Hispanic and Hispanic business leaders assured that a new “Latino” narrative in the United States needs to be found that values the essential role over 60 million Hispanics in the countryat the We Are All Humans Latin American Leaders Summit in New York.
The We’re All Human Foundation’s annual gala Thursday night at New York’s Gotham Hall brought together several hundred Hispanic business, organization and media leaders to boost the presence of an increasingly important minority in the US. .
“We (Hispanics) have not penetrated enough into the ‘establishment’, into the board of directors of companies or into places where decisions are made,” assured Claudia Romo Edelman, leader who has worked for multilateral organizations such as UNICEF.
Romo Edelman called for a “new narrative” about the contribution of Hispanics in the US, the largest minority in the US (about 19% of the population according to the census) and at the same time the youngest and fastest growing in the country.
The progress of Latin Americans is the progress of the whole country. We must unite our voices to be heard.”
Claudia Romo Edelman
Gala concert was awarded the “Estrella Hispana” award Mexican actor Alfonso Herrera, executive director and innovator Joanna Peña-Bikeli, and influential trade unionist Dolores Huerta.
Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) with Cesar Chavez, has assured that improving labor rights for Hispanics is an improvement for all workers.
Huerta said it was time for U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer to vote on a bill to close the Hispanic women’s pay gap.
For his part, Herrera recalled that it was time for the film industry to “represent our community with dignity” and present a different vision of what Latinos are.
In that sense, host Maria Elena Salinas stressed that it was time for the Hispanic community to “create change” and move forward in representation, while reminding that by 2050, one in three Americans will be of Hispanic ancestry.
Source: La Opinion
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