BP MARKOWITZ TO HONOR EL DIARIO PUBLISHER/CEO ROSSANA ROSADO, LATINO JUSTICE PRLDF PRESIDENT CESAR PERALES AND "MAKE THE ROAD
Event also to help family of Bushwick's Mario Vera, victim of hate crime
6:00 P.M.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009
BOROUGH HALL COURTROOM AND ROTUNDA
BETWEEN COURT & ADAMS STREETS
DOWNTOWN
On Thursday, October 22, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz--El Presidente del Condado de Brooklyn--will honor Rossana Rosado, publisher and CEO of El Diario/La Prensa, Cesar Perales, president and general counsel for Latino Justice PRLDF and Make the Road New York at Borough Hall's annual Latino Heritage celebration. The gathering will also provide attendees with an opportunity to donate to the family of Mario Vera, the Bushwick resident seriously injured in a recent attack being investigated as a hate crime.
Rossana Rosado has been the publisher and CEO of El Diario/La Prensa since 1999, the first woman to hold that position. She was previously a columnist and reporter for the paper, covering the
Cesar Perales, president and general counsel for Latino Justice PRLDF, was a co-founder of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund in 1972, and served as its executive director. He was assistant secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services during the administration of President Jimmy Carter, and was the commissioner of the Department of Social Services under New York Governor Mario Cuomo. He also served as deputy mayor under Mayor David Dinkins. As senior vice president of
Make the Road New York (MRNY) was created two years ago through the merger of Make the Road by Walking and the Latin American Integration Center. MRNY promotes economic justice, equity and opportunity for all New Yorkers through community and electoral organizing, strategic policy advocacy, leadership development, youth and adult education and legal services.
The evening's events will be a celebration of the many faces of