Honorary Committee

(as of 8-2-2019)

Omar Aquino, State Senator
32nd District, State of Illinois

Edna Acosta-Belén, Ph.D, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Latin American
Caribbean and U.S. Latino Studies
University at Albany, State University of New York

Yarimar Bonilla, Ph.D, Author and Professor
City University of New York, Hunter College

Nilda Flores-González, Professor and Associate Director of Sociology
T. Denny Sanford School of
Social and Family Dynamics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Arizona State University

Jesús “Chuy” García, US Congressional Representative
D- 4th District Illinois

Aida Giachello, Ph.D, Research Professor of Preventative Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Gloria Gibson, Ph.D, President
Northeastern Illinois University

Luis V. Gutiérrez, Former US Congressional Representative

Linda Hernández Rosado, Executive Director
Luis Muñoz Marín Foundation

Jeanne Kracher, Executive Director
Crossroads Fund

Oscar López Rivera, Puerto Rican Patriot

Roberto Maldonado, 26th Ward Alderman
Chicago, IL

Melissa Mark Viverito, Interim President
Latino Victory Project

Iris Martínez, 20th District, State Senator
Chicago, IL

Antonio Martorell, Puerto Rican Artist

Paula Allen Meares, Ph.D, Chancellor Emerita
University of Illinois

Florencio Merced, Board of Directors, Claridad Newspaper

Julia Nazario Fuentes, Mayor
Municipality of Loíza, Puerto Rico

Maria Quiñones Sánchez, 7th District Councilwoman
Philadelphia, PA

Delia Ramírez, State Representative
4th District, State of Illinois

Carlos Ramírez Rosa, 35th Ward Alderman
Chicago, IL

Jonathan Rosa, Ph.D, Assistant Professor,
Graduate School of Education
Stanford University

Juan Salgado, Chancellor
City Colleges of Chicago

José A. Santiago Rivera, Mayor
Municipality of Comerío, Puerto Rico

Maura Toro-Morn, Professor of Sociology
Illinois State University

Standish Willis, Attorney-at-Law
Chicago, IL