For Immediate Release
Contact: Rachel Tourgeman
(305) 821-3333 ext. 1087
Florida National University President/CEO Dr. Maria Cristina Regueiro
In collaboration with the Dr. Jose Regueiro Foundation, Inc.
Missing Children’s Network
And the POWERHOUSE Steering Committee
Host the Second Annual Missing Children’s Rally on May 25th, 2016
Missing Children Ends Now- Stop!
Hialeah, Florida — May 11, 2016 – According to the FBI and Center for Missing & Exploited Children, a child goes missing every 40 seconds in America. That comes to 765,000 children a year. Of the more than 11,800 endangered runaways reported to NCMEC in 2015, one in five were likely victims of child sex trafficking. With numbers so high, calls to action are being made. Florida National University (FNU) is committed to community involvement and helping causes that are pressing to society, which is why the institution has created a second annual rally to raise awareness
In preparation for this significant rally, a POWERHOUSE Committee meeting was held on April 5, 2016 at 2:00pm. The Golden Room, the meeting hall of the main Hialeah campus for FNU was filled with impassioned individuals who had committed themselves to the cause of finding missing children.
While at the meeting, the Committee agreed upon guest speakers. The official list of guest speakers includes: Mr. Fernando Alvarez, Director of Investigations, Missing Children Global Network; Mr. Victor Williams, Special Agent, Homeland Security Investigations; Sgt. Latasha Johnson, Special Victims Bureau, Miami-Dade Police Department; Mr. Carlos Aguilar, Director, Christian Aguilar Search & Rescue Committee ( K-9 Training) and Missing Children Global Network; Dr. Vilma Castro, LMFT, President & Founder, Jaclyn Elisse Cares for Youth Foundations; and Mr. Tony Sparks, Vice-Chairman, Erase Child Trafficking.
Mr. Carlos Aguilar, the Director of the Missing Children Global Network and also Director of the Christian Aguilar Search & Rescue Committee ( K-9 Training), offers this valuable guidance, “The importance of the organizations that are working to prevent and recover missing children should be supported by the entire community.”
In observance of Missing Children’s Day, the Second Annual Missing Children’s Rally will be held (rain or shine) at FNU’s Hialeah Campus located at 4425 W 20th Avenue (Jose Regueiro Avenue), Hialeah, FL 33012 on Wednesday, May 25th, 2016. The rally will have sponsors providing delicious food, live music, and family-friendly fun for all ages.
“Let’s all come together and reclaim our children. Our children must not be Taken, and lose their lives needlessly in the hands of criminals! FNU’s POWERHOUSE represents One Voice and One Community,” pronounced Dr. Maria Cristina Regueiro. “Let’s collectively show a community’s Call to Action to Stop Missing Children and join us on May 25th @ 10:00 a.m.”
Who: Florida National University’s President/CEO Dr. Maria Cristina Regueiro in Collaboration with the Missing Children’s Network, the Dr. Jose Regueiro Foundation, Inc. and the POWERHOUSE Steering Committee.
What: The Second Annual Missing Children’s Rally
When: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
Where: FNU Hialeah Campus- 4425 W. 20th Avenue (Jose Regueiro Avenue), Hialeah, FL 33012
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Media outlets: Please cover this event so that our world can get involved in this movement. We will not STOP until every child is found!
#MissingChildrenEndsNOWMiami #MissingChildrensRally #FNUCommunity
The POWERHOUSE Steering Committee consists of: 1First Bank; ABC Healthcare of America, LLC. (Atlanta, GA); Accelerated Learning Solutions (ALS); Alba Acevedo; Alberto Castro, Renowned Vocalist; AMPY Enterprises, Inc.; Apollo Bank; A Safe Haven for Newborns; Autism Soccer; BankUnited; BARREDO PRODUCTIONS; BenefitMall; Best Roofing; Broward Human Trafficking Coalition; Brenda Foreman, Community Activist; Build Worth Strategies; Caregiver Services; Centro Cristiano Adonai; CHRISTIAN AGUILAR SEARCH & RESCUE FOUNDATION CORP; Citrus Health Network, INC; City of Coral Gables; City of Doral Police Department; City of Hialeah; City of Hialeah Chamber of Commerce and Industries; City of Hialeah City Council; City of Hialeah Educational Academy; HialCity of Miami Gardens; Coral Gables Police Department; Doral Human Resources Consulting, LLC; Drakonx Investigations; Dr. Vilma Castro, PhD, LMFT; El Vocero News; ERASE Child Trafficking; Fundacion Entre Nosotras; GARCORP International; Glory House of Miami, Inc.; Greater North Miami Chamber of Commerce; GSS Advertising; H.A.N.A; Hear Congo; Hialeah Firefighters Benevolent Association; Hispanic Coalition; HISPANIC CREO; Homeland Security; HomeSafe Realty; Iris Garcia; Jackson Health System; Jackson North Medical Center; JMT Creates – THREAD OF LIFE INT’L; Kristi House; La Progresiva Presbyterian School; Law Offices of Mery Lopez; Law Offices of Public Defender Carlos J. Martinez, 11th Judicial Circuit of FL; LIBRE Initiative; Lions Club of Hialeah Pan American; Living Money Bound; LZ Events; Mr. Mandy Llanes, Chairman, Hialeah Chamber of Commerce & Industries; McGruff the Crime Dog; MDW INSURANCE GROUP; Miami Beach Community Health Center; Miami Dade Police Department; Miami Dade Special Victims Bureau; Miami Dade Schools Police Department; Miami Tattoo Co.; Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department; Miami- Dade County; Miami-Dade County Association of Chiefs of Police; Miami-Dade County Commission for Women; Miami- Dade County Community Action & Human Services; Miami-Dade County Police Department; Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser; Miami-Dade Police Department; Missing Children Global Network; North Dade Youth & Family Coalition; North Miami Police Department; Office of the State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle; Philippines Nurses Association of Miami and South East Florida; Plaza Health Network; PrimeState Public Adjusters, Inc.; PROSPERITY OF WARRIORS CDC; Ready Refresh by Nestle Waters; Real Concepts Magazine/Conceptos Reales Magazine; Red Carnation Queens Association; RedRoof Plus+; RHEMA WORD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY; Rhema Word Ministries, Intl.; Regions Security; Sabadell United Bank; Sams’ Club; Someone’s Child Human Trafficking; State Representative Daphne Campbell District 108; State Representative Barbara Watson District 107; Suarez Museum of Natural Science & History Inc.; Survivor of Human Trafficking; Team Connection; Terrabank, N.A.; Toys for Kids Miami Foundation; The Honorable Katherine Fernandez-Rundle, State Attorney; The Honorable Pedro J. Garcia, Miami-Dade County’s Property Appraiser; The Minority Chamber of Commerce; The Salvation Army; The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade; TradeFirst.com; UPTOWN SOUTH FLORIDA; VACO; Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce; Vi Aventura; Vitas; White Owl; YBC Printing; Year up South Florida; and Your Wellness Time.
