Скачать или смотреть Sr Norma Pimentel Receives the Community Service Award - 31st Hispanic Heritage Awards

The 31st Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards took place on September 12, 2018 in Washington, DC!

Sister Pimentel, M.J., is the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley as well as an advocate for immigrants and refugees and the most vulnerable among us. Pope Francis publicly recognized and thanked Sister Pimentel for her work with immigrants and was recognized as one of the 2015 Catholics of the Year. She was also nominated for “Texan of the Year” and recently received the University of Notre Dame’s 2018 Laetare Medal — the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics.

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The Hispanic Heritage Awards were established in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan to commemorate the creation of Hispanic Heritage Month in America. Since that time, the Hispanic Heritage Awards are considered among the highest honors for Hispanics by Hispanics. Top Latino performers and personalities pay tribute to the Honorees from the stage. The Awards are unique in that celebrities take the stage along with educators, innovators, community and business leaders, elected officials, and others. The Awards are supported by nearly 40 national Hispanic-serving institutions who co-host the program. Surrounding events include an Honorees Dinner, Youth Leadership Summit and festive After-Party.

This year’s honorees include:

Daniel Lubetzky – Entrepreneurship Award presented by Target

Sister Norma – Community Service Award presented by Nationwide

Richard “Crazy Legs” Colon – Culture Award presented by Southwest Airlines

Karol G – Inspira Award presented by T-Mobile

Mj Rodriguez – Trailblazer Award presented by Google

Jesse & Joy – Vision Award presented by Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino

Ingrid Hoffmann – Culinary Arts Award presented by AARP

Young Community Leaders – #MiVozAward presented by Instagram

Past Honorees include: Anthony Quinn, Alejandro Sanz, Ricky Martin, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Placido Domingo, Isabel Allende, Juan Luis Guerra, Zoe Saldana, Juanes, US Reps Ileana Ros Lehtinen and Xavier Becerra, Oscar de la Hoya, Mana, Rosario Dawson, Los Tigres Del Norte, America Ferrera, Olga Tañon, Pedro Martinez, Arturo Sandoval, Eva Longoria, Antonio Banderas, Pepe Aguilar, Carlos Vives, and Rita Moreno, Luis Fonsi, Gael Garcia Bernal, to name a few.

The Awards serve as a launch of HHF’s year-round award-winning programs which inspire, identify, prepare and position Latino leaders in the classroom, community and workforce to meet America’s priorities. HHF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.