Puerto Ricans In the News

Is he running for the Senate?

 Maurice Ferre, six time Mayor of Miami and nephew of ex-Governor of Puerto Rico Luis A. Ferre, discussed the probability of running for the US Senate for Florida during a ceremony celebrated at La Prensa last Wednesday.

During his speech, Mr. Ferre, re-affirmed he is only at the exploratory stage, but gave the listeners the impression that he is determined to start working on his campaign. Some of the invitees gave words of support to the Puerto Rican politician. (Click here to see photos of the event)

Tu Portal - A place to Meet, Mingle, and Network
 In an effort to promote social interaction between members and non-member of the PRCCCF, we have created a new social networking site named Tu Portal on Ning. 
                             
Similar to Facebook, in Tu Portal you can upload pictures, discuss the latest's news, write blogs, send messages, post videos, and more. Join today to Tu Portal by going to www.tuportal.ning.com.
 

Listen to the NPR Interview!
Puerto Ricans Gain Political Clout in Florida
of June 26, 2009
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A New Alliance is Born

The groups forming the Puerto Rican Round Table are:
•The PRCCCF.
•Asociación de PR Viviendo en FL.
•La Casa de Puerto Rico.
•La Asociación Borinqueña.
•El Centro Cultural de PR en Kissimmee.
•La Casa de Cultura de la Florida.		  

   



Emilio Perez discuss the new alliance called "La Mesa Redonda Puertorriqueña" The Puerto Rican Roundtable, in which 6 Puerto Rican Organizations join forces to work together towards helping the community in Central Florida.
     
           click here for more photos

 
Press Release
 "PR Chamber of Commerce of Central FL Kicks-off The Hispanic Heritage Month with a Call to All Latino Writers. Local & visiting writers will be honored with a book signing event at Borders"  
   September 9, 2009 -- Orlando, Florida, – The Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida, a non-profit organization working to connect Puerto Rican & Hispanic professionals in Central Florida & beyond, announced today a kick off celebration of the Hispanic Heritage Month with a tribute event to Latin writers. The event, A Call to All Latino Writers: A celebration of  Latino culture through the eyes & mind of Latino
Authors is the first of its kind for PRCCCF and aims at being among the exclusive premiere signature events for the organization. This 30 day event begins with a writers' book signing event on September 16th, then, throughout the twenty-nine day celebration, the Borders location will have their acclaimed literary works on display and available for sale at their store. We will have several local writers participating as well as many flying in from Puerto Rico!

Full event details are:

When: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Where: Borders Book Store, 1051 Sand Lake Rd Orlando, FL 32809
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Cost: Free and open to the community
RSVP: marketing@prcccf.org