On Thursday, February 16, HBA-DC President Lyzka DeLaCruz, President-Elect Jaime Areizaga-Soto, Immediate Past President William A. Rivera, and HBA-DC directors and members attended the MALDEF State of the Union event at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The live taping featured guest speaker Hilda Solis, Secretary of the US Department of Labor. MALDEF President and General Counsel Tomas A. Saenz led a conversation on issues affecting the Latino community nationally. Participating in the panel conversation were Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, Latino Justice PRLDEF, Jessica Gozales-Roja, Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Mercedes Marquez, Assistant Secretary for Communit y Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Professor Roberto Suro, Director Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, University of Southern California.
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On Thursday, February 16, HBA-DC President Lyzka DeLaCruz, President-Elect Jaime Areizaga-Soto, Immediate Past President William A. Rivera, and HBA-DC directors and members attended the MALDEF State of the Union event at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The live taping featured guest speaker Hilda Solis, Secretary of the US Department of Labor. MALDEF President and General Counsel Tomas A. Saenz led a conversation on issues affecting the Latino community nationally. Participating in the panel conversation were Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, Latino Justice PRLDEF, Jessica Gozales-Roja, Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, Mercedes Marquez, Assistant Secretary for Communit y Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Professor Roberto Suro, Director Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, University of Southern California.