LATINOS IN THE U.S. POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
A Public Lecture by
Henry Cisneros, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
DATE: Tuesday, October 26, 2004
TIME: 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: International House, Assembly Hall, 1414 East 59th Street, Chicago.
The event is free and open to the public.
Cisneros achieved unprecedented success as a U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and prior to that, as a four-term mayor of San Antonio, Tex. He was the first Latino to hold both of these positions and the first Latino mayor of a major U.S. city. As a member of President Clinton's Cabinet from 1993 to 1997, Cisneros was widely praised for transforming HUD from a severely mismanaged bureaucracy into an effective, efficient agency that actively worked against racial segregation and poverty in inner cities. He is also credited with the initiation of a major revitalization of many of the nation's public housing developments and with innovative policies that have contributed to today's record homeownership rate.
A former President of Univision, the nation's fifth-largest TV network, Cisneros currently serves as Chairman of American CityVista, a company he founded to identify sites, plan neighborhoods, acquire and develop land and build homes. Mr. Cisneros holds an M.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from George Washington Universities.
The Lecture will be followed by a question and answer session.
This event is co-sponsored by the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Policy Studies Center for Policy Practice For additional information contact the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at (773) 702-8063 and csrpc@uchicago.edu. Or you may contact the Center for Policy Practice at (773) 702-5063 and cpp@uchicago.edu. Persons with disabilities who may need assistance should contact the International House Office of Programs and Special Events in advance at (773) 753-2274 or email i-house-programs@uchicago.edu.
