News News: First Meeting of the Advisory Council Members of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press

First Meeting of the Advisory Council Members of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press

L-R Mario Pereira, Executive Editor of Tagus Press; João Caixinha, Coordinator for the Portuguese Language Programs and Education Affairs in the United States of America, Camões, Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, IP; Helena DaSilva Hughes, Executive Director, Immigrants’ Assistance Center; Leslie Ribeiro Vicente, Director, Discovery Language Academy; Victor K. Mendes (ex officio), Director, UMass Dartmouth Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture/Tagus Press;  Glivânia de Oliveira, Consul-General of Brazil in Boston; Shelley Pires, Consul of Portugal in New Bedford; Sara Quintal, President, Azorean Maritime Heritage Society; Manuel J. Louro, State Council President, Prince Henry Society; Francisco Viveiros, President, Casa dos Açores da Nova  Inglaterra. Missing are Joseph Cordeiro, Chief of Police, City of New Bedford; Nuno Couto, Founder and Managing Partner, Optimal Partners; Hermínio Moniz, Consul-General of Cabo Verde in Boston