Portuguese Women Empowering Each Other || PALCUS Bi-Annual National Conference

PALCUS is launching a national network for Portuguese women called the Portuguese Women's Empowerment Alliance. This Alliance is meant to create a network to support Portuguese women in business, academics, health, and every other way possible. We are better when we help each other. Join us to learn more.

Opening Remarks: Janet Morais, Founder and CEO, Koket International Moderator: Carolina Rendeiro, Founder and CEO, Connect2Global

Speaker: Jessica Leiter, Best Selling Author, Speaker, Consultant

Watch "Portuguese Women Empowering Each Other" now at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTIOQ9CwUrQ&feature=youtu.be

For information about Koket International, visit https://www.bykoket.com

For more information about Connect2Global, visit https://www.connect2.global/

For more information about Jessica, visit http://positivejessica.com/

Thank you to our partners in this conference - Portugal-US Chamber of Commerce, AICEP, the Government of Portugal and the Embassy of Portugal in the U.S.

If you have any questions, please contact palcus@palcus.org.

What is PALCUS?

The Portuguese-American Leadership Council of the United States

PALCUS is a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia.  It was founded in 1991 by a group of successful, forward-thinking Portuguese-Americans with the purpose of providing a singular national voice that would advocate for the interests of Portuguese-Americans in the United States. At the center of their vision was to establish and maintain channels of communication between the government of the Republic of Portugal, via the Embassy of Portugal to Washington, D.C., and the U.S. congressional delegation representing Portuguese-American communities.

Now in its 28th year, PALCUS has been true to its founding principles and much more. Throughout its history, the organization has evolved and matured, guided by a dedicated all-volunteer board of directors representing Portuguese-American communities throughout the United States. PALCUS has worked consistently and tirelessly, weathering changes in political and economic climates, to create and expand its programs. Its activities and events are mission-driven to address the community’s needs in the strategic areas of government affairs, international affairs, educational opportunities, Portuguese language and culture, community outreach and recognition of our community’s success.

PALCUS is a member-supported organization that depends on membership dues for operational and program support.  Nevertheless, membership is not required in order to benefit from our programs and advocacy initiatives. We are committed to serving all Portuguese-Americans in the United States who would benefit from our help.

The Mission

PALCUS is committed to serving the community through increasingly active government relations efforts, the promotion of a greater awareness of ethnic accomplishments and encouraging stronger ties between Portugal and the United States. In this role, we advance the community professionally, politically and culturally, while working to ensure that issues directly affecting our community are addressed through our network of government and community leaders.

The Vision

In order to create singular national voice to advocate for the Portuguese-American and Luso-American communities-at-large, PALCUS was founded in 1991 as a 501(c)3 non-partisan, non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. with a mission of addressing domestic and international  concerns of the Portuguese-American community. PALCUS strives to conduct an expanding program of research, educational and public affairs activities on salient issues of interest to the Portuguese-American community and the Luso-American relationship.