NCLR Town Hall to Highlight Role of Education as Critical Catalyst for Integration

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Contact:
Camila Gallardo
(305) 573-7329/(305) 215-4259
cgallardo@nclr.org
NCLR Conference Press Office
(504) 670-5602

NCLR President and CEO to be joined by Director of White House Domestic Policy Council, Cecilia Muñoz, Actress and Activist Eva Longoria and other distinguished speakers

On Saturday, July 20, 2013, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) will host the town hall "Beyond Immigration Reform: How Education is the Catalyst for Integration" during its 2013 Annual Conference held in New Orleans. As the nation awaits passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill that will provide the opportunity to legalize millions of immigrants currently the country, no institution will have the same place in history or have the same kind of impact on immigrant families as schools will have. This town hall brings together researchers, government officials and thought leaders to discuss the implications of immigration reform for the entire education system from preschool through college. Community members are invited to attend the town hall free of charge and will have an opportunity to interact, share impressions and concerns, and ask questions.

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WHO:

Moderator: José Díaz-Balart, News Anchor, Noticiero Telemundo
Panelists:   Janet Murguía, NCLR President and CEO
                      Dr. Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, Dean, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
                      Reyna Hernandez, Assistant Superintendent, Center for Language and Early Child Development, Illinois State Board of Education
                      Cecilia Muñoz, Director, White House Domestic Policy Council
                      Eva Longoria, Actress, Activist, and Philanthropist
                      Emilio Vicente, DREAMer
                      Gina Pupo Walker, Executive Director of Family and Community Partnerships, Metro Nashville Public Schools
                            and Board Member of Conexión Americas

WHAT:          TOWN HALL—"Beyond Immigration Reform: How Education is the Catalyst for Integration"
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WHEN:          Saturday, July 20, 2013, 3:00–4:30 p.m. CDT

WHERE:        Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
                      Riverside Rooms R02–R04
                      900 Convention Center Boulevard
                      New Orleans, LA 70130

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