USHLI: Making a Difference November 10 Weekly Update In This Issue USHLI Successfully Completes Series of Regional Student Leadership Conferences The Constitution Prevails: Census Bureau $$$ are Safe; Non-Citizens Win! Coming Next: Career Day/College Recruitment Fair in Cleveland Also Coming this Week: Candidate Training/Campaign Management School in Cleveland New Census Web Site Thought for the Week Upcoming Dates Other USHLI Sponsored Conference: Career Day/College Recruitment Fair Tri-C Metro Campus Auditorium Cleveland, OH November 12, 2009 USHLI National Conference Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers Chicago, IL February 17-20, 2010 Past Issues November Monthly Newsletter October 27 Weekly Update October 20 Weekly Update Archive of All Past Issues Video Services Provided By USHLI Successfully Completes Series of Regional Student Leadership Conferences On September 26 USHLI launched in annual series of regional student leadership conferences in Chicago and ended on November 7 in Orlando, FL. Other regional conferences were also held in Spokane, WA, Newark, NJ, and Kansas City, MO. Approximately 1,000 students attended the regional conferences that focused on leadership skills development, the importance of undergraduate and graduate school, career opportunities, the 2010 Census, and health care reform. A powerful lineup of standing-ovation quality speakers addressed our regional conferences. Our speakers included Jimmy Cabrera, Consuelo Castillo-Kickbusch, Carlos Ojeda, Jr., Dr. Angelina Pedroso, Ernesto Mejia, Dr. Rosita Lopez, Andres Lara, Dr. Christina Marin, Pegine Echevarria, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Pedro Cortez, Martin Cabrera, John Fraire, Deborah Deras, Roy Juarez, Jr., and Gerson Martinez. Co-sponsors included Southwest Airlines, AARP, Verizon Foundation, the Walt Disney Company, and the University of Phoenix. Click here for pictures of our speakers and participants. The Constitution Prevails: Census Bureau $$$ are Safe; Non-Citizens Win! The U.S. Senate did the right thing and invoked cloture on the appropriations bill for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS). The vote effectively ended attempts by Senate Republicans David Vitter (LA) and Robert Bennett (UT) to add an amendment that would have stopped the 2010 Census dead in its tracks and included what could have been a potentially disastrous question to the Census form regarding citizenship and immigration status. USHLI thanks everyone who contacted their respective Senators and urged them to vote for cloture and to stop the Vitter-Bennett amendment. USHLI now calls on the Senate to move quickly on passage of the CJS appropriations bill. Coming Next: Career Day/College Recruitment Fair in Cleveland, OH USHLI is partnering with the Hispanic Roundtable in sponsoring a Career Day/College Recruitment Fair in Cleveland, OH. The event will be held at the Tri-C Metro Campus Auditorium on Thursday, November 12, beginning at 8:30am and concluding at 1:30pm. Our featured speaker will be Carlos Ojeda, Jr. regarded among the top young motivational speakers in the nation. Admission is free and a complimentary lunch will be provided. Students, teachers and/or counselors needing more information are encouraged to contact Isabel Reyes at (312) 427-8683 or ireyes@ushli.org. Also Coming this Week: Candidate Training & Campaign Management School in Cleveland USHLI is partnering with the Hispanic Roundtable in sponsoring a Candidate Training and Campaign Management School in Cleveland, OH. The event will be held on November 13-14 at Esperanza, located at 3104 West 25th Street. Part I of the training will be from 6:00-9:00pm on Friday and Part II will begin at 8:00am on Saturday and conclude at 5:00pm. Conducting the training will be Andrew "Andy" Hernandez from San Antonio, TX and Randy Parraz from Phoenix, AZ. Both are regarded among the top candidate training and campaign management consultants in the nation. Admission is free and a complimentary lunch will be provided. Persons interested in receiving more information are encouraged to contact Isabel Reyes at (312) 427-8683 or ireyes@ushli.org. New Census Web site! The U.S. Bureau of the Census recently announced its new Web site for national partners. The site provides answers to FAQs, explains the 10 questions that will be in the 2010 Census, dispels myths, includes dates to remember, and much more. To access the new Web site, visit www.2010census.gov. Please forward this information to colleagues on your list serv as well as family, friends and neighbors. The Census is now in your hands. Thought for the Week "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." --  Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.