Hispanic Heritage Day Flyer
USS Hornet Museum
Please be part of the USS Hornet Museum to have fun Hispanic Heritage Day Sept twenty fourth from 10 am – 5 pm. We may have particular shows, exhibitors, audio system and extra.
ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, September 12, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Alameda, CA: Please be part of the USS Hornet Museum as we have fun Hispanic Heritage Day on September twenty fourth from 10 am till 5 pm. We may have particular shows, exhibitors, audio system and extra to have fun Hispanic-Americans in the armed forces all through the historical past of the US.
The shows and exhibitors will likely be obtainable all day. Our primary occasion will begin at 1 p.m. with audio system and a highly-interactive panel presentation with viewers participation.
Background of Hispanic History Month: Hispanic Heritage Month is an annual celebration of the historical past and tradition of Latino-American communities. The occasion, which spans from September 15 to October 15, commemorates how these communities have influenced and contributed to American society at massive. The inclusive time period Latinx refers to an individual’s ethnicity —no matter race.
Master of Ceremonies: USAF veteran Graciela Tiscareño-Sato (aka Captain Mama) Captain Mama Books | Children’s Aviation Book Series
Special Guest Speaker: LTC Marisol Chalas, Camp Parks CO Garrison Commander: CAMP PARKS
Panelists:
1. Michael Lema – U.S. Marine Corps veteran
2. Leo Madrid – U.S. Navy veteran
3. Coast Guard veteran – TBD
Special Exhibitors (signed up so far-there are extra in the means of confirming):
1. Women’s Veteran Alliance
2. American Legion César E. Chávez Post 505
3. San Francisco Veterans Film Festival
4. U.S. Air Force Recruiting
5. Vets in Tech
6. U.S. Navy Recruiting
7. P.E.A.C.E. Inc. (People Evolve as Consciousness Expands)
8. Team Red, White and Blue
9. Centro Community Partners
10. Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at Cal
11. US Army Recruiter
12. A Future for Veterans Foundation
13. Rainge Spring Water
Brief bios of panelists (full bios and pictures at web site: https://uss-hornet.org/calendar/hispanic-american-heritage-day-uss-hornet )
Graciela Tiscareño-Sato (Captain Mama): Daughter of Mexican immigrants, Graciela Tiscareño-Sato flew in the active-duty U.S. Air Force for over 9 years as a navigator onboard KC-135 refueling tankers and grew to become the first Hispanic feminine USAF aviator to earn an Air Medal for fight air operations. She graduated from U.C Berkeley the place she attended as an Air Force ROTC scholarship cadet. Graciela is a bilingual keynote speaker and bestselling creator of nonfiction literature and bilingual kids’s books, the latter an aviation trilogy impressed by her decade of service.
LTC Marisol Chalas: Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Marisol A. Chalas was born in Bani, Dominican Republic and moved to the United States with her household to Massachusetts at the age of 9. She started her army profession as an enlisted soldier in July 1990. In 2001, she was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Aviation department from the Georgia Military Institute Officer Candidate School. She is presently the commanding officer of Camp Parks.
Leo Madrid: U.S. Navy veteran Leo Madrid has a ardour for excellence and an appreciation for all issues bizarre. These traits enabled his fast rise in the gallery world, after active-duty deployment onboard the USS Knox, touchdown him a director place in certainly one of the largest galleries in the San Francisco Bay Area. Combining his Navy engineering and semiconductor business expertise, Leo lately led a crew of scientists and software program engineers although the XPRIZE: $500K Pandemic Response Challenge sponsored by Cognizant. The crew did so effectively that they have been invited to change into a part of the Alumni group and will likely be included in the XPRIZE Technology Hall of Fame in autumn 2022. This consciousness researcher and his crew lately opened a devoted artwork venue with a state-of-the-art showroom on Alameda Island.
Michael Lema: Michael is a Hayward native and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who deployed in 2018 to the Middle East to help Operation Inherent Resolve, seeing firsthand what it meant to combat for his nation. Today he’s a Journeyman Electrician, finding out to change into an electrical engineer, whereas coming into public service to safe a seat on the Hayward City Council.
What: Hispanic Heritage Day @ USS Hornet
When: September twenty fourth, 10 am to five pm
Where: 707 West Hornet Ave, Alameda, CA
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Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation preserves and honors the legacy of the USS Hornet CV-12 and its function in naval aviation, the protection of our nation, the Apollo Program and the exploration of area. The USS Hornet Museum connects the best technology of Americans with future generations, educating and inspiring them to satisfy their challenges. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit group, the USS Hornet Museum depends on the generosity of people to fund our academic applications, restoration tasks, create and improve reveals and rather more. The Museum will not be supported in any approach by common grants from metropolis, county, state or federal sources. Through discipline journeys and live-aboard experiences, the USS Hornet Museum affords instructional applications focusing on naval historical past, science and area know-how: https://uss-hornet.org/youth-education. A registered state and nationwide historic landmark, the ship is open to the public on weekends from 10 a.m. to five p.m. and is completely berthed at 707 W. Hornet Ave., Pier 3 in Alameda, CA. Ample free parking is offered throughout from the pier. The USS Hornet Museum can be a singular, unforgettable venue obtainable for company occasions; commerce exhibits and expos; non-public events and massive band dances; and TV and movie productions. For extra data, ticket costs and occasion planning, go to: www.uss-hornet.org or name (510) 599-4272.
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