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Capitol Forum 2012 photos

Presentations from HACU's 2012 Capitol Forum

Capitol Hill Visits

• Presentation for day one
• Presentation for day two

Preconference Workshop: Funding Opportunities at the Federal Level 

• Everything you wanted to know about Grants.gov, presented by Judy Ceresa - Grants.gov Program Advisor
• Rural Business and Cooperative Service Loan and Grant Programs, presented by Judith Canales - Administrator for Business & Cooperative Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Rural Development
• Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) Grants, presented by C. Gary Rogers - Senior Policy Advisor
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), presented Brandon Jones - Fellowship Programs Manager
• Office of University Programs, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, presented by Stephanie Willett - Director of Education

Other Presentations:

HACU Government Relations Staff presentation
AACTE talking points - presented by Dr. Jane West 
Post-Secondary Education of Latinos and Policy Initiatives - presented by Dr. Adriana Kugler, Chief Economist, Department of Labor  

Presentations from HACU's 2011 Capitol Forum

Preconference: Federal Agency Funding Opportunities Workshop 

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Presented by Stephanie Willett
• U.S. Department of Education - Presented by Peter Fusscas
• National Endowment for the Humanities - Presented by Rebecca Boggs
• U.S. Department of Energy - Presented by Bill Valdez

Capitol Forum:

• Changing Demographics in the U.S. and the Impact on Congress - presented by Dr. Richard Fry, Pew Hispanic Center
• Workforce Investment Boards, NAWB & HACU - presented by Ron Painter, CEO, National Association of Workforce Boards
• Key Legislative Proposals in the 112th Congress: The Elementary and Secondary Education Act - presented by Dr. Sharon Robinson, President and CEO, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

• Hispanics in the United States - presented by Roberto Ramirez, Chief  Ethnicity and Ancestry Branch, U.S. Bureau of the Census
• Congressional Appropriations Process - presented by Carmen Feliciano, Chief of Staff, Congressman Pedro Pierluisi
• U.S. Department of Labor Federal Agency Update - presented by Daphne Y. Jefferson, Administrator, Office of Financial and Administrative Management
• National Endowment for the Humanities - presented by Rebecca Boggs, Senior Program Officer, Division of Education Programs
• DHS Office of University Programs Minority Serving Institutions Initiatives - presented by Seema Thomas, Support for Education Program Director, Office of University Programs, Department of Homeland Security

Book recommendation: Language, Culture, and Community in Teacher Education, edited by Maria Estela Brisk, Published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates/Taylor & Francis Group for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

• Hispanic Demographics, Education, and the Workforce, presented by Mark Hugo Lopez of the Pew Hispanic Center
• 2009 Title V Information, presented by the U.S. Department of Education
• College Admissions 411: Rumbo a la Universidad – is a Spanish-language television series produced by HITN in partnership with HACU that provides U.S. Latinos with a step-by-step guide for applying to college.  The 10-part series will be launched in May 2009.  To view a three-minute promo presented at the Capitol Forum, click here for English; click here for Spanish.

• Hispanic Demographics and the Workforce, presented by Rakesh Kochhar of the Pew Hispanic Center
• State Policy: The Budget Process, presented by David Shreve of the National Conference of State Legislatures

• News from Capitol Forum 2004
• Presentations from HACU's 2004 Capitol Forum on Hispanic Demographics
• Department of Education MOU signing
• Summit on Diversity