The Annual Convention features plenary sessions, keynote addresses, the coveted business awards of the year and a variety of seminars & workshops, with topics such as: procurement & supplier development opportunities, Access to Capital, Latina Business Development, “growing and expanding your business” series, and corporate contracts matchmaking appointments onsite, bringing together hundreds of Hispanic suppliers with corporate and government buyers. 

With the theme, “Celebrating History, Heritage, and the American Dream,” CHCI will present Medallion of Excellence awards to actress Eva Longoria Parker and jazz legend Arturo Sandoval, and the CHCI Chair’s Award to Broadway composer Lin-Manuel Miranda. CNN’s Soledad O’Brien will serve as the celebrity host.

    Former Kumbia Kings member and Latin pop sensation Irving “Pee Wee” Salinas will open the evening’s program with a new single before performing the national anthem.

    Born into a musical family, Sheila E. has been performing for close to four decades and her 1984 single “The Glamorous Life” was nominated for an American Music Award and a Grammy Award. She is the President of Heaven Productions Music and the co-founder and co-chair of the Elevate Hope Foundation, a charitable organization that uses music therapy to work with abused and abandoned children. Her impressive career has exposed the talents of a truly multi-faceted performer- from drumming, percussion, vocals, song writing, arranging, producing, and composing, to her inspiring humanitarian efforts.

    Each year, the CHCI Annual Awards Gala is the hallmark event that launches Hispanic Heritage Month in Washington, D.C., and serves as the unifying event for the Hispanic-American community. CHCI would like to thank its Hispanic Heritage Month Conference & Gala Planning Committee members Reps. Ben Lujan, Ciro Rodriguez and Lucille Roybal-Allard.

    The 33rd Annual Awards Gala Premier sponsor is Comcast and Millennium sponsors include Anheuser-Busch Companies, Lilly USA, Lockheed Martin, and Univision. Proceeds of the Gala benefit CHCI’s award-winning leadership development programs.

    About Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

    Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), a nonprofit and nonpartisan 501(c) (3) organization, provides leadership development programs and educational services to students and young emerging leaders. The CHCI Board of Directors is comprised of Hispanic Members of Congress, nonprofit, union and corporate leaders. 

OZOMATLI, CRISTIAN CASTRO, PEE WEE TO HEADLINE ALL-STAR VOCESUNIDAS POR AMERICA (VOICES UNITED FOR AMERICA) CONCERT DURING 81stANNUAL LULAC NATIONAL CONVENTION!

TOP LATIN RECORDING ARTISTSUNITE JULY 17, IN ALBUQUERQUE TO RAISE VOICES AGAINST ARIZONA’S PROPOSEDIMMIGRATION LAW!

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Withthe backdrop of the impending controversial Arizona immigration law SB 1070 setto take effect, LULAC has called upon the Latino’s entertainment community tounite and raise their collective voices through a star-studded concert with acause, Voces Unidas Por Americaor Voices United for America.

Top Latin recording artistsPee Wee, Ozomatli, Cristian Castro are set to perform Saturday July 17 at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque,New Mexico (site of the 81st Annual LULAC National Convention), VocesUnidas will unite Latino performing artists, actors,public officials and national leaders in a unprecedented concert that will senda “collective and united” message to the state of Arizona.

LULAC has joined forceswith TV and music producer David Chavez and LatinPointe to use music as aunifying theme in rallying support from the Latin entertainment, and political world.  Thepassion and the energy of Latino community across the country will be channeledinto a unique event.

“The incredible talent willjoin together in echoing the sentiment and passion of the Latino communityagainst the proposed law” remarked Rosa Rosales, LULAC President. “Arizona hasgiven Latinos an opportunity to stand up; an urgency and a sense of purpose tounite through song as Americans voice their concerns with this unique musicalevent.”

Voces Unidas is scheduled for Saturday July 17^th, 7:00 pm at Tingley Coliseum, NewMexico State Fairgrounds, in Albuquerque, NewMexico.  The concert will be held during LULAC’s National Convention. Thisyear’s theme, New Strategies for Community Empowerment: NewLeadership through Action, will take onpressing priorities in the areas of immigration, education, healthcare anddiversity. 

CA Hispanic Chambers of Commerce (CHCC) 30th Annual State Convention at US Grant Hotel

Advocacy, Empowerment & Education for California’s Emerging Businesses

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San Diego, CA — TOLTEC MEDIA, is the agency charged with leading community, corporate and strategic outreach on the ground for the National Council of La Raza [NCLR]. “In its 40th anniversary we are delighted to represent the Council  on such an important election year. Once again in San Diego, and more than ever NCLR is committed to advancing  the  hopes and aspirations of Hispanic Americans  through efforts such as its  ”Wave of Hope Campaign,” said Toltec Media CEO Fred Sotelo.   For more on the conference and Wave of Hope campaign visit  www.nclr.or

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