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USHLI Partners with National Latino Children's Institute and eLatina Voices
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Approximately 350 leaders of child-focused non-profit organizations, elected officials, advocates, researchers, students, and community leaders attended the National Latino Children's Institute Summit held last weekend in Phoenix, AZ. Representing the NLCI were the Chair of the Board Rita Jaramillo, Executive Director Josephine Garza, and the Summit Chair and eLatina Voices Founder Olga Aros. The event was held at the University of Arizona's Virginia Piper Auditorium.
 The theme of the Summit was "ACTION NOW: Keeping the Promise of a Brighter Future for Latino Children." The program focused on reviewing the research and discussing successful strategies that address the complex set of interconnected issues facing Latino children including poverty, immigration status, and language barriers. USHLI President Dr. Juan Andrade was the keynote speaker. USHLI's participation was an extension of the Student Leadership Series. This was our 38th SLS event of 2012, bringing the total number of students, parents, and professionals served to 45,058 in 20 states. The next stops for the Student Leadership Series are Columbus, OH (10/27), Chicago, IL (11/2-3), Ogden, UT (11/5), Jerome, ID (11/6), Boise, ID (11/6) Yakima Valley, WA (11/7), Omaha, NE (11/7), Hammond, IN (11/7-9) and Portland, OR (11/9-10).
The primary goal of the Student Leadership Series is to ensure that every Latino family has a student that is one of the following: the 1st student to graduate high school; the 1st student to enroll in post-secondary education or training; the 1st student to graduate post-secondary education or training. The USHLI 2012 Student Leadership Series officially launched February 16th and consists of Stay-in-School Rallies for middle school and junior high students, Career & College Recruitment Fairs for high school students, Regional Leadership Summits for college students, and, whenever possible, Parent Leadership Training and Professional Development events.
Persons interested in hosting SLS events in 2013 should contact Dr. Juan Andrade at docandrade@ushli.org.
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