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Worcester State College Press
Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dominicans in the U.S. and the 2000 Census Data
(Worcester-October 7, 2004) Distinguished lecturer, Ramona Hernández, Ph.D., director of Dominican Studies Institute and associate professor of sociology at City University of New York (CUNY), will speak on “Dominicans in the United States and the 2000 Census Data” at 11:30 a.m., Friday, October 15, 2004 at the Worcester State College Student Center Auditorium. Hernández was appointed by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to the 12-member New York City Panel of Education. Her research and publication interests include the mobility of workers from Latin America and the Caribbean, the restructuring of the world economy and its effects on working and poor people. Her numerous publications include The Mobility of Workers Under Advanced Capitalism, Dominican Migration to the United States and The Dominican Americans. This event, which celebrates Latin Heritage Month, is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Worcester State College Department of Languages and Literature, Diversity Office, Third World Alliance and Latino Education Institute, home of the Worcester Working Coalition for Latino Students.
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