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08/24/2008
HoLa-Hora Latina Receives Grant
HoLa- Hora Latina is proud to announce that the Southern Arts Federation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Tennessee Arts Commission, has awarded HoLa a grant to bring Vientos del Pueblo (music of the Andes) to the 2008 Hola Festival.
The Hola Festival is a celebration (read more)
07/07/2008
2008 YWCA Tribute to Women
KNOXVILLE - YWCA Knoxville has announced the 27 finalists for the 2008 Tribute to Women, the 24th year of the event in East Tennessee. One honoree will be selected in each of the nine categories: Administrative/Clerical Professional, Art, Business & Government, Education, Human Services, Outstanding Youth, Phyllis Wheatley Memorial Humanitarian (read more)
06/16/2008
Super Chamber: KACP is One Stop-Shop for Knoxville Business Community
To give you a better perspective of the work of the Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership (KACP) and the role that each organization plays within this partnership (including the Hispanic Chamber) you need to read the article that appears on page 44 of the July 2008 issue of the Greater Knoxville (read more)
03/31/2008
2008 Spring Job Fair/Mas Trabajos
¿Está buscando trabajo? Entonces no pierdas la oportunidad de participar en la Feria de Trabajos de la Primavera del 2008 auspiciada por el Centro de Recursos y Profesiones Heart of Knoxville el día 17 de abril desde 10 A.M. hasta 1:00 P.M. en el Campus de Pellissippi State en la (read more)
03/07/2008
President Bush to Address U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Washington, DC -- For the third time, President Bush has agreed to address the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) at its annual national Legislative Conference themed "Hispanic Business: Shaping Tomorrow's Policy." President Bush will be speaking at a special White House Briefing on Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at the (read more)
02/27/2008
Speaker Pelosi to Give Keynote Address at 2008 USHCC Legislative Conference
Speaker Nancy Pelosi will give the Keynote Address at the 2008 U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Legislative Awards Dinner.
The Dinner will also feature this year's award recipients for their work on behalf of the Hispanic business community.
Washington, DC - The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) today announced that the (read more)
02/05/2008
SECRETARY GUTIERREZ TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS
U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS
AT THE 2008 U.S. HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LEGISLATIVE
CONFERENCE
Speakers from Capitol Hill, Key Industries to Address Latest Issues
Washington, DC – The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) today announced that the Honorable Carlos M. Gutierrez, (read more)
12/03/2007
Patricia Robledo Receives FBI 2007 Community Leadership Award
Monday, November 26, 2007
The Knoxville Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is pleased to announce Ms. Patricia Inés Robledo is the recipient of the 2007 Director’s Community Leadership Award.
This prestigious award, which was established by the Director of the FBI in 1990 to publicly recognize achievements of (read more)
09/20/2007
Latino Book Discussion Group/Grupo Latino de Lectura
The YWCA and the Knox County Public Library are pleased to announce that Knoxville has been selected as one of 117 communities to participate in “The Big Read” program, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The Big Read is designed to revitalize the role of literary (read more)
08/12/2007
Vital Statistics about the Hispanic Population
• Hispanics remain the nation's largest minority group, an estimated 44.3 million, or 14.8 percent of the population.
• A report released this month by the U.S. Census Bureau shows there were 194,706 people of Hispanic descent living in Tennessee in 2006. That's a 590 percent increase over the 33,000 Hispanics (read more)
05/31/2007
America’s Top Diversity Advocates List Announced
Obtained from the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Weekly Newsletter, 5/14/07-5/18/07
Southport, CT, May 14, 2007 / DiversityBusiness announced the honoree list for "America' s Top Diversity Advocates" in the recent inaugural issue of Diversitybusiness magazine. This distinguished group of individuals was recognized for their outstanding achievements in various diversity initiatives. (read more)
04/15/2007
Campaign 101: Seeking Public Office
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of East Tennessee is pleased to announce its involvement in a workshop entitled: Campaign 101: Seeking Public Office. This practical workshop is for those seeking re-election, entering politics for the first time, or wanting to (read more)
01/26/2007
USHCC's Comments on Immigration from the State of the Union Address
The following comments were expressed by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) based on what the President said on immigration in his State of the Union Address:
While we praise the President’s bold efforts to bring about reform to our out-dated immigration system, we are concerned about any additional regulatory (read more)
09/04/2006
Three Scholarships Awarded to HCCET Members
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of East Tennessee (HCCET) is happy to announce the three winners of a $1000 scholarship to participate in the Strategic Management Learning System course being offered by the Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership (KACP) and the Tennessee Small Business Development Center. This most essential class for (read more)
07/05/2006
Tennessee's Hispanic chambers of commerce: helping businesses and building cultural bridges
By Edgar Miller
(originally published at "Mundo Hispano" in Knoxville, TN)
From seatbelts and car seats to business seminars, Tennessee’s fledgling Hispanic chambers of commerce take different approaches, but they share the same goal: to help businesses in their booming Spanish-speaking communities.
