Latina Civic Foundation to Host Their First Annual Fundraiser and Awards Ceremony Honoring Trailblazers Across NJ

New Brunswick, N.J. April 4, 2023 — Latina Civic Foundation is hosting their first Annual Fundraiser and Awards Ceremony at The Rutgers Club in New Brunswick, NJ, on April 25, 2023 at 6:30pm. 

Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz is the event keynote speaker, and the Latina Civic Foundation is honoring Sonia Delgado with the Latina on the Move Award, Robert Medina with the Closing the Gap Ally Award, Linda Estrada Page with the For La Cultura Award, and Emy Quispe Patrocinio with the Rising Estrella Award.

“We are very excited to host our first annual fundraiser and awards ceremony, and look forward to celebrating our honorees, who have dedicated their lives to ensuring that Latinas are well represented at all levels of leadership and have equal access to opportunities for advancement as their peers. These trailblazers are an excellent representation of what our Foundation stands for: educating and training Latinas to become more civically engaged and become leaders in their communities,” stated Latina Civic Foundation Chair Andrea Martinez-Mejia.

The Annual Fundraiser and Awards Ceremony is one of the ways that Latina Civic Foundation raises money to support the work they do. For more information on the organization’s First Annual Fundraiser and Awards Ceremony, including sponsorship opportunities, contact latinacivicfoundation@gmail.com. 

Tickets can be purchased via www.latinacivicfoundation.org. Participants are asked to RSVP by April 14 to receive a parking registration link.

About Latina Civic Foundation: 

Latina Civic Foundation is a 501c3 non-partisan educational committee whose mission is to build a network of civic engagement that expands Latina women’s capacity to develop their leadership potential and impact policy change via civic engagement in their local communities. By training women with the skills needed to run for office, manage and run electoral and issue-based campaigns, and build a base of strong community leadership, we hope to lay the foundation for future changemakers. The Foundation will also support initiatives that inform the public on critical issues that matter to Latinas in New Jersey.

Latina Civic Foundation executive board members are as follows: 

Andrea Martinez-Mejia, Chair 

Maria Del Cid-Kosso, Vice Chair

Aida Figueroa-Epifanio, Secretary

Nohemi Soria-Perez, Treasurer

Dr. Lauren Zyriek Enriquez

Connie Pires Sanchez

Briana Earle

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