Building on a series of gatherings held across the country, the White House will host a Hispanic Community Action Summit in New York City on Tuesday, October 18th.
The summit will connect more than a dozen senior Administration officials from several policy areas with Hispanic leaders, small business owners and local officials to discuss issues critical to the Hispanic community, the New York, Connecticut and New Jersey tri-state region and the nation.
The gathering in New York follows similar regional meetings in Las Vegas, Nevada and Orlando, Florida last month and a national Hispanic conference held at the White House in July, providing an opportunity for participants to discuss important issues with White House and Cabinet agency officials. Discussions cover a wide-range of topics from jobs and the economy to education and health care, to fixing the broken immigration system so that it meets our nation’s 21st century economic and security needs.
The conference in New York will begin with a plenary session followed by dynamic breakout sessions and an innovative open space dialogue where summit participants will work together to define the agenda and shape the format.
Members of the public must register in advance to participate in the summit at . A recent report on the President’s agenda and the Hispanic community is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/hispanic.
