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"Some people may not
want to lead others.
"AGF Training Tomorrow's
Hispanic & Latinamerican Leaders Today"
If you decide not to lead, then you have to
follow the lead of others"
Victor Pinzon
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The Americas Foundation invites you, your friends, relatives, colleagues to become actively involved in
different ways with our Foundation, as a -sponsor, donor, contributor, member,
participant, volunteer, intern, mentor, strategic partner, member of committees - in one
or more of our PROJECTS, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.
Some of our Accomplishments Projects Programs and Events We Continue to Work on
by Victor Pinzon
1. “Empowerment -Agents of Change” Americas Internship
and Leadership Development (AILD)
Bringing groups of motivated university students, young professionals from Latin America
countries and from around the U.S. to Washington, DC
2. La Casa de las Americas in Washington (LACAW)
Development to build LACAW. Organizing numerous events throughout cities of the
Americas to promote the concept, to show its wonderful benefits for everyone, and to
serve as fund raising.
3. Americas Business and Affairs Council (ABAC) Speaker Series on Capitol
Hill
Our invited speakers are US Congressmen, Ambassadors, CEO's, academician,
mentors and many others.
4. "Hemispheric Forum" TV program produced and
distributed on DCTV Cable Channel 25, 10
and Latinovision Canal 58 in the Washington Metropolitan Area and some markets in the US.
It is the voice and video of our Foundation to inform, educate, empower, network, promote
business international trade, tourism...
5. ACTETWORK Centers
Americas Computer Technology Training to Work Centers program, directed to Hispanics,
youth
and adults. Our goal is to get Hispanics and Latin Americans be computer office literate,
and to get them office
related jobs or help them start their own small business with their added advantage:
bilingual ability.
6. ABAC's Business and Government Mission Trips
Mission trips to certain Latin America and Caribbean cities, involving US Congressmen,
Mayor of
District of Columbia and other to promote international trade, tourism, investment,
technology transfer, diversity understanding, culture.
7. The Americas Heritage Festival
Celebrate and recognize Hispanics and Latin America contributions to the U.S.
Fund raising for LACAW and other TAF programs
8. The Americas Awards Recognize the best Hispanics and Latin
Americans.
Fund raising for LACAW and other TAF programs
9. AMIEN
Americas Media Internet and Email Network, a vehicle to help our people achieve
-educational, economic and political empowerment.
10. Voters Registration & Elections 2002
Getting the Hispanic vote out in elections 2002
11. Citizenship Drives
Encourage Hispanics to promptly become a U.S. responsible, active, participating citizen
program
12. Bricks program
Market and "sale" Bricks with the name of the donor in each brick, a fund
raising
program to build LACAW
13. Website: www.theamericas.org
Continue informing, networking, empowering, business development, education
and training. Make it into a major portal for Hispanics and Latin America
14. The Americas Marathon
Fund raising for LACAW and other TAF programs
15. Youth Media Video, TV Production Center
16. Diversity Training
To brake barriers that keep us apart producing great loses for everyone. Our goal is
to contribute to understand our valuable differences, and to bring us together, work
together, achieve together within an open all inclusive competitive environment for
the benefit of everyone.
17. English Institute
To assist Hispanics and other immigrants to become English proficient.
18. Acculturation into "Mainstream" America
Help Hispanic and other immigrants to enter “Mainstream” America, without losing
their rich cultural roots.
19. Volunteers and Interns
Continually seeking to engage motivated individuals to assist us in the implementation
of our program and events. Great experience, opportunities, global networking.
20. Fund raising, Endowments, Capital and other
Continually working to seek and secure needed resources to allow us to implement our
ambitious programs, projects and events.
21. Membership Drive
Continually seeking active paying TAF members.
22. Immigration TPS and Residential Visa Status for all Indocumentados
who Deserve it
23. Sister Cities Program
Contribute to develop Sister Cities between the District of Columbia and other cities in
our Hemisphere and elsewhere. To promote international trade, globalization, diversity
understanding, tourism, culture, children and youth programs.
24. Rights Violations Aid -EEO and other Represent and assist Hispanics
whose rights have been violated
25. Invite Latin American Presidents and other officials visits to
Washington, DC program
26. Hemispheric Congress of Tourism, HECOTUR
27. Advocacy, Education, Training, and Outreach to Hispanics and other
communities
28. Recommending qualified Hispanics and non-Hispanics to top government
& private
sector positions
29. Business Opportunities and Networking
30. Job Placement, Human Resources Data Bank
31. Tropical Reforestation, economic and social program
32. Contribute to the empowerment and strengthening of democracy in Latin
America, the
Caribbean and beyond.
