New York City Insider: Save the Date: Representative Adriano Espaillat to Host 5th Annual Dominicans on the Hill.

 

For Immediate Release December 28, 2022

SAVE the DATE:  Representative Adriano Espaillat to Host the Fifth Annual Dominicans on the Hill. Wednesday, February 8, 2023.   WASHINGTON, DC – Save the date for Representative Adriano Espaillat's (NY-13) fifth annual Dominicans on the Hill that will be held live and in-person on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, at the United States Capitol in Washington, DC.  Held annually during Dominican Heritage Month, Dominicans on the Hill was created by Rep. Espaillat to recognize the growing civic engagement of the Dominican-American community and throughout the diaspora.  Since its inception, Dominicans on the Hill has become a signature event held at the United States Capitol that is attended by hundreds of community leaders, professionals, students, and elected officials of Dominican descent and groups from around the nation.  Visit online for updates about the 2023 event and check Twitter and Facebook: @RepEspaillat and @DominicansHill and on Instagram at @RepAdrianoEspaillat. Representative Espaillat is the first Dominican American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and his congressional district includes Harlem, East Harlem, West Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, Inwood, Marble Hill and the north-west Bronx. First elected to Congress in 2016, Representative Espaillat is serving his third term in Congress. Representative Espaillat currently serves as a member of the influential U.S. House Committee on Appropriations responsible for funding the federal government’s vital activities. He is also a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), where he serves in a leadership role as the Second Vice Chair and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, where he serves as Deputy Whip. Representative Espaillat also currently serves as a Senior Whip of the Democratic Caucus. To find out more about Rep. Espaillat, visit online at https://espaillat.house.gov/.