SIUE to Host the Latino Roundtable of Southwestern Illinois 2023 Immigrants in Our Midst Conference- Betsy Cohen, Keynote Speaker
The Latino Roundtable of Southwestern Illinois (LRT), The Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), SIUE’s Office of Online Services and Educational Outreach, and sponsors Busey Bank, FCB Banks, AJ Legal Services, and Revity Credit Union, along with additional partners will host the Immigrants in Our Midst Conference on Friday, September 22. The conference focuses on how to better serve the U.S. Immigrant Workforce. The event will take place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at SIUE’s Morris University Center Conference Center....
Keynote speaker this year is Betsy Cohen, executive director of the St. Louis Mosaic Project, known for her dedicated advocacy work in the St. Louis Immigrant Community. Other conference speakers will include: Tony Fuhrmann, Madison County Workforce Development and Lee Reese, St. Clair County Workforce Development; Caroline Sanchez Crozier, LatinX Digital Leaders Now, Attorney German A. Gonzalez Herrerra, Riz Khan and Farah Alam, Little Angels Foundation, Martha Garcia Kampen, president of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.