City College will celebrate Cinco de Mayo and educate the campus about the true meaning of the Mexican holiday tomorrow from noon to 1 p.m. in the Student Center.

According to event organizer, City College counselor and Puente Project coordinator Sandra Guzman, the event will be “a celebration of culture, a celebration of achievements, and awareness of what [Cinco de Mayo] is.”

Guzman said it will be a lively celebration with a band playing, light refreshments, and a discussion on the controversial new legislation in Arizona that allows police to ask about immigration status.

“We’re talking about actually incorporating a public forum on the new law or assembly bill that has recently been signed in Arizona,” Guzman said. “And kind of having an open mic discussion on what that means. So I think in the last half hour we’re going to use this opportunity to educate people on this bill.”

Cinco de Mayo is a commemoration of the Mexican army’s victory over French forces in Puebla, Mexico, in 1862. It is not Mexico’s Independence Day, however, which is Sept. 16.

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“Cinco de Mayo is one of the great American traditions of getting drunk and having a lot of salsa and celebrating something that most people have no clue about what caused this to be an event to be remembered,” said Communication Studies professor and Chair of the Voting Rights Committee for the California Democratic Party Chicano Caucus Steven Ybarra.

According to Lara and Ybarra, both self-proclaimed, proud Chicanos, Cinco de Mayo is a time to get together with family and enjoy their time together.

“It may mean different things to different people, but I think there is an underlying tone of beating the odds,” Guzman said, referring to Mexico’s unlikely historical victory.