Ironically, most have had an easier time attracting non-Hispanic than Hispanic-owned (read more)
04/19/2006
Growth in Hispanic-owned business no surprise to some
NATIONAL NEWS
By JERAN WITTENSTEIN, The Daily Transcript
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The number of Hispanic-owned businesses grew at three times the national rate for all companies from 1997 to 2002, the government said Tuesday. Hispanics owned nearly 1.6 million businesses in 2002, a 31 percent increase from five years earlier, according to the Census (read more)
02/03/2006
Tennessee Business Matchmaking Program
Here is an excellent opportunity for Hispanic Chamber members who are small business owners.
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development would like to invite our Chamber membership to participate in the first East Tennessee Business Matchmaking event on April 20, 2006, at the Centre at Millennium Park in Johnson (read more)
01/05/2006
HCCET Achievements during 2005 and Plans for 2006
As we enter 2006, we have the opportunity to share with everyone some of our major accomplishments during the past year--our first year of activity. It is also an appropriate time to share some of our plans and expectations for the new year. So here is a summary of (read more)
11/23/2005
FREE Small Business Workshop for Hispanic Entrepreneurs
SunTrust Bank, Knox County Purchasing Division, 21stCentury Success-Net Development, and the Hispanic Chamber of East Tennessee partner to host a Small Business Workshop for Hispanic Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
6:00 p.m. –8:30 p.m.
SunTrust Bank, Regency Square Office
700 East Hill Avenue
Knoxville, TN
•Learn how SunTrust Bank can work with Hispanic (read more)
10/28/2005
STARTING AND GROWING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS(NEGOCIO PRÓSPERO)
The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of East Tennessee (HCCET) will be conducting its first educational workshop: "Starting and Growing a Successful Business (Negocio Próspero)". This educational activity will provide all the basic information needed by anyone planning to start a new small business, or for a new small business (read more)
09/02/2005
Conexión Americas Wins National Award
Conexión Americas is one of four organizations throughout the United States which received national honors for developing creative and cost-effective approaches to help families of modest means attain their dream of homeownership. NeighborWorks® America recognized Conexión Americas as the Best Innovative Partnership with Other non-profit and for-profit organizations for their (read more)
09/01/2005
ES&H, Inc. is Recognized Among the Fastest Growing Companies at the National and State Levels
Environmental, Safety and Health, Inc. (ES&H,Inc.) of Knoxville was recognized by Hispanic Business Magazine among the 100 fastest growing Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States. The Fastest–Growing 100 is based on revenue growth over 5 years (from 2000 to 2004). Companies included in the Hispanic Business 100 Fastest Growing Companies (read more)
08/31/2005
Spanish for the Workplace
Ms. Rosie Noriega will be teaching a course in conversational Spanish for people who in their business or career come in contact with Spanish-speaking customers or workers.
The course will be offered every Tuesday from 6 to 8 pm for a period of six weeks at the Magnolia Campus of the (read more)
04/05/2005
Official Launching of the Hispanic Chamber
On April 5, 2005, more than 200 people came together to celebrate the official launching of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of East Tennessee (HCCET). Mr. Luis Velázquez, the Executive Director of the Hispanic Chamber, opened the event by expressing his amazement and joy for the excellent turnout and immediately (read more)
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