Hispanic
Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month recognizes the
contributions of Hispanic Americans. The observation started in 1968
when President Lyndon Johnson designated a Hispanic Heritage Week,
and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover the
30-day period from September 15 to October 15. September 15 was
chosen to start the celebration as it’s the independence anniversary
for five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico, Chile and
Belize celebrate their independence days on September 16, September
18 and September 21, respectively.
The term Hispanic, as defined by the U.S.
Census Bureau, refers to Spanish-speaking people in the United
States of any race. On the 2000 Census form, people of
Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin could identify themselves as Mexican,
Puerto Rican, Cuban, or "other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino." More than
35 million people identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino on the
2000 Census.
Some important facts to keep in mind are
- 3.1% Percentage increase in the
Hispanic population between July 1, 2008, and July 1, 2009, making
Hispanics the fastest-growing minority group
- 2.3 million The number of
Hispanic-owned businesses in 2007, up 43.6 percent from
2002.
- $345.2 billion receipts generated by
Hispanic-owned businesses in 2007, up 55.5 percent from
2002.
- 35 million is the number of U.S.
residents 5 and older who spoke Spanish at home in 2008. Those who
hablan español constituted 12% of U.S. residents. More than half
of these Spanish speakers spoke English "very
well."
Hispanic Heritage Month Event
The
Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global
Diversity
Keynote Speaker: Andrés
Tapia, Chief Diversity Officer / Emerging Workforce
Solutions Leader, Hewitt Associates. Full
bio...
Date: Tuesday, September 28
Time:
4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Cost: FREE to HLBC
members, but registration is required!
Register:
Contact GLI Registration
via
email or via phone at
502.625.1056.
The Hispanic Latino Business Council
is proud to present Andres Tapia, Chief Diversity Officer /Emerging
Workforce Solutions Leader, Hewitt Associates. Andres will share an
insightful discussion the way to the next generation of diversity
work. The Inclusion Paradox breaks ground in challenging the notion
that the melting pot leads to inclusion and that current best
practices will be enough to achieve breakthroughs. It offers dynamic
guidelines for diversity in a new era.
The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and
the Transformation of Global Diversity explores the impact of the
Obama phenomenon not from a political but rather from a cultural
perspective. Sure there are myriad political implications to be
made, anywhere from an analysis of Blue State / Red State shifts to
legitimate policy debates. No matter how these things get hashed
out, in addition there is an undeniable, transformative,
culture-change story is unfolding that includes all of us globally.
There are profound cultural implications of an Obama Era to culture
in the United States as well as globally that will affect our
personal, group, and institutional relationships and how we go about
doing our work strategically and day-to-day. Regardless of one’s
political preferences and passions, we are all players in the
culture-change drama.
Important
Partnership Announcement
HLBC serves
not only as a voice for the growing Hispanic business community, but
as bridge connecting Hispanic businesses to opportunities across our
community. HLBC also like to take the intiative in efforts to help
our region to be more inclusive trought out our community. HLBC will
be partnering with UPS and the Greater Louisville International
Professionals (GLIP), an upper commming organization that also
promotes diversity in our region.
GLIP showcases Louisville’s welcoming and
inclusive nature by serving as a trusted source of information,
conversations and connections between international professionals
and the region’s business community. G.L.I.P. also offers a valuable
forum for the area’s professionals or companies doing business
internationally and thinking with a global perspective. For more
information visit www.louisvilleinternationals.com
UPS collaborates to the event by not
only hosting our organizations at the worlport but also will provide
us with a world class speaker an talented employee: Griselda
Hernandez, general Manager for UPS Mexico. Griselda is responsible
for all operations in that country. In her role, she develops and
carries out strategies to strengthen and extend the company’s
extensive logistics portfolio while maintaining a keen focus on
customer service.
“UPS: A world Within Our Reach” unique
partner event bringing together international companies and
professionals to sample ethnic food, network and learn about UPS
World Port’s global impact on Greater Louisville. Check HLBC email
communications, more details coming soon…
Economic
Development Section: Idea Festival
Founded in
2000, the IdeaFestival (IF) is a world-class event that attracts
leading global innovators and thinkers to discuss and celebrate
imagination, new perspectives and transformational
ideas.
The IdeaFestival provides a unique stage
to explore the cross-cutting nature of innovation involving a range
of diverse disciplines, while supplying the creative tools needed to
“see,” synthesize and apply this knowledge in new, dynamic
ways.
This year the IdeaFesatival will be from
September 29 to October 2, 2010. Some of the feature events are:
- Remaining a City Through
Design / Presented by Curry Stone Design Prize by
Alejandro Echeverri - The 2009 Curry Stone Design Prize was
awarded to a bold and ambitious public works plan for the
Colombian city of Medellín that helped revitalize its poorest
neighborhoods and transform what was considered the deadliest city
in the world into a vibrant, urban hub. In just four years,
Alejandro Echeverri, then-director of urban projects, and Sergio
Fajardo, former mayor, led the charge for urban renewal, supported
by a vast team of architects, technicians and community members
and buoyed by Fajardo's belief that, "Our most beautiful buildings
must be in our poorest areas." Today, Medellín's transformation
has become a model for other cities in the developing
world.
- Diavolo -
Founded by Jacques Heim to create large-scale interdisciplinary
performances which examine the funny and frightening ways
individuals act with their environment. Constantly changing the
image presented to the audience, Diavolo has developed a movement
vocabulary that creates an almost cinematic experience of powerful
images that develop abstract narratives of the human
condition.
- Thrivals
3.0: The Global Brain: What Happens Next?
Exploring the Power of Human Imagination, Creativity, &
Innovation - At Thrivals™ it’s always about the future. It’s a way
of thinking and learning about the broad social, political,
environmental, economic and technological trends that are shaping
the mid- to- long term future now. Attending Thrivals is a fun,
mind bending, future focused, innovative, leading edge and thought
provoking learning experience where humans of all identities are
challenged by each other, to think about new ideas, rethink old
assumptions, build on the minds others, to become, to do, to
understand, to otherwise live this single planetary experience to
its fullest.
For full schedule and overview of Idea
Festival –IF 2010 Program please visit www.ideafestival.com
