Andrés Franco returns to the podium—for one night, of course

 

In case you did not know, our Executive Director Andrés Franco came to City of Asylum from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO), where he served as Resident Conductor. Andrés will be returning to the podium on Tuesday, October 5th at 7:30 PM to conduct the PSO as part of RADical Days 2021. The concert features music by Florence Price—the first Black woman to have a symphony premiered by a major U.S. orchestra—as well as music inspired by Spanish culture.     Program includes: Manuel Penella (arr. Brito):  Pasodoble from El Gato Montés Florence Price: Selections from Symphony No. 1 in E Minor Georges Bizet:  Selections from Carmen Suites No. 1 and 2 Jerónimo Giménez: Intermedio No. 4 from La Boda de Luis Alonso RADical Days is an annual thank you to the public with free admission, tours, performances, and family activities offered by the organizations and attractions that are funded by RAD. Though this is a free performance with general admission, advance reservations are recommended. Reserve your tickets at the Heinz Hall Box office (412) 392-4900 or online.   Enjoy these RADical Days events from City of Asylum   The Corridor is a place-making initiative that focuses on the approximate one-mile passage from the Mattress Factory to The Andy Warhol Museum. Current partners include: Children's Museum of Pittsburgh; Mattress Factory; The Andy Warhol Museum; City of Asylum; the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy; and the National Aviary.  On September 30, City of Asylum celebrates Corridor Day with all-day activities in our bookstore! Activities include raffles, "blind-date with a book," and book bingo. Plus free drop in storytelling for kids at 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM.  With thanks to generous support from the Allegheny County Regional Asset District, The Corridor Partners work to build stronger relationships between our institutions and our neighboring communities. This project received a RADical ImPAct Grant from the Allegheny Regional Asset District (RAD).     Throughout RADical Days, bring your admission ticket for any Northside cultural institution to City of Asylum's Bookstore for 10% off your entire sale. Please note this is for same-day admission tickets only. Sore hours: Open daily 12-6       RADical Days is an annual thank you to the public with free admission, tours, performances, and family activities offered by the organizations and attractions that are funded by RAD. See the full events calendar below or download a schedule here.     Copyright © 2021 City of Asylum, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: City of Asylum 40 W. North Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15212

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October 5. Meet 3 Hispanic Young TECH Entrepreneurs who are business owners.

As part of Hispanic Heritage Month celebration, we have invited 3 young entrepreneurs under the title, "Successful Latino TECH Entrepreneurs – Abriendo Caminos" – a Panel Discussion.

 

https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/successful_latino_tech_entrepreneurs#.YUyaUuySnD4

Tuesday, October 5, 2021,

Time: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST

Technology is universal and therefore needs to reflect the diverse users, creators and innovators that shape the technology of tomorrow. In 2015, only 4.7% of Tech professionals were Hispanic. (latinotech.org).  Minority-owned companies contribute greatly to the US economy (4.7 million jobs) and capital market ($700b annual revenue). But many Black and Latino businesses do not reach their full potential due to coaching, connections, curriculum and capital barriers. Latino US adults over 25 with a bachelor's degree or higher comprised only 21% compared to 45% non-minority.  The total US venture dollars raised for Black and Latino founders in 2020⁴ was only 2.4%. (EY).

During this panel discussion, successful Pittsburgh Hispanic/Latina/e/o/x TECH entrepreneurs will share their experience, drive, spirit, barriers and challenges to increase more Latinx/Hispanics in TECH business in the U.S. Main takeaways will be strategies to face barriers in business and tips to be successful.

 

MODERATORS

Brent Rondon, MPA Senior Consultant for International Trade Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence Innovation Institute University of Pittsburgh

Annia Aleman Innovation Director Ascender Business Incubator

 

Brent Rondon.  Senior Management Consultant for the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, Innovation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh. In that capacity he consults with export-import clients as well as immigrant/international/hispanic entrepreneurs.

Previously, he was the Manager of the Global Business Program at the Duquesne University SBDC. Brent managed export projects to assist U.S. equipment manufacturers to enter Latin American countries of U.S.-Made equipment. He has traveled extensively and led trade missions to countries such as Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, China, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Brazil.

He received a Master's Degree of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) and a Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. His undergraduate studies were in Lima, Peru, receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture Engineering from the La Molina National University. He is a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP) from NASBITE International, on the board of Global Pittsburgh, Mayor Peduto's Welcoming Pittsburgh initiative, the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Sister Cities International, NASBITE International and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Diverse Communities Group.  He was a 6-year President of the Latin American Cultural Union and he is fluent in Spanish and intermediate Portuguese.

