BRENT HENSLEY. IN 1988 CONGRESS ESTABLISHED HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TO CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORYND A CULTURES OF AMERICANS WHOSE ANCESTORS CAME FROM SPAIN MEXICO THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA THE TIMING SEPTEMBER 15 THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH IS SIGNIFICANT AS IT COINCIDES WITH THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS OF LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS YOU HAVE SEEN STORIES ON KOOC ABOUT THE RICH HISTORY OF HISPANIC AND LATINO FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT’S OUR WAY OF CELEBRATING THIS GROWING POPULATION. AND TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING AND UNITY EARLIER THIS WEEK KOCO’S ALEJANDRA BRIONES MC THE LATINO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF SERVICE TO HISPANIC AND LATINO FAMILIES. LCDA IS THE LARGEST NONPROFIT PROVIDER OF COMPREHENVESI BILINGUAL SOCIAL SERVICES IN OKLAHOMA. THEIR WORK IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE DELIVERING 26 PROGRAMS, INCLUDING HEALTH TREATMENT PREVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT TO HISPANIC AND LATINO FAMILIES SERVING 35,000 DIFFERENT CLIENTS. WE’VE PUT A LIN OKN OUR WEBSITE FOR YOU TO LEARN MORE AND TO DONATE TO THEIR WORK. UNDERSTANDING EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MAKES OUR COMMUNITY BETTER. JOINS U IN CELEBRATING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH I’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU EMAIL ME AT EDITORIAL SAY KOC