3:20 pm - 4:30 pm National Puerto Rican Agenda: D.C. Synchronize, Unite, Mobilize and Organize (S.U.M.O.) for Puerto Rico Initiative
Daniel Meléndez, Lead for Empowered for Energy, Energy Alternatives Project (Washington. DC)
Nydia Yanira Reyes Morales, Lead for Castañer Community Partnership Project (Washington. DC)
Shari Williams, Lead for Puerto Rico Legal Employment Pipeline Project (Washington. DC)
Co-Moderator: Howard Caro-López, Co-Chair, S.U.M.O. For Puerto Rico Initiative Co-Chair (Washington. DC)
Co-Moderator: Cosme Lantigua, S.U.M.O. For Puerto Rico Co-Chair & Executive Director, Diversity Sports United (Washington. DC)
Bios:
Howard Caro-López, professional sociologist and civil rights analyst with over ten years of social science research experience in a range of subject areas including: discrimination and civil rights policy, minority group demographic trends, immigrant civic engagement, political and civil society organizational dynamics, and Latin American affairs.