 

Annia Aleman.   Innovation Director at Ascender Business Incubator. At Ascender, Annia is in charge of designing and executing educational programming as well as working with entrepreneurs, local innovators launch and build new products or services that impact how people live, work, and play.

Before joining Ascender, Annia worked for four years at the Department of Innovation & Performance, City of Pittsburgh. Annia's eye for creative solutions, problem-solving skills, and convening and cultivating partnerships led her to work across teams and departments. Here, she was responsible for launching and managing PGH Lab, a program that connects startups and the city government to test new products and services. She helped push forward the citywide Inclusive Innovation plan that convened and amplified organizations working towards a more inclusive and equitable Pittsburgh for all. She also participated in the 2018 Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayors Challenge, where cities competed for a grand prize of 1 million dollars to address pressing needs. Annia has worked nationally and internationally leading human-centered design thinking workshops in the public sector.

Annia holds a Master's in Public Policy & Management from Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, and a Bachelor's in Global Policy with a minor in Economics from Chatham University. Annia was a 2020 New Leaders Council Fellow, where she participated in a six-month leadership training program. In 2018 the Pittsburgh Business Times recognized Annia as one of Pittsburgh's "30 under 30," and The Incline recognized her as one of the "Who's Next: Technology."

 

 

 

PANELISTS

 

Daniela Osio,  CEO, Kloopify.

 

Photo taken from Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniela-osio-4a947394/

Daniela Osio, CEO and founder of Kloopify, a SaaS company focused on accelerating the world's transition to sustainable materials.  Ecolabel compliance is hard, Kloopify makes it easy.   Daniela Osio is passionate about solving meaningful problems. She is the founder and CEO of Kloopify, a SaaS platform helping companies achieve sustainability. Formerly at DuPont, Daniela was the Global Risk Management Leader who created, developed, and implemented a Risk Management organization for the $4.0 billion Electronics and Imaging (E&I) Business Unit. She led the warehousing, barge, tank & transloading categories through the DOW and DuPont merger, and in 2019 was named a 30 under 30 Supply Chain Star by the Institute of Supply Chain Management. She attended Duquesne University and studied Supply Chain Management and Information Systems Management. While at Duquesne, she was a D1 college tennis player. She speaks various languages and grew up all over the world.  She has Venezuelan and Spanish roots.

 

Kloopify enables organizations with Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives to achieve their Environmental, social, and corporate governance goals. We do this by tackling the climate and social crisis at the center of the problem: the supply chain and sustainable procurement. Our SaaS platform connects organizations with suppliers in real-time and gives purchasers immediate insights into the social and environmental impact of each purchase decision. Kloopify grades and assess each product and service by the impact they make on GHG and carbon emissions, water consumption, chemicals of concerns, slavery, etc. Unlike consulting and ad-hoc solutions, Kloopify is easy to implement, cost-effective, and scalable for a lasting world impact

 

Alex Garcia,  Owner, AGIS.

Photo taken from Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexgarcia57/

Alex Garcia, Owner, AGIS.  AGIS media helps E-commerce brands and startups scale to 7 & 8 figures through digital marketing campaigns.   Alex is an entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of AGIS Media, what he describes as "not your daddy's marketing agency". He helps scale direct-to-consumer brands around the world using leading digital marketing strategies. Alex is a rising junior at CMU pursuing a business major and an entrepreneurship minor. Having grown up with two serial entrepreneurs for parents, Alex learned what it's like to grow a company and developed a passion for business from a young age. Alex used the marketing skills that he had learned from his previous business ventures to start his advertising agency.  In the future, Alex hopes to be one of the leaders in the digital marketing industry and eventually found his own venture capital firm/studio. Along the way, he hopes to have a lot of fun bringing some of his crazy business ideas to life. He has Venezuelan and Spanish roots.

AGIS Media Description:  AGIS Media is a leading digital marketing agency that works with established e-commerce brands to completely transform their social media marketing and skyrocket their sales. AGIS Media has helped DTC brands scale to multiple seven and eight figures through Facebook and Instagram ads.

