BULAC BRIEF
News from College Hill and beyond for Brown Latino alumni
UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS
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IN THIS ISSUE
[1-2] New BULAC officers
Introducing the new BULAC officers…
[2] Thank you past officers
[2] Latino GOLD Spotlight
[2] Miami retreat & brunch
[2] BULAC President Welcome
[3] Six new endowments
created
President Dania Matos
Arlington, VA
AB ’03, International Relations
President-Elect Alyse Ruiz
Miami, FL
AB ’09, Urban Studies
[3] Message from the TWC
Director
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BULAC-SD
VP of Programs Rita Cidre
New York, NY
AB ’09, International
Relations and French Studies
VP of Finance Emily Rodriguez
Providence, RI
AB ’09, Latin & Caribbean Studies
AM ’12, Urban Education Policy
VP of Communications
Christian Martell
Miami, FL
AB ’10, Political Science and
American Civilization
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Learn more about your new 2012-14 Board by clicking here.
Thank you for your tireless commitment to unifying the Brown University Latino
Alumni Community!
Outgoing 2010-2012
President – Kenneth Padilla ‘92
President-Elect – Dania Matos ’03
VP of Programs – Mariella Martinez ’99
VP of Finance – Richard Bernero ’89
VP of Communications – Alyse Ruiz ’09
The Facebook
Community Challenge!
Kicking off another year
-- Miami style!
BULAC board retreat and unity brunch event
by Rita Cidre
A couple of months ago an email popped up in my
inbox titled BULAC Annual Board Retreat. Board
Retreat. My mind immediately drifted to a cold,
corporate boardroom with no windows and watereddown coffee. I couldn’t have been more wrong!
In order to increase our online
presence, BULAC has issued out the
following challenge:
Latino GOLD
Spotlight!
Nick Donias ‘12
Lorena Garcia ‘12
The new regional page with the most
‘likes’ by Jan.1, 2013 will get some
Brown bookstore giveaways for their
next event!
Participating regions: Chicago,
Washington DC, Los Angeles,
Providence, and San Diego.
BULAC President’s
Welcome!
Saludos Latino Alumni! BULAC has
been busy planning an exciting
year of events and alumni
engagement just for you!
From the moment I set foot in the conference room of
Alyse’s apartment building in Miami, I knew I was right
at home. Read more…
Read more…
10 things you didn’t know about...
… Kenneth Padilla ‘92
1. In 1994, Ken Padilla was a Judicial Extern for then U.S. District Court Judge Sonia
Sotomayor. When Ken’s mom, Wilma, met the now Supreme Court Justice
Sotomayor during a 2010 trip to Washington, Justice Sotomayor told her that Ken
was the best extern from Rutgers Law-Newark that she ever had.
2. Ken earned his black belt in Shotokan Karate at the age of 16. He taught Karate to
kids in Central Falls, RI as an undergraduate at Brown.
See the rest here…
FROM COLLEGE HILL
Six new endowments created
at Brown, including first BULAC
endowed scholarship
Thanks to a generous and engaged community of donors from
across the country, last fall Brown University welcomed Juan
Carlos Mora ’15 to College Hill, the first-ever recipient of the
BULAC Endowed Scholarship! The $50,000 BULAC Community
Challenge sponsored by William Acevedo ’88, Jose Estabil ’84
SCM ’88 and Janet Rickershauser ’88, Diana Martin ’93, Joseph
Perez M.D.’93 and Rosa Jimenez PHD’10 MD ’11, Benjamin
Salazar ’82, Guy Sanchez ’80, and Carmen Rodriguez ’83 P’14
brought together alumni, students, faculty and staff to establish
this historic endowed scholarship to give talented young
Latino/Hispanic students the gift of a Brown education.
Read more…
2012-2013 Latino Heritage Series
This year’s theme, “Next Generation Latino: Exploring
Changing Paradigms in the Latino Community,” will
explore how Latinos have traditionally been portrayed in
modern culture and how they are breaking free from such
paradigms, according to LHS programmers Diana Garcia
’13, Holly Doerflinger ’13, and Carlos Aramayo ’14.
The series launched on Sept. 24th with a convocation
featuring the Chicago-based, all-female performance
troupe, Teatro Luna. Future events include an
immigration talk by an Arizona senator, and more cosponsored activities with the Latino Student Initiative, a
student-led team meaning to spark Latino initiatives on
campus. “Like” the BULAC-PVD Facebook page for more
updates on the series.
A message from the Director of the Third World Center
Greetings, Brown University alumni! As you know, throughout
the decades students of color have challenged the university to
re-conceptualize its efforts to promote inclusion, equity, and
social justice. Programs such as the Minority Peer Counselors,
ALANA Mentoring, and heritage series (formerly heritage
weekends, weeks, and months) continue to push the campus
community to support the access and success of
underrepresented and underserved groups.
As a premier pre-orientation program, the Third World
Transition Program (TWTP) welcomes over 220 students to
Brown, facilitates critical dialogues about
the intersections of various social
identities, and promotes communitybuilding across difference. In fact,
participants consistently identify TWTP
as one of the most pivotal programs they
took part in during their time on College
Hill.
On behalf of the Third World Center, I
extend my heartfelt appreciation for
making the TWTP Endowment a reality.
Your collective efforts and generous
support will ensure that future
generations of scholars and activists start
their time at Brown with a rich,
engaging,
and
transformative
experience. Moreover, this endowment
will allow us to expand the program to serve students in
various capacities for many years to come. The TWTP
endowment is a testament that great accomplishments are
made possible when alumni, students, staff, faculty, and
community members come together to serve the greater
good. Thank you!
All my best,
Mary Grace Almandrez
Director, Third World Center
and Assistant Dean of the College