Holiday Safety is Important for You and the Postal Service

October 21, 2019

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Safety should be a year-round concern. But with all the hustle and bustle to get ready for the holidays, it’s possible that safety isn’t the first thing that comes to mind for most of us.

For the U.S. Postal Service, safety is always a top priority. We have some tips that can not only help keep our carriers safe as they deliver your holiday gifts, but you and your family as well.

Around the House
Safety, of course, begins at home. You can do a few simple things now, to help reduce injuries during the holiday season. If there is snow or ice on the ground, make sure to shovel and salt your sidewalk and steps for sure-footing for both you and your carrier. Clear any snow or ice buildup from on top or around your mailbox.

For those of us in the warmer climates, snow and ice isn’t a problem. But toys, small pieces of yard equipment, yard trimmings, or other items on the lawn, walkway or steps can cause a tripping hazard or serious injury. While you might be able to avoid tripping, mail carriers may have their hands full of packages and could miss seeing these items. Take a moment to make sure your yard and walkways are clear of any obstacles to make it safer for everyone.

“Safety is everyone’s responsibility, and sometimes we can take it for granted,” says USPS Safety Director Linda DeCarlo, “Just taking a few extra minutes every day, to look around for hazards in your home or workplace, or learning proper pet ownership, can reduce injuries that would ruin an otherwise good day.”

Furry Friends
Walk down just about any street on any given day and you’ll see someone walking their dog. Dogs are wonderful companions who bring joy and happiness to their families. But unfortunately, sometimes things happen, and the usually happy pup could end up biting someone.

Nearly 6,000 postal employees and a staggering 4.5 million Americans were attacked by dogs last year. Many attacks could potentially be avoided if dog owners would take a few extra moments of precaution. The Postal Service participates in National Dog Bite Prevention Week* every year and here are a few tips to keep you, your carrier, and your dog safe at the holidays and year-round.

If a carrier delivers mail or packages to your front door, place your dog in a separate room and close that door before opening the front door. Some dogs burst through screen doors or plate-glass windows to attack visitors. Dog owners should keep the family pet secured.
Parents should remind their children and other family members not to take mail directly from carriers in the presence of the family pet, as the dog may view the person handing mail to a family member as a threatening gesture.
The Postal Service places the safety of its employees as a top priority. If a carrier feels threatened by a dog, or if a dog is loose or unleashed, the owner may be asked to pick up mail at a Post Office until the carrier is assured the pet has been restrained. If a dog is roaming the neighborhood, the pet owner’s neighbors also may be asked to pick up their mail at the area’s Post Office.

Additional holiday news and information, including all domestic, international and military mailing and shipping deadlines, can be found at the Postal Service Holiday Newsroom: usps.com/holidaynews.

The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

* National Dog Bite Prevention Week is a registered trademark of the American Veterinary Medical Association.

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More USPS holiday news, including shipping deadlines and Greetings from the North Pole Post Office, can be found at usps.com/holidaynews.

For reporters interested in speaking with a regional Postal Service public relations professional, please go to about.usps.com/news/media-contacts/usps-local-media-contacts.pdf.

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GI Alliance Expands Presence in San Antonio

October 21, 2019

DALLAS, Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — GI Alliance, the nation’s leading physician-led GI services organization, announced today that it has partnered with 17 physicians in San Antonio from the practices of San Antonio Gastroenterology Associates (SAGA) and San Antonio Digestive Disease Consultants (SADDC). The founders of SAGA built the first freestanding endoscopy center in downtown San Antonio in 1980 and have established themselves as a leading provider of GI medicine in the area.

“We are pleased to welcome the physicians of SAGA and SADDC and their staff to the GI Alliance family,” said Dr. Jim Weber, CEO of GI Alliance. “Even with our growth on the national stage, we maintain our commitment to expand in Texas, furthering the delivery of high-quality patient care by supporting talented gastroenterologists with our experience and infrastructure.”

