We are thrilled to participate in the ‘Searching for Cesar Chavez’ event at Hispanicize 2013 in Miami! The National Town Hall live-streamed event, hosted by Hispanicize 2013 and the Friends of the American Latino Museum, will take place on April 13th and involve national experts, media and elected officials. Honoring the 20th anniversary of Cesar Chavez’s passing and just months after the presidential election in which U.S. Hispanics cast the decisive votes, the event will tackle one of the most common questions Latinos often ask themselves: Who is our modern day Cesar Chavez? A Pew Hispanic Center survey from a recent article suggests that Latinos believe they do not have a national leader and could be losing opportunities by not having a strong, dynamic national spokesperson.
“With over 50 million American Latinos in this nation, strong Latino leadership is vital to ensuring our community’s voice is heard,” said Cid Wilson, Board Chair for the Friends of the American Latino Museum, in a recent article from Hispanicize. “We are proud to partner with Hispanicize for this panel that will highlight our cultural leaders throughout history while building recommendations to nurture the leaders of tomorrow.”
Set up as an interactive town hall stylized meeting, the event will live stream to the Friends of the American Latino Museum’s 325,000 subscribers (including over 250,000 Facebook and Twitter followers). This ‘cultural summit’ will discuss where Latinos truly stand in America today and conclude with actionable steps that could help change history.