HISPANIC LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE INSPIRED BY FRED JOHNSON CAMPAIGN

Holland , MI – “Some members of our community said they’d never been asked for their votes and their support before the Fred Johnson campaign reached out to them,” says Maggi Rivera, chair of the newly-formed Hispanic Leadership Committee in Holland. Volunteers from the Leadership Committee will be receiving training from the Ottawa County Clerk’s office on Wednesday to enable them to do voter registration. They’re helping with the campaign to elect Johnson to the U. S. Congress from the 2nd Congressional District as their first project but the committee is intended to outlast the campaign.

Rivera says they expect to make a difference. "The members of this committee are dedicated to positively impacting the voter turnout for this election. Candidates like Fred Johnson and Lupe Ramos-Montigny, will be our voice in Washington. We must do whatever it takes to get the Latino vote out to the polls on November 2nd!"

Staff from County Clerk Dan Krueger’s office will conduct the training, which is required for volunteers to be deputized to do full registrations. At least ten volunteers will be attending the training session at 6:00 pm on Wednesday at the office of Latin Americans United for Progress at 96 W. 15th Street in Holland.

In addition to canvassing for the Johnson for Congress campaign, the committee is planning a rally on September 23, 2010 at the Park Theater on South River Avenue in Holland.

Fred Johnson is a Democrat, making his second bid for the seat being vacated by Pete Hoekstra. Johnson is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and currently teaches history at Hope College.

In addition to chairing the Hispanic Leadership Committee, Maggi Rivera is employed by West Ottawa Public Schools.

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