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Over 10,000 college and high school students, administrators, and parents participated in our Student Leadership Series events last week. The events held and the number attending were: Illinois (78), Massachusetts (1,100), Indiana (5,030), Nebraska (2,200), Idaho (750), Washington (450), and Oregon (1,350). This was by far USHLI's most productive week since the beginning of our Student Leadership Series.
USHLI is very grateful to our partners in these states. They were: The New England Coordinating Committee (MA); middle school and high school personnel in Whiting and Hammond schools and Purdue University Calumet (IN); Charo Rangel and the Heartland Latino Leadership Board (NE); Margie Gonzalez and the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs (ID); Superintendent Minerva Morales and Mabton schools (WA); and Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson and Maria Chavez-Haroldson (OR).
Our featured speakers were Lina Traslaviņa in (MA), Jimmy Cabrera and Mena Badros in (IN), Carlos Ojeda, Ernesto Mejia, Joaquin Zihuatanejo and Shayla Rivera in (NE), the Cuban Guy in (ID, WA, and OR) and Deborah Deras in (OR).
These were our 43rd-Chicago, 44th-Whiting, 45th-Hammond, 46th-Purdue University Calumet, 47th-Boise, 48th-Mabton, 49th-Northwest Student Leadership Summit and 50th-Omaha, SLS events of 2012, bringing the total number of students, parents, and professionals served to 57,576 in 23 states. The next stop for the Student Leadership Series is Oklahoma City (11/16).
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, if 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. |
