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Academic Achievement
- Academictips.org
Academictips.org contains tips and tricks to help you manage your time, take better notes, study more effectively, improve memory, take tests, and handle the stresses of college life.
- Association of College Honor Societies
The Association of College Honor Societies is a visibly cohesive community of national and international honor societies, individually and collaboratively exhibiting excellence in scholarship, service, programs, and governance. A coordinating agency for these societies in chartering chapters in accredited colleges and universities, the Association sets high priority in maintaining high standards, in defining the honor society movement, and in developing criteria for judging the credibility and legitimacy of honor societies. This link offers a list of Honor Societies by academic subject matter.
- Conference Alerts
Conference Alerts offers a free searchable and constantly updated database of academic and professional conferences that are taking place around the world. The site allows you to search by subject and by location, and offers a free alert system that can send you emails when a conference relevant to your interests is posted.
- FreeVideoLectures.com
FreeVideoLectures.com was created by a small team from Bangalore, India. They have worked hard to bring free educational videos to everyone. Lecture videos and podcasts posted on this site cover a range of academic subjects, but include a greater number of videos on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields. The site also includes links to other free educational resources on the web with video or podcasts of academic lectures, mostly from universities in the U.S.
- Grad Resources
Grad Resources is a non-profit organization based in Dallas, Texas that serves the practical and emotional needs of graduate students on several university campuses across the United States. Grad Resources offers grad students free assistance and support via grad student orientation programs, seminars, support groups, online resources and several helpful articles. The organization is actively involved in co-sponsoring TA/RA appreciation events as well as Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week. Grad Resources is an independent faith-based service to graduate students. We adhere to a strict policy of offering practical support services to all students and spiritual resources only to those students who express interest.
- HowToStudy.org
Study skills are listed both by the process of studying and by topic. Each topic has a list of handouts, prioritized by importance and interest. Topics range from organizational tools, to learning styles, to note taking, to writing and beyond. A very accessible and straight forward site for college students of all disciplines.
- Study Guides and Strategies
Since 1996 the Study Guides and Strategies web site has been researched, authored, maintained and supported by Joe Landsberger as an international, learner-centric, educational public service. Permission is granted to freely copy, adapt, and distribute individual Study Guides in print format in non-commercial educational settings that benefit learners.
- The Write Way
The Write Way offers a guide to understanding writing assignments and meet professors' expectations from your own perspective. Direct your learning and join the academic conversation through your writing. This site offers useful and accessible strategies and resources to improve your academic writing.
Education, Financial Aid & Scholarships
- American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) is an agent of change for improving education, thus enabling Hispanic students to fully participate in a diverse society. AAHHE works collaboratively with all sectors of education, business, industry, as well as community and professional organizations to enhance the educational aspirations and to meet the needs of a significantly increasing Hispanic population.
- Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project
The Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project, Inc. (CLYLP) was organized in 1982 with the primary purpose of preparing students to participate in California’s economic, social and political development. CLYLP is guided by the overall theme "Future Leaders," and the leadership training emphasizes the importance of culture, community, college and careers. To date more than 2,000 students have gone through the program.
- Coalition to Increase Minority Degrees
This page was developed for the Coalition to Increase Minority Degrees (CIMD) by the Minority Advanced Technology Initiative. MATI utilizes advanced technology on behalf of Expanding Minority Opportunities. It is the technology support and development initiative respectively of both the Coalition to Increase Minority Degrees and the Center for Cost-Effective Interactive Learning Excellence (CCILE). Both CIMD and CCILE are currently headquartered at Arizona State University's Hispanic Research Center.
- College Board
Understand all of your options when it comes to paying for college. College Board can help you get the latest information about college costs, scholarships, financial aid applications, education loans, and college financing.
- Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund
The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund provides grants to students actively working for peace and justice. These need-based scholarships are awarded to those able to do academic work at the university level and who are part of the progressive movement on the campus and in the community. Early recipients worked for civil rights, against McCarthyism, and for peace in Vietnam. Recent grantees have been active in the struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression; building the movement for economic justice; and creating peace through international anti-imperialist solidarity.
- Esperanza Education Fund
The Esperanza Education Fund is a grassroots effort to increase access to higher education for immigrant students in the capital region—and to do so by harnessing the energy, resources, and initiative of the immigrant community itself. Starting this spring, the Fund will offer $5,000 two-year scholarships and $10,000 four-year scholarships to local immigrant students to attend public colleges and universities, regardless of ethnicity, national origin, or immigration status.
- FastWeb
The largest and most complete source of scholarships available. Personalized matching of scholarships to your unique profile. Millions of scholarships worth billions of dollars available! New scholarships added every day, all year long.
- Federal Student Aid
Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, ensures that all eligible individuals can benefit from federally funded or federally guaranteed financial assistance for education beyond high school including: federal financial assistance—grants, loans and work-study programs. The programs we administer comprise the nation's largest source of student aid: during the 2007-08 school year alone, we provided approximately $83 billion in new aid to nearly 10 million postsecondary students and their families. Our staff of 1,100 is based in 10 cities in addition to our Washington headquarters.
- FinAid.org
FinAid was established in the fall of 1994 as a public service. This award-winning site has grown into the most comprehensive source of student financial aid information, advice and tools -- on or off the web.
- GradSchools.com
GradSchools.com is the leading and most comprehensive online resource for graduate schools and graduate program information. Choose from more than 60,000 masters and PhD degree program listings by field of study, subject, graduate school or metropolitan location. Also offered are online graduate programs for students interested in learning online, business graduate programs for students interested in business and MBA degrees and international graduate program listings for students interested in programs outside the U.S.
- GrantsNet
GrantsNet is a one-stop resource to find funds for research and training in the sciences. This service is completely free and is offered by the Science Magazine site which provides the full text of the journal's news stories, research reports, and commentary articles in a searchable database, enhanced by additional information, links, multimedia, and user services, as well as a database of scientific-product information.
- Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) was established in 1986 with a founding membership of eighteen institutions. Today, HACU represents more than 450 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Although our member institutions in the U. S. represent less than 10% of all higher education institutions nationwide, together they are home to more than two-thirds of all Hispanic college students. HACU is the only national educational association that represents Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).
- Hispanic College Fund
Founded in 1993, the Hispanic College Fund is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., with a mission to develop the next generation of Hispanic professionals. HCF provides talented and underprivileged Hispanic youth with vision, mentors, resources and scholarships. We are passionate about our mission to develop the next generation of Hispanic professionals and it's our partnerships with business, government and foundations that are making their success a reality. In 2006, the Hispanic College Fund received the Brillante award for "Nonprofit of the Year" from the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, and in 2007 was recognized by USA Today as one of the nation's top 25 charities.
- Hispanic Family Learning Institute
Family life plays an important role in all cultures. The Hispanic family is central to the social, emotional and educational development of each child. Parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts all share the responsibility of guiding the youth to success at school and in the community. The Hispanic Family Learning Institute (HFLI) recognizes and values the importance of family in Hispanic culture and celebrates family participation in children’s education. Family literacy offers Hispanic families access to education and a learning environment that maintains strong cultural and language bonds between parents and their children. These families can gain core skill sets of language acquisition, increase basic skills acquisition, build strong connections with the community and develop productive connections to educational institutions. HFLI's mission is to expand and enhance family literacy and other services for the educational, social and economic advancement of Hispanic families in need.
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is the nation's leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education. Founded in 1975 as a not-for-profit organization, HSF's vision is to strengthen the country by advancing college education among Hispanic Americans. In support of its mission to double the rate of Hispanics earning college degrees, HSF provides the Latino community more college scholarships and educational outreach support than any other organization in the country. During the 2007-2008 academic year, HSF awarded almost 4,100 scholarships exceeding $26.6 million. In its 33-year history, HSF has awarded in excess of 86,000 scholarships, worth more than $247 million, to Latinos attending nearly 2,000 colleges and universities in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Hispanic Theological Initiative
Since its inception, the Hispanic Theological Initiative has focused on impacting two important institutions-the academy and the church. Its focus on the academy stems from the historical underrepresentation of Latinos, both at the student and faculty levels throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Through its scholarship program, HTI has sought to increase the number of Latinos who would otherwise not consider further theological education or complete their doctoral degree for lack of financial assistance. Through its mentoring, networking and community building components HTI has endeavored to help students overcome the sometimes overwhelming sense of isolation and marginalization traditionally encountered by Latinos pursuing doctoral studies.
- Hispanic Youth Foundation
Hispanic Youth Foundation (HYF) funds educational programs and other initiatives for at-risk Hispanic children and youth. HYF, is a not-for-profit organization that works closely with public schools, colleges, universities, and other nonprofit groups to provide financial support for programs that help Hispanic children succeed in life.
- Jack Kent Cooke Foundation - Scholarship Programs
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s scholarship programs are designed to encourage and support outstanding students who work hard, demonstrate a strong will to succeed, and have financial need. Our scholarships provide financial assistance and academic support to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.
- La Unidad Latina Foundation
The La Unidad Latina Foundation was established in 1999 to serve as an independent, non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to educational achievement and civic empowerment in the Latino community.
- Latin American Educational Foundation
Learn about the Latin American Educational Foundation, one of the oldest Hispanic Organizations in the nation, its mission and work in the Colorado's Latino community since 1949. The Latin American Educational Foundation advances the educational leadership and economic status of all Hispanics to improve the greater community.
LAEF has established itself as a leader in meeting the higher education needs of Hispanic students. For more than 57 years LAEF has awarded over 5,000 scholarships totaling over $5,000,000. Our recipients successes are seen throughout the community. As a non-profit corporation, LAEF generates funds from corporations, foundations and individual contributors.
- Latino College Dollars
This website, which contains a scholarship directory, is an initiative of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI), a nonprofit organization that advances informed policy on key issues affecting Latino communities through objective and timely research contributing to the betterment of the nation.
- Latino Student Fund
The Mission of the Latino Student Fund (LSF) is to provide opportunities for a strong academic foundation for K-12 students of Hispanic descent to promote higher education and professional leadership. LSF seeks to ensure equal access to education for Washington DC Metropolitan Area Latino Students.
- National Association for Bilingual Education
The National Association for Bilingual Education is the only national professional organization devoted to representing Bilingual Learners and Bilingual Education professionals. NABE has affiliates in 25 states which collectively represent more than 20,000 members that include Bilingual and English Language Learner (ELL) teachers, parents, paraprofessionals, administrators, professors, advocates, researchers, and policy makers. NABE's mission is to advocate for our nations Bilingual and English Language Learners and families and to cultivate a multilingual multicultural society by supporting and promoting policy, programs, pedagogy, research, and professional development that yield academic success, value native language, lead to English proficiency, and respect cultural and linguistic diversity.
