San Diego, CA– Janet Murguía, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., will be the featured speaker at the Bravo Foundation Speaker Series Luncheon on Thursday, June 5 at noon. The mission of the Speaker Series is to foster increased civic engagement by providing educational and networking opportunities, informing participants about critical issues affecting the Latino community, and honoring outstanding American Latino leaders.

Murguía will discuss topics of importance to the Latino community such as immigration reform and its impact on the presidential election. The Latino vote will help to decide who our nation’s next president will be, and NCLR is working to engage the Latino community to take an active role in this historic election. Murguía will also highlight NCLR’s upcoming Annual Conference which will take place in San Diego July 12-15.

For more information abut the 2008 NCLR Annual Conference visit www.nclr.org.

MEDIA ADVISORY

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