41st Annual Puerto Rican People’s Parade
JOIN THE CELEBRATION AS WE PAY HOMAGE TO ITS FOUNDERS
starting at 2:00pm on Division St. and Western, on Saturday June 15th , 2019.
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Parade will honor its founders
This year the parade will honor its founders and will highlight the 3R’s PR campaign “Rescue, Relief, Rebuild Puerto Rico” of the Puerto Rican Agenda. These founders are being honored as the pioneers, whose vision and diligence, started a space in this community forty years ago to promote our culture and celebrate our resilience.
¡Gracias! Puerto Rican Agenda’s 3R’s PR campaign “Rescue, Relief, Rebuild Puerto Rico”
This year’s Parade will additionally highlight the work the Puerto Rican Agenda has undertaken in response to the humanitarian and the exacerbated economic crisis that Puerto Rico faced as a result of Hurricane María. For donations to the Puerto Rican Relief Fund www.puertoricanchicago.org
Reconocimiento a Hon. Josián Santiago, Alcalde Comerio
Estaremos presentando un reconocimiento especial al Hon. Josián Santiago, Alcalde Comerio, PR.
Reconocimiento al Concejal Ángel Arroyo de Lorain, Ohio
Autor e Historiador Ángel Collado Schwartz
Orlando “El Fenónemo” Cruz
Oscar López Rivera
La Leyenda Wilfredo Benitez
Our Puerto Rican Hurricane María Evacuees
The Lorain High School Titans Marching Band
AGRADECIMIENTO ESPECIAL
“As we know, Puerto Rico is not independent, but we celebrate our culture, our history, our people on Division Street-Paseo Boricua. We staked a space here, so people can celebrate in the place they live”
Leony Calderón
Puerto Rican People’s Parade Coordinator