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Association of
Hispanics Organized
to Raise Awareness
(AHORA)
On September 19,
2007, the American
Express Hispanic
Employee Network,
AHORA (Association
of Hispanics
Organized to Raise
Awareness), kicked-off
its celebration of
Hispanic Heritage
Month with its 5th
Annual Hispanic Expo,
under the theme
AHORA Y SIEMPRE! Now
and Forever!. The
event was held at
the company’s
headquarter office
where more than
3,000 employees
enjoyed a large-scale
exposition and had
the opportunity to
speak with
representatives from
a variety of
Hispanic businesses,
enjoy free food,
music, live
entertainment and a
drawing for prizes.
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Tom
Schick,
executive
vice
president
of
Corporate
Affairs
and
Communications
at
American
Express;
actress
and
producer
April
Lee
Hernandez,
and the
American
Express
Hispanic
Employee
Network
Special
Events
Steering
Committee
at the
AHORA
5th
Annual
Expo
Ribbon
Ceremony.
Photography
by Jack
Dunn |
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Hispanic Women’s
Corporation’s (HWC)
On September 13-14,
the Hispanic Women’s
Corporation (HWC)
held its 22nd
National Hispanic
Women’s Conference
in Phoenix, AZ. The
conference, one of
the largest
gathering of Latinas
in the nation, aims
to motivate and
educate Latinas in
the areas of career
opportunities,
professional
development and
information on
social issues
Latinas face today.
The event offered a
one-day Youth
Leadership
Conference for
Latina high school
students targeting
approximately 400
local-area school
students. This
year’s theme was
“Latina Power!”
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Press
Conference
with
Linda
Mazon
Gutierrez
&
Scholarship
Recipients
Photography
by José
L. Muñoz |
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Linda
Mazon
Gutierrez,
Hispanic
Women’s
Corporation
president;
Patricia
Diaz
Dennis,
board
chair,
Girls
Scouts
USA
receiving
the
Latina
Leadership
Award
and
conference
chair
Alexis
N.
Parra. |
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Left to
right:
Alexis
N.
Parra,
conference
chair;
Linda
Garza
Kalaf,
board
Chair,
HWC
Scholarship
named
for
Julie
Stav;
Linda
Mazon
Gutierrez,
HWC
president
and
Javier
Rey,
vice
president
at State
Farm
Insurance. |
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Hispanic Women of
Distinction (HWD)
On August 17th,
Hispanic Women of
Distinction (HWD)
held its 6th annual
luncheon in Davie,
Florida. With more
than 800 attendees,
the luncheon
provided
opportunities for
the Latinos to
showcase fashion and
design. Also12
Latinas were
recognized for their
work and commitment
in the Latino
community. In
addition, the annual
Latina Pioneer Award
was presented by
Erwin M. Vasquez,
M.D. founder of Viva
Broward! and County
Commissioner Diana
Wasserman Rubin to
Dr. Isabel Diaz, age
90, a pediatrician
who arrived to the
shores of Miami in a
wooden boat to begin
a new life of
freedom.
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Left to right: Producers of the Luncheon, Lisa Miceli, president of Event-Treats and Elaine Vasquez, editor/owner of El Heraldo de Broward |
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Left to right (Front row): Silvia Stradi, chief nursing officer for Cedars Medical Center; Teresa Fernandez, chief nursing officer at Kendall Regional Medical Center; Stella Tokar, president & CEO of Pembroke Pines Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Back row: Patricia San Pedro, president of San Pedro Productions; Jeanette Nunez, vice president, Government Relations for Jackson Health System; Myriam Campo-Goldman, president & CEO of Harmony Development Center for troubled youth; Beatriz Miniaci, producer, Life Works Entertainment & Consultant Bea Well Associates; Berthy de la Rosa Aponte, advocate/presidential appointee for Individuals with Disabilities; Rosie Puello-Burkman, vice president, Marketing for JM&A Group.
Photos by George Olsen |
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Hispanic Women
Network of Texas (HWNT)
The Hispanic Women
Network of Texas (HWNT)
celebrated its 21st
anniversary August
10-11 in Dallas. The
event was a meeting
place for Latina
leaders,
entrepreneurs,
authors, and
corporate
professionals. Each
one of them provided
insights on the
social and economic
advancement of
Hispanic women.
Speakers and
distinguished guests
included: Kathleen
Leos, assistant
deputy secretary and
director to the
Office of English
Language Acquisition
in the U.S.
Department of
Education, Nina
Perales, senior
legal counsel at
MALDEF, and Grace
Lieblein, highest
ranking latina
engineer at General
Motors. This year’s
theme was “The
Latina Symposium-Health,
Education and
Leadership.”
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Left to
right:
Carmen
Garcia,
State
Chair
and HWNT
Board,
Pearl
Garza
Fracchia,
Josie
Vasquez,
Linda
Escamilla,
Amalia
Hinojosa-Nadler
and Dora
Tovar. |
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California Hispanic
Chambers of Commerce
(CHCC)
The California
Hispanic Chambers of
Commerce held its
28th annual
Convention &
Business Expo on
August 22-25 in Long
Beach, CA. With over
21 business
workshops, attendees
had the opportunity
to network and
receive insightful
information from
executives, and
authors such as
Linda Pinson, best-selling
author of “Anatomy
of a Business Plan,”
Sallie Salinas,
director of the
Institute for Women
Entrepreneurs, to
name a few. Also
they were able to
meet key
representatives from
Microsoft and Yahoo
to learn about
emerging business
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Panelists
at the
California
Hispanic
Chambers
of
Commerce
Latina
Luncheon
“Bridging
the Gap”.
Top row:
Miriam
Galicia
Duarte,
Miriam
Galicia
Duarte &
Asociados
Public
Relations;
Ophelia
Basgal,vice
president
at Civic
Partnerships
and
Community
Initiatives
Pacific
Gas &
Electric
Co.; Van
Dang,
vice
president,
Law
Deputy
general
counsel
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
Bottom
row: Pat
Parker,
president
at
Native
American
Management
Services;
Meskerem
Tadesse
president
& CEO,
The
Optimize
Group,
Inc.
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