http://www.hispanictips.com Hispanic & Latino News Redefined - Empowering & Engaging Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/01/12/adolfo-carrion-creating-political-buzz-about-post-washington-plans/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/01/12/adolfo-carrion-creating-political-buzz-about-post-washington-plans/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:33:03 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/01/12/adolfo-carrion-creating-political-buzz-about-post-washington-plans/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2010/01/12/adolfo-carrion-creating-political-buzz-about-post-washington-plans/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/19/full-text-remarks-by-the-president-at-the-esperanza-national-hispanic-prayer-breakfast/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/19/full-text-remarks-by-the-president-at-the-esperanza-national-hispanic-prayer-breakfast/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:13:59 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=54872 "THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Buenos días.

AUDIENCE: Buenos días.

THE PRESIDENT: It is good to see everybody here. Just a few quick acknowledgments. Our outstanding Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, is here. Please give her a big round of applause. (Applause.) The great governor of the state of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell. (Applause.) Two special members of my staff that I want all of you to get to know. First of all, we have a White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships -- if you haven't already met him, Joshua DeBois is just a wonderful young man, please give him a big round of applause; he helps to organize a lot of our faith outreach. (Applause.) And our director of Intergovernmental Affairs, one of my favorite people, Cecilia Muñoz, please give her a big round of applause. (Applause.)

I want to thank Reverend Cortes for the wonderful introduction and the wonderful prayer for me and my family. I want to thank Esperanza, and all of you who worked so hard to put together the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference. And I also want to join you in honoring the work of Adolfo Carrion Sr. on this Father's Day weekend -- (applause) -- on this Father's Day weekend I know that my director of Urban Affairs, Adolfo's son, is particularly proud of his dad. I also want to thank all of you for the work that you do each and every day. Through your service to your communities, you represent the very best in our country. And I'm honored to join you in prayer this morning.

At a time when there's no shortage of challenges to occupy our time, it's even more important to step back, and to give thanks, and to seek guidance from each other -- but most importantly, from God. That's what we've come here to do.

We can begin by giving thanks for the legacy that allows us to come together. For it was the genius of America's Founders to protect the freedom of all religion, and those who practice no religion at all. So as we join in prayer, we remember that this is a nation of Christians and Muslims and Jews and Hindus and non-believers. It is this freedom that allows faith to flourish within our borders. It is this freedom that makes our nation stronger.

For those of us who draw on faith as a guiding force in our lives, prayer has many purposes. For many, it is a source of support when times are hard. President Lincoln, who Reverend Cortes mentioned, once said, "I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go." And while the challenges that I've faced pale in comparison to Lincoln's, I know that more than once I've been filled with the same conviction over the last five months.

But prayer is more than a last resort. Prayer helps us search for meaning in our own lives, and it helps us find the vision and the strength to see the world that we want to build. And that's what I'd like to talk about for just a few minutes today." Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/19/full-text-remarks-by-the-president-at-the-esperanza-national-hispanic-prayer-breakfast/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/17/president-barack-obama-to-address-2009-national-hispanic-prayer-breakfast/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/17/president-barack-obama-to-address-2009-national-hispanic-prayer-breakfast/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:56:11 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=54544 "The following release was released today by Esperanza USA:

WHAT: National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast & Conference

WHEN: Friday, June 19th 7:30 - 11:00 a.m.

WHERE: JW Marriott Hotel Ballroom, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

WHO: President Barack Obama

The Reverend Luis Cortes, Jr, president, Esperanza (Host)

The Honorable Janet Napolitano

The Honorable Eric Cantor (R-VA)

Gov. Ed Rendell, recipient, Esperanza Leadership Award

Hispanic pastors from Esperanza's national network of over 12,000 Hispanic congregations, faith and community-based agencies; from Roman Catholic to Pentecostal, 42 states and 27 countries of origin.

Esperanza is the largest Hispanic Evangelical faith-based organization in the country. With a national network of over 12,000 Hispanic congregations, faith and community-based agencies, they are a leading voice for Hispanics in America.

Other Conference events include:

Wednesday, June 17th 6:30 - 8:00 pm The State of Hispanic Housing Dinner / JW Marriott

WHO: Secretary Shaun Donovan, HUD

Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)

Thursday, June 18th 7:00 - 9:00 pm Esperanza Partners and Awards Dinner / JW Marriott

WHO: Mr. Adolfo Carrion, Jr., Director, White House Office of Urban Affairs

The Honorable Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL), receiving the Esperanza Advocate Award" Aggregated by HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/06/17/president-barack-obama-to-address-2009-national-hispanic-prayer-breakfast/feed/ 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/03/17/obama-appointee-adolfo-carrion-spent-big-on-lavish-staff-retreats-in-bronx/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/03/17/obama-appointee-adolfo-carrion-spent-big-on-lavish-staff-retreats-in-bronx/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:33:51 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=51450 HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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