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You Are Invited To a Multicultural Happy Hour

Building a Multicultural Alliance for Immigration Reform & The Immigrant-Friendly City
Thursday, February 21, 2013 4:30 to 6:30 pm Tomos Hibachi Restaurant & Lounge (Brand New!) 1293 West 9th Street, Cleveland 44113

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A group of leaders from the Mexican, African American, Chinese, Jewish, Puerto Rican, Nigerian, Lebanese, Guatemalan, Israeli, French, Taiwanese, Palestinian, Bhutanese, Pakistani, Somali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Indian, Serbian and many other communities invite you to our inaugural Multicultural Happy Hour. We intend to do this each month in 2013 to create a sense of community and commitment around support for national immigration law reform and local efforts to make Northeast Ohio cities more immigrant-friendly. Historic changes are happening all around us.

The re-election of the nations first African-American president. The rise in political power of the Hispanic and Asian community. Possible immigration reform that could bring millions of undocumented families out of the shadows and into our welcoming community --- not to mention thousands more immigrant entrepreneurs and innovators that could help jumpstart the economy of cities like Cleveland, Lorain and Painesville. However, for Northeast Ohio to benefit from these national changes, and for our economy to grow, we will have to come together, speak with one voice in D.C. on why immigration reform is important to Northeast Ohios future. We invite you to join us for happy hour, networking, and a quick briefing on how you can support immigration law reform, as well as ways we can together encourage local policies that welcome immigrant investment and talent, that make immigrants feel safe and part of the community. Together, we can build a globally-connected city and grow the pie. Please join us and other kindred spirits on Thursday, February 21st, for complimentary wine and appetizers, cash bar, at the newly-launched Tomo Hibachi Restaurant & Lounge, 1293 West 9th St. Cleveland, Ohio 44113. Tomos is the brainchild of Immigrant-American entrepreneurs Velimir Lucic, of Serbia, and Benny Yang, of China. Check out the photos of this amazing historic four story building recently renovated by Velimir and Benny at www.tomohibachiandsushi.com. You wont want to miss this event!

Event Hosts Lee Fisher, CEO for Cities John Barnes, Ohio House of Representatives Joe Cimperman, Councilman, City of Cleveland Mamie Mitchell, Councilwoman, City of Cleveland Brian Cummins, Councilman, City of Cleveland Max Rodas, Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center & Guatemalan Immigrant Lute Harmon, Inside Business & Cleveland Magazine Eduardo Gonzalez, Ferragon Corporation Richard Romero, Latinos Magazine Ivan Gomez, Vocero Latino Mansfield Frazier, Neighborhood Solutions Jan Vilcek, Vilcek Foundation Johnny Wu, Organization of Chinese Americans- Cleveland Donna Dabbs, Urban Film Festival Alton Tinker, Society of Urban Professionals Alan Schonberg, Ohio Israel Chamber of Commerce Joy Roller, Global Cleveland Ruben Castilla Herrra, LGBT LULAC Michael Byun, Asia Service in Action Camilo Villa, SEIU Local 1 Karin Wishner, International Services Center Nick Torres, Latino Policy Action Network Pierre Beijjani, Cleveland American Middle East Organization Prakash Sinha, India International

Lucian Fogoros, Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America Dennis Seaman, Seaman Garson Derek Ng, China Great Lakes Innovation Hasan Bakia, Albanian Association of Cleveland Connie Atkins, Consortium of African American Organizations Brian Hoffman, Innovation Ohio Henry Guzman, HG & Associates Gary Convertino, VP, Diversity, Cleveland Society of Human Resource Professionals Susan Lohwater, Cuyahoga Community College Patty Quinonez, Latina, Inc. Lou Acosta, Northcoast Minority Media Arooj Ashraf, LaPrensa Newspaper John Ramos, LULAC Ohio Maritza Motino, LULAC Columbus Velimir Lucic, Tomo Hibachi Restaurant & Lounge Benny Yan, Tomo Hibachi Restauraunt & Lounge Anthony Yen, Confucius Institute, CSU Luis Cargagena, Young Latino Network & Convencion Hispana 2013 Sanjiv Kapur, Jones Day Jack Story, Saving Cities Rachel Ng, MotivAsians Jennifer Luu, MotivAsians Patrick Valente (TIE: The Immigrant Entrepreneur Association) Asim Data, Federation of India Community Associations, Cleveland Joe Nava, Cincinnati Latino Community & Unity Prime Construction Jason Lin, Lins Omni Plaza Henry Luu, Lins Omni Plaza Kenneth Kovach, International Services Center, ICC Pradip Kamat, Indus International and TIE Angel Galvan, Galvan Concepts Gene Sasso, Professor of Public Relations, KSU Syed Ali, Second Chance Immigration George Burke, International Education Consultant Maria Galindo-Dasilvo, Hispanic Cultural Center of Cleveland Josue Vicente, Ohio Hispanic Coalition Joe Cole, TIE Rico Neller, La Prensa & La Revista Olga Sonis, US Together Helen Tarkhenova, US Together Gia Hoa Ryan, Friendship Foundation of American-Vietnamese Joseph Meissner, Friendship Foundation of American-Vietnamese Masao Yu, Taipei-Cleveland Sister City Committee Craig Siplin, Cleveland Classic TV Richard Herman, TIE & Herman Legal Group Ye-Fan Glavin, China Invests in America Alfonso Cornejo, Cincinnati Latino Community Bharat Kumar, INDIA Festival USA Deb Roy, INDIA FESTIVAL USA Dina & Michael Ferrer, Coalition for Hispanic/Latino Issues & Progress David Bowen, Richard L. Bowen & Assocs., Northeast Ohio District Export Council Alex Machaskee Eduardo Romero Vi Huynh

Harry Weller Maria Pujana Becca Kopp Richard Eastburn Barbara Hawkins Benito Lucio Len Calabrese Paramjit Singh Malak Jadallah Raj Aggarwal Truc Cao Gerardo Colon Maria Colon Joe Thomas Elaine Tsai Abraham Bruckman Charmaine Rozario Joseph Mas Gilbert Torres Ruiz Laura McShane David Lubell Vania Stefanova Bob Rosing Diana Centeno-Gomez Luis Gomez Connie Cook Andrew Thomas Vivian Borromeo Georg Abakumov Kimberly Chen Sandra Morgan Ron & Anila Nicklos Hugo Urizar Yary Cora

For more information contact Richard Herman at (216) 696-6170 or email at Richardtmherman@gmail.com

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