“We are excited to have found a true partner that brings unparalleled resources to our growing practice,” said Ernesto Guerra, M.D., SAGA President. “This allows us to stay focused on what matters most, which is improving the outcomes for our patients. GI Alliance understands that although the business of medicine is centralized, the practice of medicine is local.”

About GI Alliance
GI Alliance is a physician-led, GI services organization supporting the needs of more than 290 independent gastroenterologists operating in Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, Arizona and Indiana. GI practices that are part of the GI Alliance are focused on providing the highest-quality care to their patients. In addition to providing operational support for GI practices, GI Alliance is working to unite gastroenterologists nationwide to align interests and improve quality of care for patients.

Contact: Brittany Dodd / GI Alliance
[email protected]
(817) 402-7562
www.gialliance.com

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Domino’s® Begins 16th Annual St. Jude Thanks and Giving® Campaign

October 21, 2019

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Domino’s (NYSE: DPZ), the largest pizza company in the world based on global retail sales, is ready to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^® online and in stores across the country. The campaign, which begins today and runs for 11 weeks through Jan. 5, 2020, is the 16th St. Jude Thanks and Giving^® campaign for Domino’s. Since naming St. Jude its national charity partner in 2004, Domino’s has raised more than $57 million to help St. Jude with its life-saving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.^®

Domino’s will give consumers numerous channels to donate to help the kids of St. Jude, including through their orders – either online, over the phone or in the stores.

Customers can also help the kids of St. Jude by purchasing the St. Jude Meal Deal – a bundle that includes two medium one-topping Hand Tossed pizzas, a 16-piece order of Parmesan Bread Bites, an eight-piece order of Cinnamon Bread Twists, a two-liter of Coca-Cola^® and a $1 donation to St. Jude – for $19.99.

“Everyone at Domino’s is looking forward to another successful year of raising awareness and funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” said Ritch Allison, Domino’s CEO. “We invite our customers to help us support this incredible organization doing such important work in the fight against childhood cancer.”

“I give thanks this holiday season for the loyal support of Domino’s as we kick off the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign,” said Marlo Thomas, national outreach director for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “The caring and unwavering commitment of Domino’s, their dedicated employees and generous customers to the children of St. Jude is instrumental in helping raise the necessary funds to ensure that families never pay St. Jude for anything – not for treatment, travel, housing or food – because we believe all a family should worry about is helping their child live.”

About Domino’s Pizza^®Founded in 1960, Domino’s Pizza is the largest pizza company in the world based on retail sales, with a significant business in both delivery and carryout pizza. It ranks among the world’s top public restaurant brands with a global enterprise of more than 16,500 stores in over 85 markets. Domino’s had global retail sales of over $13.5 billion in 2018, with nearly $6.6 billion in the U.S. and more than $6.9 billion internationally. In the third quarter of 2019, Domino’s had global retail sales of over $3.2 billion, with over $1.6 billion in the U.S. and over $1.6 billion internationally. Its system is comprised of independent franchise owners who accounted for 98% of Domino’s stores as of the third quarter of 2019. Emphasis on technology innovation helped Domino’s achieve more than half of all global retail sales in 2018 from digital channels. In the U.S., Domino’s generates over 65% of sales via digital channels and has developed several innovative ordering platforms, including those developed for Google Home, Facebook Messenger, Apple Watch, Amazon Echo and Twitter – as well as Domino’s Hotspots^®, an ordering platform featuring over 200,000 unique, non-traditional delivery locations. In late 2017, Domino’s began an industry-first test of self-driving vehicle delivery, and in June 2019 announced a partnership with Nuro, furthering its exploration and testing of autonomous pizza delivery.

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Breast Cancer Activists Arrested In Havana Hours Before Awareness Event

October 18, 2019

HAVANA, Oct. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Since last Friday, October 4, in Havana, with the support of ADN Cuba and other civil society actors, a discussion of awareness for the month of the Fight against Breast Cancer began. Under the slogan ‘Don’t let fear stop you. Wake up your courage.’

