La Comunidad - The Community

The Baltimore Hispanic-Jewish Dialog Commitee met again this month, this time at St. Patrick's church on Broadway. A Thanksgiving Reader was handed out by Lois Rosenfield to the 22 leaders present. CASA de Maryland gave a presentation on Immigration battles with Candelaria Flores explaining her own ordeal in coming in from El Salvador. Attorneys David Conn, Kim Propeak and David Cann talked about the nerver ending struggle and the strategy for the next legislative session in Annapolis. Jorge Austrich for the Hispanic community and Harriet Kornfeld for the Jewish community cochaired the event. Enrique Rivadeneira owner of the Latin Palace donated excellent food and wines for the ocassion. Another successful meeting.

NCLR WELCOMES NOMINATION OF GONZALES TO SERVE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL Washington, DC

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., today welcomed President Bush’s nomination of White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as Attorney General. If confirmed, Gonzales would be the first Hispanic ever to serve as Attorney General. “We are very encouraged by the Gonzales nomination.

We previously criticized the Bush Administration for not having an Hispanic in the cabinet since the departure of former HUD Secretary, now Senator-elect, Mel Martinez. We are pleased that one of the first acts since the President’s reelection both rectifies that situation and marks an historic milestone for the Latino community. Never before has an Hispanic served as head of one of the four major cabinet posts – Secretary of State, Treasury, Defense, and Attorney General,” stated Janet Murguia, NCLR Executive Director and COO.

Murguia also noted Gonzales’ ties to the Hispanic community throughout his career. “Alberto Gonzales served with distinction on the board of directors of one of NCLR’s oldest and most respected affiliates, the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) in Houston, Texas. Moreover, during his tenure as White House Counsel, he has been one of the most accessible members of the White House staff to NCLR and other Hispanic organizations,” added Murguia. Murguia concluded, “We acknowledge that this is the first step of a long confirmation process that requires that his record be fully examined. That being said, Gonzales is a thoughtful, reasonable public servant, a man of his word, and we have every expectation that his nomination will be very well received in the Latino community.” http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/28109/ See a Gonzales biography here

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