HispanicAd.com presented the 2008 Young Planner recognition to Account Planning Director of Miami based C.O.D Jeff Beck during the 2008 Hispanic Account Planning Excelencia (HAPE) awards during the fall convention of the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies on Thursday September 11, 2008 in Los Angeles.
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Alex Lopez Negrete HispanicAd.com 2008 ‘Agency Executive Of The Year’.
Alex Lopez Negrete – President & CEO of Houston based Lopez Negrete Communications was honored by his peers in receiving the 2008 HispanicAd.com ‘Agency Executive of the Year’ award at the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies bi-annual conference in Los Angeles, CA on Thursday September 11, 2008.
Pablo Buffagni HispanicAd.com 2008 ‘Creative Director Of The Year’.
Pablo Buffagni – VP Creative Director of Conill was honored by his peers for the second time since 2003 in receiving the 2008 HispanicAd.com ‘Creative Director of the Year’ award at the Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies bi-annual conference in Los Angeles, CA on Thursday September 11, 2008.
Votara Usted? The Power of Latino Communities in the 2008 Presidential Election.
Iconoculture is examining the values and motivations driving the Latino vote in the 2008 presidential election. Iconoculture’s Latino Consumer Strategist team is looking to the future and defining how emerging trends will impact the political leanings of today’s Latino communities. During Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15), there will be a great deal of emphasis on the history of the community, but the Latino market is not looking back; it is plunging ahead in an era of growth.
Marisol Calero presents ‘Mis” Joyas Prestadas’.
With a selection of seventeen songs of famous Puerto Rican, Latin American and Caribbean singers and composers, the Puerto Rican singer, Marisol Calero will present her bohemian musical “Mis” Joyas Prestadas, in Miami, at the café theatre, Kimbara Cumbara on September 12th, 13th, 19th and 20th.
A Profile of Hispanic Public School Students.
The number of Hispanic students in the nation’s public schools nearly doubled from 1990 to 2006, accounting for 60% of the total growth in public school enrollments over that period. There are now approximately 10 million Hispanic students in the nation’s public kindergartens and its elementary and high schools; they make up about one-in-five public school students in the United States. In 1990, just one-in-eight public school students were Hispanic.
Obama announced $20M commitment to engage and mobilize Hispanic Voters.
Senator Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign together with the Democratic National Committee announced a $20 million commitment to engaging and mobilizing Hispanic voters for the November election at a press conference with Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO), Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Congresswoman Hilda Solis (D-CA) and Congressman José Serrano (D-NY).
Latino Voting Statistics.
The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) offers important Latino voting statistics that will influence the 2008 US Presidential race.
2008 National Survey of Latinos: Hispanic Voter Attitudes.
Hispanic registered voters support Democrat Barack Obama for president over Republican John McCain by 66% to 23%, according to a nationwide survey of 2,015 Latinos conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center.
Dieste & FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication develop Experiential Program.
The classroom of Hispanic community life is open to a team of talented graduate students pursuing an education at The Florida State University Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication who have embarked on a summer internship that takes them out of the classroom and office and into Hispanic family dynamics. The project is the first of a program being developed by Dieste in partnership with FSU’s Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication.
