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Union Puertorriquena (UP)Union Puertorriquena is a student organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that serves the Puerto Rican community studying and living in Madison. The group enjoys a close working relationship with other multicultural student organizations on campus. The goals of Union Puertorriquena are to foster unity and increase awareness of Puerto Rican issues within the community. To this end, the group organizes several educational, social, cultural and political activities throughout the year, including the publication of its monthly newsletter, Boricua!, the celebration of Puerto Rican Month, and other events for the Madison community. Puerto Rican MonthUnion Puertorriquena has organized events for Puerto Rican Month for over fifteen years. Each year the organization invites guest speakers to discuss subjects of concern to the Puerto Rican community. Union Puertorriquena also sponsors films, dances, makes presentations of graduate student's dissertation topics and hosts Puerto Rican food banquets. BoricuaThe articles published in the monthly newsletter "Boricua" are contributed by Puerto Rican students as well as students from other minority organizations. Boricua has motivated other minority organizations to start their own newsletters. Such publications help to sensitize the general UW-Madison population to the needs and concerns of minority groups, while also providing a base for communication among minority students. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:UNION PUERTORRIQUENA (608) 262-5132 or stop by the office located in the Multicultural Student Center on the 2nd floor of the Red Gym, 716 Langdon St., Madison, WI, 53706.
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