- National Hispanic Institute
The National Hispanic Institute provides Latino families, nationally and internationally, with private experiences on American college and university campuses that are specially designed to advance the educational aspirations of thousands of high school age Latino youth. More important, these settings allow them the opportunity to determine different options and choices in contributing to Latino community life through leadership service. Parents may elect to engage their children in these learning experiences as early as the ninth grade and throughout undergraduate college studies.
- Paying for College Student Resource Guide - 2008 Edition
Courtesy of U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-34) this College Student Resource Guide includes information on scholarships, internships, fellowships, books, and websites. File is in PDF format.
- PhD Project
Since 1994, The PhD Project has more than tripled the number of minority business school professors...from 294 to over 898. These individuals are inspiring and encouraging a new generation of business professionals. Are you ready to be the next role model? Currently, The PhD Project has more than 400 minority doctoral student members pursuing their dream. Like you, they were professionals or recent grads satisfying their quest for a high level of achievement and answering the call to mentor. With an expansive network of support, The PhD Project is now helping them prepare for success in academia.
- Posse Foundation
The Posse Foundation identifies, recruits and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams called “Posses.” These teams are then prepared, through an intensive eight-month Pre-Collegiate Training Program, for enrollment at top-tier universities nationwide to pursue their academics and to help promote cross-cultural communication on campus. The Posse Program has exhibited great success over the past 18 years placing 1,850 students into colleges and universities. These students have won over $175 million in scholarships from Posse partner universities and are persisting and graduating at 90 percent—a rate higher than the national averages at institutions of higher education. Posse currently has sites in six major cities across the United States: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., and its newest site in Atlanta.
- Project 1000
Project 1000 is a national program created to assist underrepresented students applying to graduate school. Students may apply to up to seven of the over 88 participating Project 1000 institutions by using one application. Participation is FREE OF CHARGE to individual students and to the participating institutions!
- Project Grad
Project GRAD is spearheading a college-bound solution and impacting the lives and futures of over 121,900 students from low-income communities across the country. Project GRAD has a proven track record nationwide in increasing high school graduation and college attendance rates for low-income students.
- Salvadoran American Leadership and Education Fund
Since Salvadoran American Leadership and Education Fund’s (SALEF) founding in 1995 by a group of Salvadoran immigrants and activists, one of its prominent goals has been to provide educational assistance to Salvadoran, Central American, and other Latino students. We know that in order for our communities to fully realize their dream of economic prosperity and political empowerment, we need to help open the doors to higher education. SALEF places emphasis on experience in community service for social change, therefore scholarship recipients are asked to serve as a mentor to a high school student who may not otherwise have a “role model” to look up to for guidance. Consequently, we create a network of educational support for our communities.
- Scholarships for Hispanics
A website produced by the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) Foundation. This Hispanic Scholarship Directory is reaching record numbers of users. The NAHP Foundation is able to make this resource available free of charge to thousands of aspiring Hispanic residents. The effort is far from reaching everyone that needs the information; we need your active support. With Latinos graduating from four-year colleges at half the rate of the population as a whole, we must do more to help bring our Hispanic community into the mainstream. We invite you join with us to grow our outreach effort.
- Scholarships.com
Since its founding in 1998, Scholarships.com has had one goal: to help students find the money they need to complete a college education. In the past few years, we've become the largest independent online source for free college scholarship searches and financial aid information. Our mission is to assist students and their families in obtaining college scholarships and to help them explore a variety of valuable financial aid opportunities.
- Truman Scholarship
The Truman Scholarship provides up to $30,000 in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields. Students must be college juniors at the time of selection. The Foundation also provides assistance with career counseling, internship placement, graduate school admissions, and professional development. Scholars are invited to participate in a number of programs: Truman Scholar Leadership Week, The Summer Institute, The Truman Fellows Program, and the Public Service Law Conference.
- United Negro College Fund - Corporate Scholars Program
This United Negro College Fund program offers Hispanic American, Asian, Pacific Islander American, African American and Native American college students a scholarship that includes an internship designed to help expand the minority workforce of corporations throughout the U.S. Applications are accepted from college sophomores, juniors and graduate students in disciplines requested by UNCF corporate partners. Visit the UNCF website for specific program and application deadline information.
Fellowship & International Programs
- American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offers professional development fellowships in four programmatic areas: Congressional; Diplomacy, Security & Development; Energy, Environment & Agriculture; Health, Education & Human Services; and, Roger Revelle Global Stewardship.
- Boren Scholarships and Fellowships
Boren Scholarships and Fellowships provide unique funding opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to add an important international and language component to their educations. We focus on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study that are critical to U.S. national security interests and underrepresented in study abroad.
- Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program
The Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Program, a collaborative effort between Howard University and the U.S. Department of State, seeks to attract outstanding young people who have an interest in pursuing a career in the Foreign Service of the U. S. Department of State. The Program encourages the application of members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service and those with financial need.
- Citizen Schools National Teaching Fellowship
The Citizen Schools National Teaching Fellowship is a service program offering a two-year, leadership development experience, including service as a team leader at a Citizen Schools campus, professional development with a partner organization in the community, and the opportunity for optional enrollment in a pioneering Master's program in out-of-school learning. The Fellowship is designed to provide hands-on leadership development to people of varied backgrounds who have high potential as educators and community builders.
- Consortium for Graduate Study in Management
The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management is the country’s preeminent organization for promoting diversity and inclusion in American business. Through an annual competition, The Consortium awards merit-based, full-tuition fellowships to America’s best and brightest diverse candidates. In conjunction with our member schools, sponsoring companies, and our elite group of MBA students and alumni, The Consortium has built a forty year legacy of fostering inclusion and changing the ethnic and cultural face of American business.
- Fulbright Program
Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program aims to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and other countries, through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills. The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, and is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools worldwide.
- GradSchools.com - Fellowship List
GradSchools.com's list of Federally Funded Portable Fellowships,
Portable Fellowships from Independent Organizations, and
Institutional Fellowships for current and prospective graduate students.
- IIEPassport Study Abroad Funding
This valuable funding resource allows you to search by country or subject to find the study abroad funding information that you need. Our comprehensive database of study abroad scholarships, fellowships, and grants can help make your dream of studying abroad a financial possibility and a profound reality.
- Institute for International Public Policy
The Institute for International Public Policy (IIPP) has over 15 years of demonstrated excellence as the leading provider of international affairs and public policy education for underserved minority college students, IIPP has educated and trained almost 300 International Affairs Fellows. Our focus is on providing quality education and practice opportunities to minority students beginning in their sophomore year of college. We offer these opportunities through our required five-year sequenced six-component program that includes: a Sophomore Summer Policy Institute, a Junior Year Study Abroad, a Junior Summer Policy Institute, a Summer Language Institute, an Internship, and a Master's Degree Program in International Affairs.
- Institute of International Education Network - Study Abroad Resources
The Institute of International Education (IIE) an independent non-profit organization founded in 1919, is a world leader in the exchange of people and ideas. IIE administers over 200 programs serving more than 20,000 individuals each year. IIE is working to increase the number and diversity of American students who go abroad and to encourage study in places of growing strategic importance to the United States. To support this goal, IIE launched this portal which offers you a single point of entry to access valuable study abroad information, including news coverage, academic articles and research, fact sheets for your students, and dates and deadlines for major scholarship and fellowship programs.
- Presidential Management Fellows
The Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program was established by Executive Order in 1977 to attract to the Federal service outstanding men and women from a variety of academic disciplines and career paths who have a clear interest in, and commitment to, excellence in the leadership and management of public policies and programs. By drawing graduate students from diverse social and cultural backgrounds, the PMF Program provides a continuing source of trained men and women to meet the future challenges of public service.
- Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Program
The Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA) is a national program that prepares young adults for an advanced degree and ultimately for careers and influential roles serving the public good. PPIA has an outreach focus on students from groups who are underrepresented in leadership positions in government, nonprofits, international organizations and other institutional settings. This focus stems from a core belief that our citizens are best served by public managers, policy makers and community leaders who represent diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Furthermore, international affairs are increasingly mixed with local concerns. Addressing such global issues make diversity a critical goal in professional public service. For over 20 years PPIA has been at the forefront of promoting diversity in public service and nurturing the full potential of students as active citizens, public servants and agents of change.
- Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program
The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program was established in 2001by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) with funding from the U.S. Congress to enable democratic practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows maintain full-time residence at the International Forum for Democratic Studies (the Forum), the research arm of the Endowment, located in Washington, D.C. Dedicated to international exchange, the program offers a collegial environment for fellows to reflect on their experiences and consider lessons learned; conduct research and writing; develop contacts and exchange ideas with counterparts in Washington, D.C.; and build ties that contribute to the development of a global network of democracy advocates.
- Robert Toigo Foundation
The Robert Toigo Foundation was founded 18 years ago to encourage exceptional minority students to consider finance, not only as a rewarding career, but also as an opportunity to be the future leaders in the global economy. Our goal is ambitious: to create a self-sustaining structure that leverages finance as a vehicle to promote positive social change. Each year we select the best and brightest minority business school students to become Toigo Fellows. Driven by the vision of an outstanding Board of Directors, the Toigo Foundation touches the lives of individuals who are determined to make a positive impact for themselves, their families and their communities. And with the combination of their professional potential and the Foundation’s support, they are led on a path emblazoned with advancement and success.
- Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship
The Thomas R. Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship program provides funding to participants as they are prepared academically and professionally to enter the United States Department of State Foreign Service. Women, members of minority groups historically underrepresented in the Foreign Service, and students with financial need are encouraged to apply.
The Pickering Undergraduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship seeks to recruit talented students in academic programs relevant to international affairs, political and economic analysis, administration, management, and science policy. The goal is to attract outstanding students from all ethnic, racial, and social backgrounds who have an interest in pursuing a Foreign Service career in the U.S. Department of State. The Program develops a source of trained men and women from academic disciplines representing the skill needs of the Department, who are dedicated to representing America's interests abroad.
- United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation
With a focus on excellence, innovation, and diversity, the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) is dedicated to increasing the role and participation of higher education in world communities; and, to globally achieving sustainable solutions to meet the vital challenges of the 21st Century. Founded in April 2000, UNCFSP is a spin-off the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). We are an independently established nonprofit organization that has designed and implemented national and international programs addressing health, international affairs and development, policy analysis, and civic engagement.
