TAMACC Joined ABIC in Washington, DC to Advocate for DACA Recipients, Dreamers, and Farmworkers | | Last week TAMACC joined the American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC) in Washington, DC for 3 days of working Capitol Hill advocating for DACA recipients, Dreamers, and immigrant farmworkers. Over 60 ABIC members flew in from Texas, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Wisconsin, Idaho, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Maine, New York, California, Illinois, and Mississippi. There was a wide variety of business leaders, corporate representatives, university presidents, dairy farmers, and growers. Some of the ABIC members testified in the Judiciary Committee in support of legalizing their workers, Latino entrepreneurs, Dreamers from Don's Dream.us program, and farmworkers. | | During the 3-day period, ABIC members met with Cedric Richmond, Senior Advisor to the President, the White House Office of Public Engagement; the Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Julie Rodriguez, granddaughter of Cesar Chavez; and Ester Olavarria, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council for Immigration.
In-person meetings included Senators Schumer, Durbin, Cornyn, Collins, Manchin, Romney, Young, T. Scott, and a meeting with McConnell's chief of staff. With the House of Representatives, meetings were held with Speaker Pelosi, Representatives Cuellar, Clyburn, Kelly, R. Davis, Salazar, Diaz-Balart, and V. Gonzalez. There were also meetings with 40 additional Senators and Representatives or their senior staffers.
The ABIC press conference featured Senators Schumer, Durbin, Catholic Cardinal Wilton Gregory, and Republican Strategist Ana Navarro.
Below are some press clips and pictures from last week’s fly-in: National Catholic Reporter: Washington's Cardinal Gregory calls for immigration reform | | Building Your Business With Data: A Webinar tailored to Hispanic-owned Businesses | | Business owners, this is an opportunity to gain an understanding of how to grow your business and compare your operations with other businesses in your area and/or industry.
Join us and the U.S. Census Bureau-Denver Region for a webinar on accessing Business and industry data, focused on the Hispanic business community, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at 11:00 AM Central Time.
The webinar will show you how to access key tools, like our Census Business Builder Small Business Edition, Annual Business Survey, and Nonemployer Statistics by Demographics.
Let's do Business! Register today. See you there! | | TAMACC PODCAST - LATINO BUSINESS REPORT | | Vecinos: Love Thy Neighbor An Award-Winning Independent Film That Tells Our Story – A Latino Story | Episode 21 - Vecinos: Love Thy Neighbor is an award-winning independent feature-length film written by Rupert Reyes and directed by Alex Avila. Vecinos, an all Latinx cast and crew, features Rupert Reyes, Alma Chapa Moore, Julio Carreon-Reyes, and Karinna Perez Cantu as the movie’s main characters.
Vecinos tells the story of neighbors, brought together by proximity, but held together by something much more personal. This romantic comedy reminds us that no matter how easy it is to lose your identity in a city that will not sit still, it is even easier to lose it when you are the one sitting still.
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