Governor Tony Evers visited the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus on Tuesday as part of ongoing statewide campus visits.
EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) – Governor Tony Evers visited the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus on Tuesday as part of ongoing statewide campus visits.
During his visit, he toured a new exhibit at McIntyre Library celebrating the conclusion of Latinx Heritage Month. The “Chicāhuac Exhibition: Women’s Stories of Strength & Sacrifice from Rural Mexico to the Midwest” highlights the women who stay home while their husbands, fathers, and sons work at Wisconsin’s dairy farms.
It was created as a collaboration between the university and the nonprofit Puentes/Bridges which helps organize immersion trips for dairy farmers to visit the homes and communities where their migrant workers are from.
“It is such an important part of our economy and the farmers of Wisconsin and the undocumented folks who do all the work or much of the work, their family is someplace else and bringing those two together I think is a really good educational opportunity,” Evers said.
Latinx Heritage Month, also known as Hispanic Heritage Month, runs from September 15 through October 15.
The newly-opened exhibit will be located on McIntyre Library’s first floor through November 4.
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