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�eenl► o e'. 3 <br /> s <br /> Cate,c <br /> HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> PRESS RELEASE <br /> For Immediate Release For more information, contact: <br /> - Lucy Lewis,.Director <br /> Orange County Human Relations and <br /> Relations Dept., 73 2-8 181 ext. 2250 <br /> -Andrea Bazan-Manson <br /> El Pueblo, Inc., 932-6880 <br /> HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION TO KICK OFF <br /> BIENVENIDOS/WELCOMING INITIATIVE AT LA FIESTA DEL PUEBLO <br /> The Orange County Human Relations Commission will kick off its Bienvenidos/ <br /> Welcoming Initiative on Saturday, September 7, at 3PM, at La Fiesta del Pueblo `96, <br /> which is being held at Chapel Hill High School off Homestead Road in Chapel Hill. The <br /> Commission is initiating this campaign because of the growing number of Latino <br /> residents in North Carolina and Orange County, and the need to proactively provide <br /> opportunities to discuss the issues and address some of the resulting tensions that have <br /> developed. <br /> A Raleigh News and Observer article in March 1995 summarized the results of a <br /> poll describing North Carolinians' attitudes about the state's growing Latino population. <br /> Poll findings, including the result that 41 percent of those surveyed think the growing <br /> number of Hispanics is bad for North Carolina, indicate a significant amount of <br /> apprehension and opposition to this trend. A recent anonymous flyer in nearby <br /> -more - <br /> 110 SOUTH CHURTON STREET, HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />