Latino Night March 12,
Saturday, 6:30
SPEAKERS: Yuri Cunza and Mario Ramos
It’s Latino night !!!
and we are privileged to have the opportunity to hear from two leaders from the Latino community, Yuri Cunza and Mario Ramos.
Please scroll down and meet our two fantastic speakers!
What we are offering is a great chance to get better acquainted with neighbors from this vital population of our expanding city.
Although we all share a similar vision of a better world, there are so many wonderful things we can learn from one another, so come on out and learn, grow and expand your circle of fine friends!
As an extra treat, we are also so fortunate to have a special host for this event!
Karen Estevez Gill invites L-club to meet at her restaurant, Flatrock Coffee, Tea and more
http://www.flatrockcoffee.com/home.html
We invite you to bring your favorite finger food as usual. A wonderful array of speciality teas, coffees, beers and hard cider will all be available for purchase… to make our time together even more enjoyable!
Driving Directions:
You’ll be hearing more from me next week in regard to this event. In the meantime, please mark your calendar for the months ahead:
Lawyer of the Year, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Mario Ramos
Mario Ramos, Attorney
611 Commerce St., Ste 3119, Nashville TN 37203-3743 USA
mario@mrvisa.com 615-329-4588
Happily married to Iris Ramos and proud parent of Maximiliano Manuel Ramos and Alexandro Andre Ramos
Family/Employment/US citizenship immigration practice since June 6, 1990
National Advocacy Award from American Immigration Lawyers Association 2009
Created 1st Facebook voting page to defeat English Only Nashville TN, January 2009
Lobbied US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist successful passage of SR2611 2006
Organized Nashville hosting Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride; immigrant workers and activists nationwide march to Washington and New York City September 2003
1996 created advocacy Group UNAMONOS which established TN drivers license without social security number (later rescinded) and translated driver’s manual into Spanish, distributed 10,000 copies.
Immigration Lawyer since June 1987, Licensed in all U.S. immigration courts, Tennessee Courts, U.S. District Court in Tennessee and Florida, Tennessee bar 1989 and Florida bar 1987.
American Immigration Lawyers Association served on Media, Essential Worker, H2B, Hispanic Interest, ex-Advocacy Director of Mid-South
Current Vice Chair & Former Chair Executive Committee Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Former MTSU National Board Scholars Academy
Former Chair Immigration Committee, Nashville Bar & member TN/FL Bar
Honorary Vice-Chair Vice President Gore's Tennessee Presidential Campaign and one of nine national (Gore) delegates, National Democratic Convention 2000
New American Committee; Governor Elect Bredesen 2003
Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell Transition Team 1999
Former Honorary Chair Hispanic Caucus, Democratic Party of TN
Former Chair Hispanic Achievers Program of the YMCA of Middle TN
Former Vice President/Board Member TN Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Former Board member Nashville Chamber of Commerce
Former TN member, U.S. Commission on Human Rights
Leadership Middle Tennessee 2002-2003 & Leadership Nashville 1995-1996
LL. M. (Master of Laws) London School Economics Political Science, England 1987;
J.D. (Juris Doctor) California Western School of Law, San Diego 1986; Scholarship/Diploma Hague Academy International Law, Hague, Netherlands 1985; Certificado de Asistencia Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain 1983;
Diploma Alliance Française, Paris, France 1982;
Diploma College International de Cannes 1981;
B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) University of Tennessee, Knoxville 1981.
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1Yuri CunzaJournalist
Yuri Cunza is a Hispanic-American social entrepreneur, media professional, journalist, visual artist, business leader, humanitarian and community advocate. Wikipedia
Yuri Cunza
President & CEO Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (NAHCC)
Yuri Cunza is a Hispanic-American media professional, business leader and community advocate. Cunza currently serves as President and CEO of the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Spanish language newspaper La Noticia (Hispanic Paper Publishing). He is owner and founder of Y&K, a strategic media solutions, support & consulting services company based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Since 2010 Cunza has been named every year to the Nashville Post's "In Charge" list of business leaders who are writing Music City's success story.
Cunza is a supporter and advocate of humanitarian causes, including HIV/AIDS, immigration, and finding a resolution for the socio-economic disparities of minority populations in the U.S. He is co-founder of The NAHCC Foundation which was established in 2008 to advance educational opportunities for Hispanic youth and to inspire children interest in future discoveries and technologies to combat issues that force families and individuals into economic despair.
Yuri Cunza is a board member of several local, regional and national non-profit organizations, and serves on the Tennessee Advisory Committee for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition and The Partnership for a New American Economy.
He has attended the Mendoza School of Business at University of Notre
Dame and Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. He plans to work towards earning an MBA beginning in 2016.
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