- White House Fellows
Founded in 1964, the White House Fellows program is America's most prestigious program for leadership and public service. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. White House Fellows typically spend a year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sectors, and trips to study U.S. policy in action both domestically and internationally. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis.
- Young People For
Young People For (YP4) is a strategic long-term leadership development program that identifies, engages and empowers the newest generation of progressive leaders to create lasting change in their communities. Our yearlong fellowship program for college students kicks off with a five-day National Summit in Washington, D.C. and provides organizational and financial support for executing meaningful social justice work.
Financial Literacy
- 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy
The 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy Web site offers general information for managing personal finances through out all of life's stages. From childhood, to college, to marriage and beyond this website offers financial education information for everyone.
- Alliance for Investor Education
The Alliance for Investor Education is dedicated to facilitating greater understanding of investing, investments and the financial markets among current and prospective investors of all ages. We pursue initiatives for education and join with others to motivate Americans to obtain objective information and increase their knowledge and understanding of investing.
- CreditSmart
Freddie Mac strongly supports credit education and financial literacy, believing that well-informed and well-prepared homebuyers are on the best path to enjoying successful and sustainable homeownership. As part of that ongoing commitment, Freddie Mac developed CreditSmart, a multilingual financial education curriculum and consumer outreach initiative designed to help consumers build and maintain better credit, make sound financial decisions, and understand the steps to sustainable homeownership. CreditSmart increases consumers' financial understanding by teaching life-long money management skills and showing consumers how to avoid costly mistakes.
- Home Ownership Mortgage Education Program
Countrywide is dedicated to making your dream of home ownership a reality. Our Home Ownership Mortgage Education program will help you understand the home-buying process from start to finish.
- IBRinfo
IBRinfo is an independent, non-profit source of information about new federal student loan payment and forgiveness programs. Income-Based Repayment (IBR) is a new way to make your federal student loan payments more manageable starting next year. And if you're a teacher or work in government or at a nonprofit (501(c)(3)) organization, you might qualify for a new type of public service loan forgiveness after 10 years of eligible payments and employment.
- Institute for Financial Literacy
The Institute for Financial Literacy, is a tax exempt non profit organization founded in 2002 in Portland, Maine. The Institute is funded by program fees, private donations, and grants from public and private foundations which support its focus on presenting unbiased, neutral information to its clients and advancing professionalism and effectiveness in its field.
- Latino Financial Issues Program
The Latino Financial Issues Program (LFIP) is a university-community partnership that invites undergraduate and graduate level students to work through a year-long, integrated course of study and service-learning to promote wealth and asset building in the Latino community. Along the way, we expose our LFIP scholars to careers in economic development and financial services and give them a professional summer work experience where they can make a direct impact on the financial security of Latinos.
- Money Skills for Real Life
Money Skills for Real Life is a website resource for High School students and was written and produced for the National Council for Community & Education Partnerships as a public service by the Denver-based National Endowment for Financial Education. A nonprofit foundation committed to educating Americans about personal finance and empowering them to make positive and sound decisions to reach financial goals.
- My Money
MyMoney.gov is the U.S. government's website dedicated to teaching all Americans the basics about financial education. Whether you are planning to buy a home, balancing your checkbook, or investing in your 401k, the resources on MyMoney.gov can help you do it better. Throughout the site, you will find important information from 20 federal agencies government wide.
- National Council on Economic Education
The National Council on Economic Education (NCEE) is a nationwide network that leads in promoting economic literacy with students and their teachers. NCEE's mission is to help students develop the real-life skills they need to succeed: to be able to think and choose responsibly as consumers, savers, investors, citizens, members of the workforce, and effective participants in a global economy.
- The National Endowment for Financial Education
The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) is the only private, nonprofit, national foundation wholly dedicated to improving the financial well-being of all Americans. The mission of the National Endowment for Financial Education is to help individual Americans acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to take control of their financial destiny. NEFE’s mission is grounded in the belief that regardless of background or income level, financially informed individuals are better able to:
Take control of their circumstances; Improve their quality of life; and, Ensure a stable future for themselves and their families.
Government Resources & Opportunities
- AmeriCorps
Each year, AmeriCorps offers 75,000 opportunities for adults of all ages and backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups. Whether your service makes a community safer, gives a child a second chance, or helps protect the environment, you’ll be getting things done through AmeriCorps!
- Citizen Corps
Citizen Corps is FEMA's grassroots strategy to bring together government and community leaders to involve citizens in all-hazards emergency preparedness and resilience. Citizen Corps asks you to embrace the personal responsibility to be prepared; to get training in first aid and emergency skills; and to volunteer to support local emergency responders, disaster relief, and community safety.
- GobiernoUSA.gov
GobiernoUSA.gov is the U.S. government's official Spanish-language portal, contains more than 110,000 pages of federal and state government resources in Spanish. The site makes it easy to register to vote, file a consumer complaint, or apply for student financial aid. The site also contains a directory of more than 80 federal agencies that can answer questions in Spanish and a list of more than 200 free government publications in Spanish on federal benefits, taking care of kids, and traveling safely, to name a few.
- Lern and Serve America
Learn and Serve America supports and encourages service-learning throughout the United States, and enables over one million students to make meaningful contributions to their community while building their academic and civic skills. By engaging our nation’s young people in service-learning, Learn and Serve America instills an ethic of lifelong community service. Learn and Serve America provides direct and indirect support to K-12 schools, community groups and higher education institutions to facilitate service-learning projects by: Providing grant support for school-community partnerships and higher education institutions; Providing training and technical assistance resources to teachers, administrators, parents, schools and community groups; and, Collecting and disseminating research, effective practices, curricula, and program models.
- Peace Corps
The Peace Corps is an American volunteer program run by the United States Government, as well as a governmental agency of the same name. Each program participant, or Peace Corps Volunteer, is an American citizen who commits to working abroad in an assignment for the organization for a period of twenty-four months. Generally, the work to be performed is related to international development. Specialties include education, business, information technology, agriculture, and the environment. In addition to its mandate of providing technical assistance in these areas, Peace Corps is also charged with increasing mutual international understanding. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals, which are providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States understand the culture of the United States, and helping United States people understand the culture of other countries.
- Servir.gov
Servir.gov es su recurso en Internet, no solamente para encontrar oportunidades de voluntariado en su comunidad, sino para crear las propias. Utilice Servir.gov para hacer su parte. Los cimientos de los Estados Unidos se construirán de a una comunidad a la vez – y eso comienza con usted. Servir.gov está dirigido por la Corporación para el Servicio Nacional y Comunitario.
- USA.gov
As the U.S. government's official web portal, USA.gov makes it easy for the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web. USA.gov also serves as the catalyst for a growing electronic government. Whatever you want or need from the U.S. government, it's here on USA.gov. You'll find a rich treasure of online information, services, and resources.
Greek
- Association of Fraternity Advisors
The Association of Fraternity Advisors is comprised of professionals and volunteers who work on college campuses, work at a fraternity/sorority inter/national headquarters, work for businesses that support fraternity/sorority students, and/or volunteer locally or nationally for their fraternity/sorority or for organizations that support fraternities and sororities. Two of the Association’s primary purposes are professional development and support for members and advocacy for the fraternity/sorority advising profession.
- Center for the Study of the College Fraternity
The Center for the Study of the College Fraternity was formed in 1979 to encourage and support research of the highest quality and educational significance on the role of the American college fraternity in higher education. The Center fulfills this mission in part through research grants, publication of monographs, and the indexing and collection of completed research projects.
- Hazing Prevention
HazingPrevention.Org is an organization whose mission is to empower individuals - through collaboration and education - to expect and create groups that value human dignity. Our goal is to encourage healthy and productive experiences for new members of teams, student organizations and fraternities and sororities.
- Higher Education Center
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Higher Education Center helps campuses and communities address problems of alcohol, other drugs, and violence by identifying effective strategies and programs based upon the best prevention science. Through a variety of products and services, the Center works to develop strategies for changing campus culture, to foster environments that promote healthy lifestyles, and to prevent high risk alcohol and other drug use and violence among students.
- Lambda 10 Project
The Lambda 10 Project is a national clearinghouse for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Fraternity & Sorority Issues that works to heighten the visibility of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members of the college fraternity by serving as a clearinghouse for educational resources and educational materials related to sexual orientation and gender identity/expression as it pertains to the fraternity/sorority experience.
- Latino Greek Network
Latino Greek Network is a forum that serves as a tool to represent your organization in the best light possible. In this forum we can discuss issues, promote events, socialize and really promote the unity that we each have in our mission statements. As this community grows we will be looking to appoint members of each organization as ambassadors so that we can come together and moderate this network and grow it into a powerful force.
- Latino Step
In the summer of 1999, two men embarked on a mission that created the first all-inclusive Latino and Multicultural Greek Summer Step & Stroll Show at Roberto Clemente State Park, Bronx, NY. The organizers felt the Latino/Multicultural Greek community needed an event that brought everyone together in a setting other than the normal party routine. This event has given Latino/Multicultural organizations an outlet to express their unique and creative qualities on a grand-scale and showmanship level. The Show demonstrated the essence of what brotherhood & sisterhood is all about, dedication, unity and teamwork to create an excellent performance!
- National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations
National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) is an umbrella council for Latino Greek Letter Organizations. Mission Statement: The purpose of NALFO is to promote and foster positive interfraternal relations, communication, and development of all Latino Fraternal organizations through mutual respect, leadership, honesty, professionalism and education. Established in 1998, NALFO has 23 member organizations from across the United States.
- National Cultural Greek Leadership Conference
The National Cultural Greek Leadership Conference (NCGLC) has been created as a means to give undergraduate members of culturally focused Greek lettered organizations the opportunity to network and dialogue on issues that face them on campuses across North America. This event will feature joint workshops and presentations as well as a curriculum that will address specific issues facing the many councils within our Greek communities.
- North American Interfraternal Foundation
The North American Interfraternal Foundation (NIF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promote and support leadership, educational, and research initiatives that advance the North American college fraternal experience. Programs of the NIF include: Scholarships and fellowships awarded to undergraduate and graduate members of social and professional fraternities and sororities; Sponsorship of CFEA awards to encourage and recognize constructive, positive fraternity magazine articles about student life and the fraternity system; and, Grants to organizations for educational programming that supports the mission of the foundation.
