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Conventions, Conferences, Summits, and more… |
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HCF Scholarship
Awards
The 11th annual Hispanic College Fund
Scholarship Awards Gala was held
Thursday Oct. 7, 2004, at the Ronald
Reagan Building and International Trade
Center in Washington, D.C. The event
honored 45 of the 670 talented Latino
students who received a total of $1.8
million in scholarships in 2004. The
reception audience of about 450 included
corporate supporters, scholarship
donors, and Latino leaders. The Hispanic
College Fund awards need- and
talent-based scholarships annually to
deserving Hispanic students with the
mission of developing the next
generation of Hispanic professionals in
the United States. |
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Scholarship Committee Vice Chair
Elizabeth
Lisboa-Farrow, president and founder of
Lisboa, Inc. |
Scholarship
Committee Chair Marilu Marshall, vice
president of HR for North America, Estée
Lauder |
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J.
Fernando Barrueta, president and CEO of
HCF
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2004 Hispanic College Fund scholarship
recipients |
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15th Annual Las
Primeras Awards
On Oct. 7, MANA, A National Latina
Organization held its 15th Annual Las
Primeras Awards Gala. The black tie
event, themed “Honoring Latina
Achievement,” was held at the National
Museum of Women in the Arts in
Washington, D.C., and was sponsored by
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Las Primeras
honors groundbreaking Latinas in various
careers and fields, and is one of the
cornerstone events of Hispanic Heritage
Month, drawing an audience of close to
300. Award recipients included: for
community service, Jane Garcia,
co-founder of Corporate Responsibility
through Advocacy; for leadership, the
Honorable Alma L. López, chief justice
of the Fourth County of Appeals in San
Antonio, Texas; and for public service,
the Honorable Patricia Madrid, New
Mexico Attorney General.
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MANA
president Alma Morales Riojas
(front, second from left) poses
with awards recipients, guests
and sponsors, including Jane
Garcia (top left), Alma López
(top, third from left) and
Patricia Madrid (front, third
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Alma Morales Riojas with Orlando Padilla
of General Motors |
Congresswoman Hilda Solis, Alma Morales
Riojas, and Raquel “Rocky” Egusquiza of
Ford Motor Company. |
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Mujer Awards
Gala
The National Hispana Leadership
Institute (NHLI) hosted its 12th Annual
Leadership Training & Mujer Awards Gala
on Friday, Oct. 29, 2004, at Disney’s
Yacht and Beach Club in Orlando. The
Awards Gala celebrated the human rights
work of two Latinas: Marjorie Agosin,
the award-winning Chilean poet, human
rights activist and professor at
Wellesley College; and Adelfa Botello
Callejo, an attorney and activist.
Keynote speakers included stockbroker
and best-selling author Julie Stav;
critically acclaimed author and
successful entrepreneur Deborah Rosado
Shaw; and Dr. Antonia Novello, the
former U.S. Surgeon General and current
New York State Health Commissioner. |
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Poet and
Mujer awardee Marjorie Agosin
(center) with Linda
Mazon-Gutierrez and Marisa
Rivera-Albert |
Attorney
and Mujer awardee Adelfa Botello
Callejo (center) with Linda
Mazon-Gutierrez (left), chair of
NHLI and president of the
Hispanic Women’s Corporation,
and NHLI president Marisa
Rivera-Albert (right) |
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Artist
Laura Cano with Marisa
Rivera-Albert |
Lunchtime
keynote speaker Deborah Rosado
Shaw signs copies of her book,
“Dream BIG!” |
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Keynote
speaker Dr. Antonia Novello, New
York State Health Commissioner |
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