III.2. Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation
CITY OF HOPKINS
City Council Report 2024-105
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: PeggySue Imihy, Special Projects and Initiatives Manager
Date: September 10, 2024
Subject: Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
MOTION TO Adopt a Proclamation Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month.
OVERVIEW
Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual celebration in the United States starting on
September 15th that coincides with the independence anniversaries of Costa Rica, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua and continues until October 15 th to
include Mexico’s independence day on September 16th and Chile’s on September 18th.
Hispanic Heritage Month is an opportunity to not only celebrate the past contributions and
achievements of the Hispanic and Latino community but to learn more about the struggle
it took to make them and to embrace the future as many cultures become more and more
intertwined.
Hispanic and Latino people make up a significant portion of the country’s population and
have become the largest ethnic minority group, at over 65 million people. The City of
Hopkins includes many residents and employees of Hispanic heritage and tonight the City
recognizes the important role each and every person plays in making our community the
wonderful place it is.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
Proclamation Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month
Administration
A Proclamation
Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month
WHEREAS, Hispanic Heritage Month, which was initially observed as a weeklong
celebration starting in 1968 and was expanded to a full month in 1988; and
WHEREAS, Hispanic Heritage Month begins annually on September 15th to coincide with
the independence anniversaries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and
Nicaragua and continues until October 15th to include Mexico’s independence day on
September 16th and Chile’s on September 18th; and
WHEREAS, the Hispanic population of the United States totals over 65 million people,
making it the largest ethnic minority group in the country at nearly 20 percent of the
nation’s people; and
WHEREAS, Hispanic Heritage Month is a celebration of Hispanic and Latino history and
contributions to American society, but also a recognition of the ongoing struggle against
discrimination for equal status and prosperity, and
WHEREAS, the City of Hopkins has many residents and employees who identify as
Hispanic or Latino and who make an important and lasting part of our social fabric at the
local, state, and national levels;
NOW THEREFORE, I, Patrick Hanlon, Mayor of the City of Hopkins in the State of
Minnesota, along with my fellow Council Members, recognize, adopt, and proclaim the
September 15th to October 15th, 2024 as Hispanic Heritage Month in the City of Hopkins,
and urge all residents to celebrate and learn about Hispanic history and to embrace the
special contributions that help to make our shared culture a rich one.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Seal of the City of
Hopkins, Minnesota to be affixed this 10th day of
September 2024.
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Patrick Hanlon, Mayor