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FALL RIVER - Azoreans around the world will elect from May 20 to 24 their 19 representatives to the newly created Azorean Diaspora Council, a consultative body chaired by the President of the Regional Government of Azores that aims to ensure the participation, collaboration and consultation of all those who wish to contribute to the Azores development project.
This body will be responsible, among other matters, for issuing opinions on legislation, programs or measures developed by the Regional Government related to Azorean emigration and Diaspora, as well as contributing to the definition and coordination of policies to strengthen relations between the Diaspora and the Region.
By UNION COUNTY OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
May 14, 2021 at 8:36 AM
Credits: County of Union, NJ
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May 14, 2021 at 8:36 AM
The Board of County Commissioners invites residents to the annual Union County Portuguese Flag raising ceremony in commemoration of the Day of Portugal, Camões and the Communities. The event will take place on Thursday, June 10 at 4:00 p.m. in front of the Union County Court House, located at 2 Broad Street in Elizabeth. The event is free for all to attend.
The event is being co-sponsored by the Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS). PALCUS is a national non-profit based in the Washington D.C. area with a defined mission to be the national voice that advocates for and promotes the advancement of the Portuguese-American community economically, professionally, culturally and politically.
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The Board of County Commissioners invites residents to the annual Union County Portuguese Flag raising ceremony in commemoration of the Day of Portugal, Camões and the Communities. The event will take place on Thursday, June 10 at 4:00 p.m. in front of the Union County Court House, located at 2 Broad Street in Elizabeth. The event is free for all to attend.
The event is being co-sponsored by the Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States (PALCUS). PALCUS is a national non-profit based in the Washington D.C. area with a defined mission to be the national voice that advocates for and promotes the advancement of the Portuguese-American community economically, professionally, culturally and politically.
The State of Portuguese-American Health Disparities
By Carlos A. O. Pavão MPA, PhD
Historically, the United States (US) has been a magnet for Portuguese immigrants; there are several states with a significant population of Portuguese immigrants or Americans who claim Portuguese ancestry. Portuguese Americans are a diverse population consisting of people of Portuguese descent or immigrants from continental Europe, the Azores, and Madeira. The New England states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, along with New Jersey and New York, have a large concentration of Portuguese Americans; these people are mainly Azorean and Madeiran Portuguese and came to the United States to work in the textile mills.