Friday, April 22
Plenary Panel A: Policy Options for Fiscal Crisis
Antonio Weiss, Counselor to the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury
Juan González, Columnist for the New York Daily News
Dennis Rivera, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Moderator: Gretchen Sierra-Zorita, National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts
Concurrent Panels
1. Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis
Dr. José Caraballo Cueto, Director, Centro de Información Censal, UPR-Cayey
Ana María García Blanco, Instituto Nueva Escuela (PR)
Rev. Heriberto Martínez, Coordinator, Coalición Por la Salud (PR)
Moderator: Dr. Héctor Cordero-Guzmán, Sociologist, Baruch College
2. Energy and the Environment
Ruth Santiago, Esq., Legal Counsel, El Puente (PR)
Ingrid M. Vila Biaggi, Former Chief of Staff, Engineer, President Cambio
Dr. Efraín O'Neill-Carrillo, UPR
Moderator: Brenda Torres Barreto, Assistant Secretary for the Environment, New York State
3. Economic Development
Jorge Rodríguez, Principal, PACIV (NY, PR)
Mariela Martínez, Senior Project Manager, Global Cities Initiative, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, Board Member, Cenadores PR
Bianca M. Cabán, CEO, Taino Capital LLC (NY & PR)
4. Models for Diaspora Engagement with Puerto Rico
Edwin Vargas, Semillas (CA)
Ramphis Castro, ScienceVest (NY)
Dyanis de Jesús, Puerto Rico Creative Economy Initiative (PRCEI)
Moderator: Michelle Pérez Kenderish, ChicaPReneurs (NY, PR)
5. Foundations Responses to the Economic Crisis in Puerto Rico
José A. García, Program Officer, Surdna Foundation (NY)
Larry Shapiro, Associate Director for Program Development, Rockefeller Family Fund (NY)
Moderator: Karina Claudio-Betancourt, Program Officer, Open Society Foundations (NY)
Plenary Panel B: Local and State Perspective
Introduction: Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, Senior Adviser to the President, Hunter College
New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito
Illinois State Senator Iris Y. Martínez
New York State Assemblyman Marcos A. Crespo
Philadelphia Councilwoman Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez
Pennsylvania State Representative Angel Cruz
Moderator: Katiria Soto, News Anchor, Univision New York
Concurrent Panels
1. Civil Rights, Human Rights, and Civic Engagement
José E. López, Lecturer, Latin American and Latino Studies, University of Illinois (IL)
Jimmy Torres Velez, President, Puerto Rican Action Initiative (FL)
Yanil Terón, Executive Director, Center For Latino Progress (CT)
Moderator: Juan Cartagena, President and General Counsel, LatinoJustice PRLDEF (NY)
2. Education
Margaret Rivera, Board President, Aspira Delaware (DE)
Roberto Sanabria, Director of Equal Opportunity and Access, Northwestern University (IL)
Johanna López, Orange County Public School Teacher of the Year (FL)
Moderator: Ronald Blackburn-Moreno, President and CEO, Aspira (DC)
3. Environment and Community Development
Eddie Bautista, Executive Director, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance (NY)
Marcos Vilar, Vilar Strategy Group (FL)
Yulissa Arce, Climate Change Program Manager, Florida Institute for Reform & Empowerment
Moderator: Luis Garden-Acosta, President, El Puente (NY)
4. Health Disparities
Melissa Fuster, PhD, Brooklyn College (NY)
José Sánchez, CEO, Norwegian-American Hospital (IL)
Josephine Mercado, Founder/Executive Director, Hispanic Health Initiatives, Inc. (FL)
Maria Idali Torres, MSPH, PhD, Director, Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy, University of Massachusetts
