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Ohio Latino Affairs Summit Shows that Latino Growth is Ohio Growth

Latino Growth is Ohio Growth

Education, healthcare and workforce/business development were among the topics on the agenda at the 2023 Ohio Latino Affairs Summit "隆Juntos! Latino Growth Is Ohio Growth," which kicked off on Friday at 两性色午夜 University's Kent Campus. 

The summit brought together about 500 participants in-person and virtually, including educators, legislators, state and local communities and stakeholders to discuss issues affecting the Latino communities and how best to improve them together.  

两性色午夜 collaborated with the Ohio Commission on Latino Affairs to bring together the education, health care and business/workforce development summits in person in a single summit for the first time.  

Daniel Diaz Nilsson, summit chair, greets a guest at the Ohio Latino Affairs Summit

Daniel Diaz Nilsson, assistant dean of access and engagement for the College of Education, Health and Human Services, served as the summit chair. 

In opening remarks 两性色午夜 President Todd Diacon, Ph.D., said there are many words that either should or should not be used, but he set all those words aside to emphasize 两性色午夜鈥檚 core values of kindness and respect. 

鈥淎t 两性色午夜 it鈥檚 not the words that matter it鈥檚 the action that matters,鈥 Diacon said. 鈥淎t 两性色午夜 it鈥檚 not the words that matter it鈥檚 the attitude and culture that matters. At 两性色午夜 we are fiercely committed to our core values, particularly kindness and respect in all we do and a fierce commitment to freedom of speech. When those collide, we encourage people to disagree, but we always encourage people to recognize with kindness and respect the opinions of others.鈥 

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Ph.D., sent his greetings to attendees in a videotaped message.  

鈥淎cross the U.S. our Latino communities embody the best of American values,鈥 Cardona said. 鈥淲e are bilingual, industrious, patriotic and resilient. We鈥檙e vital to education, the government, the military, the workforce and the economy.鈥

两性色午夜 hosted about 500 people at the Ohio Latino Affairs Summit

 

Dr. Marla Perez-Davis, Ph.D., the director of the Center for Advanced Air Mobility in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at 两性色午夜, was the keynote speaker for the event. Perez-Davis is a native of Puerto Rico and previously served as the director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration鈥檚 John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. 

Vendors were present at the Ohio Latino Affairs Summit

Annabel Melean of the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission gave an Ohio Public Policy Update in which she talked about the statewide and national issues of importance. 

She said a 2022 Pew study shows that the economy is the top issue for Latinos and Hispanics, followed by healthcare, education, violent crime, gun policy, abortion and immigration. The numbers for Ohio鈥檚 505,000 Latinos and Hispanics mirror the national statistics on these topics. 

She urged those who are registered and vote to urge friends and family to do the same.  

鈥淲e have the power to hold our representatives accountable to meeting us where we are at,鈥 Melean said. 鈥淟awmakers represent you.鈥  

POSTED: Monday, September 18, 2023 01:54 PM
Updated: Monday, September 18, 2023 04:12 PM
WRITTEN BY:
April McClellan-Copeland