MEDIA ADVISORY
Hispanic Heritage Month
* Celebration *

As part of Governor James E. McGreevey’s statewide month-long celebration from September 15 through October 15 of Hispanic Heritage Month, Ratepayer Advocate Seema M. Singh is inviting the Hispanic/Latino media to the Division of Ratepayer Advocate’s office to help celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Dr. Luis Martinez-Fernandez, Department Chair, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Department of Puerto Rican and Hispanic-Caribbean studies, will speak on “Hispanic/Latinos in the 21^st Century: Challenges We Face and Obstacles We Confront.” 

Following the talk by Dr. Martinez-Fernandez, who is a member of Governor McGreevey’s Hispanic Advisory Council, Hispanic pastries and coffee will be served.

“Governor McGreevey is concerned about issues that directly affect the state’s vital and growing Hispanic-Latino community,” said Ratepayer Advocate Seema M. Singh, who is hosting the event.  “Each of the Governor’s Cabinet members is demonstrating the Governor’s collective engagement with the issues affecting the community.  For my part, I will discuss crucial issues for New Jersey utility ratepayers.  I encourage the Spanish-language media to attend.”

Press Coverage Encouraged by Reporters - Photographers - Television
Date:              Thursday, October 9, 2003
Time:              11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Place:              Division of the Ratepayer Advocate
                        31 Clinton Street (between Mulberry and Broad streets), 11^th Floor
                        Newark, NJ.   Phone: 973-648-2690

The Division of the Ratepayer Advocate is an independent, autonomous state agency that represents the interests of all classes of utility consumers and serves as an active participant in every case where New Jersey utilities seek changes in their rates or services.  The Ratepayer Advocate also gives consumers a voice in setting long-range energy, water, and telecommunications policy that will affect the delivery of utility services well into the future. 

Program

THE NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF THE RATEPAYER ADVOCATE
CELEBRATES
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
OCTOBER 9, 2003

11:30 a.m        Opening Remarks – Seema M. Singh, Esq., Ratepayer Advocate
 

11:35 a.m.        Guest Speaker – Luis Martinez-Fernandez, Ph.D., Department Chair,     Department of Puerto Rican and Hispanic-Caribbean Studies,
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

 “Hispanics/Latinos in the Twenty-First Century United States: 
Challenges We Face and Obstacles We Confront”

 12 p.m.        “Almuerzo Latino,”  Pasteles y Cafè (Hispanic pastries and coffee)

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