The Latino Upstate Summit 2008 is been organized by a group of Hispanic Leaders
from 5 regions of the New York Upstate area. They are Executive
Directors, Business Owners, Doctors, Politicians, City Officials, and others. Most of them represent
every and each Latino Community Based Organization for each one of the mentioned regions,
which have become the organizers and coordinators of this event, and depending on the year, they are
also the host.
The First Latino Upstate Summit happened in September 2007, and it was an
experimental development that Mrs. Lourdes Iglesias, along with a
group of Latino leaders from the Buffalo area, started to put together, not only to offer an opportunity
for these Latino Community Based Organizations to get together, but also an opportunity for the
community to meet them and interact with them. It was hosted in Buffalo, by the
Hispanic United of Buffalo, and this
year, the 2nd annual Latino Upstate Summit will be hosted in Rochester by the
Ibero American Action League
