2025

Hispanic Leadership Conference

May 24th, 2025

Thank you to our sponsors and attendees for making our 25th year amazing! You can download the program book by clicking the button below!

We can’t wait to see you again in 2025!

25th Anniversary Conference Title
Sponsor

About C.H.I.P. Lorain

The Coalition for Hispanic/Latino Issues & Progress (CHIP) seeks to promote self-sufficiency, cooperation and unity within the Hispanic/Latino community and promote participation in the greater community, to ensure access to available resources, and to increase involvement in the decision making process, thereby improving the quality of life for the Hispanic/Latino community.

Schedule

7:30-9:45am

Morning Experience
& Breakfast

10am-Noon

Opening Ceremony
& Keynote Speakers

Noon-1:30pm

Lunch, Vendors, and
Medical Corner

1:30pm-2:30pm

Workshops &
Youth Leadership

2:30pm-3pm

Evaluations &
Raffles

6:00pm

Evening Gala at
Emerald Event Center

25th Anniversary Conference Speakers

Coming Soon

As our speakers are confirmed, you can find more information on them and their topics here. Check back often!

Workshops

Click for more information about each topic.

Human Trafficking - SP214

Human Slavery, Why Can’t We Stop It? – Rachel Socorro

Mental Health - SP211

What Happens After the Trauma from Pandemic Forced Isolation
Rises to the Surface? – Dr. Marilyn Sampilo

Education - SP217

Pandemic Forced Virtual Learning – Can We Recover? – Maritza Molis

Civic Engagement - SP215

What Happens to Our Voice When We Believe Our Vote No Longer
Counts? – Armando Telles

Immigration - SP210

Will Our Country Ever Again Live Up to “Give Me Your Tired,
Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free . . .” – Veronica Dahlberg

Latina Empowerment - SP117

Latinas: Saving Our Past – Hope for Our Future – Lilleana Cavanaugh

Platinum Sponsors

Diamond Sponsors

Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors

Care Source

Community Foundation of Lorain County

HOLA Ohio

Lorain County Prosecutor

Lorain Historical Society

NFM Lending – Team Arocho

Rita’s Christian Academy

Collaborative to End Human Trafficking

Hispanic Fund

Leadership Lorain County

Lorain City School District

Lorain County JVS

Molina Healthcare

The Nord Center

Voices For Children

David C. Moore, LC Commissioner

Little Lighthouse Learning Center

Lorain County Children Services

Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley

State Rep. Joe Miller

UAW Local 2192

Committee to Elect Hall for Sheriff

El Centro de Servicios Sociales

First Federal Savings & Loan

Joel Arredondo, Lorain Council President

Lorain County Metroparks

Lorain County Sheriff

Lorain Port Authority

Lorain Public Library System

Margaret Wong & Associates

Mexican Mutual Society

NAMI of Lorain County

Northwest Bank

Sacred Heart Chapel

The LACADA Way

25th Anniversary Evening Gala Entertainment

Donat

Donat is a third world child raised in Upper Manhattan. A product of Washington Heights and Harlem life. A black man birthed in the islands and raised in the concrete jungle. He Graduated From SUNY Geneseo, but for ever a student of life. He tells poetic narratives in hopes of giving shape to feelings like ghost and texture to spirits.

Bill Santiago

Comedy Central Bill Santiago is the first born of at least four children. He became a standup after narrowly escaping a career in journalism, facing the fact that as a comedian he was funny, but as a reporter he was a joke. It’s been said he was born to Puerto Rican immigrants, which is technically untrue, as Puerto Ricans are US citizens. Although, he’s got an uncle who was once deported to the Bronx.

Dulce Swing

By way of Cleveland Ohio, performing for the first time at the Hispanic Leadership Conference, Dulce Swing is a multi-member band. Bringing the sounds of merengue, salsa, bachata, and more!