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Issue No. 3
Volume III
October 2007
Jumpstart Your Business:
Featured Speaker:
Governor Deval L. Patrick
Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce
406 S. Huntington Avenue • Boston, MA. 02130 • Tel. 617 261 4222 • Fax 617 522 0038 • www.hacc.com
KeySpan Celebrates
Hispanic Heritage Month
Article provided by KeySpan
KeySpan hosted its fourth “Business After Hours” event with the HACC on
September 19th at Fenway Park. The event was held on Jordan's third base
deck overlooking the field, and included a tour of the park, a networking
reception, and an autograph signing by Red Sox legend Luis Tiant. The networking event gave KeySpan an opportunity to join the Hispanic community
in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and the rich history that both Fenway
Park and the Hispanic community bring to greater Boston.
The date of the event, September 19, fell in the middle of an important week in
Carmen Fields (KeySpan Director, Media Relations)
Hispanic history starting with September 15, which is the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries-Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico
declared its independence on September 16, and Chile on September 18. To commemorate this important occasion, KeySpan
highlighted prominent Hispanic people throughout U.S. history - from sports to science to entertainment. Attendees also participated in trivia about the Latin American flags to win raffles for Red Sox tickets.
Continued on page 2
WGBH: Building Community
By Susan Reed
In September 2007, Boston public broadcaster WGBH officially
cut the ribbon on its dramatic new studios overlooking the Mass
Pike at One Guest Street in Brighton. The event marked the
culmination of five years of planning, design, construction, and
fundraising to create an all-digital public media facility fully
equipped for the 21st century.
The nation's leading public broadcaster (with locally originated
programs ranging from Jazz with Eric in the Evening on radio
to Greater Boston on TV), WGBH also is a major source of
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KeySpan Team (Left to Right) Marygrace Cerce, Ingrid Seroppian, Kim Dragoo, Karla Winter, Karen
McColgan and David Santana
Carmen Fields welcomed everyone to
the event and provided an overview of
KeySpan's involvement with several
organizations and events within the
Hispanic community over the last three
years.
She also announced that
KeySpan has officially joined National
Grid, and the new company is even more
focused than ever on strengthening the
diversity of its workforce and combining
forces to expand its reach into new
towns and their communities. National
Grid is thrilled to take the great work that
KeySpan has done for the communities
within KeySpan's service areas and now
expand that commitment to an even larger section of New England.
team were available to demonstrate
KeySpan's On-line Home Energy
Analyzer. This is an on-line tool found on
the www.keyspansaves.com website
and is provided in both English and
Spanish. The Analyzer will ask questions that are designed to estimate energy use and then analyze these answers
in order to suggest ways to make a home
or business more energy efficient.
For more information on energy efficiency improvements for your home or business, please feel free to contact
KeySpan's energy experts:
About KeySpan Energy Delivery
A member of the Standard & Poor's 500
Index,
KeySpan
Corporation
(NYSE:KSE) is the largest distributor of
natural gas in the Northeast, operating
regulated gas utilities in New York,
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
that serve 2.6 million customers. These
customer-focused businesses are complemented by a portfolio of service companies that offer energy-related products, services, and solutions to homes
and businesses. KeySpan is also the
largest electric generator in New York
State, with approximately 6,650
megawatts of generating capacity that
provides power to 1.1 million customers
of the Long Island Power Authority
(LIPA) on Long Island and supplies
approximately 25 percent of New York
City's capacity needs. KeySpan also
operates LIPA's transmission and distribution system under contract to LIPA. In
addition to these assets, KeySpan has
strategic investments in pipeline transportation, distribution, storage, and production. KeySpan has headquarters in
Brooklyn, New England, and Long Island.
For more information, visit KeySpan's web
site at www.keyspanenergy.com.
Marygrace Cerce continued the program
with a presentation on KeySpan's energy
efficiency programs and the financial
incentives KeySpan can offer for homes
or businesses to become more energy
efficient. KeySpan provides a wide variety of cash rebates on energy efficient
measures such as qualified weatherization installation, hi-efficiency heating and
indirect hot water equipment, ondemand water heating, boiler reset controls, Energy Star replacement windows
and thermostats.
