Mexican New York 2009

Mexican New York September 2009

Arts Festival "Mexico Now" took place September 8-20, 2009.

Mariachi band brought by LASA and Iniciativa Mexicana to party at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, September 16, 2009.

Annual dinner of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce Northeast Chapter, September 18, 2009.

Representatives from Governor Paterson and Mayor Bloomberg read signed statements directed to the Mexican community in New York and written specifically for the event.

Here the representatives are accompanied at the podium by Mexican Consul in New York, Ruben Beltran, and the Executive Director of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, Alejandro Ramos.

Mexicans who work in Deloitte at the Chamber of Commerce dinner, September 18, 2009.

Mexican Independence Day Parade, Madison Avenue, Manhattan, Sunday September 20, 2009.

Community leaders, organization presidents, immigrant entrepreneurs, public figures and entertainers leading the Independence Day Parade.

Three Flags: United States, Mexico, New York.

Religious nationalism (Mexican flag with the Virgin of Guadalupe instead of the Aztec Eagle).

New community publication, Orale, produced in association with the NY Daily News.

California's Piolin virtually present and espeeking ...

The CUNY system was proudly present, encouraging Mexican youth and Mexican-American second generation immigrants to apply to college.



Not too bad for a formerly invisible community, now laying down roots and creating institutional links with the New York mainstream.