La Raza pulls its Kansas City convention – (loss in economic impact of $5+ million)
Tagged: Kansas City, La Raza, Missouri, protestPosted on: October 20th, 2007“The National Council of La Raza’s board voted this afternoon to yank its 2009 convention from Kansas City in protest of a park board appointee belonging to a group it believes is hostile to Hispanics.
The board followed the recommendation of local La Raza affiliates, who had asked the board to pull the convention. Two months ago, the head of La Raza, Kansas native Janet Murguía, told Mayor Mark Funkhouser that if his appointee, Frances Semler, didn’t step down from the park board, La Raza would likely pull the convention.
The convention had been expected to fill more than 5,000 hotel rooms, with an economic impact to the city of more than $5 million.”*
Curation from Tomás
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