Both male and female independent activists gathered to discuss the issue and express their views on the characteristics of the disease and its treatment in Cuba.

Cancer patient and professor Omara Ruiz Urquiola, and independent journalist Iliana Hernández, were arrested this morning while leaving the Oncology Hospital before heading to the event, activist Oscar Casanellas reported.

“I do not find any justification for this. This repressive action is extreme, very extreme,” Casanellas said via telephone to ADN Cuba.

The women “were collecting medications for Omara’s breast cancer,” at the time that Casanellas lost communication.

“I find it shocking, because it is an issue that is not at all political, it is educational about breast cancer. I don’t find any kind of justification for this that has happened, “added the former professor of immunology at the University of Havana.

Iliana Hernández confirmed on her Facebook profile that both were being arrested, on patrol, just outside the oncology with Omara’s medications.

“The last message I received from Omara said, ‘they take away.’ I suspect that the political police kidnapped my friends,” said the scientist, who planned to offer a conference on breast cancer this Friday at 1:00 pm as part of the independent activities organized by Cuban civil society outside of the ruling party.

Iliana Hernández confirmed on her Facebook profile that she and Omara Ruiz Urquiola’s were both arrested by police just outside an oncology medical facility with Urquiola’s medications in hand.

Sources informed ADN Cuba that the location scheduled for Friday’s event was sabotaged in the morning hours and the door hindered with iron ropes.

“I have been preparing for two weeks and I was very excited to give this conference. Tomorrow is the International Day for Breast Cancer Awareness,” Casanellas said about the Friday conference he had planned.

Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, who also planned to attend the event on breast cancer, reported the presence of a police patrol in front of the place where he was.

Alcantara said that at 4:00 pm they would celebrate a day for the first Anniversary of the San Isidro Movement at the Museum of Dissidence in Cuba, and the closing of the #LaBanderaEsDeTodos challenge.

“I will tell you that under my right as a free Cuban I will go out and take me anywhere! We are connected,” said the artist. Shortly after Otero Alcantara left police forces arrested him.

Activist Marthadela Tamayo and musician Osvaldo Navarro, both members of the Citizens Committee for Racial Integration (CIR), “were kidnapped by police official, Major Alejandro at 10:00 am,” according to island based gender-equality activist Nancy Alfaya.

“Upon leaving their home, they were driven in a patrol car. We are denouncing this forced disappearance, by the political police. His whereabouts are unknown,” added Alfaya in a Facebook social network post.

Journalist Boris González Arenas also reported police harassment against him. “At 10:30 a.m., I was prevented from leaving my house by a device similar to the one that last Wednesday, October 9, kidnapped me for a day. Now I read that Omara Ruiz and Iliana Hernández are missing,” wrote González Arenas.

In recent weeks, shocking developments exposing the Cuban health system were reported, shattering one of the pillars of the international propaganda of the Cuban regime.

On October 9, ADN Cuba reported that one-year-old infant Paloma Domínguez Caballero died in Havana, after receiving a PRS vaccine (against Papera, Rubella and Measles) at a clinic in the town of Alamar.

Cuban authorities confirmed the death only after the infant’s mother drew international attention on social media.

About ADN Cuba

ADN Cuba – is an audiovisual, social and participatory magazine with correspondents in Cuba, Spain and the United States. It was founded in 2017 with the aim of showing Cuba’s diversity and serves as a portal and platform for video documentaries work on LGBT issues, Human Rights, Economics, Racial Integration, and Entrepreneurship.

More than a test of cubanidad (rather than promoting a particular version of who is a true Cuban), it is a place of coexistence and meeting; a way to exchange questions and visions, images and sounds, with the contribution of many people who live in Cuba with the millions of Cubans in the diaspora who want to maintain a link with their home land and culture. ADN Cuba’s commitment is to stand for human rights and freedom of the press in Cuba, and to not be bullied by those in power. ADN Cuba will continue to portray the full diversity that characterizes Cuba and its 11 million inhabitants, and to promote the rights of all Cubans to the free flow of information.

