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Obama Te Ama Benefit
Featuring:
> Volumen Cero - Miami-based Latin rock band
> Los Hollywood - Latin alt-rock group
Thursday, October 23, 2008
7:30pm - 2:00am
At: Hecho en Mexico
4976 Huntington Drive South
Los Angeles, CA 90032
Editors
Carlos "Bookworm Brown" Aguilar
Veronica Jacuinde
Enrique Mier Vergara
Unai Montes-Iruseste
Andrea Portes
Raul Ramos y Sanchez
Veronica Jacuinde
Enrique Mier Vergara
Unai Montes-Iruseste
Andrea Portes
Raul Ramos y Sanchez
About this blog
Obama Te Ama is dedicated to airing Latino voices in contemporary political dialog. The site's current editors are:
Carlos "Bookworm Brown" Aguilar
Carlos "Bookworm Brown" Aguilar
Aguilar is an LA based TV writer and producer, emcee and herbivore. Bookworm graduated from Occidental College and received his MA in the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics from Talbot School of Theology. In addition to performing across the U.S. Bookworm has taken Hip Hop to China, Korea, Japan, Mexico and Guatemala and has written about Hip Hop and Spirituality for several publications including Christianity Today, Sojourners and Prism.
Veronica Jacuinde
Veronica Jacuinde is a television producer and journalist covering all things Latino especially in the world of entertainment, fashion and philanthropy. The eldest of six children born to Mexican immigrant parents, Veronica graduated from UC Berkeley and worked on Wall Street before embracing a career in Latino media. She got her start in radio as the host of "FRANK" and has since worked in television for Mun2, American Latino TV and SiTV. Veronica has interviewed Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Lopez, Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, and Wilmer Valderamma to name a few.
Enrique Mier Vergara
Enrique is a community organizer for several communities inLos Angeles. He is currently working with low-income families. He works closely with organizations throughout Los Angeles in bringing support services to over 500 families. The eldest of five children born to Mexican immigrant parents. Enrique entered a catholic seminary at the age of 18 and took vows as a religious brother. In 2004 he decided that the “call” to the priesthood was not for him. That same year he began working for the Diocese of San Bernardino as an event/community organizer. After a struggle with his faith he decided to leave the diocese and pursue a more humanistic approach to religion. In 2008, Enrique began working on his production for a documentary. His documentary will focus on the effects of religion on society and the need to focus on the human story of faith.
Unai Montes-Irueste
Unai Montes-Irueste can't remember a time when life didn't revolve around politics. In San Bernardino County, where he attended high school, Unai actively campaigned on behalf of school and citywide initiatives promoting educational access, multicultural understanding, and student rights. After completing a dual major at Dartmouth College, in Government and Latin American Studies, he headed to Southern California to pursue a career in social justice. Unai joined Teach for America (Americorps) and taught for several years in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. During this time, he worked with the Coalition For a Non-Violent City, El Centro de Accion Social, La Alianza Oxnard, and a number of other community advocacy organizations, along with parents and students, to rally the School Board and the City Council for education reform and community improvements. Unai left the classroom and joined the nonprofit sector as an advocate for youth. In recent years, he has helped lead a series of campaigns for progressive candidates and causes, as well as completed an MBA in Public Policy from Brandeis University. Unai has worked to defend the rights of workers, worked to remove the influence of big money in elections, and to elect progressives to the School Board, City Council, State Assembly, State Senate, the US Congress, as well as the Presidency of the United States, and Mexico. Since last year, he has worked to register and mobilize thousands of young voters from communities of color as the National Director of Youth Vote Projects for Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, and a Senior Consultant to Voto Latino. Somehow, Unai also made time to produce Directmail Slate Cards for the League of Latino Voters, and contribute to the Field, Outreach, Political, Communications, New Media, and Speechwriting components of Barack Obama's Presidential campaign.
Andrea Portes
Andrea Portes is the bestselling novelist of HICK, her debut novel. Because of the success of HICK, the book has been optioned and is being turned into a feature film. Andrea Portes is currently writing the screenplay adaptation, as well as her second novel. Born to an American mother of German descent and a Cuban father from Havana, (world-reknowned Sociologist Alejandro Portes, now at Princeton), Andrea grew up being shuffled around between such disparate places as Nebraska, Rio de Janiero, North Dakota and Brazilia. It is this nomadic childhood that most certainly accounts for Portes’ insight into the human spirit, as she grew up in the position of being “other”, observing those around her from the outside, always. Andrea atteneded Bryn Mawr College on full scholarship and graduated cum laude. She then earned her Masters in Fine Arts degree from UC-San Diego. Portes grew up in a family of discourse and, as such, has always been political. Heavily influenced by her father and his family’s exile from Cuba, in 1959, the dinner table discussions were often philosophical or theoretical in nature. It is this upbringing that has led Andrea to feel a sense of political responisibilty throughout her life.
