 Works with the City University of New York (CUNY) to create the Puerto Rican Faculty Recruitment Project to develop approaches to reverse the decline of Puerto Rican faculty at this institution.Institute comments widely in the media on the fiscal crisis in Puerto Rico.Institute presents 2006 Orgullo Latino Awards to Congresspersons Nydia Velazquez and Jose Serrano, civil rights attorney Juan Cartagena, media advocate Marta Garcia, and NiLP volunteer Joseph Luppens.