FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 12, 2003
CONTACT: LINDA MACIAS/PAUL TODD (202) 225-6161
Breakfast to honor students who are breaking down racial barriers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative Joe Baca (D-Rialto) will join
members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Congressional Asian
Pacific Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus and Jewish Members of
Congress at a breakfast honoring students who are breaking down racial
barriers on Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 8:30 a.m. in B-338 Rayburn
House Office Building. The breakfast will be in honor of students
belonging to the Children of the Dream Program. The Program, sponsored
by the Anti-Defamation League, exposes teens to people who are
different from themselves, teaching them to respect the differences,
find common ground, and fight for justice and fair treatment for all.
The students are chosen from a wide variety of applicants based on an
essay and interview process. The Program is designed to allow
teenagers to mentor teenagers in the fight against discrimination and
in building tomorrows leaders. Diverse groups of students are brought
to the United States from other nations to meet and interact with
students in high schools across the country. Students are encouraged
to share their stories of discrimination, and to teach each other
about their cultures, countries, and backgrounds. The Program also
allows American students to travel to Israel to meet Jewish and Arab
students in the Middle East, and encourages on-going work and dialogue
between the students.
Tomorrow’s breakfast event will allow members of the Congressional
Asian Pacific American Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Jewish Legislators to meet the next
generation of diverse leaders. It is a way for students to learn how
Members of Congress who represent different constituents with
different concerns work together as allies to pass legislation and
provide support for each other’s issues.
Who: Children of the Dream students, members of the
Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Congressional Asian Pacific Caucus,
and the Congressional Black Caucus, and Jewish Members of Congress
What: Breakfast honoring the Children of the Dream Program and
students who are breaking down racial barriers
When: TOMORROW, Thursday, March 13, 2003 at 8:30 a.m.
Where: B-338 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
Contact: Vanessa Barrera in Congressman Baca’s office at (202)
225-6161