Moderator: Raúl Russi, CEO, Acacia Network (NY)
Plenary Panel C: National Perspective
U.S. Congressman Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL)
U.S. Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY)
U.S. Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY)
Moderator: Sandra Lilley, Managing Editor, NBC Latino
Saturday, April 23
Plenary Keynote Address
Speaker: Monsignor Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M., Archbishop of San Juan (PR)
Concurrent Panels
1. Faith-Based Communities
Bishop Ángel Marcial, PhD, Iglesia de Dios (FL)
Reverend Roberto Luis Lugo (PA)
Pastor Omar Medina, President, Hispanic Pastor's Association (OH)
Reverend Eunice Santana, Iglesia Discípulos de Cristo, (PR)
Moderator: Rev. Dr. Raymond Rivera (NY)
2. Cultural Activism and Historical Preservation
Lorraine A. Cortés-Vázquez, Chairperson, National Puerto Rican Day Parade Inc. (NY)
Dr. Alberto Hernández, Associate Director, Center for Puerto Rican Studies (NY)
Federico Pérez, Former President, Puerto Rican Day Parade (NY)
Teresa Santiago, Comité Noviembre (NY)
Moderator: Juan J. González, Esq., President, Parada San Juan Bautista, Inc. (NJ)
3. Youth
Alejandro Manzanares, Stand UP for Puerto Rico (MA)
Jessie Fuentes, Community School Representative, RCCA (IL)
Isabel Rullán, ConPRmetidos/Puerto Rico Global (PR)
Moderator: Christy Marrero, Editorial Vice President, Hola! USA (NY)
4. Legal System and Puerto Ricans (Bar Associations)
Mark Anthony Bimbela, Esq., President, Colegio de Abogados (PR)
Anthony Suárez, Esq., President, Puerto Rican Bar Association of Orlando (FL)
Moderator: Betty Lugo, Esq., President, Puerto Rican Bar Association (NY)
5. Veterans
Captain Frank Medina, U.S. Army Veteran, Congressional Gold Medal Alliance (FL)
Lieutenant Colonel Lesbia Nieves, Connecticut National Guard
Luis Vazquez-Contes, National Vice-Commander, American GI Forum of the United States (CO)
Moderator: Dr. Harry Franqui-Rivera, Researcher, Centro
6. Women/NACOPRW
Amaris Hernández, Vice-President, NACOPRW Philadelphia (PA)
Sara Meléndez, NACOPRW (DC)
Michelle Centeno, President, NACOPRW (NY)
Moderator: Deborah López, NACOPRW (IL)
7. Visual Artists and Art Institutions
Billy Ocasio, CEO, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture (IL)
Prof. Juan Sánchez, Hunter College (NY)
Nitza Tufiño, Visual Artist (NY)
Adrián 'Viajero' Román, Visual Artist (NY)
Moderator: Miguel Luciano, Artist (NY)
8. Race/Afro Boricuas
Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, CEO, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (NY)
Rebecca Dailey-Wooley, Boriqua Chicks (IL)
Moderator: Elizabeth Yeampierre, Esq, UPROSE (NY)
9. LGBT
Dr. Luis Aponte-Parés, Community Planning, UMass-Boston (MA)
Dr. Erika Gisela Abad Merced, Oral Historian, Center for Puerto Rican Studies (IL)
Dr. Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, American Culture Department, University of Michigan
Nelson Rafael Román, Holyoke Ward 2 City Councilor (MA)
Moderator: Pedro Julio Serrano, Puerto Rico Para [email protected] (NY)
10. Social Media
Natascha Otero-Santiago, ParrandaPR (FL)
Gabe González, Univision/Flama (NY):
Xavier Burgos, La Respuesta (IL)
Alejandro Molina, National Boricua Human Rights Network (IL)
Moderator: Marlena Fitzpatrick, Latino Rebels (NY)
11. Puerto Rican Academics
Dr. Juanita Díaz-Cotto, Sociology, Binghamton University, SUNY (NY)
Dr. Belinda Reyes, Director, Cesar E. Chavez Institute (CA)
Co-Moderators: Prof. Xavier Totti and Dr. Teresita Levy, Lehman College (NY)
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