FOR MORE INFORMATION visit:
https://adncuba.com and its social networks:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ADNCuba
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CubaAdn
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adncuba
Video Link: https://vimeo.com/364897465

Contact: Gelet Fragela
Founder and Manager: ADN Cuba
[email protected]

It’s Perfect Health Month for Escala Meditando, the new app by Ismael Cala

October 18, 2019

MIAMI, Oct. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — World Mental Health Day will take place in October 2019, an opportunity to mobilize and raise awareness for the prevention of suicide. According to the World Health Organization, about 800,000 people die from suicide each year, and many others make suicide attempts. Also taking place this month on October 19 is International Day Against Breast Cancer, the most frequently occurring type of cancer in women of the western world.

For these reasons and many others, Ismael Cala has published the meditation “Manantial de Luz” (Fountain of Light) for free on his app Escala Meditando, under the category Salud Perfecta: Construyendo bienestar (Perfect Health: Building Wellbeing).

“Meditating is very easy. It is good for our physical and mental health, regardless of age. It increases self-esteem and dispels depression and discouragement; it releases us from negative energy, which often results in terrible pessimism, and alleviates potential suffering; according to many studies, it also combats stress,” explains Cala.

The meditation “Sexo tántrico” (Tantric Sex) also premiered in October.

After many years of study, Ismael Cala has introduced his app for meditation, personal growth, and mindfulness, completely in Spanish, through a joint venture with Kingmagination.

The strategist, bestselling author, and communicator guides all meditations on the app so users can reach their full potential and achieve mind-body balance, in addition to inspiring them to overcome physical and emotional ailments.

Following the teachings of the masters, Deepak Chopra, Sifu Rama, and Joe Dispenza, Escala Meditando the app includes categories such as Construyendo Bienestar and Equilibrio Consciente (Conscious Balance), intended to manage everyday emotions and situations through individual meditation. Some themes of the app include relaxation and dreams, mindfulness, personal growth, infinite abundance, assertive relationships, discovery of ikigai purpose, love in the face of intolerance, and liberation of the ego.

Escala Meditando is available for Android and iOS and by searching @escalameditando on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

ABOUT ISMAEL CALA

Life and business strategist. Presenter and director of the interview show CALA, which is broadcasted on channels in some twenty countries. Presented CALA on CNN en Español’s prime time for five and a half years. Businessman and social entrepreneur. Author of eight bestsellers on leadership, entrepreneurship, and personal development, including “El poder de escuchar” (The Power of Listening) and “Despierta con Cala” (Wake Up with Cala). Cala was born in Santiago, Cuba in 1969 and holds a bachelor’s degree in art history from Universidad de Oriente. He coauthored the book “Beat the Curve” with Brian Tracy. Cala is a graduate of York University’s Department of Communication Studies in Toronto and has a degree in Television Broadcasting from Seneca College. He is the president and founder of Cala Enterprises Corporation and Fundación Ismael Cala (Ismael Cala Foundation).

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Puente Human Rights Movement in Collaboration with Advancement Project National Office Leads Coalition of Immigrant Tribunal Calling For Closure of ICE Detention Facilities in Arizona

October 18, 2019

Organization to Release New Report: “Arizona’s Carceral Crisis: The Human Cost of Being Confined,” Exposing Inhumane Conditions Inside an ICE Detention Facility During Event

PHOENIX, Oct. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Puente Human Rights Movement will lead a coalition of civil rights and immigrant advocacy organizations calling for the closure of ICE detention facilities throughout the state during a migration tribunal event on Saturday, Oct. 19 at its headquarters. During the event, the organization will release its new report, “Arizona’s Carceral Crisis: The Human Cost of Being Confined,“ in collaboration with Advancement Project National Office detailing the inhumane conditions inside an ICE detention facility outside of Phoenix.

