Adios ASARCO, Hello Future! (Recap)

by Regional Identity Staff
February 22, 2009

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Recap from the Office of Senator Eliot Shapleigh

Recap of “Adios ASARCO, Hello Future” event:

• Time and date: 11am-2pm on Saturday, February 21, 2009
• Notable guest speakers: Businessman Robert Ardovino, Former Mayor Bert Williams, Mayor John Cook, and Senator Eliot Shapleigh
• Former Mayor Williams was presented with a Senate Resolution from Eliot Shapleigh, applauding his contributions against ASARCO
• Mayor Cook presented Senator Shapleigh with the “Star on the Mountain” Award for his contributions against ASARCO
• Get The Lead Out presented a professional video recapping the grass root movements against ASARCO
• Nearly 10 students/student organizations presented ideas for the future use of the ASARCO site
• Media coverage and promotion from The El Paso Times, Channel 4, Channel 9, Channel 14, Univision, What’s Up El Paso, The UTEP Prospector, the Newspaper Tree, and more
• Following the event, many community members networked together to celebrate the closure of ASARCO and the opportunities the closure will bring. Pizza was generously donated by Papa John’s Pizza.

Student presenters:

• Intro/conclusion: Richard Sapien, Priscilla Moreno
• MC: Erik Pavia
• Derick O’Hara from Engineers without Borders
• Angel Diaz from Students for Reform
• Alex Muñoz from Regional Economic Development Association
• Diego Rico from Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization
• Alan Jiminez
• Mario Salomon
• Claudia Ordaz

The student presentations were recorded and will be available to view next week. However, if you would like to view the PowerPoint file for any student presentation, please request the presentation through our comments section at the bottom of the page.

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