Record #: R2022-266   
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Intro date: 3/23/2022 Current Controlling Legislative Body:
Final action: 3/23/2022
Title: Congratulations extended to Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) on 40th anniversary
Sponsors: Villegas, Gilbert
Attachments: 1. R2022-266.pdf

Chicago City Council February 23, 2022

 

 

RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE HISPANIC ALLIANCE FOR CAREER ENHANCEMENT (HACE) ON THEIR 40th ANNIVERSARY

 

WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council Latino Caucus (CCLC) strives to improve the quality of life for Latino families throughout Chicago, by assuring that the Latino community's best interests are well represented in City Council; and

 

WHEREAS, The CCLC wishes to commend the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) for their 40 years of service and contribution to the Chicago Latino community; and

 

WHEREAS, HACE was founded and established their headquarters in Chicago in 1982; and

 

WHEREAS, HACE is a national nonprofit dedicated to the employment, development, and advancement of current and aspiring Latino professionals; has served as a resource for Latinos in the workplace; and is a subject-matter expert for corporations seeking to access diverse talent through access to professional development, resources, and networks; and

 

WHEREAS, HACE helps Latinos succeed in every phase of their career, and has a current network of nearly 100,000 members -from high school students to executives— across the Nation and beyond its borders; and

 

WHEREAS, HACE has set out to create a world in which Latinas are paid fairly and all Latinos realize their full potential so that they can pave a path for future generations; and

 

WHEREAS, HACE will continue to achieve their goals through inclusion, accessibility, continuous innovation, relevant programming, excellence and global leadership; and now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, gathered here this 23rd day of February 2022, do hereby congratulate HACE on its 40th Anniversary and upcoming National Leadership Career Summit and Celebration in Chicago on April 21-22, 2022; and

Gilbert Villegas Alderman of the 36th Ward Chair of Chicago City Council Latino Caucus

Principal Sponsor

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be presented to HACE as a token of our respect and best wishes for a successful and prosperous future.