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WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE ON EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR HISPANICS TO ANNOUNCE PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COMMISSION MEMBERS THURSDAY – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Induct Commissioners, Joins Community Leaders to Honor the White House Initiative
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WASHINGTON – More than a dozen new members of the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics will be announced at the White House and sworn-in at an official ceremony with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Smithsonian Castle on Thursday. The Commission works to improve academic excellence and opportunities by providing advice to President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Hispanic success in education and the labor market is important to America’s economy. Hispanics are the largest minority group in the public education system with more than 1 in 5 students in the country’s elementary, middle and high schools, but have the lowest education attainment level overall, according to a recent report by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
The meeting will also stream live on the Internet at www.whitehouse.gov/live and the swearing-in ceremony will be available at x.co/whtv.
PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COMMISSION
ON EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR HISPANICS
THURSDAY, MAY 26
1 p.m. — White House officials welcome new members of the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics for their first meeting.
Eisenhower Executive Office Building Room 430 BC
Media entrance: White House North West Gate, Pennsylvania Ave. NW, west of 16th St.
Final gather: 12:45 p.m. at stakeout area on the North Lawn
7:15 p.m. — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor swears in members of the Commission, followed by a reception with community leaders co-hosted by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Smithsonian Institution Castle and Enid A. Haupt Garden, 1000 Jefferson Drive, S.W.
Media entrance: Jefferson Drive, S.W. (Mall entrance)
Truck parking: 12th Street & Jefferson Drive, S.W.
Camera preset: 6:30 p.m.
Camera throw: 75 feet
Cable run: 150 feet
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**NOTE: Space is limited. Media representatives interested in covering these events must pre-credential by emailing their name, title and organization to media_affairs@who.eop.gov by 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, May 25. State- or federal-issued identification and media accreditation are required to gain access. For members of the media who do not hold permanent press passes seeking to cover the event at the White House, please also provide full name, social security number, date of birth, gender, country of citizenship, city and state of birth and city and state of residence.**
Posted on: May 25th, 2011Curation from Tomás
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