Panel Discussion: Social, economic and political challenges facing Latino men and boys in American society

Latino Men and Boys Subject of Panel Discussion - Friday

WHO:

Lester Young, member of the New York State Board of Regents; Gladys Carrión, Esq., Commissioner of the New York State Office of Children & Family Services; Dorita Gibson, deputy chancellor for Equity and Access, New York City Department of Education; Julian Johnson, vice president of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity; José Ramón Sánchez, Ph.D., a professor at LIU Brooklyn and board chair with the National Institute for Latino Policy; and Xavier Donaldson, Esq., Donaldson, Chilliest & McDaniel. Featured guests include U.S. Rep. Edolphus Towns, state Sen, Velmanette Montgomery, and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz.

WHAT:

Social, economic and political challenges facing Latino men and boys in American society will be the focus of an interdisciplinary panel discussion at LIU Brooklyn. 

Edward Fergus, Ph.D., co-editor of “Invisible No More: Understanding the Disenfranchisement of Latino Men and Boys,” will be the featured speaker.

Live webcast at www.liu.edu/brooklyn