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Tagged: Barack Obama, government, Juan Sepulveda, White HouseOn Tuesday, October 19, President Obama will sign the Obama Administration’s Executive Order on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. The ceremony will follow a National Education Summit and Call to Action hosted by the U.S. Department of Education that will begin on Monday (watch here), which will bring Administration officials together with experts in education and Hispanic community leaders from around the country on issues ranging from early childhood learning to higher education.
To reach the ambitious education goals President Obama has set for our nation and ensure America’s future competitiveness in a global economy, we must raise Hispanic education attainment at every level. The revised executive order will place a high priority on action designed to do exactly that. The White House Initiative was established in September 1990 to provide advice and guidance to the Secretary of Education on education issues related to Hispanics and address academic excellence and opportunities for the Hispanic community. It was subsequently continued by President William J. Clinton and President George W. Bush. Under President Obama, the office is led by Juan Sepulveda who has taken aggressive steps to hear from communities across the country about what works and what doesn’t work and how the Initiative can better serve the Hispanic community.
***To watch President Obama sign this executive order important to the Hispanic community, please log onto www.whitehouse.gov at 1pm EST on Tuesday, October 19th***
Monday’s summit precedes Tuesday’s signing by President Obama of an executive order at the White House aimed at helping raise Hispanic academic achievement.
Details on both events, including the agenda, speakers and watch party locations, are posted at sites.google.com/site/nationaleducationsummit/. Monday’s conference will be streamed online at livestream.com/OASLive, and Tuesday’s signing ceremony will be shown at www.whitehouse.gov.
MONDAY, OCT. 18
WHAT:
National Education Summit and Call to Action
WHO:
* Thelma Melendez, assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, U.S. Department of Education.
* Carmel Martin, assistant secretary for planning, evaluation and policy development, U.S. Department of Education.
* Gabriella Gomez, assistant secretary for legislation and congressional affairs, U.S. Department of Education.
* William Taggart, chief operating officer, Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education.
* Rosalinda Barrera, assistant deputy secretary for English language acquisition, U.S. Department of Education.
* Juan Sepulveda, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
* Others from the Department of Education and additional agencies.
WHERE:
Organization of American States, 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
WHEN:
8 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 18, 2010
TUESDAY, OCT. 19
WHAT:
President Obama’s Executive Order Signing Ceremony
WHERE:
East Room, The White House
WHEN:
1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010
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In other announcements, President Obama nominated Jimmie V. Reyna to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit- one of the highest judicial positions in the nation. A native of New Mexico, Mr. Reyna is a renowned international trade lawyer respected for his deep legal expertise and distinguished track record of leadership in the Latino community.
On October 8th, Secretary Sebelius and the Department of Health and Human Service announced more than $727 milllion in grants from the Affordable Care Act to updgrate and expand community health centers. We know that community health centers are a critical access point to the health care system for the Latino community and places like Centro de Salud de La Comunidad San Ysidro in California and El Borinquen Health Center in Miami, Florida received important funding.
Following through on a commitment to provide support to Main Street banks, thrifts, and credit unions that lend to small businesses and families in underserved communities, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the completion of funding under its Community Development Capital Initiative (CDCI). Overall, that program has invested $570 million in 84 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) in 26 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam. Community development financial institutions have been at the forefront of the efforts to fight the economic recession in our nation’s low-income communities and at a time when many financial institutions have pulled back, CDFIs have actually increased their lending and investments in underserved communities. These CDCI investments will enable community banks, thrifts, and credit unions to spur economic development in the communities that have been hit hardest by the economic downturn. Click here to find out what CDFI’s and CDCI’s received funding.
Secretary Donovan and the Department of Housing and Urban Development also awarded $6.5 million in grants to Hispanic-Serving Institutions to help revitalize local neighborhoods, to help revitalize local neighborhoods, promote affordable housing and stimulate economic development in their communities. The funding announced today is provided through HUD’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC) Program. Hispanic Serving Institutions like Fresno City College in California and Midland College in Texas received this critical funding.
Lastly, the Peace Corps announced new partnerships with eight higher education organizations to help recruit the next generation of Peace Corps volunteers and highlight the career and volunteer opportunities that are available through Peace Corps. The participating academic partners include The American Indian Higher Education Consortium, The Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund, The Council of 1890 Universities, The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, The Hispanic Scholarship Fund, Phelps Stokes, The Thurgood Marshall College Fund and UNCF. Under the partnerships, Peace Corps will participate in partner conferences and meetings, and work with each organization to create new ways to share electronic resources and education materials.
Posted on: October 18th, 2010Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: Additional News, Education, Higher Education, Politics
