For Immediate Release
Friday, July 16, 2021
Contacts:
Betsy López-Wagner, López-Wagner Strategies, blopezwagner@gmail.com (English, Español)
Alfredo Ramirez, ALRAS Digital, alfredo@alrasdigital.com (English, Español)
MEDIA ADVISORY
Corazón Latino Celebrates Latino Conservation Week with Live Music, Heart and Togetherness 🌳
Washington, D.C. – Corazón Latino, a Latino-led conservation and advocacy group, announced its Latino Conservation Week activities to celebrate connections with nature and their passions for preservation and healing of the lands and waters.
Latino Conservation Week runs July 17 to 25th. Corazon Latino’s activities for the 2021 Latino Conservation Week include family-friendly live music, connections with partner agencies supporting conservation, outdoor access and advocacy. They will be held in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday, July 17 and on Sunday, July 18 in Washington, D.C. with an additional virtual conversation to be announced for Friday, July 23rd.
“We're celebrating our love and care for nature, by honoring our Madre Tierra – Mother Earth – and our culture. This is an intentional act of togetherness following a complex year for families grappling with the pandemic,” said Felipe Benitez, Executive Director of Corazón Latino.
Media availability for interviews with the Corazón Latino team and partners is open. Provided photography with photo credits is also available.
De Corazón a Corazón: Música, Naturaleza y Cultura (Heart to Heart: Music, Nature and Culture)
This free event includes live music by award-winning tenor Jesús Daniel Hernández, Trío Caliente and conservation education activities for all the family. We are celebrating the reopening of the Rock Creek Park Nature Center! Activities outdoors under the shade trees, to learn and appreciate more about our public lands and the creatures who live in them - right in the middle of Washington DC. Live music performed by internationally celebrated tenor Jesús Daniel Hernandez and Trio Caliente.
When: July 18, 2021, 3 to 6:30 p.m. ET
Location: Rock Creek Center Park Nature Center and Planetarium 5200 Glover Rd NW, Washington, DC 20015
Event Registration: https://bit.ly/3wctwFL
Main contact: Daniela Ochoa, daniela@corazonlatino.us
Host(s): Corazón Latino, Hispanic Access Foundation (main hosts)
National Park Service
USDA Forest Service
Rock Creek Conservancy
Friends of Pierce Mill
Confirmed VIP guests:
Chair Brenda Mallory, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)
Deputy Secretary of Interior, Tommy Beaudreau
Chief Vicki Christiansen, USDA Forest Service
Wendy O’ Sullivan, Superintendent of Chesapeake Bay Office, National Park Service
Pajareo y Chilaquiles: Un evento para celebrar Latino Conservation Week (birdwatching and breakfast)
Pajareo y Chilaquiles is an evento to celebrate our food and culture of embracing nature and its healing qualities. We will have breakfast prepared by local celebrity chef Chilo Chacón to feed our souls and we’ll also hold a birdwatching walk with members of the Latino community and partners at the Audubon Río Salado Center.
When: July 17, 2021, 7 to 9 a.m. MST
Location: Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center 3131 S Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85040
Event Registration: https://bit.ly/36dFB2U
Main contact: Felipe Benítez; felipe@corazonlatino.us
FB link: https://www.facebook.com/events/514372116655144
Host(s): Corazón Latino, Hispanic Access Foundation (main hosts)
USDA Forest Service
Audubon Arizona
Chicanos por la Causa
Rio Reimagined Initiative
Lunch Box Cafe
National Park Service
Confirmed VIP guests:
Councilwoman Yassamin Ansari
Note: A series of virtual Latino Conservation Week conversations will be announced Monday. For more details, email Felipe@corazonlatino.us.
Latino Conservation Week: LINK, Corazón Latino RSVP Link, Facebook Invite Link
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Corazón Latino is a national non-profit organization that seeks to generate social, environmental, and conservation initiatives that foster natural resource stewardship. Corazón Latino mobilizes the passion, love, unity, solidarity, and resources of individuals, communities, organizations, and government entities to advance the common good. Visit us at http://www.corazonlatino.us.