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REGION 7 CHIEF & EPA’S DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO ANNOUNCE NATIONAL HISPANIC OUTREACH STRATEGY

Release Date: 02/24/2005
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Martin Kessler
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 24, 2005

REGION 7 CHIEF & EPA’S DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO ANNOUNCE NATIONAL HISPANIC OUTREACH STRATEGY

Jim Gulliford, administrator for EPA Region 7, and Rafael De Leon, director of EPA’s Office of Human Resources, will jointly announce the National Hispanic Outreach Strategy at a Kansas City event Monday.

The event is a Hispanic Stakeholders Forum hosted by EPA Region 7 at the Guadalupe Center, Inc. Partners from the Hispanic Economics Development Corp. of Kansas City, Mo., Harvest America, Inc., of Kansas City, Kan., the Chicano Awareness Center of Omaha, and the Iowa Dept. of Public Health will also make presentations.

EPA’s National Hispanic Outreach Strategy sets forth an approach to promoting greater access to economic and employment opportunities, increasing support, facilitating access to environmental information, and improving the delivery of programs and services of importance to the Hispanic community.

Who:	Jim Gulliford, EPA Region 7 administrator Rafael De Leon, director of EPA’s Office of Human Resources National Hispanic Outreach Strategy partners
What:	National Hispanic Outreach Strategy announcement
When:	Monday, February 28, 5:30 p.m.
Where:	Guadalupe Center, Inc., 1015 Avenida Cesar E. Chavez, Kansas City, Mo.