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Press Release
Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama To Conduct Dialogue at 79th Annual LULAC National
Convention.
June 26, 2008
For more information, contact:
Lizette Jenness Olmos, (202) 365-4553, ljolmos@lulac.org
Deborah Charnes Vallejo, (210) 244-2129, deborah.vallejo@brommcom.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. Change is the
name of the game for Barack Obama. As part of
his commitment to a real change in Washington,
DC and throughout the country, the Democratic
presidential nominee will be conducting an open
dialogue July 8th at the League of United Latin
American Citizens National Convention.
Obama will unite with hundreds
of representatives from the U.S. Latino
community at the Washington Hilton to not only
convey his concerns and platforms to address the
most challenging issues to the Hispanics in the
new millennium, but to generate discussion and
ideas from the country’s oldest Latino advocacy
group.
The cry of “sí se puede” is
not new to LULAC, but Obama is taking this
expression beyond its battle cry. The Illinois
Senator has already addressed crucial challenges
identified by LULAC by answering the LULAC
Challenge questionnaire on the top 10 issues
impacting Latinos which includes the economy.
“Families across America,
particularly in Hispanic communities, are
feeling the affects of an economy that has not
been kind to the middle class. I look forward to
meeting the members of LULAC and working with
them to change the direction of this country and
fight for policies that will put the American
Dream within reach of every family in this
country.”
Given its standing as a
non-partisan national organization, LULAC
earlier announced that Republican presidential
nominee, John McCain, will address
conference-goers Tuesday, July 8th at a
Diversity Luncheon.
The League of United Latin
American Citizens is the largest and oldest
Hispanic Organization in the United States with
thousands of volunteer members providing
community-based programs through more than 700
local LULAC councils nationwide.
For more information or to
register for the convention visit,
www.lulac.org/convention.html .
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