tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13367579.post-1130804875555309092005-10-31T18:27:00.000-06:002005-10-31T18:27:55.596-06:00Latino Leadership Summit Review<p class="mobile-post">LATINO LEADERSHIP SUMMIT<br />David Argente</p><p class="mobile-post">The 3rd Annual Latino Leadership Summit took place from September 30 to October<br />1st, 2005, at The University of Texas at Austin campus. The LLS is a<br />collaborative vision of the Latino organizations at UT to unite and empower the<br />Latino students by building awareness of Latino culture, coalition among future<br />Latino leaders and assisting Latinos to become committed in their community<br />(LLC). The Latino Leardership Council presented in the LLS serveral activities<br />such as workshops, about leadership and activism, and, more importantly, it<br />presented many distinguished speakers who adressed latino students with no<br />other intention than encourage our ability to think and create a change for our<br />communities. <br />The State of the Latino Address was given by Ernesto Nieto, who founded the<br />National Hispanic Institute. He focused on the place of the Latinos in the U.S<br />in the 21st Century. His main goal was to make students believe that it is<br />possible to build our community with intellectualism and that we are assets of<br />talent to create change. As he said, On your shoulder rests the future of our<br />community turn around, there is no one else to lead but you. Moreover, Nieto<br />told us that our community deserves more and that we shouldnt feel sorry about<br />our race but feel embraced by its beauty. According to Nieto the future leaders<br />of the Latino community have many challenges in the 21st century. However, in<br />addition to think about illegal inmigration or lack of school attendance,<br />latino leaders should keep their identity and speak spanish, keep their family<br />traditions, reconstruct latinos identity by loving their community and its<br />music, literature, art, and more importantly, leaders must believe in their<br />ability to dream and create a better reality of their people. </p><p class="mobile-post"> <br />Work Cited<br />Latino Leadership Council. Latino Leadership Summit. September 30, 2005.<br /><http://www.utlatinos.com/lls/></p>Mexican Student Association e Internationalshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09317774931305714404noreply@blogger.com