During the networking reception, members of KeySpan's energy efficiency
Octobre 2007
(L to R)(KeySpan) Ingrid Seroppian (Senior Market Planner), Carmen Fields (Director, Media
Relations) and Karla L. Winter (Senior Market Planner)
Cámara de Comercío Hispano-Americana
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Member Focus
Visión Newsletter
Visión is a quarterly bilingual
newsletter of the HispanicAmerican Chamber of Commerce
a non-profit organization serving
the community of New England
Ariel Schmidt
Chairman
¡Salud! Por una gran familia
Article provided by El Planeta
En su segunda edición este evento rep- dar a aquellos que aportan risas, ritmo y
resenta un día especial que demuestra color al evento: el circo Ringling Brothers
que podemos ser un solo poder.
& Barnum Bailey con su espectáculo
Circus Fit y los talentosos artistas, músiLa idea de organizar una feria anual en cos, animadores y gente de la farándula
Boston que involucre a los dos elemen- que han colaborado con el evento para
tos más importantes para los hispanos: brindar diversión sana a chicos y
la salud y la familia, comenzó el año grandes.
pasado por iniciativa del periódico que lo
dice Todo, El Planeta.
Son más de 60 empresas que participan
El Planeta, la publicación hispana
preferida por las familias de Nueva
Inglaterra se unió este año a Boston
Medical Center y Boston Medical Center
Health Net Plan para organizar un nuevo
encuentro que junto a mas de 15 instituciones de salud le ofrecerán servicios
varios de manera gratuita a nuestra
comunidad.
Un evento familiar gigante, tan gigante
como lo es el tamaño del corazón de los
hispanos. El Agganis Arena de Boston
University, un coliseo que ya ha sido
sede de conciertos de los mas reconocidos artistas latinos es nuevamente el
sitio de reencuentro familiar en este
Salud y Familia 2007.
Y para complementar las actividades de
Salud y Familia 2007, no podemos olvi-
October 2007
como patrocinantes, un área para
jóvenes y niños (KIDS Zone) donde el
New England Revolution, el Acuario de
Nueva Inglaterra, el Children's Museum,
el Museo de Ciencias y el Museum of
Fine Arts se unen para presentar actividades exclusivas para los mas
pequeños.
La Junta Directiva de Hispanic News
Press, empresa editora del periódico El
Planeta, la revista Entre Amigos y organizadora de Salud y Familia, envía un
agradecimiento a todos los que han contribuido a este evento, en especial a
quienes nos acompañan por segundo
año consecutivo. Lectores, auspiciantes,
participantes, colaboradores, y anunciantes; todos merecen un gran aplauso
por celebrar como nunca por su Salud y
Familia.
Andres Lopez
Treasurer
Alba Alvarez
Vice Chairwoman, Event Planner
Vicki Lopez
Vice Chairwoman
Patrick Jacinto Carrera
Board Member
Maria E. Delgado
Board Member
Ana Portillo
Board Member, Director of
Membership Development and
Services
Nader Acevedo
Executive Director
Ferdinand Alvaro, Jr.
Legal Advisor
Juana Horton
Advisor to the Board
Hispanic-American
Chamber of Commerce
406 S. Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130
Telephone (617) 261-4222
Fax (617) 522-0038
www.hacc.com
newsletter@hacc.com
Printing provided by Atlantic Graphics
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Local journalist links
Latino community
Article by Danielle Capalbo
Alberto Vasallo III strode toward the bleachers of Fenway Park last Friday,
arriving hours before the Red Sox and the Yankees would play. But he was
there to make community connections, more than to watch the game.
Several times, the local journalist and
publisher stopped to shake the hand of a
passer-by. He glowed and was pleased,
to give a hug or to talk for a minute. In
Spanish, he struck up a conversation
with a mustached man in an apron. They
acted like old friends. The man, said
Vasallo, cooks for the baseball players.
He is also an artist.
Vasallos keeps his eyes open for talented Latinos to showcase. "I'm trying to
help him out," Vasallo said of the man.
They exchanged goodbyes and Vasallo
proceeded.
It was nearly 6 p.m. The game would
start at 7 p.m. But Vasallo said he probably wouldn't stay - he came to Fenway to
mingle a bit with some Red Sox players,
with whom he reaches to the Latino community with, and, to distribute copies of
the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. Early
next year, Vasallo will be in charge of the
newspaper.
