2002 Press Releases

2002 Press Releases

11/05/02		CHCI Offers Educational Opportunities To Hispanic Youth In response to alarming Hispanic college enrollment statistics, CHCI is expanding its outreach efforts to inform more Latino students and their parents of the various educational opportunities available to them.
10/18/02		CHCI Launches Comprehensive Resource Website For Hispanic Youth Through support from the AT&T Foundation, CHCI recently launched its newly redesigned youth website for Hispanic students looking to go to college, stay in college, land an internship, or prepare for the workforce.
09/17/02		Leaders Celebrate At Nation's Most Prestigious Hispanic Heritage Month Event The nation will once again pay tribute to National Hispanic Heritage Month in grand style at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s (CHCI) 25^th Annual to be held this evening at the MCI Center (601 F Street, NW) in Washington, DC.
09/17/02		All-Star Lineup Headline Latino Comedy Night Cheech Marin (Spy Kids II) and Liz Torres (WB’s “Gilmore Girls”) and other notable Latino comedians from across the country will be heading to Washington, DC to headline the CHCI’s First Annual Reyes of Comedy Night.
09/16/02		National Hispanic Leaders Convene At CHCI Conference Hispanic Members of the 107^th Congress, policy experts, corporate executives, and community leaders from across the United States will convene in Washington, DC today and tomorrow to discuss issues of importance to the Hispanic community.
08/01/02		CHCI Celebrates Milestone Anniversary This year marks the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s (CHCI) 25th anniversary as a pioneer in providing leadership development opportunities to Hispanic youth nationwide.
07/23/02		CHCI Touts Report On Criminalization of Latino Youth Recent reports indicate that Latino youth are experiencing an unprecedented increase in the high school drop-out rate, teenage pregnancy, and unemployment.
06/17/02		CHCI Selects 2002 Summer Interns CHCI has selected the 30 participants for its 2002 Summer Internship Program (list provided).
06/03/02		CHCI Fellows Graduate On Wednesday, May 22, 2002 , CHCI held a graduation ceremony and reception on Capitol Hill for its 2001-2002 Fellows. Presiding over the ceremony were CHCI Chairman Silvestre Reyes and President and CEO Ingrid M. Durán.
04/12/02		CHCI Honors Louis Caldera CHCI honored the former Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera at a reception on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, April 9, 2002 .
04/08/02		CHCI, CBCF Host Dialogue On Race Relations CHCI and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), two leading educational non-partisan and non-profit organizations, jointly organized a forum on race and ethnic relations on Friday, April 5, 2002 on Capitol Hill.
03/17/02		Kaiser Discuss Latinos And HIV/AIDS CHCI and the Kaiser Family Foundation sponsored a Capitol Hill breakfast briefing on Thursday, March 7, 2002 on the impact of HIV/AIDS on Latinos in the United States .
01/31/02		Members Of Congress Share With L.A. Youth At CHCI Forum CHCI sponsored an educational forum at East Los Angeles College for area high school and college students, parents, and educators on Thursday, January 31, 2002.
01/31/02		CHCI, Latino Leaders Celebrate New Year and Raise More than $140,000 For Youth Many of the nation’s top Hispanic leadership celebrated the New Year in style at a fundraiser benefiting the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) on Thursday, January 31, 2002.

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