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M O N D AY, J U N E 13- J U N E 19, 2022
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What you need to know from Summit of the Americas BY JORDAN GREEN CITY NEWS SERVICE
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fter becoming the first American city to host the Summit of the Americas since Miami did so in 1994, Los Angeles concluded their successful summit conference on Friday. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris — along with several other local leaders — participated throughout Los Angeles County to discuss important issues that continue to impact the Western Hemisphere, such as climate action, supply chains, migration management and more. In case you missed anything essential from the summit, here’s an overview of the most important developments that transpired during last week’s conference. ‘Economy of the Future’ — What does Biden mean by that? As working sessions began at the Summit of the Americas in downtown Los Angeles, Biden Thursday challenged business leaders to join with Western Hemisphere nations to prepare the global economy for the coming decades through investments in supply chains, clean energy and the “digital future.” Speaking at the CEO
Joe Biden in 2019. | Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Summit of the Americas gathering of business leaders at the Intercontinental Hotel, Biden said the “economy of the future” will depend on decisions made Thursday. “The economy of the future will increasingly belong to those who place a premium on resilience and
reliability, who invest over the long term and strengthen supply chains now to mitigate the impact of future shocks before they hit,” Biden told the gathering. Biden told the business leaders that governments attending the Summit of the Americas will be making
commitments to achieve “sustainable and equitable growth” across the region. He said those decisions will include improved supply chains, developing a “shared framework for our digital future,” advancing action against climate change, speeding the transition to
clean energy, combating food insecurity and managing “safe and orderly migration.” “My challenge to all of you is, if you step up and play a bigger role in driving inclusive, sustainable and equitable growth in the 21st Century, a lot is going to happen,” he said. “What more
can you do to engage in these issues that shape our future?” ‘Declaration on Migration and Protection’ signed at Summit Leaders attending the Summit of the Americas Friday signed the “Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection,” described by a White House official as a pact to pursue a “comprehensive” approach to addressing the crisis. The declaration “will lay out in four pillars an approach to a migration management that is rooted in shared responsibility and involves source countries, transit countries and destination countries for the first time ever,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One last Wednesday. Biden said Thursday at the summit’s opening plenary session the declaration “will bring our nations together around a transformative new approach to invest in the region solutions that enhance stability, to increase opportunities for safe and orderly migration, to crack down on the criminals and human traffickers who prey on desperate people, and coordinate
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‘Sleep with the Angels’ — Bringing the magic of a Latin dream to the stage BY ELOIN BARAHONA
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n original production of The Latino Theater Company, ”Sleep with the Angels,” is another entry in their long list of shows focused on the experiences of marginalized groups. This production examines the life of a single mother, Molly, who hires a Mexican
woman named Juana. She helps Molly look after her teenage children. The recently emigrated Juana as a result injects some more “magic” into Molly and her kids’ lives and learns a bit more about each other. Hey SoCal spoke to awardwinning playwright Evelina Fernández, director José Luis Valenzuela, actress Esperanza América, and musician Robert
Revell. This cast and crew are all related as well. Evalina, José Luis, and Esperanza are mother, father, and daughter respectively. Esperanza and Robert are married with a child of their own, making this a true family production: Why ‘Sleep with the Angels’? To kick things off, Hey SoCal asked what made
them choose “Sleep with the Angels,” as the title was very striking. Hey SoCal: “Sleep with the Angels” is such a striking title, where does it come from? Evelina Fernández: It’s a saying in Spanish when you tell them duerme con los angelitos it’s sweet dreams. “Sleep with the Angels” in other cultures means drop dead but not in our culture.
Which is what a lot of people say to their kids before they go to sleep. So, Juana says that in the play and sings a song called duerme con los angelitos. Hey SoCal: Would you say the play has a dreamlike quality to it? José Luis Valenzuela: It’s not a dream-like quality per se, it’s more of a magical quality. Because, it has a lot to do with
the immigrant workers who come and take care of the kids here of the families and they actually teach them values and language, and love, and everything. And they do magic to these children and to these families because it transforms their lives! In that way, it means a lot of magic happens
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