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CN 2013 CALENDAR JOURNAL.Indd CALENDAR JOURNAL * Brushing twice daily for 4 weeks @OpticWhite © 2013 Colgate-Palmolive Company COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE W L T E I S G T T S A S O P R H M 2013 C U N Y T N C. T N G C F C-P C NBC U U F T C E I P R/H E A N C E P H C C, CUNY P R C B C T P R B P P R C Y MEMBER AGENCIES I P R/H E ASPIRA N Y C E P E M B E P E M H C C/CUNY L C H C P, I. L F N C P LJ: PRLDEF M C N C P R R – J C N I L P P R F A A C N H I P R/H E 105 E 22 S – 7 F▪NYC▪10010 • (212) 677-4181▪(212) 777-5106 (F) C N M O TAS C, LLC, 45 E H A, S 3L, H, NY 10530 (914) 263-6599 S : J B, E C, L C S, S C D, M L, A R, T A. S, A S, L S S. C : T A. S, S C © 2013 COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE A : L C S, CU. P: R F, A A, C F, E: T A. S, A R, S R. B C: L S-S 3 comité noviembre th mes deMESSAGE la herenciaON BEHALF OF COMITÉ puertorriqueña NOVIEMBRE For 27 years, Comité Noviembre, (CN), has celebrated Puerto Rican Heritage Month in this country. CN is a volunteer, non-profi t 27organization dedicated to commemorating Anniversary and acknowledging the contributions Puerto Ricans have made to this city, state and nation. CN is composed of fourteen of the oldest and most prestigious Puerto Rican organizations: Institute for the Puerto Rican/ Hispanic Elderly, ASPIRA of New York, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, El Museo del Barrio, El Puente, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College/CUNY, La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, Inc. La Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular, LatinoJustice: PRLDEF, Música de Cámara, National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights – Justice Committee, National Institute for Latino Policy and Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration. CN is proud to announce that the National Conference of Puerto Rican Women has become a member. This coordinating body plans and promotes CN’s annual programs and events. The charge of CN is to create awareness of our rich culture, language, and heritage; and to acknowledge and take ownership of it everyday but especially during the month of November. Each year, CN’s annual theme is developed with the understanding that beyond celebrating our heritage, it must help to motivate, mobilize and empower our community around critical concerns. Our 2013 theme: “Preservando el legado de la Díaspora Puertorriqueña…La responsabilidad es nuestra…Preserving the living legacy of the Puerto Rican Diaspora...The time is now, the responsibility is ours!” celebrates the legacy of the Puerto Ricans who came before us and struggled against many obstacles to build organizations, empower our community and achieve the necessary changes, so that today Puerto Ricans and other Latinos benefi t from their commitment, dedication and perseverance. As a community, we must never forget their achievements and we must pay homage to their legacy. This year’s artist, Ray Rosario, is a humanitarian New Age artist who donates his work and talents to many critical causes in our society from children with cancer, homeless and battered women shelters, breast cancer survivors and people living with AIDS, to building a Village in Tanzania, Africa. Our relationship with Ray started in 2003 when he was commissioned to produce an artistic interpretation of our theme. To date, this collaboration has produced four incredible works of art for CN 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2013. In keeping with his commitment to education and community Ray is donating his honorarium to CN to be used as a $1,000 scholarship to a college art major. CN selected as its 2013 Spokesperson, Marybeth Melendez. She is a College of Staten Island (CSI) student development assistant and graduate student, a mother of three and an incredible singer. However, what most people may not know is that Marybeth is blind. Her condition, however, has not stopped her from achieving her dreams or helping others. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Marybeth and several of her classmates, after learning that people were not able to get a hot meal after losing their homes to Hur- ricane Sandy, whipped up hot meals and set up a distribution center on the street. They distributed food, water and clothing. Their actions prompted the Coast Guard and the FDNY to designate New Dorp as a central receiving and distribution location. This journal also carries interesting, cultural, political and educational information that we hope will be of interest to you. We pride ourselves in being able to discuss all aspects and issues of our community – with respect and objectivity. I am proud that we have a piece on the 100th Anniversary of El Diario La Prensa by Stacey Cabezas, EDLP, A Call to Action Campaign spearheaded by the National Puerto Rican Coalition to lobby Congress to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to the 65th Infantry Regiment/The Borinqueneers, as well as the collaborative partnership CN is forming with Agenda Ciudadana. Most importantly, we want to share with you the inspiring stories of our Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad award recipients – truly exceptional, dedicated individuals who are the unsung heroes of our community and who are making a difference in not only the Puerto Rican community but society as a whole. The Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad award honors Puerto Ricans whose pride in their heritage and strength of character have empowered themselves, and inspired others to make signifi cant impact on our community. CN chose nine incredible people from nominations that were submitted by YOU, the community. For the past twenty-seven years, CN has created and developed programs all geared to the support and enhancement of educational opportunities and leadership development for Puerto Rican and Hispanic youth with a cultural twist. These programs are fi rmly rooted in the belief that, in order to succeed in life, you must pursue a higher education, give back to your community through vol- unteer efforts and know your cultural roots. Our success story covers 208 scholars awarded since the CN Scholarship program was instituted in 1996, and an additional 14 scholars awarded the Richie Pérez Scholarship for Peace and Justice, since its inception in 2006. This year’s benefi t event will take place on Friday, November 15 2013, at the NY Hilton in Manhattan and will honor: Giselle Blondet, Actress/Host & Humanitarian, Univisión; Luis Alberto Ferre Rangel, Editor in Chief / Grupo Ferre Rangel Media, Board Chair / Agenda Ciudadana; Jason Nieves, Writer, Producer, The Nieves Company, Luis D. Ortiz, Million Dollar Listing, Douglas Elliman Real Estate; Allan Villafaña, News Anchor, Noticiero/Primera Edición, Telemundo/NBC and Marybeth Melendez. The proceeds of this annual event supports all of our programs, and allows CN to provide free programming and information to the com- munity yearround as well as scholarship dollars. 4 Photo: Ana Alicea Comité Noviembre Board Members and 2012 Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad Award Recipients In 2013, CN developed the following new annual programs by partnering with several organizations: In 2013 CN Poster Exhibit, (“Boricua Imprint”) was exhibited at Taller Boricua in East Harlem, NY and is currently showing at Terrance Cardinal Cooke Health Center – Auditorium until the end of December. An educational booklet was developed for both on the historical overview of CN’s themes and artistic interpretation with bios of the artists commissioned over the years. In May 2013, CN offi cially donated its organizational documents to the Centro Library Archives as part of the 100 Puerto Ricans Campaign; the National Conference of Puerto Rican Women has become a member of CN and partnering with Agenda Cuidadana and Asociación de Fotoperiodistas de Puerto Rico on several projects. Additionally, artist Pedro Brull donated a piece of art entitled “Un Jibaro en la Ciudad” valued at $40,000 for CN to auction. Many events have been planned throughout New York State as well as the tri-state area and Puerto Rico to celebrate our rich cul- ture, traditions and history. CN urges everyone to participate in these events, including our 8th Annual Artisans Fair and the Second Annual Puerto Rican Authors Book Expo that will take place on Saturday, November 23, 2013, from 11AM – 9PM at Hostos Com- munity College in the Bronx. The day will end with a concert by Gíbaro de PR. The 19th annual Day of Community Service and Social Responsibility will take place on Sunday, November 24, 2013 from 11AM – 2PM in several locations throughout the City. On this day CN along with young people from ASPIRA of New York, Inc., El Puente and Big Brothers Big Sisters Latino Bigs will be distributing the non-perishable food they collected during several food drives that were conducted simultaneously throughout October, to create Thanksgiving baskets for the poor of New York. Each and every one of us has to remember that preserving, protecting, promoting and archiving our history is our responsibility. We have to stand proud and teach our children our history. We have to support our own organizations in its mission to preserve the history, victories, accomplishments, struggles of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. If we as Puerto Ricans don’t take ownership of telling our story, no one else will. It is up to us.
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