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Latino Leaders Launch Effort to Make Their Voices Heard In National and State HealthCare Debates.
LULAC Joins Forces with Health Groups to Discuss Universal HealthCare.
April 17, 2008
For more information, contact:
Javier Dominguez, 202-833-6130 ext. 12
Vivian Todini, 917-747-7980
Latino leaders from the
Northeast will gather at the first “Latino
Voices in Universal Heath Care, A Regional
Action Summit,” designed to bring Latino voices
to the healthcare reform debate. The Universal
Healthcare Summit will take place on Saturday,
May 3rd, 9:30 am to 4 pm at the Sheraton
4-Points, at 275 Research Parkway,
Meriden, Connecticut. LULAC members and
friends are encouraged to participate. The
Summit is free and open to the public.
The purpose of the
Summit is to provide a forum for our nation’s
fastest growing segment of the population to
discuss policies important to their community.
There is much at stake for Latinos. In
Connecticut alone, while Latinos are 10 percent
of the state’s population, they constitute 40
percent of the uninsured. These numbers reflect
nationwide trends. The summit will feature
various U.S. Senators who will join a large
group of Hispanic students from around the U.S.
to discuss the critical issues facing their
communities in the areas of immigration,
education, civil rights, judicial system amongst
other issues. Latino leaders will identify
opportunities for organizing and building state
and national coalitions to advance the universal
health care for all.
For more information,
please go to
http://www.latinosnhi.org/events.php or
Register
HERE.
Universal HealthCare
Foundation of Connecticut and Latinos for
National Health Insurance are the cosponsors of
the event. The Host Committee includes: the
League of United Latin American Citizens
(LULAC), District Council 37 (AFSCME), NY Labor
Council for Latin American Advancement, The
Connecticut Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs
Commission, Columbia University Center for the
Health of Urban Minorities, Hispanic Center of
Excellence Albert Einstein School of Medicine,
Universal Health Care Action Network, NYU Center
for Latino Health, National Hispanic Council on
Aging, and Healthcare NOW.
The
League of United Latin American Citizens
advances the economic condition, educational
attainment, political influence, health and
civil rights of Hispanic Americans through
community-based programs operating at more than
700 LULAC councils nationwide. # # #
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