33. Contribute to the modernization, within the TQM Global context, of
the Governments in the Americas
34. Contribute to Establish The Free and Fair Trade Area of the Americas,
FFTAA
35. Contribute to Capital Formation, Equity Capital, IPOs program
36. Housing, Assistance Home Buying
37. Town Hall Meetings and Community Leaders' Forums
38. Studies, Demographics, Research, Surveys and Polls
39. Latin American Presidential Candidates Conference
40. Development of La Casa de las Americas USA, LacaUsa
41. Development of La Casa de las Americas in Miami, LacaMiami
42. Development and publishing Hemispheric Forum to be a weekly
newspaper.
It will replace our newsletter The Latin Quarter News existing since 1991.
Please note that the order of the
above projects, programs and events is immaterial to the priority or importance of each of
them.
AGF reminds you that your donations or contributions to our Foundation are tax
deductible. TAF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan, think-tank NGO, founded in 1991.
US Congressman Bob Filner to Speak at TAF's Monthly Series on Capitol Hill
US Congressman Bob Filner will be speaking at TAF's Monthly Speaking Series at Capitol Hill on August 19, 1999 at 3:30 PM; The Gold Room, 2168 Rayburn Building of the House of Representatives. Congressman Filner will speak on "Hispanic Latinos and 'La Casa de las Americas in Washington' -Their Importance to California and the US."
Congressman Filner represents San Diego, California; is the ranking member of the Veterans' Affairs Benefits Subcommittee, and a member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee in the 106th Congress. Additionally, Congressman Filner is an enthusiastic supporter Honorary Founding Member of "La Casa de las Americas in Washington."
Smithsonian
Institution, AGF, Casa de America & Museum -Madrid Conference
Dr. Paul Taylor of the Smithsonian is
organizing with The Americas Foundation, Casa de America and Museum of
Anthropology of Madrid a Conference in Madrid. The conference has two components: A
high-tech workshop on September 15, 1999; and an academic component on September 16 and
17.
The Conference will take place at Casa de America in Madrid, Spain.
Iberoamerican Cultural
Attaches Association invites TAF
Dr. Alvaro Rodriguez Tirado, President
of the Iberoamerican Cultural Attaches Association is inviting The Americas Foundation's
president Victor Pinzon to make a presentation to its members on July 15, 1999 at 2:30 PM
at their meeting at the Uruguayan Embassy.
Pinzon will present a specific multi-point proposal to the Cultural Attaches to assist
them, under the Foundation, to achieve some of their goals and objectives in
Washington, DC and throughout the United States.
ANNOUNCEMENT
to the members of LACAW Development Committee:
"La Casa de las Americas in Washington," LACAW
Committee Meeting next meeting:
Site: The
meeting will be at GSA Headquarters building located at 18th Street and F Street, NW,
near The White House. Entrance on F Street between 18 and 19 Streets, Room 2134
Hour: 3:00
PM
Date: Friday,
April 9 , 1999
Please RSVP at vicpinzon@aol.com
The Americas Foundation
invites you and your colleagues to its Speaker Series:
"South & Central America's Political and
Economic Importance to the US"
the first two have been a success:
US Congressman Philip M. Crane and
Brazilian Minister Counselor Regis Arslanian
at the US Congress, Capitol
Hill, Rayburn Building, Gold Room 2168
and the US Congressman Esteban Torres at the National Press Club.
We thank Continental Airlines as the
Sponsor of the Second Conference.
We seek other multinational
corporations truly committed to the best for the region
to sponsor this and other TAF's programs.
The Americas Foundation
Has the pleasure to invite you and your colleagues to its Speaker Series:
“South & Central America's Economic &
Political Importance to the United States”
The purpose is threefold: First, to address critical economic, political and cultural
South and Central American issues impacting the United States. Second, to provide a forum
to listen from and meet with senior government and private sector officials. Third, to
develop a network to explore Hemispheric business and investment opportunities.
The Speakers for TAF’s next Series will be:
Honorable US Congressman Philip M. Crane and
Brazilian Minister Counselor Regis P. Arslanian
We thank our Sponsors: Continental Airlines, GSEA, ALTEX
US Congressman Crane is Vice Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee,
Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee, and member of the Health and Joint Taxation Committees
of the US House of Representatives, 106th US Congress.
Regis Arslanian is the Minister Counselor of the Brazilian Embassy in
Washington, DC
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS INVITED: Members of the United
States Senate and House of Representatives and Staff, Administration Officials,
Ambassadors of the Americas in Washington; Officials of Multinational Corporations, Major
Hispanic owned companies, Multilateral, and NGOS, Members of the Media, Academia and
students.
NOTE: Please post or circulate this invitation within your organization. In the event you
are unable to attend, would you send one or more persons from your organization?
Admittance: Ticket must be paid prior to event: $25 per person.
Otherwise $30
Please note that payment of tickets is not allowed at the US Congress.
Please make your check payable to and send it to:
Americas Global Foundation
930 M Street, NW, Suite 609
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202 371 9696
Fax: 202 216 9550
email: vip@theamericas.org
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