Empowerment

It’s clear that President Obama never needed the 2010 Census to teach him about Latinos. By Manny Gonzalez. Available above on El Blog

In this year’s class of inductees is the first Hispanic inductee, Eduardo Caballero.

In partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health and the White House Council on Women and Girls (March 11, 2011), the White House Office of National AIDS Policy will convene a meeting in recognition of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day that will bring together community groups, local health organizations, adolescent and teenage girls, national organizations and research experts to discuss the issue of HIV/AIDS and its impact on women, young women and girls.

impreMedia announced that its CEO, Monica C. Lozano has been appointed member to the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. The Council represents a group of experienced leaders that will carry out initiatives promoting growth in American businesses, creating jobs and establishing global competition.

By their own reckoning, Latinos living in the United States do not have a national leader. When asked in an open-ended question to name the person they consider “the most important Latino leader in the country today,” nearly two-thirds (64%) of Hispanic respondents said they did not know. An additional 10% said “no one.”

Tony Hernandez – University of Wisconsin-Superior Class of ’84 will return to campus to receive The Distinguished Alumnus Award and inform the campus and community about his nationwide Immigrant Archive Project.

Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico– On September 9th over one hundred of some of the most influential and powerful Latina women in corporate America and business came together to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Hispana Leadership Summit. With a stunning backdrop of the New Mexico desert-mountains, the event kicked off with a strong group of senior corporate leaders from CNN en Español, Johnson & Johnson, Yum! Brands and Altura Capital Group; who set the stage with provoking remarks on leadership and business communications. We got bold, real and candid very quickly “Latina style” …saying it as mami or abuelita would say it.

Available at HispanicCMO.com

Monday evening a star-studded panel of judges chose Miss Mexico, Jimena Navarrete, as MISS UNIVERSE 2010 live from Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

The Tenth District of the American Advertising Federation announces the Southwest Advertising Hall of Fame Class of 2010 with seven new honorees, among whom will be Alex López Negrete, President, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Lopez Negrete Communications, Inc., in Houston, Texas.