Center for American Progress

RELEASE: CAP to Join Sen. Tom Udall, Latism, and Univision to discuss Jobs and Opportunities for Latino Communities in ‘Twitter Conversation’
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RELEASE: CAP to Join Sen. Tom Udall, Latism, and Univision to discuss Jobs and Opportunities for Latino Communities in ‘Twitter Conversation’

Today, October 5, 2011, 2:30 p.m. ET

Washington, D.C.—In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Center for American Progress will join Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM), and Latism, the largest organization of Hispanic professionals engaged in social media, in a Twitter conversation to discuss jobs and opportunities in Hispanic communities on Oct. 5 at 2:30 p.m. ET. Univision will now also participate in the conversation.

Twitter users can tweet questions anytime today, in English or Spanish. To send a question, simply tweet a message of fewer than 140 characters that includes the hashtag #HHMChat—for Hispanic Heritage Month Chat. During the Twitter conversation, Udall and contributors from American Progress and Latism will answer a selection of questions. All the answers will be tweeted through @Amprog.

CAP en Español will simultaneously tweet the questions and answers in Spanish through @CAPespanol. In addition to CAP en Español, Center for American Progress policy experts in immigration, the economy, Progress 2050 (@Progress2050), and energy (@CleanEnergyHub) will participate in the event.

For more information, please contact Raúl Arce-Contreras at [email protected] or 202.478.5318.

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