2023 Power Breakfast
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April 28, 2023
8:00 am
DON’T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE LATINOS IN GEORGIA!
Latinxs and Hispanics have been ignored in many conversations. However, that has changed. GALEO understands the need to uplift Latinxs and Hispanics and give them a platform for their powerful voices. Our Power Breakfast will be held on April 28, 2023. Additionally, sponsors are recognized within the program and can have ad space based on the sponsorship.
This event will sell out!
Date:
April 28th, 2023
Time:
8:00 am
Location:
Crown Plaza Norcross, 6050 Peachtree Industrial Blvd Norcross, GA 30071
Keynote Speaker Announced
Lalo Alcaraz has been drawing editorial cartoons for over three decades. He is the creator of the syndicated daily comic strip, “La Cucaracha” as seen in the L.A. Times and other papers nationwide. A prolific editorial cartoonist, Lalo’s work has been nationally syndicated by Andrews McMeel Syndication for over 20 years.
Lalo was a Finalist for the 2020 and 2021 Pulitzer Prizes in Editorial Cartooning and was the winner of the 2022 Herb Block Prize for Editorial Cartooning. He has been honored for his community activism by the State of California, the Cesar Chavez Foundation, MALDEF, UNIDOS, and the City of Los Angeles.
He is a television writer and producer, and as Cultural Consultant, he helped Pixar’s COCO win an Oscar for Best Animated Film in 2018 and was a writer and producer for Nickelodeon’s award-winning animated series, “The Casagrandes,” and FOX’s animated series, “Bordertown.” He has consulted and written for Xbox and various Hollywood studios.
In 2021 he co-founded Pocho Villa Productions, a TV & Film production company to develop and produce cutting-edge Latino content. Lalo has written, produced, and directed various public service animations for the California Department of Public Health, the Office of the California Governor, and Arizona State University’s Covid Latino program.
Lalo is a graduate of San Diego State University (BA in Art) and UC Berkeley (Master’s in Architecture) and a former Illustration instructor at OTIS College of Art & Design.
Lalo was born in San Diego, California, to Mexican immigrant parents from Sinaloa and Zacatecas. He is married to a public school teacher with three children.
Georgia Keynote Speaker
Jason Esteves is the Georgia State Senator for District 6 and is focused on tackling issues that impact our families, especially public education, healthcare, housing, and economic opportunity. He was sworn in on January 9, 2023, and serves on the following Senate Committees: Children and Families, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Finance, State and Local Governmental Operations, and Interstate Cooperation.
He is a former at-large representative and Board Chair of the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education. In 2013, he became the first Latino elected to a school board in Georgia and has focused his efforts on promoting equity and improving the financial outlook of the school system. In November 2021, Jason was re-elected to his third term on the Board with 62% of the vote.
Under Jason’s leadership, APS has attained its highest graduation rate to date (83.1%), provided over $100 million in staff pay increases and stipends, and increased APS’s fund balance to its highest levels while providing more money directly to school sites. Jason helped ensure that APS stepped up to address the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic–APS distributed hundreds of thousands of meals to families and provided every student with a laptop and, if needed, an internet hotspot. APS followed scientific guidance on masks, testing, and school re-opening despite pressure from Governor Kemp.
Jason serves as Vice President at Equifax Inc., where he leads the handling of regulatory matters, risk mitigation, and sensitive disputes and investigations for the company. He was a litigation associate at the law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (now Dentons US LLP) after graduating from Emory University School of Law.
He serves as Treasurer of the Democratic Party of Georgia and is on the boards of several local non-profit organizations, including GALEO and the Children’s Museum of Atlanta. He is an alumnus of LEAD Atlanta (2012), Leadership Georgia (2015), and Outstanding Atlanta (2020), and is in the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2022.