- StopHazing.org
The main purpose of StopHazing.org is to serve as a resource for accurate, up-to-date hazing information for students, parents, and educators. StopHazing.org now helps to educate over 30,000 visitors/month. We have an extensive site covering many aspects of hazing including fraternity, sorority, athletic, high school and military hazing.
Internships & Special Programs
- Broad Residency
The Broad Residency is a two-year leadership development program that places participants into full-time high-level managerial positions in school districts and charter management organizations (CMOs), where they can have an immediate impact on the education of America’s students. Broad Residents receive two years of professional development and access to a nationwide network of education leaders. The Residency is designed for individuals with an advanced degree (e.g. master’s, juris doctorate, Ph.D.), at least four years of work experience and a successful track record of leadership and/or management.
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) was established in 1978 by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus as a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to developing the next generation of Latino leaders. CHCI’s educational services are designed to provide Latino students with the tools and resources they need to succeed in attaining a higher education. Its leadership development programs seek to help participants search for and understand, their identity as professionals, Latinos, and leaders. By bringing together individuals who share a commitment to serve their communities, CHCI endeavors to make its vision of an educated and civic-minded Latino community a reality.
- Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute
In spring 2004, Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) was successfully able to partner with the Ford Motor Company to establish the CHLI Ford Motor Company Leadership Program. The program allows for eight college students to travel to Washington, D.C. and take part in a six-week internship program consisting of professional leadership development workshops while learning about local and state government, federal government, national advocacy organizations and policy development. Interns have the opportunity to interact with appointed and elected officials, as well as other community members and leaders from across the country.
- Everett Public Service Internship Program
The Everett Public Service Internship Program serves two goals. First, it encourages students' future involvement in public service by acquainting them with the challenges and rewards of public interest work. Second, it provides the public interest community, which too often operates on limited resources, with the dedication, energy, and idealism that our interns bring to their work. With these goals in mind, Henry and Edith Everett established their Everett Public Service Internship Program in 1989. Since then, two thousand students from communities across the country have discovered the immense satisfaction of contributing to society, while acquiring significant knowledge, experience, and career development opportunities.
- For People of Color
For People of Color, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose mission it is to empower people of color who want to enter the legal profession. For People of Color, Inc. has vast knowledge and expertise in assisting diverse law school applications gain admission to the law school of their choice. Also, the organization is keenly focused on providing mentorship and professional development opportunities to current diverse law students, and law school graduates.
- Fund for American Studies
The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) was founded in 1967 to help instill in young people an appreciation for the American form of government and the free enterprise system. TFAS sponsors Institutes that teach college students about the principles and values upon which the United States was founded.
- Goldman Sachs Scholarship for Excellence Program
The Goldman Sachs Scholarship for Excellence Program, established in 1994, is an integral part of our diversity recruiting effort, helping to attract Black, Hispanic and Native American undergraduate students to careers at Goldman Sachs. Recipients of the scholarship in their sophomore year receive a $5,000 award toward tuition and academic expenses for one year. Students invited to return for a second summer internship are eligible to receive an additional award of $10,000. Recipients in their junior year receive a scholarship award of $10,000. Scholarship recipients also receive an offer for a paid Goldman Sachs summer internship.
- HACU National Internship Program
Whether you are a student looking for an internship, or a federal agency or corporation looking for an intern, we are excited that you have chosen to start here. As the largest Hispanic internship program in the nation with a proven track record of nearly 7,000 participants over the last fifteen years, we feel that we can help make the “connection” that you are looking for.
- Harvard Business School - Summer Venture in Management Program
The Harvard Business School (HBS) Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) is a one week management training program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education. A twenty-year tradition at HBS, this unique educational experience helps participants develop a broader understanding of the challenges business leaders face, the many dimensions of the business world, and the impact they can have on their community and the world through business leadership. Using the renowned case method of instruction, HBS faculty lead class discussions on current management issues. Participants spend evenings analyzing real-business cases, and use morning study groups and classes to examine and debate their ideas through lively interaction with peers and faculty. The academic program is supplemented by presentations from HBS administrators and alumni who provide information about the impact that an MBA degree can have on their lives and careers.
- INROADS
INROADS is a non-profit organization that trains and develops talented minority youth for professional careers in business and industry. INROADS recruits only the best and the brightest high school and college ethnically diverse students interested in pursuing careers in business, engineering, computer and information sciences, sales, marketing, allied health care, healthcare management, and retail management careers. The training and development we provide for our college students is more rigorous. It incorporates interactive business simulations, seminars and other opportunities to increase the Intern's understanding of how to become a high-performing contributor in the workplace, and develop new management skills for use in the classroom, the community and beyond. From that point, INROADS places qualified college students in two-to-four-year internships with participating corporate sponsors, and provides ongoing support and guidance to ensure their success.
- InternJobs.com
InternJobs.com is a global database of internships and entry-level positions for students, recent graduates and career changers. Search our job database by keyword or by location. Employers post internships and entry-level jobs for FREE.
- Management Leadership for Tomorrow
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) is a national nonprofit that develops African American, Hispanic and Native American young people for leadership positions in corporations, nonprofits, and entrepreneurial ventures where these minority groups are dramatically under-represented. In partnership with the top MBA programs and several blue-chip corporations (including McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, PepsiCo and Citigroup), MLT delivers programming at the critical career transition points: high school to college, college to early career, early career to MBA, and MBA to executive leadership.
- New Leaders for New Schools
Forward progression and true transformation of public education is the next civil rights movement. New Leaders for New Schools is at the forefront of this movement, breaking new ground with dramatic improvements in urban school performance. We elevate urban student achievement beyond ordinary to extraordinary. Stellar academic success achieved by New Leaders principals in some of America’s major urban centers is clear evidence that children from all communities can achieve at the highest levels. Our leaders are influential agents of change who impact not only students and schools but entire communities, producing high school graduates well prepared for college, careers, and beyond. It is our mission to ensure high academic achievement for every student by attracting and preparing outstanding leaders and supporting the performance of the urban public schools they lead at scale.
- Riordan Fellows Program
The Riordan Fellows Program targets current college students and recent college graduates who are considering graduate education in business management. Its core purpose is to educate, prepare, and motivate these individuals to competitively apply and succeed in a top MBA program and a career in management. Fellows attend eight (8) monthly Saturday sessions that provide various activities and services.
- Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1963 as one of New York City's first mentoring programs for high school students of color. Over the past four decades SEO has expanded its programs to benefit more than 5,000 young people, helping them develop throughout high school, college, and their careers. SEO has grown into an established nonprofit organization with offices in New York City and London, more than 50 full-time staff, and programs that serve over 1,000 students, parents, and alumni each year. SEO provides services through three major programs: the Career Program, the Scholars Program, and Alumni & Philanthropy Programs.
- Think Intern
Think Intern is an online destination for internships. From thousands of unique internships to industry-specific resources, Think Intern empowers students with real opportunities and honest advice on how to get them.
- Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars is an independent, nonprofit organization serving hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States and other countries by providing selected students challenging opportunities to work and learn in Washington , D.C. for academic credit. The largest such program, with more than 60 full-time staff, The Washington Center has over 36,000 alumni, leaders in numerous professions and nations around the world.
- Washington Internship Institute
The Washington Internship Institute (WII) is an educational nonprofit organization that provides college students and recent graduates, from both the US and abroad, with internship opportunities in Washington, DC. Our programs deliver a perfect combination of experiential learning principles and academic rigor, resulting in a semester that is both challenging and memorable. If you seek an internship program that will afford you both personal and professional growth, join WII for a fall, spring, or summer internship in Washington, DC!
- Washington Internship Program
The Washington Internship Program - a combination of work and study - places undergraduate and graduate students, or college graduates, in our nation's capital for a semester (summer, fall, or spring). Year-long internships are also available. Students select internships according to their areas of interest, such as government, the media, and national institutions in a variety of fields, federal agencies, and private industries. International relations, journalism, law, medicine, public relations, business, the arts, science and technology, education, and counseling are among the many specialties that students pursue.
- WetFeet.com
WetFeet.com provides insightful profiles of companies, careers, and industries to guide job seekers toward finding the right career, the right industry, the right company, and the right job for them. Through our Insider Guide series and two websites, we help more than 1 million job candidates each year nail their interviews, avoid making ill-fated career decisions, and add thousands of dollars to their compensation packages.
Job Search
- BackDoorJobs.com
BackDoorJobs.com is a website dedicated to providing short-term opportunities to work, travel, play, learn, help, create, experience and grow in the U.S. or worldwide. Short-Term Job Adventures is simply about discovering life's options and finding your place in the world (and that's real exciting stuff). So come explore, dream, discover and do!
- Career Voyages
The Career Voyages web site is the result of a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education. It is designed to provide information on in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs.
- CareerBuilder.com
As the U.S.'s largest online job site, CareerBuilder.com put over 1.6 million jobs in front of poised job seekers wherever they are - at home or work - in print and on the Internet. More than 23 million unique visitors come to the site every month to check out opportunities in every industry, field and job type.
- FlipDog
FlipDog is a great place to find jobs and advance your career. Whether you're looking for a new job or researching employment opportunities, FlipDog allows you to quickly search and find the information you need most. And since FlipDdog is powered by Monster you'll have access to the largest database of jobs and the most helpful career development tools. Get started by trying a local job search, viewing jobs in the directory, or browsing the most popular job searches conducted by FlipDog visitors.
- Govt Job
Established in 1996, GovtJob.Net began as the Local Government Job Net, and was pointed to the Local Government Institute's main website. In May of 2000, GovtJob.Net was launched as a separate site under the continued sponsorship of the Local Government Institute. GovtJob.Net has become a leading national resource for state and local government employment opportunities and information.
- Hispanic Employment Program Managers
The Hispanic Employment Program Managers (HEPM) was established to focus specific attention on the needs of Hispanic Americans in all areas of federal employment. Here you will find information about Hispanic culture, activities, employment, recruitment, speakers and other helpful information.
- Idealist.org
Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities for jobs, internships and volunteering, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
- iHispano.com
iHispano.com is the nation's premiere networking site and job board for Latinos in the United States. iHispano.com is committed to promoting Hispanic employment and networking opportunities through its partnerships with leading Hispanic organizations. It serves as the premier resource for connecting aspiring and accomplished Latino professionals, as well as men and women of all nationalities and backgrounds, in a community experience that will assist them in realizing their professional and personal goals.
