International Speaker and Leader in Education promotes Cultural Understanding of U.S. Latinos

(PRWEB) March 17, 2004

Redondo Beach, CA (PRWEB) March 17, 2004 –Dr. Refugio I. Rochin, the prestigious author, scholar, administrator, fundraiser, social scientist, and leader in higher education has been inducted to the Latino Speakers Bureau. Dr. Rochin is currently the Executive Director of SACNAS, the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Latinos and Native Americans in Science.

Described by his audiences with terms such as dynamic, personable and imaginative, Dr. Rochin has been a trailblazer in U.S. Latino studies and cultural affairs, with a career that clearly speaks of leadership in research and policy issues affecting Latinos. He was the first Director of the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives, among many other achievements. He oversaw a variety of projects at the Smithsonian designed to increase awareness of the role and contributions of Latinos to the history and culture of the United States.

The biggest problem affecting the Latino community is the prevalence of bad information on Latino issues that cause negative stereotyping, he says. “I hope to bring awareness of the Latino community. I focus on the contributions, legacies and profiles of people in the Latino community in an effort to bring the issues more to the public. I think that just by doing that, stereotypes are broken down,” Rochin explains.

Dr. Rochin is well known for his publications and lectures on Latino contributions to U.S. history, economic development, culture, arts, music and science. He has also worked abroad on projects for rural reform and economic development. He was part of the Nobel Laureate Team of Dr. Norman Borlaug, recognized for the so-called “Green Revolution” in Asia. Dr. Rochin’s international experience includes the Peace Corps in Colombia, the Ford Foundation in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Colombia, and consulting in the West Bank and Gaza, Egypt, South Korea, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and the Caribbean. His list of publications includes more than 100 articles in books, magazines, and professional journals. Recent books include: The Mexicanization of Rural California, 1998, (with Allensworth), and Voices of a New Chicana/o History, 2000, (Edited with D. Valdes).

His keynote conferences in English will include: “U.S. Chicanos and Latinos in U.S. Society: A Historical Perspective”, “The Economics of Chicanos & Latinos in the U.S.”, “The Role and Contribution of Latinos to U.S. Culture”, “U.S. Latinos in the Arts & Culture”, “Latinos in Science: Opportunities & Challenges for the Future” and the much awaited conference that deals with the topic of his new book, “Latino Patriots in Defense of America: From the American Revolution to Afghanistan and Iraq.”

Dr. Rochin has been designated as one of “America’s Top 100 Influential Hispanics,” by Hispanic Business, Inc., and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Northeastern University, Boston in 2000. He is often quoted by the press on Latino issues and in 2002, was featured in the Latin American Times as Hispanic of the Week.

“The Latino Speakers Bureau continues its mission to unite internationally recognized Hispanic speakers who can share their knowledge through unique programs. We are honored to present Dr. Refugio Rochin as a Hispanic keynote speaker,” says Leonor McCall-Rodriguez, President of the Bureau.

For additional information, bookings, demo videos and speaker kits, contact Leonor McCall-Rodriguez.

Latino Speakers Bureau is a division of Mira Promo, a California Hispanic Marketing agency with 20 years experience in marketing in the US and Mexico. Latino Speakers Bureau is a trademark property of Mira Promo, Inc.

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InstaDial® Announces The Official Launch Of InstaTalk.com VoIP Service, Serving the U.S. Market

NEW YORK , NEW YORK (PRWEB) September 22, 2005

InstaDial Technologies is pleased to announce that our subsidiary InstaTelecom Inc. has launched a website dedicated to providing InstaTelecom VoIP services to U.S. customers – http://www.InstaTalk.com. As a result of increased demand for the InstaTelecom VoIP products and a growing number of customers in the United States subscribing to InstaTelecom services, InstaTalk.com was launched. With InstaTalk.com customers receive the same high levels of customer service combined with the pricing based in U.S. currency. InstaDial management acknowledges that the U.S. market will become our primary focus for marketing activities going forward.

