091318-NAW-Miami-roundtable-advisory
For Planning Purposes Only Contact: Abbey Chase, 305-710-2400
Sept. 13, 2018 Cathleen Farrell, 202-403-4190
FRIDAY: Mayors and Businesses to Celebrate Citizenship and New American
Employees
MIAMI — Mayors and local business leaders will discuss the importance of citizenship and the
benefits of offering naturalization services at their worksites ahead of Citizenship Day.
The business roundtable on citizenship will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the National
Immigration Forum’s New American Workforce program in Miami. New American Workforce
is a national worksite program that partners with businesses to offer citizenship legal services
and English classes to their eligible immigrant employees.
Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and Carlos A. Giménez from
Miami-Dade County will headline the roundtable.
Mayor Gelber will speak on the City of Miami Beach’s continued partnership with New
American Workforce for its employees. Mayors Suarez and Giménez will speak to the
importance of making citizenship more accessible in their communities.
WHAT: Business roundtable to celebrate the fifth anniversary of New American
Workforce in Miami
WHO: Mayor Dan Gelber, City of Miami Beach
Mayor Francis Suarez, City of Miami
Mayor Giménez, Executive Director of the Office of New Americans, Miami-
Dade County
Nick Duris, Director of Human Resources, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Robert Hill, General Manager, InterContinental Hotel, Miami
Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO, Greater Miami & the Beaches Hotel
Association
Ali Noorani, Executive Director, National Immigration Forum
Dr. Eduardo Padrón, President, Miami Dade College
WHEN: 8:30 a.m. Friday
WHERE: InterContinental Miami
Junior Ballroom, main floor
100 Chopin Plaza
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