At the first-ever Hispanic Leadership Summit at the U.N., access to education received the most votes as the most important common goals for Hispanics in the U.S.
The first-ever Hispanic Leadership Summit at the United Nations was held at the end of last year. It was an event that brought together more than 300 leaders from a variety of areas including news media and business, as well as policy and politics, and at its the conclusion, three topics emerged as the most important common goals for Hispanics in the U.S.:
- Access to education
- Financial empowerment
- Improving the image of Hispanics and Latinos as a community
The Hispanic Leadership Summit Report (2018), which was recently released by the We Are All Human foundation, shows that summit attendees were given nine possible common goal topics to choose from, and of those topics access to education received the most votes:
- Access to education (28 percent)
- Financial empowerment (17 percent)
- Improved image (15 percent; 60 votes)
- More elected officials (15 percent; 58 votes)
- Workforce development and training (13 percent)
- Ending Pay Discrimination (5 percent)
- Unity on Immigration reform (5 percent)
- Access to healthcare (2 percent)
- Improved Access to Housing (1 percent)
In addition, for U.S. Hispanic Leadership, education topped both government representation and economic opportunities as what will drive uniļ¬cation within the Hispanic community.
“It’s time that we, the young Hispanics, regardless of our ancestry, recognize that we have a lot in common and enormous potential,” said Jimena Tinoco, a student at Westchester Academy in Houston, Texas, and a keynote speaker at the summit. “Being a proud Hispanic is key to our community improving its educational and economic progress and to projecting its voice into the decision-making process of this country.”
Patricia Mota, president & CEO of Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) recommended the following key actions regarding education:
- Direct more public-private funding toward education that helps close the education skills gap between Hispanics and the general population
- Make sure these investments also go toward development programs that enable Hispanics to reach higher levels of career achievement
- Help our community understand that education and skills development begins with investments in ourselves. Sharing stories about our pride and identity can also help encourage our community’s self-improvement.
For more information about the summit visit https://www.weareallhuman.org/
Information courtesy of We Are All Human
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