Kirk Whisler
President @Empowering Latino Futures
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WORK HISTORY
President @Empowering Latino Futures
Empowering Latino Futures, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was founded to promote literacy in the community in all forms: educational, financial, health, reading, and civic engagement awareness. We aspire to advance the cause of reading as a means of self-improvement both personally and professionally.Since 1997, when Edward James Olmos and Kirk Whisler co-founded Latino Literacy Now, over a million people have been impacted by our organization’s activities:* 72 Latino Book & Family Festivals have been held in 12 cities around the USA with a combined attendance of 25 International Latino Book Awards have been held honoring authors and publishers.* The Latino Books into Movies Awards, started in 2010, has seen winning books movingtowards production or preproduction.* In 2015 the International Society of Latino Authors was formed as a way to better meet the development needs of authors and book buyers.* Education Begins in the Home encourages children to read by providing free books and has given away over to underserved children.* Through our Informador magazines and newsletters in North San Diego County and now Sacramento we are reaching thousands of people each week with health, education, financial empowerment, and civic engagement information.
EDUCATION
UC Santa Barbara
History, Poitical Science
Pacific High School
High School Diploma
University of California, Riverside
BA, History, Political Science
ABOUT KIRK WHISLER
Has devoted his life since 1977 to raising visibility within the Latino community via…
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