Tell us about your nominee. Why should he or she be recognized as a Jewish Community Hero?
Carlos Galindo-Elvira is a highly energetic and enthusiastic individual who actively seeks to engage dialogue and collaboration between the Latino and Jewish communities in Arizona. For the last five years, Carlos has brought together non-profit organizations and corporate donors to support an annual Latino-Jewish Seder. Participants of the Seder are participants of Valle del Sol's Hispanic Leadership Institute, board members of the American Jewish Committee's Phoenix Chapter, and community guests. This annual event brings people together in the spirit of acceptance and builds awareness for diversity. The Latino-Jewish Seder is a forum to establish common ground and a way forward for continued networking and information sharing by both communities. In his pursuit of strengthening the relationship of the Latino and Jewish communities, Carlos has become a bridge for inspiring positive change and in making an impact on issues of diversity and acceptance for the lives of many Arizona families. In short, Carlos' initiative speaks to growing the goodwill of humanity and to the greater cause of repairing the world.
