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HITN-TV to Present Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 39th Annual Public Policy Conference and Awards Gala

September 22, 2016

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The Largest Latino Gala in the Country to Welcome President Obama and Secretary Clinton on the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 39th Annual Public Policy Conference and Awards Gala

The Largest Latino Gala in the Country to Welcome President Obama and Secretary Clinton on the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 39th Annual Public Policy Conference and Awards Gala

Brooklyn, NY – HITN-TV, the television network that offers educational programing that also entertains Hispanic audiences across the United States, will present the 39thAnnual Public Policy Conference and Awards Gala of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI). The event, which is the largest Hispanic gala in the county, will welcome President Barack Obama and Secretary Hillary Clinton as its special guests.

CHCI’s Annual Awards Gala is the signature event in its Hispanic Heritage Month list of events. The gala will also present CHCI’s highest honors – The CHCI Medallion of Excellence award – to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of two Latino leaders who have kept the promise to their communities through their extraordinary efforts:

Cheech Marin – Medallion of Excellence in the Arts, Entertainment

Anna Maria Chavez – American Dream Medallion of Excellence in Education

HITN will air re-caps of the CHCI 2016 Public Policy Conference coverage during primetime programming starting on Tuesday, September 13th through Thursday, September 15th. To conclude the coverage of the event HITN will air a one-hour special of CHCI Public Conference on Sunday, September 18th at 8pm / ET with an encore airing at 11pm / ET.

WHAT: HITN-TV to present the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 39th Annual Public Policy Conference and Awards Gala

WHEN:  Sunday, September 18th at 8pm / ET

WHO: President Obama, Secretary Clinton and  Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

About HITN

HITN-TV is the largest non-commercial Hispanic network in the United States, offering educational and cultural programming for the whole family. It reaches more than 44 million viewers in the US and Puerto Rico via DIRECTV, DISH Network, AT&T U-verse TV, Verizon FiOS TV, Comcast, Charter Spectrum, Frontier Mediacom, CenturyLink Prism, and Cablevision. For more information, please visit www.hitn.tv