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Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz To Lead Cultural Tour of Vietnam, Sponsored by U.S. Department of State

Washington, DC (PRWEB) November 19, 2005

The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz will tour Vietnam November 22-30 under a Cultural and Speakers program sponsored by the U.S. Department of States Bureau of International Information Programs and Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, and the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City. The tour will commemorate the 10th anniversary of normalization of U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic relations. World renowned jazz pianist and composer Herbie Hancock will lead a group of jazz artists, which include legendary saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, internationally acclaimed vocalist Nnenna Freelon, and the eight gifted young jazz musicians who attend the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the University of Southern California.

The groups appearances in Ho Chi Minh City will include a “Jazz Thanksgiving” concert at the U.S. Consulate Generals Residence for leaders in the diplomatic, business, and cultural communities; a master class for students at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music; and a performance at the Ben Thanh Theatre. In Hanoi, the group will lead a master class for jazz students at the Hanoi Conservatory of Music; perform for diplomats and cultural figures at the U.S. Embassy; lead a jam session at Minhs Jazz Club; and perform at the Youth Theatre.

“We are once again delighted to work with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz to present such an exciting outreach program to the Vietnamese people on this important occasion. I am particularly pleased that we have the next generation of jazz talent from the Institute at the University of Southern California touring with today’s jazz masters, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Nnenna Freelon,” said Karen P. Hughes, the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U. S. Department of State.

According to Institute Chairman Herbie Hancock, “The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz is devoted to introducing people around the world to the uniquely American art form of jazz. We look forward to sharing this music with the people of Vietnam in the spirit of peace and partnership.”

Rob Cutietta, Dean of the Flora L. Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California remarked, “This is a great opportunity for our students to represent the University, the Institute and the U.S. jazz community on this educational and performance tour of Vietnam.”

The Vietnam tour builds on the Institutes longstanding partnership with the U.S. Department of State. In the early part of 1995, the Institute and the United States Information Agency sponsored a six week tour that took a group of Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition winners to seven African nations to perform and conduct educational programs. The Institute worked with the United States Information Agency again in March 1996 to present a tour of India and Thailand, and for a third time in 1998, conducting a tour of Chile, Argentina, and Peru. A highlight of the 1998 trip was a performance at the Summit of the Americas for 34 heads of state from North America, South America, and Central America. This partnership continued in 2001 when the U.S. Department of State sponsored a tour of Egypt. In 2002, 2003, and 2004, the United Nations sponsored a tour of Paris, where the Institutes college students performed with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and T.S. Monk at an “International Day of Philosophy” event presented by UNESCO.

The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz (http://www.monkinstitute.org) was established in 1986 with a mission to preserve America’s legacy of jazz through performance and education. The Institute offers the world’s most promising young musicians college level training by America’s jazz masters and presents public school-based jazz education programs for young people around the world. Additionally, the Institute provides scholarships, performance opportunities, and worldwide recognition to gifted young musicians through its many jazz education programs.

Begun in 1995, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the University of Southern California is an intensive two-year graduate level college program that enables a select group of the world’s most gifted young musicians to study tuition-free with major jazz musicians and educators. Acclaimed trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard serves as the programs Artistic Director. Jazz legends who have served as Artists-in-Residence include Herbie Hancock, Clark Terry, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, Jackie McLean, Dave Holland, Steve Turre, John Scofield, Terri Lyne Carrington, Ron Carter, and Jimmy Heath. This performance-based program is expected to become the model college jazz education program for the world.

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Hispanic Online Advertising Network HispanoClick Finds U.S. Audience of 5.42 Million and Growing

(PRWEB) May 25, 2006

HispanoClick, the leading Hispanic online advertising network with Spanish-language publishers in the United States, Latin America, and Spain, had comScore measure their network-wide traffic patterns beginning March 2006.

The comScore study concluded the Hispanic online advertising network reaches over 65 million unique visitors every month. The United States, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Chile topped the list of HispanoClicks online advertising markets, with the U.S. alone reaching 5.42 million unique viewers.

“We are pleased to see our traffic numbers confirmed by ComScore,” said Marc Duquette, HispanoClick CEO. “We provide advertisers an additional and efficient media outlet to reach the US Latino market, as well as online Hispanic advertising markets throughout the world.”

