Police officer John Pawelski will share the best practices of his organization, Latino Connection, in addressing the needs of the growing Latino population in Dayton, Ohio, Friday, Nov. 7, at 2 p.m. at Vanderbilt University. His talk, "Latino Connection: Empowering Hispanics to Access Established Community Power Structures," will be held in Room 205 of the Mayborn Building on the Peabody College campus. The event is free and open to the public. Pawelski, who has won numerous awards for his work with Latino Connection, founded the non-profit organization in March 2001 in response to the linguistic and cultural barriers that left Dayton police, hospitals, banks, courts and government offices ill-equipped to deal with the city’s growing number of Latino immigrants.
WHAT: Police officer John Pawelski, award-winning founder of Latino Connection, will share the best practices of his non-profit organization in bringing together city officials and Latino community leaders to address the needs of Latino immigrants in Dayton, Ohio
WHERE: Room 205, Mayborn Building on the Peabody College campus at Vanderbilt University
WHEN: Friday, Nov. 7, at 2 p.m.
Media contact: Princine Lewis, (615) 322-NEWS
Princine.l.lewis@vanderbilt.edu