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A Free Spanish lesson will precede the general meeting Thursday September 18 at 5:00.

Next General Membership meeting will be held Thursday, September 18th at Highlands United Methodist Church at 6 pm.  A map and driving directions are on our contact page. 

Native speakers of Spanish from several countries are needed by a business to participate in a speech Recognition program.  Participants will be paid for their time.  See the Jobs section for details. 

Latino Leaders Prepare Celebration in Denver for Marriage and Family

National Latino leaders will be center stage in Denver this weekend to support marriage and family, announced the Alliance for Marriage Foundation (AFM) today. 

"Marriage and family are central to Hispanic Americans - and the driving engine of our growth and success as a community," said Rev. Sam Rodriguez, an AFM Advisory Board Member and President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.  "America's Latino community will be the determining force to honor marriage and family under our laws."

The non-partisan event will break new ground by launching an unprecedented national coalition of Catholic and Evangelical Latino leaders in support of marriage and family.  The Alliance for Marriage Foundation, the group who had the foresight to draft the Marriage Protection Amendment in Congress long before marriage became a defining social issue, is organizing the event in support of marriage and family. 

"For years, the Alliance for Marriage has built a broad national coalition that reflects the wide support for marriage in America across racial, cultural and religious boundary lines," said Matt Daniels, President and Founder of the Alliance for Marriage Foundation.  "Building on this strategy, we are leading the effort to educate and mobilize Latino Americans in the struggle to protect marriage for the sake of our children and grandchildren."  

Leaders of the Latino community from Colorado, California, Arizona and many other states will stand united to celebrate family life and to promote marriage in America.

The emerging importance of the Latino community to America's political landscape has long been documented by demographic experts.  In fact, the population of Latinos in America "will triple in size" in the next four decades, according to the Pew Research Center.

In light of this, political operatives in both parties are working harder than ever to cultivate Latino voters.  But while Latinos do have the political power to determine elections, many in American politics have ignored the deep attachment to marriage and family that is woven into the very fabric of the Latino community nationwide.

The Office of International Programs and Services at the University of Alabama in Huntsville hosted 20 undergraduate student leaders from the People's Republic of China for a "Study of the U.S. Institute" this summer.  As part of the Institute, the Alabama Hispanic Association President, Ms. Hilda Eisler, was invited to present a picture presentation of the Hispanic community in the United States. This presentation took place at the National Child Advocacy Center in Huntsville. The Study of the U.S. Institute is sponsored by the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and the Academy for Educational Development (AED).  See a picture and full coverage of this event. 

The Alabama Hispanic Association was nominated for the Small Business Association's Non-Profit of the Year Award.  The President and Vice-President attended the Awards Reception Thursday, August 21.  The event was organized by the Huntsville / Madison County  Chamber of Commerce. 

Huntsville's EarlyWorks Children's Museum invited AHA to represent the Hispanic Culture on International Day Saturday, July 19, 2008 .  See pictures 

Summer enrichment program especially for Hispanic kids was held July 2 - 8th at Highlands Church.  See pictures

A 4th of July party was held at Highlands United Methodist Church. 

General Membership meeting was Thursday, July 17th at 6 pm. We elected the following officers for the next year:

President: Hilda Mary Eisler
Vice-President: Paty Shults
Treasurer: Sandra Klein
Secretary: Amy Locke

SafeKids Huntsville in partnership with the Alabama Hispanic Association was held Saturday, June 21 from 10am until 1pm at Highlands United Methodist Church.  Pictures  Because of the favorable acceptance of this program, we will he holding it again in the near future. 

Advanced honor   Advanced Federal Services, based in Madison, makes the Hispanic Business 500, the magazine's annual ranking of the nation's largest Hispanic-owned. Advanced Federal Services Corporation provides engineering, logistics, and management operations services to Government and commercial clients.  AFS is No. 340. Alfredo Bonilla is executive director. For more information on Federal Advanced Research Services, visit afscorp.com

AHA has moved to a new location:3921 Broadmor Road Huntsville, AL 35810.  See our contact page for a map.    Phone Number: (256) 509-0540.

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