- LatinosinHigherEd.com
LatinosinHigherEd.com is the first Latino professional employment web site designed specifically for the higher education community. It was launched in response to a growing concern about the need to promote career opportunities in higher education for the growing Latino population. This site helps employers connect with the largest pool of Latino professionals in higher education in the United States, Puerto Rico and internationally by disseminating employment opportunities to registered candidates and a national network of Latino-serving organizations and listservs.
- LatPro.com
LatPro is the largest Hispanic & bilingual jobs and diversity career board in the Americas!
- Minority Professional Network
The Minority Professional Network (MPN) provides the premiere web-based interactive global Career, Economic, and Lifestyle Connection marketing portal and resource network for progressive multicultural men and women professionals.
- Monster.com
At Monster, our goal is to help you make the most of the 80 or 90 years you have on this planet by connecting you to the real world opportunities that can help you achieve your goals and realize your dreams. Whether you are thinking about a new job, new career, a new city or a new direction ... Monster helps you explore the possibilities and find the opportunities that are right for you.
- Resume Resource
Free resume and cover letter writing information provided exclusively by professional resume writers and career coaches.
- SALUDOS.com
SALUDOS.com specializes in joining the Hispanic bilingual professional with companies looking for DIVERSITY in the workplace.
- Studentjobs.gov
Studentjobs.gov is the one-stop portal for a range of employment opportunities for students within the Federal Governemnt, whether in high school, college or graduate school.
- SummerJobs.com
SummerJobs.com offers summer jobs and seasonal staff positions with camps, amusement parks, resorts, national parks, hotels, environmental organizations and more.
- USAJOBS
USAJOBS is the Federal Government's official one-stop source for Federal jobs and employment information.
Latin Culture
- American Capital of Culture Initiative
The American Capital of Culture initiative was born in 1997 and is aimed at all the countries of the Americas. The initiative was devised and is promoted by the American Capital of Culture Organization, a body set up in 1997, with the objective of promoting the American Capital of Culture and other, complementary cultural initiatives, which help to use culture as a key element in the development of the countries of the Americas.
- Cheverote.com
Cheverote.com is the official website of Piri Thomas. It includes biographical information, bibliographic indexes of the author's poetry and fiction, and links to reviews of his work. Piri Thomas was officially inducted into La Unidad Latina as an Honorary Hermano.
- Comité Noviembre
Comité Noviembre’s mission is to commemorate and acknowledge all aspects of Puerto Rican life from the social and cultural to the educational, economic and political. The charge of Comité Noviembre is to create an awareness of the rich culture, language and heritage of the Puerto Rican community and to acknowledge its numerous contributions to this state and nation. Established in 1987, Comité Noviembre…mes de la herencia puertorriqueña is the only collaboration of its kind in the United States that bring together the collective talents and resources of the oldest and most prestigious Puerto Rican organizations.
- Cuban Cultural Center of New York
The Cuban Cultural Center of New York is a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation, advancement and dissemination of Cuban and Cuban-American culture. It was founded in March, 1997 by a group of Cuban exile artists, professionals, scholars, and writers to celebrate their rich heritage and to support and inspire new developments in the arts. Since its founding, the CCC has offered a varied program of activities which has educated and entertained New York City audiences in the various facets of Cuban culture.
- De La Vega International
James De La Vega is a Graffiti Artist, Painter, Photographer, Educator, Activist, Thinker from Spanish Harlem (aka East Harlem/El Barrio) in New York. He is known primarily for his murals and the chalk drawings he creates on public surfaces such as sidewalks. His murals can be found all over East Harlem, and his chalk drawings may show up anywhere in the city. His street drawings are usually accompanied by aphoristic messages such as “Become Your Dream.” Legally, much of his work qualifies as graffiti, although many put them in a separate genre. In 2004, Salon.com called him "probably the most revered street artist in New York." De La Vega is a Cornell University-educated former teacher. While at Cornell, De la Vega also became an Hermano of the Latino community service organization La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Incorporated.
- El Museo del Barrio
Heralded by The New York Times as “an institution in its ascendancy”, El Museo del Barrio was founded in 1969 by artist Raphael Montañez Ortiz with the support of a group of Puerto Rican educators, artists, parents and community activists in East Harlem’s Spanish-speaking El Barrio. Since then, El Museo del Barrio has evolved into New York’s leading Latino cultural institution, having expanded its mission to represent the diversity of art and culture in all of the Caribbean and Latin America.
- Food Network - Latin Recipes
The Food Network provides tasty recipes of traditional and contemporary Latino cuisine from across the Hemisphere.
- GALA Hispanic Theatre
In its nearly three decades, GALA Hispanic Theatre has become what many consider the country’s leading Spanish-language theater, winning a loyal following and scores of awards. GALA has produced nearly 150 plays in Spanish and English and provided a diverse program of theater (from classical to contemporary), poetry, music, and dance to a wide audience. GALA has cultivated relationships with actors in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Argentina, Cuba, Peru, Venezuela, and a number of other Latin American countries while providing a cultural focal point for the growing Hispanic community in Washington, D.C.
- Hispanic Society of America Museum and Library
The Hispanic Society of America is a free museum and reference library for the study of the arts and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
- International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago
The International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago (the Center) is a Pan-Latino, nonprofit multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to developing, promoting and increasing awareness of Latino cultures among Latinos and other communities by presenting a wide variety of art forms and education including film, music, dance, visual arts, comedy and theater. The Center prides itself with its outstanding multidisciplinary and multinational cultural programming, which spans Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the United States. We encompass the many different art forms that are produced by international and local Latino talent.
- International Latino Film Society
The International Latino Film Society celebrates the breadth and diversity of Latino culture through the powerful medium of film and promotes positive Latino images throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
Our quality programming is recognized world wide for its innovation, inclusiveness and strong community ties. Now in its eleventh year, our annual International Latino Film Festival has grown to serve more than eight cities to meet the growing demand from the communities we serve.
- Latino International Film Institute
Latino International Film Institute (LIFI) is a non-profit organization that presents the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. Its mission is to mentor, develop and support Latino filmmakers with independent and diverse visions in the United States and internationally; to provide an outlet and distribution opportunities for the content created and acquired to the non-theatrical and commercial world. To support the development and further education of school children from elementary to junior college in the United States via the audio visual arts. In turn continue to elevate standards of Latino audio visual story development and presentation of our culture; and to preserve our cultural cinematic history in the most impactful medium of the world today, the audio visual.
- Latino Museum
The Latino Museum is committed to building a broader understanding of the rich history of Latino art and to increasing public awareness of outstanding works of contemporary Latino artists. Through our various outreach programs and educational services, we strive to encourage young people to develop their sensitivity to art in its many forms and to pursue their creative aspirations.
- Latino Theater Company
After over 20 years of exploring the U.S. Latino experience in bold, contemporary terms, the Latino Theater Company is creating a world-class cultural arts center that reflects the rich diversity of Los Angeles. Becoming the new operators of the Los Angeles Theatre Center located in the Historic Core of Downtown L.A in January of 2006, the company is seeking to establish a destination center for those pursuing artistic excellence, and a laboratory where both tradition and innovation are honored and honed.
- Latino USA
Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective. It is a production partnership of KUT Radio and the Center for Mexican American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. Latino USA was launched in 1993 with the following mission: provide diverse audiences with multiple perspectives on issues affecting Latinos, foster cross-cultural understanding, enhance relationships among Latino communities, and illuminate the richness of Latino cultural and artistic expression. Latino USA is distributed by National Public Radio and the Longhorn Radio Network to 172 stations in 31 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Latino USA’s distribution by Radio Bilingüe and the Armed Forces Radio service, expand the program’s reach to other listeners and worldwide audiences.
- Mexican Cultural Center
The Mexican Cultural Center is a non profit organization devoted to promoting understanding and awareness of the cultural and artistic diversity of Mexico and its influence in the Delaware Valley in the United States. The Center is a supporter of the increasing Mexican Community in Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Delaware and serves as a networking hub for those interested in Mexican Culture.
- Midwest Latino Arts Documentary Heritage Project
The Midwest Latino Arts Documentary Heritage Project, is an ongoing, multi-year initiative to locate and preserve primary sources critical to the study of the history of Latino arts and to the understanding of its contribution to American culture and to our communities. MidLAD is an interactive resource on Latino arts in the Midwestern United States for students, scholars, artists, curators, arts administrators, librarians, and archivists. We seek to build a foundational resource on this topic by sharing our research and encouraging community input to expand our research tools to add important information on artists, arts organizations, and exhibitions that we have not encountered to-date.
- National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) is dedicated to the preservation, development and promotion of the cultural and artistic expressions of the diverse Latino populations of the United States. Through this effort, NALAC is committed to the continuing struggle for the elimination of racism, sexism, ageism and discrimination against gay, lesbian and physically challenged populations. The objective is to recognize and support the varied standards of excellence grounded in the aesthetics and traditions of our root cultures.
- National Hispanic Cultural Center
The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and advancement of Hispanic culture, arts, and humanities. Since our grand opening in 2000, we have staged over 25 art exhibitions and 500 programs in the visual, performing, and literary arts. We provide venues for visitors to learn about Hispanic culture throughtout the world.
- National Museum of Mexican Art
The mission of the National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA) is to stimulate and preserve knowledge and appreciation of Mexican culture through sponsoring events and exhibitions that exemplify the rich variety of visual and performing arts in the Mexican culture; to develop, preserve, and conserve a significant permanent collection of Mexican art; to encourage the professional development of Mexican artists; and to offer arts education programs. The Museum defines the Mexican culture as "sin fronteras" (without borders) and presents the Mexican culture from ancient times to the present and how it has manifested itself on both sides of the border.
- National Museum of the American Latino
The National Museum of the American Latino will create a home for the historical artifacts, images, and personal stories documenting over 500 years of American Latino contributions to the United States. The Museum will serve as an educational tool for the thousands who visit the museum each year, as well as instilling a sense of pride in the Latino community today and in the future.
- Proyecto Ensayo Hispánico
Proyecto Ensayo Hispánico is a collaborative effort to disseminate Hispanic thought and essay. José Luis Gómez-Martínez, professor of Hispanic Essay at the University of Georgia, started the project in 1997. Since its creation, already over 80 scholars of Hispanic culture have participated in the preparation of the material of these pages.