Raul Ramos y Sanchez
A long-time resident of the U.S. Midwest, Cuban-born Raul Ramos y Sanchez is a founding partner of B/R/C Marketing, established in 1992 with offices in Ohio and California. Besides developing a documentary for public television, Two Americas: The Legacy of our Hemisphere, he is host of MyIimmigrationStory.com — an online forum for the U.S. immigrant community. Ramos began writing America Libre in 2004, with the input of scholars from Latin America, Spain, and the United States. After five months as a self-published edition, America Libre, was acquired by Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books). A revised version of the novel by Grand Central Publishing is under development. Grand Central Publishing has also acquired El Nuevo Alamo, the sequel to America Libre. You can read Raul's blog here:
Veronica Jacuinde is a television producer and journalist covering all things Latino especially in the world of entertainment, fashion and philanthropy. The eldest of six children born to Mexican immigrant parents, Veronica graduated from UC Berkeley and worked on Wall Street before embracing a career in Latino media. She got her start in radio as the host of "FRANK" and has since worked in television for Mun2, American Latino TV and SiTV. Veronica has interviewed Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Lopez, Eva Longoria, America Ferrera, and Wilmer Valderamma to name a few.
Enrique Mier Vergara
Enrique is a community organizer for several communities inLos Angeles. He is currently working with low-income families. He works closely with organizations throughout Los Angeles in bringing support services to over 500 families. The eldest of five children born to Mexican immigrant parents. Enrique entered a catholic seminary at the age of 18 and took vows as a religious brother. In 2004 he decided that the “call” to the priesthood was not for him. That same year he began working for the Diocese of San Bernardino as an event/community organizer. After a struggle with his faith he decided to leave the diocese and pursue a more humanistic approach to religion. In 2008, Enrique began working on his production for a documentary. His documentary will focus on the effects of religion on society and the need to focus on the human story of faith.
Unai Montes-Irueste
Unai Montes-Irueste can't remember a time when life didn't revolve around politics. In San Bernardino County, where he attended high school, Unai actively campaigned on behalf of school and citywide initiatives promoting educational access, multicultural understanding, and student rights. After completing a dual major at Dartmouth College, in Government and Latin American Studies, he headed to Southern California to pursue a career in social justice. Unai joined Teach for America (Americorps) and taught for several years in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. During this time, he worked with the Coalition For a Non-Violent City, El Centro de Accion Social, La Alianza Oxnard, and a number of other community advocacy organizations, along with parents and students, to rally the School Board and the City Council for education reform and community improvements. Unai left the classroom and joined the nonprofit sector as an advocate for youth. In recent years, he has helped lead a series of campaigns for progressive candidates and causes, as well as completed an MBA in Public Policy from Brandeis University. Unai has worked to defend the rights of workers, worked to remove the influence of big money in elections, and to elect progressives to the School Board, City Council, State Assembly, State Senate, the US Congress, as well as the Presidency of the United States, and Mexico. Since last year, he has worked to register and mobilize thousands of young voters from communities of color as the National Director of Youth Vote Projects for Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, and a Senior Consultant to Voto Latino. Somehow, Unai also made time to produce Directmail Slate Cards for the League of Latino Voters, and contribute to the Field, Outreach, Political, Communications, New Media, and Speechwriting components of Barack Obama's Presidential campaign.
Andrea Portes
Andrea Portes is the bestselling novelist of HICK, her debut novel. Because of the success of HICK, the book has been optioned and is being turned into a feature film. Andrea Portes is currently writing the screenplay adaptation, as well as her second novel. Born to an American mother of German descent and a Cuban father from Havana, (world-reknowned Sociologist Alejandro Portes, now at Princeton), Andrea grew up being shuffled around between such disparate places as Nebraska, Rio de Janiero, North Dakota and Brazilia. It is this nomadic childhood that most certainly accounts for Portes’ insight into the human spirit, as she grew up in the position of being “other”, observing those around her from the outside, always. Andrea atteneded Bryn Mawr College on full scholarship and graduated cum laude. She then earned her Masters in Fine Arts degree from UC-San Diego. Portes grew up in a family of discourse and, as such, has always been political. Heavily influenced by her father and his family’s exile from Cuba, in 1959, the dinner table discussions were often philosophical or theoretical in nature. It is this upbringing that has led Andrea to feel a sense of political responisibilty throughout her life.
Raul Ramos y Sanchez
A long-time resident of the U.S. Midwest, Cuban-born Raul Ramos y Sanchez is a founding partner of B/R/C Marketing, established in 1992 with offices in Ohio and California. Besides developing a documentary for public television, Two Americas: The Legacy of our Hemisphere, he is host of MyIimmigrationStory.com — an online forum for the U.S. immigrant community. Ramos began writing America Libre in 2004, with the input of scholars from Latin America, Spain, and the United States. After five months as a self-published edition, America Libre, was acquired by Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books). A revised version of the novel by Grand Central Publishing is under development. Grand Central Publishing has also acquired El Nuevo Alamo, the sequel to America Libre. You can read Raul's blog here:
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