events through April 14.

The celebration culminates with the MASA banquet at 6 p.m. April 14 in the East Union’s Great Plains Room. The featured speaker is Maximo Anguiano, an activist and entrepreneur who is vice president of collegiate outreach at BeVisible Latinix. He is also chair of Teatro Audaz in San Antonio, Texas.

For more information about the banquet, or to reserve a table, contact César Echevarría at cesarechevarria15@gmail.com, or Belinda Hinojos at bhinojos@nebraskamed.com. Tables must be reserved by April 11.

Chicano Awareness Week events organized by MASA include:

April 9 — “Spare Parts” film screening and discussion, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Nebraska Union, Heritage Room

April 10 — MASA Alumni Social, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom, 826 P St., Lincoln Haymarket

April 12 — MASA Taco Sale, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nebraska Union Plaza

April 12 — Arts, Crafts and Study Night, 5 to 9 p.m., Nebraska Union, Georgian Suite

April 14 — 2018 MASA Banquet, 6 p.m., East Union, Great Plains Room

Learn more about MASA and Chicano Awareness Week programming.