Comite Noviembre's
Puerto Rican Heritage Month
Kick-Off Celebration
Thursday, November 1, 2012
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Martin Luther King, Jr. Labor Center
310 W 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Admission is free
RSVP by Friday, October 26, 2012 to (212) 677-4181
Comite Noviembre honors Puerto Rican community heroes through Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad Awards, unveils its annual poster and distributes its journal calendar of event. This event is free for the community. Over 300 key community and business leaders as well as elected officials attend this very festive, musical and cultural event.
Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad
Awards Presentations to:
Antonio Aponte, Latino College Expo
Tomas del Rio, Acacia Network
Mai Reina Gold, Royal Family Productions, Inc.
Lillian "Lee" Llambelis, NY County DA
Marina Ortiz,VirtualBoricua.org and EastHarlemPreservation.org
Sherlyn Ortiz, Malik Melodies Sisterhood, Inc.
Iris Ramirez, Latino Bigs, BBBS
Milteri Tucker Concepción, Bombazo Dance Co.
Rhina Valentin, BronxNet's show "OPEN."
CN Scholars Recognition
Announcement of the Richie Perez
Scholarship for Peace & Justice Recipients
About Comité Noviembre
For the past 26 years, Comité Noviembre (CN) has celebrated Puerto Rican Heritage Month in this country. CN is a non-profit organization dedicated to commemorating and acknowledging the contributions Puerto Ricans have made to this city, state and nation. CN is composed of ten of the oldest and most prestigious Puerto Rican organizations in the country: ASPIRA of New York, el Museo del Barrio, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, El Puente, the Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights - Justice Committee, Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration and La Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular in Puerto Rico. This coordinating body plans and promotes CN's annual programs and events.
Further information other CN events this month
This event is made possible by
1199 SEIU, Exotic Foods, & Rones de Puerto Rico