The Mexican American Task Force of The Chicago Council of Global Affairs released the Task Force’s report: A Shared Future: The Economic Engagement of Greater Chicago and Its Mexican Community. The Report’s focus is on a positive approach to the assimilation of the Mexican Community into the greater Chicago community. Key areas of focus are on Education, Finance, Social Services, Civic Responsibilities, and Labor.
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) September 21, 2006 -- On Monday, September 18, 2006, The Mexican American Task Force of The Chicago Council of Global Affairs, released the Task Force’s report: A Shared Future: The Economic Engagement of Greater Chicago and its Mexican Community.
The Task Force members are: Clare Munana; President of Ancora Associates, Douglas A. Doetsch; Partner of Mayer Brown Rowe and Maw, Alajandro Silva; Chairman of The Evans Food Group, Allert Brown-Gort; Associate Director of the Institute for Latino Studies University of Notre Dame, and Sylvia Puente: Director of the Metropolitan Initiative of Chicago. Presiding was Marshall Bouton, President of the Chicago Council of Global Affairs. Their Excellencies Carlos Sada, Consul General of Mexico and Ambassador J. D. Bindenagel of DePaul University were in attendance.
With grace and polish Mr. Bouton introduced the members of the Task Force to a receptive audience held Monday evening at the Mexican Museum of Fine Arts in Chicago. The nature of the meeting was to articulate the results of the report to the public and to acquire feedback from the community. In this extensive and comprehensive report the Task Force articulates with clarity and detail the needs of the Mexican Community and what has to be accomplished to accommodate the process of assimilation into the greater Chicago area community. The report is replete with statistics, charts, and graphs to explicate the areas that are in most need of attention. These areas are: Education, Finance, Social Services, Civic Responsibilities, and Labor. A copy of the report can be secured by contacting the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, http://www.thechicagocouncil.org.
Currently there are over 1,300,000 members of the Mexican Community in the Chicago Metropolitan area. The protocol of the event was a panel format on stage where each member of the Task Force could address their respective area of expertise to the audience. After they made their report provision was made with floor space and a microphone for the audience to address questions and concerns to the Task Force. Each member did and outstanding job of articulating their area of expertise with facts and statistics to support their remarks. Because of their thoroughness and vision the Task Force’s report proved to be an outstanding success, which was echoed by the audience.
In the course of the evening the Task Force articulated a cogent and intelligent plan that highlighted the essential needs of both the Mexican and Greater Chicago Communities. What was excellent about this event was that for the first time a civic body that has the vision, resources, and expertise to implement a plan on such a massive scale did so and brought it to the community. Further, the community reciprocated with additional suggestions and ovations of support for the report and the Task Force.
Stephen F. Condren ~ Artist
Stephen F. Condren is on the President's Circle of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a long-standing member of the Council. He speaks German, Spanish, and Japanese and has traveled extensively all over the world dedicating himself to the cause of World Peace and Multi-Cultural awareness. Mr. Condren is one of the country’s leading landscape painters and owner of Condren Galleries Ltd., located on Michigan Avenue, downtown Chicago. Mr. Condren is recognized in Who's Who in American Art.
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