Spanish for "The World," El Mundo is the
largest Latino newspaper in New
England, Vasallo said. Vasallo's father,
Alberto Vasallo, Jr., founded El Mundo
35 years ago. Unlike other publications,
El Mundo spoke the language of
Boston's growing Hispanic community
and it told their stories. Vasallo III said El
Mundo proudly upholds the commitment
after nearly three decades.
Alberto Vasallo III, Vice President
El Mundo Newspaper
the highlights as well as the lowlights, traditional ballpark organ and the sounds
concerns and issues of the Latino com- of fans arriving. They wore red and
munity, from beginning to end," he said. white, the names and numbers of Boston
icons stretched like banners across the
Five years ago, the responsibilities of
backs of their T-shirts: Ramirez, 24;
editor started to shift, gradually, from
Varitek, 33. Vasallo is no stranger to this
father to son. More than two decades
park, and neither is his community.
after his boyhood start at the paper,
Vasallo III will take the name and respon- "It started with my father's relationship
sibility of editor.
with Luis Tiant," he said. Legendary Tiant
made an impression on the 8-year-old
"It's been an ongoing process,"he said.
Vasallo, who was, then, wide-eyed.
"As we speak, my father's not really
"They were very good, close friends," he
involved day-to-day." The passing of the
said. "So ... I got to know Luis. He was
torch, he said, will be mostly symbolic.
my first interview ever and he was, at
Vasallo spoke Friday over the blare of a that time, a big Red Sox star."
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October 2007
Scenes from the KeySpan
(Left to Right) Ariel E. Schmidt (HACC Chairman), Luis Tiant (Red Sox
Legend) and Alberto Vasallo, III (Vice President El Mundo Newspaper)
(Left to Right) Maria Delgado HACC Board Member and
Lynette Correa from Career Coaching
Red Sox Ticket Winner, Jenny
Cintron(ABCD, City Wide Boston
Hispanic Center) and Luis Tiant
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Ingrid Seroppian (KeySpan Senior
Market Planner)
“Business After Hours”
(Left to Right) Lien Gauthier and Katie O'Rourke at the registration table
Luis Tiant and Nader Acevedo
(HACC Executive Director)
October 2007
Angel L. Zayas (Director of Office of
Diversity & Equal Opportunity)
HACC Announces New Partnership with
Comcast
by staff
The Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce would like to
welcome Comcast as its new corporate partner. This partnership will bring Comcast closer to the Hispanic community and
increase their ability to communicate directly with this audience, addressing specific needs. You might have already
seen their 2007 “Pa’que te….” campaign, speaking directly to
the New England Hispanic audience and recent feature additions, which include, ESPN Deportes and unlimited calls to
Puerto Rico.
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Comcast communities in Massachusetts, New Hampshire
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Boston-area communities on Comcast’s next generation fiber
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management, E911 service and 12 of the most popular calling features, including voice mail, caller ID and call waiting.
Comcast Digital Voice stands out because calls originate and
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unlike best effort Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) offerings
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WGBH - continued from page 1
public radio programs heard nationally,
as well as the single largest producer of
prime-time programming for PBS, on air
and on the Web. Among the programs
produced at its Guest Street studios are
Nova, Frontline, Masterpiece Theatre,
American Experience, Arthur, Curious
George, and Antiques Roadshow.
WGBH invented the technologies (captioning and descriptive video) that make
media accessible to the 36 million
Americans with hearing or vision disabilities, and millions of teachers and students benefit from the innovative multimedia classroom tools created at WGBH.
“Our relocation to
Brighton is more
than simply a story
about our building
new headquarters,”
says
WGBH's
Marita Rivero, vice
president and genMarita Rivero
eral manager for TV
and Radio. “We're also building community. One of the things we're most excited
about is that we'll finally have the space
we need to invite the public in for screenings, performances, lectures, and events
that amplify the impact of WGBH's programs and strengthen our local partnerships.”
The new studios were designed by
Polshek Partnership (whose credits
include the Clinton Presidential Library in
Little Rock and the Rose Center for Earth
and Space at New York's American
Museum of Natural History) to reflect
WGBH's commitment to transparency
and openness. “Our environmentally
and neighborhood-friendly headquarters
feature street-level studios with large
glass windows that let passersby glimpse
the creative activity behind our walls.”
