FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
July 11, 2014 Ricky Garza
(202) 776-1732; rgarza@nclr.org
NCLR Press Office in Los Angeles
(213) 743-6462 (July 18-22 only)
Líderes event will bring hundreds of young Latino leaders to 2014 NCLR Annual Conference
LOS ANGELES—NCLR (National Council of La Raza) will bring together 300 young Latino leaders from across the county at the 2014 Líderes Summit, held July 19–22 in conjunction with the 2014 NCLR Annual Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Participants include high school and college students as well as young professionals, ages 14–26, who want to strengthen their leadership potential and learn how to become effective advocates in their communities. At the Summit, they will attend workshops, discussion forums and cultural presentations, hear from corporate and nonprofit speakers, and volunteer at a community service event at local schools on Friday, July 18.
This year, the Líderes Summit offers two tracks: Rising Leaders for younger students (ages 14–18) and Avanzando for young people older than age 18. Attendees will explore ideas for community engagement, discuss key issues in the Latino community, build leadership and teamwork skills, get career advice, and attend events at the 2014 NCLR Annual Conference. The Latino youth leaders will learn how to start innovative programs in their home communities.
The NCLR Líderes initiative is designed to increase opportunities for Latino youth to maximize their influence as leaders in the United States. Líderes operates on a national level to support and strengthen community-based programs and campus-based organizations serving Hispanic youth. To learn about other NCLR leadership and education opportunities for young people, please visit lideres.nclr.org.
To cover this event, press can register for the 2014 NCLR Annual Conference, free of charge, at the press registration website. Follow Líderes-related events on Twitter at #Lideres14 and #NCLR14.
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WHAT: NCLR 2014 Líderes Summit
WHO: 300 Latino youth leaders from across the United States
Speakers include:
Clarissa Martinez-de Castro, Deputy Vice President, Office of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, NCLR
Jose Antonio Vargas, Journalist, Filmmaker, Activist, Director of “Documented,” Founder of Define American
Dash Harris, Director of “Negro: The Documentary”
Alex Serna, Academic Program Coordinator, Youth Policy Institute
Vanessa Valentin, Employee Engagement Coordinator, Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
Mike de la Rocha, Musician, Writer and Speaker
Jose Bravo, Chief Scientist, Shell
Noramay Cadena, Founder and Executive Director, Latinas in STEM
WHEN: Saturday, July 19–Tuesday, July 22, 2014
WHERE: Los Angeles Convention Center
West Hall A
1201 South Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015
NCLR—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. For more information on NCLR, please visit www.nclr.org or follow along on Facebook and Twitter.
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