How the Latino Community Can Remain a Political and Economic Force

on August 10, 2017 in Annual Conference

Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) represents Phoenix in Congress and was a special guest of ours at our recent 2017 Annual Conference. Congressman Gallego spoke eloquently about the impact Latinos have on the United States. He asserted that as a community, we have now arrived as political and economic forces. Our next challenge is how we will remain as such. Rep. Gallego believes that we must empower millennial and younger generations to fight back relentlessly to reshape the political climate in our country.

Watch his full remarks below:

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