Change Champions Gala a Success

The Arkansas United & NWA Hispanic Leadership Council Change Champions Gala was held on Friday, November 15th, 2019 at the Embassy Suites in Rogers.

Coca-Cola and Walmart sponsored the event that recognized Champions who support the movement of Immigrant representation in our community. Coca-Cola hosted a group of local Hispanic students who are mentees on the Latinx on the Rise mentorship program participants sponsored by the NWA Hispanic Leadership Council. These young students have all volunteered countless hours over the last couple of years to help many young Latinos like themselves figure out the college application process. They are all also brave and outspoken DREAMers who advocate for DACA recipients and other immigrants. Among them were Ariadna Valencia, who went to Little Rock to testify before the senate on behalf of the DACA Nursing bill, and Jose Rodriguez, who has met with Walmart's CEO Doug McMillon, at Mr. McMillon’s request, to discuss how Walmart can better support it’s associates with DACA.  

Gisel Ruiz, former EVP of Operations at Sam's Club was one of the Change Champions award recipient and she shared her story as the daughter of immigrant parents and how her equality philosophy helped her succeed in the corporate world.

It was a magic night with tears and laughter.  The attendees had the opportunity to enjoy mariachi music and the folkloric dancers from Mexico and the Marshall Islands.
 





Comments

Post a Comment

Thank you for your message. Come back soon!

Popular posts from this blog

NWA Hispanic Leadership Council Launches New Academic Year of Mentoring Program

BENTONVILLE, Ark. , (October 12, 2021) – The NWA Hispanic Leadership Council (NWA HLC) launched the Latinx on the Rise Mentoring Program for the 2021-22 academic year. The event, hostedby the University of Arkansas Latino Alumni Society, focused on introducing the new cohort of mentors and mentees and the expansion of the mentoring program to enable leadership and professional enrichment opportunities for the students. The event counted with the participation of current and previous mentors and mentees, representation from the University of Arkansas (U of A) and the Northwest Arkansas Community College (NWACC), as well as leaders in education and community advocacy. The new opportunities available to the program participants and a new line of pre-graduation internships will be possible thanks to a three-year grant awarded by the Walton Family Foundation. Developing the next generation of community leaders will be the catalyst to have an equitable and robust Northwest Arkansas region.
Read more

Opportunity to Join our Board

After completing three years supporting the NWA Hispanic Leadership Council, Lucero Martinez, Ana Aguayo, and Greg Fess are retiring from the Board of Directors.  The NWA HLC appreciates all the contributions these three outstanding leaders have made over the past years and look forward to their involvement in other projects with the NWA HLC and the NWA community.   With their departure the group is looking for leaders interested to continue growing the NWA HLC and serving the organization by joining the Board of Directors.  Overall, board members have a duty of loyalty to the organization, its staff and other board members.  Board members perform their responsibilities through regular meetings and a committee structure that is appropriate for the size of the board and organization. The board is ultimately responsible for the performance of the organization in all areas of its work and should ensure that the organization is in compliance with state and federal law. The NWA HLC Board of
Read more

Accepting Applications for the 2021 Grant Awards

 The NWA Hispanic Leadership Council and its Giving Circle calls local community organizations to apply for the 2021 Grants, to be awarded later this year.  We are excited to announce we will be increasing the gifts we will give.  The goal for this year is to select three programs addressing either education or entrepreneurship goals in the local communities of Benton and Washington Counties.  The gifts will be $1,000 for the third place; $2,000 for the second place and $4,000 for the first place. The recipients of the awards will be selected by the voting Giving Circle, who contributed to the NWA Hispanic Leadership Council during the year.  To be considered for the awards, non-profit organizations must complete the  application  found on  nwahispanic.org  by September 30, 2021.  The top candidates may be interviewed by the Giving Circle and awards will be announced in December, 2021.   Last year, the NWA Hispanic Leadership Council and its Giving Circle awarded  gifts to support the
Read more