The event will feature testimony from nearly a dozen formerly detained individuals and family members whose loved ones have died while in ICE facilities or state-run prisons. These individuals will join with advocates in calling on the closure of immigrant detention facilities in the state in addition to calling for state lawmakers to work to curtail the state’s booming mass incarceration system.

Since 2000, Arizona’s prison population has grown by 15,000 people, and today has the fourth highest imprisonment rate in the country, according to the report. Black, Latinx, and Native communities are directly and disproportionately impacted by this mass incarceration crisis, and this report highlights this discrepancy outlining policies and laws that are the dragnet into immigration detention. In 2019, Arizona will spend $1.09 billion on prisons—more than child safety, economic security, and education.

WHAT:
Puente’s Tribunal: The State of Incarceration

WHEN:
Saturday, October 19, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
MEDIA/ON-CAMERA INTERVIEWS: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

WHERE:
Puente Human Rights Movement Headquarters
1937 W Adams St, Phoenix, AZ 85009

WHO:
Councilman Carlos Garcia, Phoenix City Council, Co-founder, Puente Human Rights Movement
Losmin Jimenez, Project Director & Senior Attorney, Immigrant Justice, Advancement Project
National Office
No More Deaths
The Justice Project
U.S. Human Rights Network
Mijente

On-Site Contact:
Lucia Sandoval
Joshua Garner

Puente Human Rights Movement is a grassroots migrant justice organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. It develops, educates, and empowers migrant communities to protect and defend themselves and their families to enhance the quality of life of community members.

Advancement Project National Office is a multi-racial civil rights organization. Founded by a team of veteran civil rights lawyers in 1999, Advancement Project was created to develop and inspire community-based solutions based on the same high quality legal analysis and public education campaigns that produced the landmark civil rights victories of earlier eras.

CONTACT
Lucia Sandoval
[email protected]
858-232-2301
Joshua Garner
[email protected]
(202) 728-9557 (O)
(240) 326-3874 (M)

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Letter Carriers Recognized as Heroes of the Year

October 17, 2019

National Association of Letter Carriers.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Letter carriers who saved people from car accidents or home fires, helped rescue a teenager who had been abused for months by her captors, or turned a personal tragedy into a campaign to help others, are among those to be honored on Oct. 30.

Ivan Crisostomo of Sacramento, CA, spotted a young girl hiding behind a tree on his route and, after some discussion, learned that she had just fled her kidnappers, who were searching for her. He remained with her until emergency responders arrived, and is the 2019 Special Carrier Alert winner. Mitchell Rivas of Berea, OH, whose Maryssa’s Mission Foundation—set up after his 28-month-old daughter died from congestive heart failure and which has helped thousands of families—is the Humanitarian of the Year. The National Hero of the Year is Austin Rentz of Waterloo, IA, who rescued a woman from a house fire before firefighters arrived.

Several other carriers also are being recognized as heroes. They represent thousands of letter carriers who not only deliver the nation’s mail six or even seven days a week, but often assist in situations involving accidents, fires, crimes or health crises, or improve the communities in which they work.

Michael Musick of Bellflower, CA, who helped save two fellow letter carriers struck by an out-of-control car, is the Western Region Hero of the Year. The Central Region Hero of the Year, Mark Schuh, of Princeton, IN, saved a man and his beagle from an aggressive pit bull. Theresa Jo Belkota, of Lewiston in Western New York, who aided a seriously injured boy who had been run over by a lawn mower, is the Eastern Region Hero of the Year.

The National Association of Letter Carriers Heroes of the Year will be honored by NALC President Fredric Rolando at a special luncheon at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington, DC. Go to nalc.org/heroes for further information on the Heroes, including text and pictures.

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NALC represents letter carriers across the country. Its 293,000 members make it the largest of the four unions representing employees of the United States Postal Service. Founded by Civil War veterans in 1889, NALC is among the country’s oldest labor unions.

