Monday 9/28

Opening Remarks by Enrique Acevedo, Univision Anchor

Introduction: Univision News and PVBLIC Foundation (Stephen Keppel & Sergio Fernandez De Cordova)

Q&A with Angelica Fuentes, Founder Angelica Fuentes Foundation

Youth Discussion: What does Latin America look like in 2030? with panelists Ana Saldarriaga, Juan David Ariztabal, Natalia Vega-Berry

Q&A: Immigration and the role of Hispanics in the Unites States with Hector Sanchez Executive Director of Labor Council for Latin American Advancement

Closing

Tuesday 9/29

Opening Remarks by Enrique Acevedo, Univision Anchor

Introduction: Univision News and PVBLIC Foundation (Stephen Keppel & Sergio Fernandez De Cordova)

Jorge Ramos video

Panel: Media for Social Good with Eglantina Zingg, model, host MTV Latin America; Jose Zamora, VP Strategic Communications Univision; Luis Ortiz, Million Dollar Listing, Bravo

Panel: The role of Business in promoting Social Impact with Boris Gartner, Chief Strategy Officer, Fusion

Closing

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2nd Day
September 29th (Time: 8:30am – 10:00am)

Location: We The Peoples Hub at UN Headquarters (Enter on 46th Street and 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10017)

Noticias Univision

He’s been called one of the “Top Latinos in American Newsrooms” by the Huffington Post and a “Global Media Leader” by the WEF.

Enrique Acevedo is the anchor of the award winning Noticiero Univision late-night edition and a special correspondent for Fusion.

He has covered major news events around the world for print, broadcast and online media, in English and Spanish, including the tsunami in Japan, the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the AIDS epidemic in Africa and the drug wars in Latin America.

He has interviewed global influencers like President Barack Obama, Melinda Gates and Kofi Annan, among others.

Acevedo holds a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University. His work in Japan was part of the school’s centennial celebration in a book commemorating the best one hundred stories in the last century.

Fusion

Mariana Atencio joins Fusion from Univision News, where she was the youngest correspondent for “Noticiero Univision.”

As a reporter for Univision’s Investigative and Documentary Units, Mariana received both a Peabody Award and an Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) Award for her work on the one-hour documentary “Fast and Furious: Arming the Enemy.”

She has covered major domestic and international stories including the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in 2013 and the 2012 U.S. presidential election — where she reported from both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.

She also co-anchored election analysis for “Despierta América,” Univision’s highly rated morning show. Prior to joining Univision, Mariana worked as a news anchor for Vme-TV, a Spanish broadcast public television station for the U.S. Hispanic market.

She has a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism where she received a full-merit scholarship.

Chair of NHLA

Hector E. Sanchez is the Executive Director of LCLAA (Labor Council for Latin American Advancement) and the Chair of NHLA (National Hispanic Leadership Agenda). He is an indefatigable voice fighting systematic injustices against Latinos and the most vulnerable communities across the nation.

Throughout his career, Hector has worked in Labor, human and civil rights, education and non-profit organizations and has vast experience in policy, advocacy, organizing, research and community outreach. He has launched national campaigns to improve the conditions of working families and strengthen the Latino voice on critical issues such as labor rights, women’s rights (trabajadoras), immigration, civil rights, health care, education, underrepresentation in government, environment and hate crimes against Latinos. Sanchez is also a strong advocate for vigorous civic participation, having organized and participated in national campaigns to empower Latinos via voter registration drives, GOTV, voter education and efforts to combat voter suppression.

Sanchez plays a central role in the national Latino leadership: in 2012 he was elected Chair of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA), a coalition comprised of the 40 leading national Latino organizations, and he was re-elected in 2015. In 2012 the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry appointed Sanchez as co-chair of the Hispanic Council on Federal Employment in the effort to remove barriers to recruiting, hiring, retaining, and advancing Hispanics in the Federal workforce; now he co-chairs the council with the new director of OPM Katherine Archuleta. In 2015 he was appointed by the AFL-CIO’s President Richard Trumka to the Executive Council Committee on Immigration. In 2014, Hector was appointed by the president of the American Bar Association (ABA) to the Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities. He is a member of the Kennedy Center’s new Latino Advisory Council and also a board member of the Latino Victory Foundation.

He frequently appears as a commentator on national and international TV networks and his opinions have been widely published by NPR, The Washington Post, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Huffington Post and several Spanish-language media outlets. He is a regular speaker at conferences across the country.

Prior to joining LCLAA, Sanchez was the DC-Mexico Policy Education Director at Global Exchange, the Policy and Community Liaison for the Education Trust, and a professor of US-Mexico Relations at the Autonomous University of the City of Juarez, Mexico. Sanchez holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Texas at El Paso.

Angélica Fuentes Foundation

Angélica is one of the most prominent philanthropists and business women in Latin America. In the past 26 years, she has been involved with NGOs, international organizations and professional groups that support women’s causes.

She currently co-directs the Mexico Gender Parity Taskforce, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. She is also a member of the International Council on Women’s Business Leadership, a council created by Hillary Clinton, and a global advocate for the Girl Up Campaign, a program of the United Nations Foundation.

She was the first CEO to whom the UN Women awarded the Business Leadership Award for promoting gender equality and the principles for the empowerment of women in the private sector. Angélica is also a member of the Leadership Advisory Council of the Private Sector for UN Women. In 2014, she established the Angelica Fuentes Foundation, a philanthropic culmination of her lifelong commitment to women’s causes.

Million Dollar Listing, Bravo

He’s one of the most popular personalities on Bravo’s hit show, “Million Dollar Listing New York.”

With seven years of experience in real estate, he has helped many find the home of their dreams, including celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Sandra Lee.

He also worked with Keller Williams NYC, where he reached the rank of Vice President in a short period of time. In August 2013, he joined forces with Douglas Elliman, the number one real estate company in New York City , and founded his own real estate team, Ortiz & Co.