PorColombia is a group established in the United States and Canada with the purpose of bringing together college students and professionals with a Colombian background or interest in Colombia. One of PorColombia’s main goals is contributing to the professional success of their members while helping them become active contributors to both  Colombian and the North American societies. PorColombia members are known for being enthusiastic leaders eager to go “De la Passion a la accion”- “From the Passion to the action.” PorColombia has a student chapter in Canada (York University) and eleven more chapters in recognized Universities and colleges along the United States east coast, among them, Baruch College, NYU and Columbia University in New York City.

Most recently, PorColombia developed a professional chapter so that students graduating from college- as well as other professionals- can keep contributing to the social development of their communities and benefit from what PC has to offer: networking opportunities, workshops, professional conferences and a great group of people who are always willing to help.

Every year, one of the PorColombia chapters is in charge of organizing the student/professional conference where members from the different chapters get together for an entire weekend in mid-April. During the conference PorColombianos attend workshops, networking events and debates about current economic, political, social and cultural aspects/happenings contributing to the development of Colombia and the way it is viewed internationally.

This year the VI PorColombia Conference: “Construyendo Pais: Perspectives of Colombia’s Leadership in Latin America” will be hosted by the PC chapter at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Among the guest speakers attending this forum we find outstanding figures such as Roberto J. Bonnet, President of the Federation of Colombian insurers and former Ambassador and Minister of agriculture; Sergio Ardila, senior economist at the Inter-American Development Bank and Maria A. Arbelaez, Colombian representative before the  International Monetary Fund among several others.

Our PorColombia chapter at Baruch has been a major contributor to the development of the organization and proof  of the active participation of Baruch students and alumni in the national executive board, now led by Carlos Macias, Journalist and former Baruch student, as well as the opening of the first professional chapter under the direction of  Baruch graduate in economics, Yolanis Barros.

For details about the conference and how to register to attend, please visit:

http://porcolombia.net/taking-action/vi-colombian-students-professionals-conference/