National Coalition Paves the Way for Unprecedented Latino Voter Turnout in 2008

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being
issued by the NALEO Educational Fund:

WHAT:
The historic ya es hora citizenship and voter participation campaign,
led by a coalition of national, regional, and local organizations and the
leading Spanish-language media in the country, will announce its
unprecedented voter mobilization strategy for 2008. The campaign partners
will highlight the success of their efforts to help nearly one million
immigrants apply for citizenship in 2007 and unveil national plans to
mobilize the Latino vote in 2008. The briefing will also include an
analysis on the strategic importance of the Latino vote within the 2008
electoral map and an unveiling of the campaign's Spanish-language media
outreach plan. The national partners of the campaign include: Entravision
Communications Inc., ImpreMedia, Mi Familia Vota Educational Fund, National
Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund,
National Council of La Raza, and Univision Communications, Inc.

WHO:
-- Cesar Conde, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer,
Univision Communications Inc.
-- Rudy Guernica, Station Manager, Entravision Communications Inc.
-- Eliseo Medina, Treasurer, Mi Familia Vota and Executive Vice
President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
-- Cecilia Munoz, Senior Vice President, National Council of La Raza
(NCLR)
-- Rossana Rosado, Publisher, El Diario La Prensa
-- Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Latino
Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund

WHEN:
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
9:30 am to 10:00 am EST (Continental Breakfast)
10:00 am to 11:00 am EST (Program)

WHERE:
National Press Club
Zenger Room
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20045


About the campaign: ya es hora is a historic Latino civic participation
campaign that was launched as the Latino community's action oriented
response to the mobilizations of 2006. The campaign represents the largest
and most comprehensive effort to incorporate Latinos as full participants
of the American political process. The national effort is lead by Mi
Familia Vota Educational Fund, the NALEO Educational Fund, the National
Council of La Raza, and Spanish-language media companies Entravision
Communications, ImpreMedia, and Univision Communications Inc.

Contact:
Evan Bacalao (213) 747-7606, x116
ebacalao@naleo.org
William Ramos (202) 546-2536
wramos@naleo.org

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