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Traditional dancers in colorful costumes, crowned beauty queens, local personalities and sponsors made their way down Centre Street in Jamaica Plain to Franklin Park.

Amplify Latinx, a collaborative group who campaign for civic engagement and political representation, hope their PowerUp Latinx Biz program, to be unveiled at HUBweek this October, will spur growth and connect Latinx entrepreneurs with crucial resources, as well as each other.

Nearly 60 percent of Latinos are millennials or younger, according to a 2016 Pew Research Center study. With this statistic in mind, Sociedad Latina hosted a roundtable discussion between Boston youth leaders and UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murguía to hear their perspectives on the national and local climate for enacting policy change.