In addition to the total number of unique visitors, ComScores analysis of the Latino online advertising network showed:

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Easton, PA (PRWEB) September 24, 2012 A veritable institution in their homeland, Chilean music ensemble Inti-Illimani will perform the first installment of the U.S. tour La Maquina del Tiempo (Time Machine) 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3 in the Williams Center for the Arts at Lafayette College (http://www.lafayette.edu). The concert is preceded by a 7 p.m. conversation with members of Inti-Illimani about their four decades of music, of which 15 were spent in exile in Italy during the regime of Augusto Pinochet. Tickets are $ 18 and can be purchased by calling the box office at (610) 330-5009 weekdays from noon to 2 p.m. and 4-5 p.m. Now in their 45th year, the groups Latin-infused music is a whirlwind of Andean folk tunes, tangos from Argentina, Brazilian sambas and love songs from Mexico performed on more than 30 instruments. The Los Angeles Times writes: Few Latin American acts can rival this Chilean group in terms of the sheer beauty of sound. Much like a Zen affirmation, Inti-Illimanis music floats within your soul, filling it with calmness and hope. During its October U.S. tour, Inti-Illimani revisits earlier bodies of work, while also introducing American audiences to new compositions, fresh arrangements of established repertory and several new songs more recently created by Chilean poets and lyricists and guest composers. The group was started in 1967 by students at Santiagos Technical University who began performing traditional folk music, something few did back then. When Pinochet came to power in 1973 during a military coup, the group was forced into exile for using its music to express the need for social change. They continued to record in Italy and tour and their outspoken opposition to the Pinochet regime earned them a powerful reputation around the globe as unofficial ambassadors of Chilean music. In addition to performing with a number of famous political figures like Pete Seeger and Mikis Theodorakis, they were included on the famous 1988 Amnesty International Tour, along with Sting, Peter Gabriel, and Bruce Springsteen. They returned to their homeland in 1988. The tour is made possible by a Southern Exposure Grant through the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. During their time at Lafayette, Inti-Illimani will meet with students and faculty about the role of music and the arts in political activism in South America and around the globe. In addition, related public events with Inti-Illimani include: Monday, Oct. 1 Chilean Ensemble Inti-Illimanis U.S. Tour "Time Machine" Comes to Lafayette College

Easton, PA (PRWEB) September 24, 2012

A veritable institution in their homeland, Chilean music ensemble Inti-Illimani will perform the first installment of the U.S. tour La Maquina del Tiempo (Time Machine) 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3 in the Williams Center for the Arts at Lafayette College (http://www.lafayette.edu).

The concert is preceded by a 7 p.m. conversation with members of Inti-Illimani about their four decades of music, of which 15 were spent in exile in Italy during the regime of Augusto Pinochet.

Tickets are $ 18 and can be purchased by calling the box office at (610) 330-5009 weekdays from noon to 2 p.m. and 4-5 p.m.

Now in their 45th year, the groups Latin-infused music is a whirlwind of Andean folk tunes, tangos from Argentina, Brazilian sambas and love songs from Mexico performed on more than 30 instruments. The Los Angeles Times writes: Few Latin American acts can rival this Chilean group in terms of the sheer beauty of sound. Much like a Zen affirmation, Inti-Illimanis music floats within your soul, filling it with calmness and hope.

During its October U.S. tour, Inti-Illimani revisits earlier bodies of work, while also introducing American audiences to new compositions, fresh arrangements of established repertory and several new songs more recently created by Chilean poets and lyricists and guest composers.

The group was started in 1967 by students at Santiagos Technical University who began performing traditional folk music, something few did back then. When Pinochet came to power in 1973 during a military coup, the group was forced into exile for using its music to express the need for social change. They continued to record in Italy and tour and their outspoken opposition to the Pinochet regime earned them a powerful reputation around the globe as unofficial ambassadors of Chilean music. In addition to performing with a number of famous political figures like Pete Seeger and Mikis Theodorakis, they were included on the famous 1988 Amnesty International Tour, along with Sting, Peter Gabriel, and Bruce Springsteen. They returned to their homeland in 1988.

The tour is made possible by a Southern Exposure Grant through the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation.

During their time at Lafayette, Inti-Illimani will meet with students and faculty about the role of music and the arts in political activism in South America and around the globe. In addition, related public events with Inti-Illimani include:

Monday, Oct. 1

Chilean Ensemble Inti-Illimanis U.S. Tour "Time Machine" Comes to Lafayette College

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