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The National Hispanic Employee Association (MENTóR) to host its NHEA 2006 Workforce Leadership Awards event in Washington, D.C. |
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| Published on June 5, 2006 |
The National Hispanic Employee Association, also known as MENTóR, announced their NHEA 2006 Workforce Leadership Awards event to be held on October 1, 2006 in Washington, D.C.
The event will gather Hispanic employee networks, their employers, community leaders, human resource and diversity professionals, educators, students, policy makers and scholars to participate in a celebration of the strategies and best practices that have advanced the careers and overall success of Hispanic employees and Hispanic community across the United States.
The event is co-hosted with the: Hispanic employee groups of the greater District of Columbia area. On par with the California Bay Area where the NHEA was originally established, the greater D.C. area has the greatest number and the largest Hispanic employee resource groups in the country.
The awards will recognize not only employers, both private and public sector, but the executives that champion and mentor the employee network leaders who have stepped forward to help grow and lead their respective organizations. Recognition will extend to the community based service organizations that use the volunteer services of these employee organizations.
“National recognition of the contribution that volunteer Hispanic employee networks make to their community, to their employers and to their personal development, is overdue. I invite employees, employers, executive champions, professionals, community leaders and policy makers to come help us celebrate the accomplishments and best practices of the largest and most effective Latino employee resource groups in the U.S.” said NHEA Chair and Verizon HSO member Louis Berrios.
NHEA Board member and University of California Puente Project Director Luis Chavez added, “The Hispanic community and academic preparation programs like Puente have come to depend on employee volunteers as mentors and role models. The Puente Project has created a formal mentor training program that has delivered over 5000 mentors to Latino high school and community college students across California for nearly 25 years. These employee volunteers are a vital resource that their employers should value, support, recognize and reward. These Latino “self-help” traditions are the ultimate solution to the educational and career gaps in our community.”
The NHEA will also collaborate with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute on their Public Policy Conference and help bring a focus on Hispanic employment and employee development. The CHCI Public Policy Conference begins the following day.
To register online and for sponsorship information, please go to www.mentores.org/calendar.html.
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