Congratulations NALAC Advocacy Leadership Institute Class of 2009!

NALAC congratulates participants of the 2009 NALAC Advocacy Leadership Institute in Washington, DC:

Yolanda Alameda, Arts Administrator, Dallas, TX;
Melissa Cardona, Directing Manager, Mondo Bizarro, New Orleans, LA;
Margarita Espada, Artistic Director, Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja, Inc., Islip, NY;
Graciela Fonseca, Director, Dame Alas Latino Arts & Culture, Nampa, ID;
Adriana Gallego, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Arizona Commission on the Arts, Phoenix, AZ;
Jess Moreles, Executive Director, Teatro Vision, San Jose, CA;
Tanya Mote, Development Director, El Centro Su Teatro, Denver, CO;
Reuben Roqueñi, Grants Program Manager, The Tucson Pima Arts Council, Tucson, AZ.

The NALAC Advocacy Institute was made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, JPMorgan Chase and Southwest Airlines. For more photos, visit our Facebook Fanpage.

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2009 NALAC Advocacy Institute participants at the Smithsonian Latino Center in Washington, DC.

2009 AI participant Reuben Roqueni and Melissa Carrillo, SLC New Media & Technology Director.

Adolfo Carreon Jr., Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Urban Affairs, welcomes
the 2009 NALAC AI participants to the White House.

Kalpen Modi, Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement, welcomes 2009
NALAC Advocacy Institute participants.

2009 NALAC Advocacy Institute participants and NALAC Boardmembers and staff in the White House. 

2009 NALAC Advocacy Institute participants at the NEA with Patrice Walker Powell, Deputy
Chairman for States, Regions and Local Arts Agencies, Mario Garcia Durham, Director of
Presenting and Silvio Lim, Presenting Specialist.

NALAC Advocacy Institute participants visited their Representatives at the Rayburn House Bldg.

Congressman Charles Gonzalez is honored at the 2009 Advocacy Institute reception.

Congressman Silvestre Reyes is honored at the 2009 Advocacy Institute reception. 

Congressman Joe Baca is honored at the 2009 Advocacy Institute reception. 

NALAC boardmembers and staff with Congressman Ciro Rodriguez, Congressman Ruben
Hinojosa and Maria Cristina Caballero, President and CEO of Dialogue on Diversity.

Invitation to the 2009 NALAC Advocacy Institute reception honoring the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Communications, Technology and Arts
Task Force.