- Puerto Rican Cultural Center Juan Antonio Corretjer
Founded in 1973, the Puerto Rican Cultural Center Juan Antonio Corretjer is a non-profit, community-based umbrella institution, which seeks to serve the social/cultural needs of Chicago's Puerto Rican/Latino community. It is built on the following principles: a philosophy of self-determination, a methodology of self-actualization and critical thought, and an ethics of self-reliance best expressed in the motto, "To Live and Help To Live."
- Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center
The Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance & Cultural Center is one of four active cultural centers on the mainland US affiliated with the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture for our offering of authentic, high-quality cultural programming. We have created an anchor in the Southwest United States for Puerto Rican culture as one of the few cultural centers in the country, and the only in all of Texas and our four surrounding states, offering ongoing performance and educational programs in the full cross-section of traditional dance, music and culture for children through adults, as well as a professional-level performing company under one roof. Founded by Ana Maria Maynard in 1997, the mission of our Non-Profit is to promote cultural awareness and pride through authentic performances and high-quality educational programs in performing arts, culture, and the historical development of Puerto Rico's customs and traditions.
- Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre
The mission of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre (PRTT) is to educate and acquaint the general public with important contributions by playwrights from Latino or Hispanic extraction; to present and produce truly bilingual professional theater; to offer artistic development to emerging and established artists; and in these ways to contribute towards the diversity of American theater and national culture.
- Puerto Rican Union of Mutual Aid
Puerto Rican Union of Mutual Aid, Inc. was organized in May 1937 and incorporated July 7, 1937. Our motto is to "Advance with Progress". The Association was founded by a group of Puerto Ricans who came from Hawaii to the East Bay and wanted to create a benevolent organization to further their people. The purpose for the Association is to help other Puerto Ricans in the San Francisco Bay Area. We bring the Puerto Rican community together keeping the culture alive through our Jíbaro music and Puerto Rican food. We hold regular dances and raise funds for educational scholarships and other community benefits.
- RedCielo
RedCielo is committed to the development and empowerment of diverse communities by providing impacting creative experiences. Art education, public dialogues, community mural projects and conscious graphic design become vehicles for team building, leadership development, peer advising, and interpretation of a community voice. Our objective is to provide a medium through which any collective of people can address the issues impacting them and the greater society.
- Serie Project
The Serie Project, Inc., of Austin, Texas is a non-profit Latino arts organization that produces, promotes, and exhibits serigraph (silk screen) prints created by established and emerging artists. A collaborative workshop format is the setting used to foster diverse artists’ development and creativity through exposure to the serigraph technique. Each participating artist creates a limited edition serigraph print and The Serie Project, in turn, is able to make the fine art available to the public through these affordable, signed and numbered prints.
- Smithsonian Latino Center
The Smithsonian Latino Center is dedicated to ensure that Latino contributions to art, science and the humanities are highlighted, understood and advanced through the development and support of public programs, scholarly research, museum collections and educational opportunities at the Smithsonian Institution and its affiliated organizations across the United States.
- Teatro Avante
Teatro Avante was established in 1979 as a vehicle for preserving and presenting our Hispanic cultural heritage through the production of the highest quality universal theater in English and Spanish. Through the years we have staged productions by great playwrights, including Garcia Lorca, Valle-Inclán, Tirso de Molina (Spain), Piñeira, Triana, Cabrera Infante, Matas, Alomá Ferrer (Cuba) Chocrón, Pinto (Venezuela), and Vargas LLosa (Perú),. We have also presented master playwrights from other cultures including Miller, Albee, Williams (USA), Cocteau (France) and Orwell (England). Teatro Avante is based out of Miami, Florida but has preformed across the U.S.
- Teatro Círculo Ltd
Teatro Círculo Ltd is a theater company founded by a group of Puerto Rican artists with a strong academic background committed to preserving and promoting our cultural heritage through the presentation of creative, inclusive and educational theater works. It is our purpose to expose the public to the best works of Spanish and Puerto Rican playwrights, both contemporary and classical and in general, to foster an appreciation of the richness of Latin American and Iberian cultures in the context of the pluralism that characterizes NYC.
- UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean
Within the strategy of the UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Forum of Ministers of Culture is the major counterpart for regional cooperation. The Forum of Ministers of Culture and Officials in Charge of Cultural Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean was established in 1989 in the framework of the First Meeting of ministers of Culture of the Region held in Brazil. The Forum is the best space of reflection for the highest government authorities for culture in the Region, as it is the only arena where all the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean coincide.
- Welfare Poets
The Welfare Poets are a collective of activists, educators, and artists together since 1990. Through teaching residencies and workshops, through activism around community struggles and through sharp-edged performances of music that incorporates Hip Hop, Bomba y Plena, Latin Jazz and other rhythms, the Welfare Poets bring information and inspiration to those facing oppression and those fighting for liberation.
- Western Region Puerto Rican Council
Since 1972, the Western Region Puerto Rican Council has promoted cultural, educational and socio-economic programs that enhance the status of Puerto Ricans in the western region of the United States. The Council is an umbrella organization with its primary base in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. As part of the Council goal to promote the culture of Puerto Rico, “El Día de San Juan” Festival (the "Festival") was started in 1978 in the Bay Area and remains part of the area's signature events today.
Non-Profit & Advocacy Organizations
- Alianza
Alianza is a community–based organization born from the determination of the Dominican-American community to emerge, flourish, and contribute to the development of American society. The struggles of day–to–day living give rise to our purpose and challenges us to succeed. We see a future where Latinos, immigrants, women, youth, working families, and the poor are valued contributors to the culture and essential life of our nation. To this end, we work both directly and in partnership with others to initiate and implement programs and services that respond to the full spectrum of community needs, and that utilize community assets to provide opportunities for growth and development. Alianza advocates for social change, responds to local crises, and is steadfast in its commitment to family strengthening and neighborhood development.
- Arizona Latino Leadership Institute
The Arizona Latino Leadership Institute (ALLI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan and independent organization committed to the advancement of emerging leaders and the success of Arizona's second century. The work of the institute is focused on public policy education, fellowship opportunities and the growth and retention of quality community leaders throughout the state.
- ASPIRA Association
The ASPIRA Association, a non-profit organization, is the only national Hispanic organization dedicated exclusively to developing the educational and leadership capacity of Hispanic youth. Since 1961, ASPIRA has been working at the grass-roots level to provide programs that encourage Hispanic students to stay in school, prepare them to succeed in the educational arena, develop their leadership skills, and to serve their community. It is organized in six states and Puerto Rico and has extensive national presence through its partnerships with hundreds of regional, state and local education CBOs. It currently serves over 85,000 students each year through its ASPIRA Clubs in schools and its after-school education and guidance programs. ASPIRA is a very diverse organization working with substantial numbers of Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Central Americans, Mexicans, and Cubans, as well as with African Americans, non-Hispanic whites, and Haitians, among others.
- Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans
The Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) currently serves over 30,000 men, women, and children through more than 20 different programs. AAMA's mission is to advance the lives of at-risk youth and families through an array of innovative programs that provide education, social services, healthcare and human services, and community development in Texas cities.
- Ayuda
Ayuda’s mission is to protect the legal rights of low-income immigrants in the D.C. metropolitan area. We are the District’s leading source of multi-lingual legal and social assistance for low-income Latinos and foreign-born persons in immigration, human trafficking, domestic violence, and family law. Our overall goals are to improve the ability of our clients to live safe, violence-free lives and become fully participating members of our community. Our organizational activities include: legal and social services that respond to changing public policies and client needs; assistance to survivors and victims of domestic violence; collaboration and referrals to assure client access to culturally appropriate services; community education about rights and resources; and training and technical assistance to social service organizations and government agencies to better serve immigrants.
- California Latino Legislative Caucus Institute for Public Policy
Established as a non-partisan effort in 2002 by the California Latino Legislative Caucus, the California Latino Legislative Caucus Institute for Public Policy (CLLCIPP), known as the California Latino Caucus Institute, is a broad-based public policy, educational, and leadership development organization. The Institute offers the means for Californians to meet their highest potential at a time in history when unprecedented challenges and increased public expectations call for well-developed public policy in all areas of life. The Institute plans to respond to this complex and challenging environment by being an incubator of ideas and ethical leadership.
- CASA of Maryland
CASA of Maryland is a community organization that was founded in 1985 by Central American refugees and North Americans. CASA was created in response to the human needs of the thousands of Central Americans arriving to the D.C. area after fleeing wars and civil strife in their countries of origin. CASA's vision is for strong, economically and ethnically diverse communities in which all people – especially women, low-income people, and workers – can participate and benefit fully, regardless of their immigration status.
- Center for Puerto Rico Equality & Advancement
The Center for Puerto Rico Equality & Advancement (CPREA) was founded in 2006 on the premise that the Statehood movement needed a collective effort beyond a simple desire for statehood. To that end, we have developed a dynamic approach that raises awareness of the issues of civil right, equality, and statehood for Puerto Rico. The Center is a pro-statehood, independent, non-partisan, nonprofit public policy think tank based in the City of New York. The Center is committed to promoting the vision of Puerto Rico Statehood movement founder Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa and his message of “Statehood, equal in rights and responsibility.”
- Central American Resource Center - D.C.
Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) is a non-profit community based organization that offers legal, educational, housing and other services to the Central American/Latino community in the Washington Metropolitan Area. CARECEN provides information, access, direct services and civic and life-skill training necessary for clients to attain a safe and stable environment for their families. CARECEN was established in 1981 to protect the rights of refugees from Central America's wars and to provide direct legal services that would ease their transition. Over time, the organization has evolved and grown with the immigrant community into broader areas of community service and economic development, establishing itself as a strong and visible advocate on critical local and national policy issues, particularly those relating to immigration and housing.
- Central American Resource Center - Los Angeles
The Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) was founded in 1983 by a group of Salvadoran refugees whose mission was to secure legal status for the thousands of Central Americans fleeing the torture and brutality of civil war. CARECEN's mission is to empower Central Americans by defending human and civil rights, working for social and economic justice and promoting cultural diversity.
- Centro Latino
El Centro Latino was incorporated in the fall of 1999, granted its non-profit status in the spring of 2000, and opened its doors on July 15, 2000. The mission of El Centro Latino is to improve the quality of life for Latinos living in and around Orange County, NC by providing educational and social services and cultural activities. El Centro Latino grew out of a collaboration of local Latino leaders, the Orange County Task Force on Hispanic Issues, and the Orange County Partnership for Young Children's Los Ninos Task Force.
