All Hands On Deck!

All Hands on Deck!

Next year, Prospanica will celebrate 30 years of creating tangible opportunities for Hispanic business professionals. Since its inception in 1988, Prospanica has taken a leadership role nationwide as the non-profit organization dedicated to empowering the Hispanic community to achieve their full educational, economic, and social potential. The 2018 Annual Conference and Career Expo—¡IMPACTO! Rising & Thriving—will serve as a platform for companies to connect with qualified and diverse professionals, entrepreneurs and students who can fuel their competitive engines.

The 2018 Annual Conference and Career Expo: ¡IMPACTO! Rising & Thriving will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from September 12 - 14, 2018, and it promises to deliver on everyone’s expectations. Attendees will have access to life-changing career opportunities and learning sessions with subject matter experts. Sponsors will have a chance to scout and engage exceptional new talent, while tapping into one of the most coveted consumer segments: Hispanic professionals.

I know Samantha Maldonado, Prospanica Milwaukee’s Chapter President, is already planning, strategizing and leading with her Chapter Board and Members. We are asking the entire Prospanica family to engage and collaborate with each other to maximize the ¡IMPACTO! of this milestone Prospanica conference. Why Milwaukee? Here’s a glimpse of major insights drawn for the 2016 Study Latino Milwaukee: A Statistical Portrait, and Visit Milwaukee, among others:

• The Latino population in metro Milwaukee has more than tripled since 1990 to about 160,000, or 10.2 percent of the region's total population.
• The city of Milwaukee's total population dropped 4.5 percent between 1990 and 2014. But the population of Latinos rose 174.4 percent.
• Without the surge in Milwaukee's Latino population since 1990, the city's population would have declined by over 16 percent between then and 2014.
• In 2016, Milwaukee opened a brand new Mexican Consulate.
• Milwaukee is a minority majority city, with African Americans and Latinos making up more than half the city’s population.
• Milwaukee has invested over $2 billion in new development since 2010.
• Milwaukee is home to nine Fortune 500 companies.
• Milwuakee is less than 100 miles from: Green Bay, Madison, and Chicago.
• In 2018, Milwaukee will open its new NBA Arena for the Bucks (located two blocks from the Wisconsin Center) and the Streetcar system named “the Hop” (all rides will be free the first year).
• Milwaukee will host LULAC’s 2019 National Convention.