 

Roberto Iriondo,  

Picture taken from Linkedin. https://www.linkedin.com/in/robiriondo/

Roberto is the head of Towards AI, an internationally known Pittsburgh media company in the AI space, servicing AI startups and enterprises with clients in the US, the UAE, and Europe. He is also the Head of Content at Snorkel AI, a Silicon Valley AI unicorn that empowers data scientists and developers to build and deploy scalable AI applications end-to-end. Previously, he was a front-end engineer and marketing lead for the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University. As an engineer and strategist by heart, his work has helped several companies to achieve business goals and KPIs, from NVIDIA AI, Anyscale, Superb AI, Determined AI, Lambda, Udacity, and many more. His background roots are from Peru.

 

 

Visit https://calendar.pitt.edu/event/successful_latino_tech_entrepreneurs#.YUyaUuySnD4 for more information.

 

Thanks,

 

Best Regards,

 

Brent G. Rondon, MPA, CGBP.

Sr. Management Consultant for International Trade

University of Pittsburgh SBDC

Hablo Espanol

 

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Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month Film Series

 

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[ALLEGHENY] Virtual Input Session re: Latinx Needs in the County

• Join us to the hear the draft findings of the county-wide LatinX Needs Study and give us your input before the report is finalized. Join the meeting here: https://bit.ly/3gX80js.
• Acompáñenos a escuchar los hallazgos preliminares del estudio sobre las necesidades de las comunidades latinas en el condado de Allegheny y provéanos sus impresiones antes de que se finalicen los resultados. Puede entrar a la reunión aquí: https://bit.ly/3gX80js.

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[CMU] Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month Film Series

 

 

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO CMU COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. PLEASE FOLLOW FACIAL COVERING GUIDELINES AS DESCRIBED BELOW. SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

 

Come celebrate Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month with the Department of Modern Languages at CMU in Posner Hall 153! We're showing four different films that explore the Latinx/Hispanic experience in the United States
Zoot Suit / Raising Victor Vargas / The Infiltrators / Dolores

 

Visitors and CMU community members should follow facial covering guidelines

 

https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus/health-and-wellness/facial-covering-guidelines.html

 

Iván E. Cao-Berg

Research Software Specialist

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Mellon College of Science

Carnegie Mellon University

 

Pronouns: He/Him

 

[CMU] Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month Film Series

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO CMU COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. PLEASE FOLLOW FACIAL COVERING GUIDELINES AS DESCRIBED BELOW. SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

 

Come celebrate Latinx Hispanic Heritage Month with the Department of Modern Languages at CMU in Posner Hall 153! We're showing four different films that explore the Latinx/Hispanic experience in the United States
Zoot Suit / Raising Victor Vargas / The Infiltrators / Dolores

 

Visitors and CMU community members should follow facial covering guidelines

 

https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus/health-and-wellness/facial-covering-guidelines.html

 

Iván E. Cao-Berg

Research Software Specialist

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Mellon College of Science

Carnegie Mellon University

 

Pronouns: He/Him

 

[HHM] CORRECTION - 40th Latin American and Caribbean Festival at Pitt

This is a correction of the communication that was sent out yesterday.

The 40th Latin American & Caribbean Festival has been postponed to October 8, 2022 due to COVID-19 restrictions at the University of Pittsburgh.
See below for updated information.

 

Dear Festival Community,

We hope that this message finds you well as we head into the Fall. At this point, you may be wondering why we are updating you about the Latin American and Caribbean Festival at Pitt yet again. Our yearly feature community event has been part of the fabric of our community for many decades. It is a significant local gathering and an opportunity to celebrate the heritage and culture of Latin America and the Caribbean, bringing together thousands of participants. At the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) we are fond of the Festival well beyond our personal duties. 

The University of Pittsburgh is similarly concerned for its communities' best interest and well-being. Oakland campus posture for the foreseeable future restricts access to buildings and facilities to those who are not Pitt students, Faculty, and/or Staff. As there is no certainty that this will change in the next two months, we have made the difficult decision to postpone the 40th Latin American & Caribbean Festival until October 8, 2022.

In order to abide by Pitt guidelines and good practice, we will hold a discrete celebration open only to students, faculty, and staff. However, we are hopeful that by Fall 2022 we can return to the wide-open community celebration we have grown accustomed to. Thank you once again for your support and patience as we sort through the challenges this pandemic imposes upon all of us.

Please reach out to Luz Amanda at lavst12@pitt.edu, if you should have any other questions or concerns. We really look forward to seeing you for the Festival next year—mark your calendars: Saturday, October 8, 2022.

A discrete celebration open to Pitt students, staff, and faculty will be held on October 2, 2021 from 7-10PM outside the William Pitt Union.

 

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