Events

Latino Mayors: Politics and Policy in the City with Providence Mayor Angel Taveras

Providence Mayor Angel Taveras will deliver the keynote address for the 2013 Thomas J. Anton/Frederick Lippitt Conference on Urban Affairs. This year's conference is titled "Latino Mayors: Politics and Policy in the City."

The mayor's address will be followed by Q&A and a panel discussion at 5:00 p.m.:
"The State of Latino Politics in Rhode Island’s Cities”

PANELISTS:
• Tony Affigne  Professor, Department of Political Science, Providence College
• James Diossa  Mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island
• Doris De Los Santos  Past President, Rhode Island Latino Civic Fund, Rhode Island Latino Political Action Committee
• Pablo Rodriguez  President, Latino Public Radio

Funded by a gift from Frederick Lippitt in honor of the Taubman Center's founding director, Thomas J. Anton, this annual conference commemorates nearly two decades of cooperative work by Lippitt and Anton on citywide issues in Providence.

This event is free and open to the public.