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Marin County Alcohol and Drugs Town Hall Scheduled Friday, October 18, 2019 at Alcohol Justice

October 17, 2019

SAN RAFAEL, California, Oct. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — A bilingual Town Hall concerning alcohol and drug use in Marin County will take place at the offices of Alcohol Justice in the Canal Neighborhood of San Rafael. The event is hosted by Youth For Justice and is sponsored by Alcohol Justice and the San Rafael Alcohol and Drug Coalition (a federally-funded Drug Free Community coalition). The event is free to the community with the goal to empower people of all ages to share their ideas and experience, and encourage activism to help reduce substance misuse and harm.

What:	Town Hall Meeting

When:	Friday, October 18, 2019, 5:30 – 8 p.m.

Where:	Alcohol Justice 24 Belvedere St. San Rafael, CA 94901

Who:
•	Sayra Soriano and Jazzy Garrity, Bay Area Community Resources (BACR)
•	Susan Kim, Marin County Health and Human Services
•	Representative, Alcohol Anonymous, Information Committee
•	Marie Isabel Resendiz, Youth For Justice parent
•	Maria Jose Rosa, Youth For Justice
•	Citlali Castillo, Youth For Justice

Why:	Marin County community members of all ages are suffering from the misuse of alcohol, opioids and the vaping of various substances. Through presentations, panel discussion, and audience participation, new information and strategies to reduce harm will be shared.

For Additional Information:
Maite Duran: 415/257-2499
[email protected]
www.facebook.com/alcopopfreezonecanal

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New Film Explores Intersection of Latino Community and Environmental Justice

October 17, 2019

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Today, Hispanic Access Foundation released its new short film “I Am Cheo,” which explores the intersection of Latino culture and communities with the outdoors and climate issues, like wildfires, and emphasizes the need for engagement and action to preserve our future.

Inspired by the poem “I Am Joaquin” by Chicano poet Corky Gonzales, this unique film tells the story of a young boy named Cheo who, from the sights and smells of his abuela’s kitchen, takes a sweeping cinematic journey across the lands that are both his history and his future. On this journey, Cheo realizes that he is formed by these places – but they need his help, as they are devastated by wildfires, pollution, climate change and disrepair. Cheo then explores how he can take action to protect the environment for his familia and generations to come.

“This film expands the narrative of what it means to engage Latino communities, to encourage the understanding of the importance of familia, community, faith y cultura in our efforts to improve our society and protect our environment for future generations,” said Maite Arce, president and CEO of HAF. “It is also critical that we recognize the exclusion of communities in the processes of planning for, responding to and recovering from these adverse effects, but also recognize the contributions of these resilient communities to our country and the ambition and commitment to take action to address these urgent matters.”

Our nation’s greenhouse gas emissions and resulting climate change are leading to higher temperatures, record-setting heat waves, and drier and more arid conditions in the West. These conditions matched with underfunded forest management, outdated land use policies and practices, and more people living in fire-prone areas has led to catastrophic wildfires that affect more people. These conditions are having severe consequences on communities, most significantly marginalized and vulnerable communities, such as low-income, disabled, elderly and communities of color.

“Our world is getting hotter, our oceans and coral reefs are degrading, our snowpack and rivers are diminishing and by underfunding forest management and mismanaging urban development we are putting people in harm’s way of devastating fires and ill-equipping them to prepare for or adapt to such a life with fires,” said Chela Garcia, HAF’s director of conservation programs. “Because of socioeconomic factors, Latinos are particularly vulnerable to the lack of adequate planning and resources for emergency management, urban planning, forest management, and disaster relief and recovery programs.”

“All efforts to address climate change and the resulting and exacerbated impacts are urgently needed,” Garcia added.

Multiple screenings are being held throughout the nation in conjunction with community roundtable discussions. Film screening sponsors include Southern California Edison, National Parks Conservation Association, Save the Redwoods League, Environmental Defense Fund, The Wilderness Society, Audubon, and The North Face.

