Join us Sept. 26 to honor Candace Kattar, Cecilia Muñoz & Neighbors Rising - champions of the Latino community

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Identity invites you to
Celebración 20
An evening to celebrate 20 years of Latino youth reaching their highest potential.
Fueling the next 20 years of Latino youth realizing their dreams of a bright future.
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** Thursday, September 26, 2019
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6 p.m. – Reception & Dinner con Sabor Latino
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** 7:30 p.m. – Program
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Followed by Dessert and Dancing

Universities at Shady Grove
Rockville, Maryland


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Join us for Latin American food, music and dance and inspiring stories of vision, service and community.
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** Be a Celebración 20 Sponsor! ([link removed])
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Sponsorships for Identity’s 20th anniversary celebration are available at five levels. Sponsorships include tickets to the event, an ad in our Program Book, recognition in Identity’s newsletter and annual report, and many other benefits for each sponsor level. To learn more, click below. Questions? Please contact Hope Gleicher at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) or 301-803-9321.
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** Honorees
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** Candace Kattar
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** Teresa Ríos Wright Award for Excellence in Service to Latino Youth
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Candace Kattar has been a fierce advocate and visionary for the local Latino community for 30 years, first as an immigration attorney with the firm Maggio + Kattar, then at La Clínica del Pueblo, and finally through her work at Identity where she has championed tens of thousands of young Latinos to help them reach their goals. She co-founded Identity with Diego Uriburu in 1998, served as our Executive Director until 2011, and then as Senior Program Director until her retirement in June 2019.


** Cecilia Muñoz
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** Identity Justice Award
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Cecilia Muñoz was President Obama’s chief domestic policy advisor when he signed DACA and was the director of his White House Domestic Policy Council for five years. Prior to that, she served as the White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. Before working in government, she was Senior Vice President for the Office of Research, Advocacy and Legislation at the National Council of La Raza (now UNIDOS US), the largest Latino advocacy organization in the United States. In 2000, she was named a MacArthur Fellow for her work on civil rights and immigration. Cecilia is now Vice President for Public Interest Technology and Local Initiatives for New America.



** Neighbors Rising
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** Identity Champion Award
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Neighbors Rising is a non-political response to anti-immigrant and anti-other sentiments that are spreading and disheartening communities across the region. As a virtual group of neighbors who live in DC and Montgomery County, Neighbors Rising encourages collaborative and individual support of local nonprofits, like Identity, which already provide expert and effective direct services to neighbors in need of help and community embrace. Their many, many acts of kindness encourage and welcome vulnerable young people and their families as valued, respected neighbors.


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Celebración 20 Sponsors


Would you like to join the list of sponsors for Celebración 20?
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Celebración 20 Event Committee



Aggie Alvez
Wanda Bautista
Fernanda Bianchi
Shirley Brandman
Marianela del Pino Rivera
Victor del Pino
Suzan Jenkins
Cecilia Otero
Merly Ramos
Sally Rudney
Angel Varela
Linda Youngentob
Teresa Wright

Identity assists thousands of youth and their families living in high-poverty areas of Montgomery County. We work with them at school, in the community, and on playing fields to improve social-emotional learning, achieve academic success, and prepare for work.

For more info contact:
Anna Kearns
[email protected]
301-917-4244

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