Utah's new Consul General for Mexico José Borjón
met with our District Governor Bev Christy to reach out to clubs in an effort
to increase Hispanic membership in Rotary, connect the Consulate with local
organizations, and to help Rotarians better understand and forward the cause of
Hispanic issues in their community.
The result is the following calendar dates.
See if you can attend one of these multi-club hosted events. Other clubs are
planning future events:
Wednesday, January 17
luncheon, Cottonwood Country Club. Hispano-Latino
Club of Salt Lake (Glendale)
& Hispano Latinos Club of Salt Lake - South, West Jordan Club, Salt Lake Club
invite members and all Hispanic professionals outside of Rotary to join this
event.
Monday, February 5 at the Abbey Inn in
St. George. St. George, Dixie Sunrise, Red Rock, Hurricane Valley, Zion Canyon
& Kanab Rotary Clubs host an All Clubs Lunch with Consul Borjon.
Wednesday,
February 7, 11am, venue TBA dependent on RSVPs. Richfield Rotary & Six
County Association of Governments hosts Utah’s new Consulate from Mexico RSVP
by January 23, Amy Rosquist arosquist@sixcounty.com
435-893-0720
Thursday,
February 8, 6-8pm, Jim Santy Auditorium. Park City Rotary & Park City
Sunrise club will jointly present a discussion with Consul Borjón, open to the
public.
Cedar
City, Ogden, Vernal Clubs, as well as Utah County clubs, Moab, Monticello,
Bluff, Brigham City, Logan, and Davis County Clubs are in the planning stages.
190,000
Hispanics live in the Salt Lake Valley. That’s almost 18% of the
population! How many Hispanics are in
your club?
Here
is a biography of Consul General José Borjón:
As of June 16, he is the Head
Consul of Mexico in Salt Lake City, Utah and responsible for western Wyoming.
From August 2016 to June 2017, he
was Deputy Director General of Ceremonial in the Protocol Direction General,
where he contributed to the institutional events offered by the Presidency
Republic to Foreign dignitaries during State, Government, Working and
Multilateral meetings in Mexico, among other responsibilities.
From July 2014 to August 2016, he
was Deputy Director General for the Southern Border in the Direction General of
Latin America and the Caribbean, where he was responsible for the follow-up of
the bilateral political and migratory agenda with Guatemala and Belize.
Previously, (August 2013 to July 2014), he worked as an Advisor for the
Undersecretary for Latin America and the Caribbean specializing in Central
American issues.
He served in the Mexican Embassy
in the United States (September 2008-August 2013) and was in charge of the
Office of Hispanic Affairs, liaising with Latino national organizations and
developing projects to support the integration of Mexican communities.
He has been Consul for Community
Affairs in the General Consulate of Mexico in Houston (2004-2008), and attaché
for Culture and Scientific Cooperation at the Embassy of Mexico in Korea
(1999-2004).
He holds a degree in International
Relations from UNAM; a Master's Degree in Diplomatic Studies from the
Diplomatic Academy of Mexico and an M.A. in European Studies from the Ortega y
Gasset Institute in Spain. He has attended various graduate courses in public
administration, strategic scenarios; Border administration at COLEF; ITAM and
UDLA-Puebla. His most recent publication is "Opportunities for Linking
with Mexican Youth in the United States", in the Mexican Journal of
Foreign Policy, May-August 2016, Matías Romero Institute-Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
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