The film “I Am Cheo” and the Wildfire Management Toolkit are available at http://www.IamCheo.org.

About Hispanic Access Foundation
Hispanic Access Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, connects Latinos with partners and opportunities to improve lives and create an equitable society. Our vision is that one day every Hispanic individual in America will enjoy good physical health and a healthy natural environment, a quality education, economic success, and civic engagement in their communities with the sum of improving the future of America. For more information visit www.hispanicaccess.org.

CONTACT: Robert Fanger
[email protected]
(317) 410-7668

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Havas FORMULATIN Named Agency of the Year at 2019 Hispanic Public Relations Association’s BRAVO Awards

October 17, 2019

NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Havas FORMULATIN, an award-winning national Hispanic PR agency dedicated to developing programs for clients seeking to connect with the U.S. Latinx community, has been named Agency of the Year at the 2019 Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) BRAVO Awards, held last night in New York City. The highest accolade in Hispanic communications, the BRAVO Awards recognizes the agency that has had the greatest impact in engaging the U.S. Latinx community while generating internal programs benefitting staff.

“Being named Agency of the Year has been a dream of ours since Havas FORMULATIN formed in 2008,” said CEO Michael Olguin. “Maria Amor and her team have worked incredibly hard and delivered some truly exceptional programs for clients this year, so I couldn’t be prouder of them and their accomplishments. This definitely stands out as a major milestone in our agency’s history.”

In addition to Agency of the Year, this year Havas FORMULATIN won three BRAVO Awards for outstanding campaign work in the categories of Best Sports Campaign (Golden Boy’s Cinco de Mayo Fight), Best Technology Campaign (TurboTax Gives You Mas), and Best Integrated Marketing Campaign (also TurboTax).

“Havas FORMULATIN has been a long-standing partner,” said Alejandra Molinari, PR communications senior manager, Latino and Self-Employed media strategy, TurboTax. “Each year we continue to be impressed with the results they deliver, their strategic approach to our business, knowledge of the consumer and marketplace, as well as the team’s hard work and passion for the brand. This was our most successful integrated PR Latinx program to date and we could not have done it without them.”

This year’s four wins join the agency’s previous 12 for a total of 16 awards earned, making Havas FORMULATIN the most-lauded in HPRA history. Over the years, the firm has won for campaigns executed on behalf of numerous clients, including Wonderful Pistachios (Best Food & Beverage, Best Health & Nutrition), Tecate (Best Sports), and Mi Pueblo (Best Internal Communications).

About the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA)
Founded in 1984, the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA) is the foremost organization of Hispanic public relations practitioners in the U.S. HPRA is a resource for communications professionals and for individuals seeking Hispanic market expertise. It is dedicated to the recognition and advancement of Hispanics in public relations through year-round programs, professional development seminars and networking. HPRA hosts one of the most anticipated annual events and industry awards: the HPRA Bravo Awards, recognizing the most outstanding campaigns in the marketplace. The national organization aims to meet the professional needs of the growing number of Hispanic PR practitioners, independents and agencies throughout the U.S. HPRA National, its Chapters and those Chapters in formation are paving the way for the next phase of growth and evolution in the PR industry, especially in the Hispanic market space. For more information please visit www.hpra-usa.org.

About Havas FORMULATIN
Part of Havas Formula‘s integrated marketing offering, Havas FORMULATIN is a national Hispanic PR agency dedicated to developing programs for clients seeking to connect with the incredibly influential U.S. Latino community. Founded in 2008 and based in Miami, the award-winning firm is comprised of bilingual and bicultural PR practitioners who excel at understanding the cultural and emotional nuances of Latinos and weaving these insights into strategic programs that are designed to leave a lasting impression on consumers. Havas FORMULATIN has represented such high-profile clients as TurboTax, Golden Boy Promotions, Tecate, Wonderful Pistachios, Nestlé, Tequila Herradura, Bimbo Bakeries USA and Panda Express, among others.

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