Over the weekend members of the HRT Board met to discuss the vision and goals for HRT in the upcoming year.
From this meeting a new mission statement and vision were developed for HRT:
Vision Statement
Una fuerte comunidad Latina. A strong Latino community.
Mission Statement
The Mission of the Hispanic Roundtable is to strengthen the Latino community through partnerships, education, community building and cultural representation.
Secretary Sara Peté and Treasurer Kacie McPartland contemplating the new vision statement for HRT.
VicePresident Olivia Salazar de Breaux adding some of her ideas to HRT’s vision board.
President Bill Fishburn wearing a shirt from the 2012 Latino Youth Summit!
Developing ideas for how to connect the programs HRT is actively involved with to programs that HRT will develop in the future to serve the needs of Latinos.
Treasurer Kacie McPartland with Member Marcella Logan Thornburg.
Member Theresa Kimball, Secretary Sara Peté, Members Sherry Sullivan and Marcella Logan Thornburg.
The best way to connect students to community resources is through community partnerships!
Member Eileen Yoshina and Vice President Olivia Salaza de Breaux discussing HRT’s mission statement.
HRT already has strong roots in the community, we want to expand and grow as an organization in the future.
HRT member Sherry Sulivan representing our community partner CIELO, standing with the HRT vision board.
Energy, creativity, inspiration and community leaders are all necessary tools for inspiring Latin@s to complete their aspirations for higher education.
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The Hispanic Roundtable would like to thank all sponsors and attendees for making the 2014 Latino Youth Summit another successful and memorable event. Contained in this Summary slide show are key data from the 2014 Summit, and important information to be taken into consideration for next year’s Summit. Please take a moment to digest this information.
THANK YOU to all of our sponsors and in-kind donors. The Latino Youth Summit would not be possible every year if the Hispanic Roundtable were not able to reach out for support from the benevolent and committed organizations in our community.
Judy Nunez-Pinedo, the fabulous graphic artist who creates the beautiful and complex posters that the LYS is known for! Thank you for sharing your talents with us Judy!
Gerardo Martinez representing Intel Corporation who consistently contribute to a significant portion of the LYS budget each year, as well as donating our tablets! Thank you Intel!
Timothy Stokes (President) and Eileen Yoshina from South Puget Sound Community College. SPSCC has shown their commitment to the Latino Community through the years by hosting and contributing to Latino Youth Summits in the past and by offering new scholarship opportunities to Latino Students! Thank you SPSCC!
Tina Johnson representing Thurston County TOGETHER! Thank you for all of your hard work Tina, we appreciate you!
Sara Pete representing Timberland Regional Library who consistently contributes to the Latino Youth Summit with their in-kind support. Thank you TRL!
Sharon Parker from the University of Washington Tacoma, our newest LYS partner. We are so excited to have you on board with us to inspire Latino Youth in the South Sound to pursue their dreams of higher education! Thank you UWT!
Kacie McPartland representing the 2014 LYS Hosting institution, Saint Martin’s University! Thank you for your continued commitment to the Latino Community SMU!
The Hispanic Round table and summit planning committee thanks our community sponsors and supporters for contributing to the Annual Latino Youth Summit.
Click here for a complete list of sponsors and pictures from the day of.