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PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE MONTH KICK-OFF CELEBRATION 
KICK-OFF EVENT
BY INVITATION ONLY

The Comité Noviembre Puerto Rican Heritage Month kick-off event usually takes place each year on the last Thursday of October. At this event, Comité Noviembre honors Puerto Rican community heroes through Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad Awards, unveils its annual poster and distributes its journal calendar of event. This event is free for the community. Over 300 key community and business leaders as well as elected officials attend this very festive, musical and cultural event.

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CN ANNUAL GALA BENEFIT 
GALA BENEFIT
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008
NY HILTON
6PM – COCKTAILS; 7PM – DINNER

The Comité Noviembre Annual Gala Benefit was instituted in 1996 at its tenth anniversary to raise funds for its scholarship awards program. To date the event has continued to attract key leaders of New York’s Puerto Rican community and Corporate America. The annual gala benefit is scheduled each year on or around the second Thursday of November.

Since the inception of this event, the musical entertainment has drawn and generated much excitement beginning with salsa sensations Victor Manuelle in 1996, Tito Nieves in 1997 and 1999, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico in 1998, George Lamond and Brenda K. Starr in 2000 and most recently Frankie Negron in 2005.

In 2001, because of the tragic event of September 11th, CN decided to hold a luncheon instead of a dinner which continued until 2005 when the event moved back to an evening event with a spectacular gala at the world famous Copacabana.

Over the years, CN has been honored with the presence and support of celebrities like: Actors Rosie Perez and Jennifer Lopez, Danny Rivera, On-air radio personality Polito Vega and many more. The gala has also showcased new talents and ventures. Most notably in 1997, Marc Anthony, Ednita Nazario and Ruben Blades made a special appearance and performed several songs from the Broadway show Capeman. 

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THIRD ANNUAL COMITÉ NOVIEMBRE
PUERTO RICAN ARTISANS FAIR & EXHIBIT
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
CHURCH OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE
405 WEST 59TH ST., NYC
11AM – 6PM

In keeping with its mission to promote Puerto Rican culture and art as well as to commemorate its 21st anniversary, Comité Noviembre will be inviting Puerto Rican artisans from Puerto Rico and the United States to participate in its First Annual Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Exhibit. CN envisions the same festive atmosphere of the fiesta patronales that takes place in each town of Puerto Rico. CN will transform the venue into a typical Puerto Rican plaza with artists, sculptors, vejigante mask makers etc. promoting and selling their wares while typical Puerto Rican food is sold from kiosks and musical acts entertain throughout the day. Workshops for children are being planned, like mask making, the history of the three kings’ celebration, and much more!

CN will work with local media, (print, radio, television), to attract the community to this event. Additionally, the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration, el museo del barrio and the Association of Hispanic Arts will outreach to artists on the island and mainland to participate in this event.

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    Third Annual Puerto Rican Artisans Fair & Exhibit     click here to download the application form:
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THIRTEENTH ANNUAL CN DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE 
AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2008
TBD
11AM – 4PM

For the past ten years, Comité Noviembre has set aside the Sunday before Thanksgiving as a day of community service and social responsibility in commemoration of November 19th, traditionally known as Puerto Rican discovery day or as we like to call it Puerto Rican “encounter” day. During this day people participate in several volunteer efforts that aid the Puerto Rican community and its organizations. The purpose of the day is to show the spirit of commitment and the power of action. 

Over the years, this event has been a great success and organizations throughout the city have benefited from this collaboration, including homeless and battered women’s shelters and senior centers as well as individual families. Through this effort, Comité Noviembre has collected coats, clothing, and toiletries for these organizations. In recent years, CN has conducted a food drive of non-perishable foods to create Thanksgiving dinner baskets for the poor of New York. CN has also worked with local supermarkets and business leaders to provide turkeys to each family. The food baskets are distributed by volunteers the Tuesday before Thanksgiving to needy families. This event will be spearheaded this year by ASPIRA of New York.

  • To volunteer for this event please contact:
    ASPIRA of New York, Inc.
    520 Eighth Avenue, 22nd Floor
    New York, NY 10018
    (212) 564-6880, (212) 564-7152 (fax)

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CN COMMEMORATIVE CALENDAR JOURNAL

Comité Noviembre's commemorative journal calendar becomes a collector's item each year because of the articles and historical information that it provides. These essays and articles are published annually in several newspapers ranging from The New York Daily News, El Diario La Prensa, HOY, as well as the San Juan Star and El Nuevo Día in Puerto Rico. The calendar is developed by disseminating a questionnaire to Puerto Rican organizations throughout the tri-state area and other states throughout the country to acquire information about their November activities. The journals are distributed to educational, cultural and community organizations. Over 250 events and activities are sponsored and held by community based organizations, cultural institutions and government officials throughout New York alone. The journal articles are written by community activists, educators, artists and CN members.

Comité Noviembre would like to urge you to plan an event during November in celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage Month’s twentieth anniversary and to keep our theme in mind. If you have already planned an activity for this occasion, we would like to include it in the Puerto Rican Heritage Month Calendar of Events.

In order to insure that your activity is included in the calendar, please return the questionnaire by

PLEASE RETURN, FAX OR EMAIL QUESTIONNAIRE BY:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008,
TO: EL CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PUERTORRIQUEÑOS
HUNTER COLLEGE – EAST BUILDING, 695 PARK AVENUE, RM. 1429E
NEW YORK, NY 10021
ATTN: RACHELL ARTEAGA PROJECT ASSISTANT

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL RACHELL ARTEAGA:
(212) 772-4348; FAX TO: (212) 650-3673
OR EMAIL: RARTEAGA@HUNTER.CUNY.EDU

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