“The message DANR is bringing to the Latino 2010 Summit in Washington, DC is very simple: If you are Dominican or Latino, write-in “Dominican” or your nationality on question 8 on the 2010 Census form,” said Vice President Julio Guridy.

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Washington, DC.– President Nestor Montilla and Vice President Julio Guridy of The Dominican American National Roundtable, will attend the Latino 2010 Census Summit slated to take place at the U.S. Senate Visitor Center (Rooms 202 and 203) in Washington, DC on March 17, 2010, the day most households in the United States will have received their 2010 Census form.

President Montilla has been invited to speak to highlight the work of the Dominican American National Roundtable on the 2010 Census, which includes the DANR National Awareness Campaign ¡Uno Más Uno! (One Plus One!), a multi-layered national program promoting the full count of Dominicans, Dominican Americans and Latinos in the US Decennial Censuses.

“Along the past years, the DANR has been very busy hosting national town hall meetings to promote the full count of Dominicans and Dominican Americans in the U.S. and Puerto Rico,” said DANR President Montilla. “DANR has taken the accurate and full count of Dominicans and Latinos in the 2010 US Census as its major advocacy issue.”

“The message DANR is bringing to the Latino 2010 Summit in Washington, DC is very simple: If you are Dominican or Latino, write-in “Dominican” or your nationality on question 8 on the 2010 Census form,” said Vice President Julio Guridy.

For more information about DANR National Awareness Census Campaign ¡Uno Más Uno! (One Plus One!), click here.

The Latino Summit program will begin at 9:00 am with “Panel One on Latino Campaigns (Ground/Media), followed by “Panel Two on Policy Issues in the 2010 Census.” The Summit will conclude with a press conference where elected officials, national organizations and community leaders will stand united, encouraging the Latino community to participate in the 2010 Census.

The event is spearheaded by NALEO Educational Fund, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization that facilitates full Latino participation in the American Political process from citizenship to public service. Participating organizations include Voto Latino, LULAC, CHCI, Latino Justice, HNBA, LCLAA, Entravision, Dominican American National Roundtable (DANR), Hispanic Federation, Impremedia, Univision, Mi Familia Vota, NHCLC, NCLR, USHLI, MALDEF, and among others NALEO.

Below a timeline of the morning’s activities:

Washington, D.C. March 17, 2010 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Senate Visitor Center Rooms 202 and 203

9:00 – 10:45 a.m. Panel One on Latino Campaigns (Ground/Media) 11:00 – 11:45 Panel Two on Policy Issues in the 2010 Census 12:00 pm Latino 2010 Census Summit Press Conference o All Latino organizations present o Members of Congress

For more information, contact Gloria Montano Greene at Naleo Educational Fund Washington, DC Office via email at gmontanogreene@naleo.org or call at (202) 546-2536.

The Dominican American National Roundtable is a non-partisan non-profit Washington, D.C.  based organization that advocates for the empowerment of over 2 million Dominicans in the United States and Puerto Rico. The DANR is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization established in 1997 and incorporated in 2000. We are the first and only national organization advocating on behalf of the growing Dominican American community in areas concerning education, health, economic development, and civic empowerment at the national level.

For more information about DANR, click here.