Past Summits

TOPICS:

Latinos and Higher Education: Securing A Better Future for our State

Latinos and the Environment: Opportunities to Advance Policies

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon

Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León

LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS:

Attendees were separated into 55 legislative groups and met with Legislators and Staffers regarding Latinos in Higher Education and the Environment, representing their geographic areas.

SPEAKERS/SPECIAL GUESTS:

Guillermo Mayer, President and CEO, Public Advocates

Jose Carmona, California Program Director, Energy Foundation

Strela Cervas, Co-Director, California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA)

Arsenio Mataka, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs

Dr. Belinda Reyes, Director, César E. Chávez Institute for Public Policy

Sarita E. Brown, President, Excelencia in Education

Assemblymember Jose Medina, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education

Sarahi Espinoza, Founder and CEO, DREAMers RoadMap

TOPICS:

Latino Civic Engagement

Latino Led Strategies that Work

Leadership for the Long Run

Youth Rising to the Movement

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Jeannette Zanipatin, Legal Attorney, MALDEF

Akaya Windwood, President, Rockwood Leadership Institute

SPEAKERS/SPECIAL GUESTS:

Juan Gomez, Co-Founder, Motivating Individual Leadership for Public Advancement (MILPA)

Maria Lemus, Executive Director, Vision y Compromiso

Abraham Medina, Trainer, Santa Ana Boys and Men of Color

Imelda Plascencia, Project Manager, Health Initiatives at the Dream Resource Center of the UCLA Labor Center

Jerry Tello, President, National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute

Sandy Valenciano, Regional Organizer, California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance

TOPICS:

The Affordable Care Act

Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)

Trust Act & Driver Licenses

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Dream Act

SPEAKERS/SPECIAL GUESTS:

Senator Kevin de León, 22nd Senate District

Senator Ricardo Lara, 33rd Senate District

Assembly Member Cristina Garcia, 58th District

Tyche Hendricks, NPR, The California Report

Lorena Huerta, Executive Director, Familias Unidas

Sammy Nuñez, Executive Director, Fathers and Families of San Joaquin

Davin Cardenas, Lead Organizer, North Bay Organizing Project

Jose Ivan Arreola, Outreach and Organizing Manager, Educators for Fair Consideration