It's that creativity and commitment to
reflecting diverse points of view that
October 2007
make WGBH's new headquarters a true
home for public media. “One of the
WGBH production units that I'm most
proud of,” says Rivero, “is La Plaza, now
celebrating more than 30 years of outstanding programming for and about our
diverse Latino community.” The unit is
aptly named, says executive producer
Joseph Tovares. “In Latin America,
'plaza' refers to the
town square, a meeting place where ideas
are exchanged. We
think of the programs
we produce through
La Plaza as the equivJoseph Tovares
alent of this town
square, a place
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Ana Portillo was the Cultural Attaché for the Mexican Embassy
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Coordination of Women's issues.
HACC elects Ana Portillo
to Board of Directors
Recently, she has worked for the Office of the State Senator
Jarrett Barrios, where she was responsible for organizing the
Latino Community.
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Ana is currently a realtor for Bowes Pennell & Thompson
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Vasallo shares the Fenway experience
exuberantly with his loyal readers. To
celebrate El Mundo's 35th birthday, he
organized the "Festival Latino at
Fenway," which he said he wants to hold
each year.
His first task: expand distribution.
Vasallo is part of the framework of
Boston's Latino community, and the
Cuban-American, a graduate of Boston
College, sees a bright future for El
Mundo.
interns, through Northeastern's co-op Alberto smiled.
program, interns who may later become
"There is nothing like El Mundo to keep
permanent employees, he said.
me connected to the Latino community,"
Vice President of Northeastern's Latin he said. "Nothing even comes close."
American Student Organization Victor L.
Morales said an internship at a Spanish
"It's one of those papers that we found paper would be invaluable experience
has a high level of acceptance," he said. for a Spanish-speaking journalist and a
"It's just getting it out to more people."
chance to flex their bilingual muscles.
One idea is the colorful El Mundo van. "People like being able to combine what
And three times a year, Vasallo honors "Visible, fun," he said. "A kind of moving they know to make [a product] unique,"
Latino middle school students at Fenway billboard that is always filled with news- he said. "Language is a part of that."
with a larger-than-life ceremony, part of papers."
the Latino Youth Recognition Day pro- More hands would help, too. Giselle And the bilingual stance of El Mundo
strengthens both publication and comgram he founded 12 years ago.
Sterling is a junior at University of munity, said the senior English major.
"That's the thing I'm most proud of, by Massachusetts at Lowell and an El
far, head and shoulders," Vasallo Mundo intern. On Friday, she accompa- "Publications like El Mundo are at the
beamed. At the ceremonies, he reads nied Vasallo to the game. When asked front of being able to communicate to
aloud the names of each of the students what her internship entails, she politely those that many [papers] miss because
of language barriers," he said.
in front of thousands of onlookers. It's an laughed. "What don't I do?"
experience, he said, they never forget.
Vassallo III is interested in gaining more As the sun set over the Green Monster,
Octobre 2007
WGBH - continued from page 13
to look at important issues from the well as download podcasts of selected
Latino perspective.”
clips. In addition, 10 episodes have been
recorded in Spanish and are being disThat's the idea behind La Plaza's latest
tributed by V-me, a Spanish language
series, Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One,
digital public television service that
which premiered in May 2007. The
launched this March.
series features the award-winning journalist in conversation with America's “One-on-One is just one of many proforemost Latino artists, writers, activists, gramming efforts WGBH is undertaking to
and civic leaders. Produced at WGBH's serve our region and our nation's growing
new studios, One-on-One airs both local- Latino population,” Rivero says. “We're
ly and nationally. Viewers also can watch hard at work on a new multimedia health
full programs on wgbh.org/oneonone as initiative that will look at diabetes, a dis-
October 2007
ease that disproportionately affects
Latinos. We've also got an exciting
national production in the works focusing
on Latin music. And, of course, we have
big plans to mark Hispanic Heritage
Month this fall on TV, on radio, and online.
“Providing a home for multiple points of
view, celebrating diversity, serving our
community and the nation with programs
that inform, inspire, and entertain,”
Rivero concludes, “is what WGBH is all
about.”
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