- Cesar E. Chavez Foundation
The mission of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization, is to maximize human potential to improve communities by preserving, promoting and applying the legacy and universal values of civil rights leader Cesar E. Chavez. Cesar's dream for a better and more just world has guided the Foundation's vision. Through our programming we strive to empower individuals so that they may fully realize their inherent and unlimited potential to make a difference in their own lives, in their communities, and in the world as a whole.
- Committee for Hispanic Children and Families
Since 1982, The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. (CHCF) has been dedicated to improving the quality of life for Latino children and their families. Believing that the most effective way to serve Latino families is by building upon their existing strengths and fostering self-sufficiency, CHCF provides a number of programs and services to the community in the areas of Youth Development, Child Care Services, and Family Health Education. Grounded in its direct services, CHCF is active on the local, state and national policy arena around issues of child welfare and the well-being of Latino children.
- Cuban American National Council
The Cuban American National Council (CNC) is a non-profit organization providing human services to persons in need from all racial and ethnic groups. CNC assists individuals to become self reliant, and builds bridges among America’s diverse communities. CNC has pioneered alternative education models in South Florida and has become one of the largest Hispanic non-profit developers of section 202 housing serving low-income elderly in the United States. Since 1972, CNC has been funded by both the private and public sectors to plan, negotiate, and manage numerous grants and contract agreements.
- Dolores Huerta Foundation
The mission of the Dolores Huerta Foundation is to inspire and motivate people to organize sustainable communities to attain social justice. The Foundation engages in programs for developing grassroots leadership, a Community Organizing Institute, public policy analysis and advocacy, and a Popular Education Program. The foundation serves communities in Bakersfield and the surrounding areas in southern California.
- Dominican American National Roundtable
The Dominican-American National Roundtable (DANR) is a non-partisan, non-profit corporation seeking to bring together the different voices of all people of Dominican origin in the United States. DANR is a national forum for analysis, planning, and action to advance the educational, economic, legal, social, cultural, and political interests of Dominican Americans. It aims to ensure for U. S. Dominicans the full exercise of the rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States of America.
- Esperanza
Esperanza is the largest Hispanic faith-based not-for-profit corporation in America. We are dedicated to community development through the establishment of Hispanic owned and operated institutions that lead to the familial, economic, and spiritual enrichment of our communities. Esperanza was established in 1987 when the Hispanic Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity, led by the Reverend Luis Cortés, Jr., saw the need to be proactive to the needs of the Latino community of this city. In 2002 Esperanza expanded its reach, bringing hope to Latino communities across America through national and international initiatives. The organization has had dramatic impact on thousands of lives and hundreds of organizations since its inception. We focus our work on five key areas: Community Development; Capacity Building; Workforce Development; Education; and Advocacy, as expressed in the National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference.
- Greenlining Institute
The Greenlining Institute is a multi-ethnic advocacy, research, leadership development, and public policy organization whose ultimate goal is to increase the role that low-income and minority Californians play in the civic arena in order to create equitable policies and improve quality of life for all communities.
- Hispanas Organized for Political Equality
For 20 years, Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) has been working to provide a critical voice to Latinas to develop their personal growth, prosperity, and political clout. Throughout the years, HOPE has served California's Latina community with innovative programming that provides leadership development, statewide networking opportunities, experiential learning, and one on one interaction with local, state, and federal officials and agencies.
- Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
Founded in 1986, the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) is one of the most influential advocacy organizations in the nation representing 13 national Hispanic organizations in the United States and Puerto Rico.Our mission is to advance the inclusion of Hispanics in Corporate America at a level commensurate with our economic contributions. To that end, HACR focuses on four areas of corporate responsibility and community reciprocity: employment, procurement, philanthropy, and governance.
- Hispanic Community for Policy
The Hispanic Community for Policy (HCP) is a national, grass-root, non-partisan, non-profit advocacy organization for Hispanic Americans focusing on foreign and related domestic policy. HCP's primary mission is to enhance the education, participation and leadership of Hispanic Americans in US public policy. HCP has pursued it's mission early through projects such as the 2008 US Presidential Candidate Policies toward Latin America, forging the creation of the Latin America Caucus in the US House of Representatives, the development of The National Hispanic Debate - an after-dinner Hispanic, family-style discussion, and Ideas del Pueblo - an opinions forum for Hispanics (both in development), and completing a 20-city National Outreach Drive, among other efforts.
- Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options
In 2001, the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (CREO) was founded to address the crisis in Latino education by empowering Latino families with parental choice in education. By creating coalitions with parents, schools, faith-based organizations, advocates and like-minded groups, Hispanic CREO has been able to educate, inform and mobilize Latino parents on the issues surrounding school choice.
- Hispanic Federation
Established in 1990, the Hispanic Federation is a service-oriented membership organization that works with over 90 Latino health and human services agencies to promote the social, political and economic well-being of the Latino community. The Federation's member agencies work in the areas of education, health, elderly services, child care, HIV/AIDS, housing, immigrant services, arts and culture, and economic development. Each year, these agencies serve millions of the northeast region's most underprivileged and vulnerable Latinos.
- Hispanic Heritage Foundation
The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) identifies, inspires, promotes and prepares Latino role models through national leadership, cultural, educational and workforce programs. HHF is a nonprofit organization and all sponsorships facilitate its year-round programs including the Hispanic Heritage Awards, Youth Awards, LOFT (Latinos on Fast Track) Network and Speakers Bureau.
- Hispanic Institute
The Hispanic Institute is a designated non profit organization that was formed in 2005. The Hispanic Institute’s mission is to provide an effective education forum for an informed and empowered Hispanic America. The Hispanic Institute has managed a number of projects including the study of Hispanic economic contributions, media monitoring, consumer fraud and citizenship education.
- Hispanic Institute of Social Issues
The Hispanic Institute of Social Issues is an organization created to serve the community, with an emphasis on the Latino and other minority
groups. The corner stone of this institution is based on promoting the growth of our community through alternative education, available to everyone through courses, seminars, books, and other publications on various social issues. Our endeavor proposes the advancement and progress of individuals of all nations and cultures, as well as the emancipation of the mind, beyond the limits established by tradition and stereotypes that have limited us for many years. The mission of the Hispanic Institute of Social Issues is to make knowledge available to everyone, and to promote and stimulate the natural desire to learn and to excel. We believe that education is the legitimate antidote that frees us from the bondage of ignorance, which by nature has held individuals from reaching a success of greater proportion.
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute
The mission of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute is to secure public funding to increase educational achievement of Latinos in the United States: to improve the public’s understanding of the need to address Latino higher educational attainment: and to promote effective public policy for Latino higher education. We work with our parent organization, the privately funded Hispanic Scholarship Fund, to double the rate of Hispanics earning their college degrees to 18 percent by 2010.
- Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership
The Hispanic Technology and Telecommunications Partnership (HTTP) is a coalition of national and regional Hispanic organizations working to increase awareness of the impact of technology and telecommunications policy on the U.S. Hispanic community. HTTP members are nonprofit organizations that support the social, political, and economic advancement of 44 million Americans of Hispanic descent by facilitating access to health care, quality education, economic opportunity, technology tools and resources. HTTP was formed in 1996 to ensure that the needs and concerns of U.S. Hispanics were represented in policy discussions surrounding the Digital Divide and telecommunications reform.
- Hispanics Against Child Abuse and Neglect
Hispanics Against Child Abuse and Neglect (H.A.C.A.N.) is a non-profit organization formed in 1985 to assist local agencies with the prevention of child abuse and neglect. H.A.C.A.N. strengthens families, empowers youth, and prevents child abuse and neglect through culturally competent education, intervention, and community advocacy with a focus on the Hispanic/Latino Community. We have developed trainings for parenting classes and are active in conferences and workshops on positive disciplining among the Hispanic community, radio presentations. H.A.C.A.N. has served over 900 families through our parenting classes.
- Hispanics In Philanthropy
Hispanics In Philanthropy (HIP) was founded in 1983 to promote stronger partnerships between organized philanthropy and Latino communities, HIP has developed into a transnational network of grantmakers committed to strengthening Latino communities across the Americas. As a membership organization, HIP seeks to share with funders the needs of the Latino community. To this end, we sponsor regional, national and international conferences and briefings, research and publications, professional development programs, as well as providing referrals for foundations seeking Latino staff and trustees. In addition, HIP seeks to increase resources for the Latino civil sector by leading a funding collaborative, which focuses foundation, corporate, government and individual dollars on supporting Latino nonprofits.
- Hispanics Inspiring Student Performance and Achievement
Hispanics Inspiring Student Performance and Achievement (HISPA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1984 whose mission it is to inspire and motivate students by enabling Hispanic/Latino role models to participate in educational programs within our communities. HISPA's purpose is to proactively broker a national network of role models and resources aimed at showcasing the role models’ educational experiences, careers and ethnic backgrounds with the purpose of inspiring students’ performance and achievement.
- Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools
Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS), a non-profit organization, was established in 1996 with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in response to Executive Order 12900, “Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.” The organization was launched as a part of the “Hispanic Agenda for Action Initiative” and is the only national organization representing Hispanic-serving health professions schools. Today, HSHPS represents over 22 medical schools and 5 schools of public health nationwide serving over 40% of Hispanic medical school graduates and 15.5% of Hispanic schools public health graduates in the continental United States as well as a broader network of more than 300 researchers who address health issues among Hispanics.
- Indiana Latino Institute
The Indiana Latino Institute, Inc. (ILI) was established in 2001 as a statewide effort to aid Latino-serving organizations throughout Indiana. Latinos are a rapidly growing minority in the state, and in the country. We believe that local organizations best understand the specific needs of their communities; thereby, Latinos can best be served by developing internal capacities at local levels. The Indiana Latino Institute provides advocacy, leadership and collaboration addressing evolving issues and essential needs that affect Latino communities. The Indiana Latino Institute is the leader in the Latino community in Indiana for advocacy, resource and referral, research and community assessment and model program development for Latino adults and youth.
- Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly
The Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly (IPR/HE) is the largest Hispanic nonprofit organization serving the Hispanic and other ethnic/racial minority seniors and their families in New York City. The Institute was founded in 1978 and incorporated in 1979 in the state of New York as a nonprofit organization. IPR/HE provides multilingual / multicultural information, referral and advocacy, counseling, case management, and other assistance services to seniors and their families.
- Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan Latino organization affiliated with the AFL-CIO. It was formed in 1973 to provide Latino trade union members in the United States with a more effective voice within the AFL-CIO, to encourage Latino participation on the democratic process, and to encourage the organization of Latino workers into labor unions. LCLAA is the official "voice" of Latinos within the AFL-CIO, and one of six official "constituency groups."
- Latin American Health Institute
The Latin American Health Institute (LHI) is New England’s premier community-based public health organization, serving annually over 25,000 Latin American families and individuals through more than 24 direct care programs. In addition, LHI reaches healthcare professionals, para-professionals, and institutions through education, technical assistance, fiscal sponsorship, program oversight, and consulting services.
- Latino Behavioral Health Institute
The Latino Behavioral Health Institute is a non-profit corporation founded by CEO Ambrosio Rodriguez, M.P.A., and incorporated in 1996. LBHI’s mission is to enhance skills of persons interested or involved in providing behavioral health services to the Latino community. The Institute is dedicated to eliminating discrimination against persons in need of behavioral health services, human services or health care. LBHI accomplishes its mission by providing training, education (interactive and dyadic) and experiential opportunities to persons involved in human services with the Latino community. The Institute’s activities are intended for consumers, family members, professional care providers, administrators, educators, researchers and trainers.
- Latino Business Association
Established in 1976 as a private non-profit organization, the Latino Business Association (LBA) is the country’s largest Latino business entity by virtue of total active membership and overall outreach to Latino business owners. LBA's mission is to build economic wealth and opportunity for Latino Business Entrepreneurs. This year, LBA celebrates 30 years of commitment and economic impact by creating business growth, providing advocacy and business education. In 1998, the LBA established a non-profit Latino Business Association Institute (LBAI), generating millions of dollars in procurement and business loans since its inception.
- Latino Caucus - American Public Health Association
The Latino Caucus - American Public Health Association (APHA) represents the unique perspectives and special public health problems common to Latinos in the United States. The Caucus provides an entry-point for public health professionals with a commitment to understanding and eliminating health disparities within and across the Latino community. It also provides programs that explore the special issues of migrant workers, undocumented immigrants, documented immigrants and those individuals who lack access to Western medical systems and rely on traditional indigenous systems of care. The Caucus has also worked closely with APHA Sections to explore issues of environmental hazards to the labor force and sweat shops that pose serious threats to maternal and child health.
- Latino Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
The mission of the Latino Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence is to promote awareness and work toward the elimination of domestic and sexual violence and contributing conditions affecting Latino communities across Indiana.
- Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC) is the only statewide organization with a specific emphasis on Latino health - was founded in 1992 by health care providers, consumers and advocates to impact Latino health through enhanced information, policy development and community involvement. Since then, the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California has positioned itself to meet the primary goal of its mission: "To develop and support policies, services and conditions that will improve the health of Latinos."
- Latino Coalition Foundation
The Latino Coalition Foundation (TLCF) is an independent non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. TLCF was established to research and address issues that directly affect the well-being of Latinos in the United States. Our agenda is to promote initiatives that will enhance overall business, economic and social development of Latinos.
- Latino Family Institute
Latino Family Institute (LFI), is a fully licensed non-profit Adoption, Foster Care and Family Support Agency in Southern California. Our focus is to develop and support Latino families. To that end, we offer a full range of services designed to prevent families from becoming involved with the Child Welfare system. We help to reunify families already separated, and when this cannot be achieved, we help to create new families through adoption. We also support high risk families who have been impacted by substance abuse, HIV or AIDS.
- Latino Gay Men of New York
Latino Gay Men of New York is a non-profit, incorporated community based organization for gay, bisexual and transgender Latino males in New York City and the surrounding metropolitan areas. The organization was founded in 1991 to promote a positive image of the Latino gay, bisexual and transgender community. We provide an affirming environment to strengthen and support individuals by advancing self-awareness, positive images, visibility and serve as a voice for our members on issues that impact our lives.
- Latino Institute
The Latino Institute, Inc. is a private, non-profit, charitable organization. Our mission is to serve as a bridge between the Latino community, and the educational, cultural, governmental, social and economic institutions of society by providing accurate, factual, and timely information on the barriers and challenges affecting the education, growth, development and well-being of that community and by developing, recommending, and advocating solutions and actions which may serve as a catalyst for change. We promote these tenets through major events, conference, seminars, lectures, workshops, performances, programs, and other activities. The Latino Institute, Inc. offers services and programs on a statewide basis in the State of New Jersey, and has a national presence via its special events.
- Latino Institute for Development, Education & Responsibility
LIDER - The Spanish word for Leader - is the acronym for the Latino Institute for Development, Education & Responsibility. The primary goal of this non-profit organization is to empower Latinos with the personal and professional development tools and strategies to achieve their American Dream and become successful role models to future generations of Americans. Our approach incorporates clear and specific goals that enable Hispanics to develop a positive self-image, take responsibility for their own success, and embrace education as the cornerstone of self-reliance.
- Latino Issues Forum
Latino Issues Forum (LIF) is a non-profit public policy and advocacy institute dedicated to advancing new and innovative public policy solutions for a better, more equitable, and prosperous society. Founded in 1987 by a group of distinguished Latino social justice leaders who wanted to fill a void- the need to have a Latino organization, with both research and advocacy capacity, addressing issues not addressed by other Latino organizations. As a new organization, LIF needed to have the flexibility to address issues at the federal, state, or regional level- both in the public and private sector. During its twenty-year history, LIF has tackled a myriad of issues ranging from access to basic bilingual phone services, citizenship, growth management, higher education, and auto insurance.
- Latino Policy Coalition
The Latino Policy Coalition is a national non-partisan non-profit consortium of the country's leading Latino research organizations and scholars. The LPC analyzes, through nationwide public opinion surveys, policy issues affecting the Latino community. The LPC seeks to highlight Latino community views on key national issues; and thus stimulate public policy debate among local, state and national elected officials.
- Latino/Hispanic AIDS Action Agenda
For the first time in the history of this epidemic, community based organizations, health departments, direct service providers, researchers, advocates, public health representatives, people living with HIV/AIDS and many others have come together to develop the Latino/Hispanic AIDS Action Agenda, a national health and prevention policy document that responds to the crisis. On January 29-30, 2008 in Washington, D.C. people from across the nation including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands will come together to discuss at length the solutions needed to overcome the HIV/AIDS crisis faced by our communities. Together, as a community, we will not only develop an agenda that will represent our definition of what the underlying problems are but we will also recommend and prioritize the changes that we see necessary to reverse this epidemic of indifference and injustice.
- Latinos for National Health Insurance
Latinos for National Health Insurance (LHNI) is a New York City-based national coalition that works for equality in healthcare. Our coalition is composed of Latinos leaders and supporters in many fields - medicine, business, labor, education - who feel passionately that what nuestra gente need - our country needs! - is a national health insurance program where every person is covered from the time they are born, regardless of immigration status.
LNHI came together in 2005 in response to the deepening health crisis in our community and the growing demand - from grassroots, the media and even businesses - that universal healthcare is needed now. We are a not-for-profit educational organization, and all contributions are deductible through our fiscal agent.
- League of United Latin American Citizens
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the largest and oldest Hispanic Organization in the United States. LULAC advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide. The organization involves and serves all Hispanic nationality groups.
- MANA: A National Latina Organization
MANA, A National Latina Organization, was founded in 1974 as the Mexican-American Women's National Association. MANA's original intent was to provide a voice for Mexican-American women at the national, state and local levels. Since then, the organization has expanded into a diverse group of Latinas in all areas of political, social and professional fields. MANA is unique since this makes MANA the single largest pan-Latina organization in the United States.
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Founded in 1968 in San Antonio, Texas, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) is the leading nonprofit Latino litigation, advocacy and educational outreach institution in the United States. MALDEF's mission is to foster sound public policies, laws and programs to safeguard the civil rights of the 45 million Latinos living in the United States and to empower the Latino community to fully participate in our society.
- Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) is a student organization that promotes higher education, cultura, and historia. MEChA was founded on the principles of self-determination for the liberation of our people. We believe that political involvement and education is the avenue for change in our society.
- National Alliance for Hispanic Families
The National Alliance for Hispanic Families is focused on promoting strategies that strengthen Hispanic Families. Our purpose is to harness public and private resources to promote comprehensive programs, relevant research and targeted policies that build families where children and youth flourish while adults learn the skills to function effectively in today’s challenging environment.
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health
The National Alliance for Hispanic Health is the premier science based organization focusing on Hispanic Health. Alliance community based members reach over 15 million Hispanic consumers throughout the U.S. Since 1973 we have grown from a small coalition of visionary mental health providers to a large, dynamic, and strong group of organizations and individuals. Our constituents are our members, the consumers served by our members, and the greater society that benefits from the health and well being of Hispanics. Since we were created we represent all Hispanic groups, do not accept funds from tobacco or alcohol companies, and are dedicated to community-based solutions.
- National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities
The National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) seeks to improve the quality of life for Latinos and Latino immigrants in their communities both in the United States and in countries of origin. NALACC seeks to build transnational leadership capacity and increase immigrant civic participation, so that immigrants can advocate effectively for public policies that address the root causes of migration, as well as addressing the challenges faced by immigrants in the United States. NALACC aspires to become an entity recognized for its ability to articulate the challenges faced by transnational immigrant communities, as well as viable solutions to those challenges.
- National Boricua Human Rights Network
The National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) is an organization composed of Puerto Ricans in the US and their supporters that educates and mobilizes the Puerto Rican community, the broader Latin American community and other people of conscience regarding issues of justice, peace and human rights.
- National Community College Hispanic Council
The National Community College Hispanic Council (NCCHC) is a national non-profit organization that has provided leadership to the community and technical college movement for the past half century and is comprised of more than 1,300 members representing two-year public and private institutions. It was established over to prepare Hispanic leaders for America's community and technical colleges. NCCHC is committed to delivering a quality leadership development experience that provides Hispanics in community colleges with an opportunity to continue their personal and professional growth.
- National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights
In 1981, Puerto Rican activists from around the country founded the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (NCPRR). For more than 20 years the NCPRR engaged in grassroots campaigns in many cities, including a march on Washington DC. Recently, a group of former activists of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights and newer activists from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Connecticut and New Jersey, among others have reconstituted the NCPRR in the firm belief that there is still a need for this voice locally and nationally. Our main goal is to continue to develop a national political network that raises issues and supports causes of interest to the Puerto Rican community, specifically but also to all Latinos generally.
- National Council of La Raza
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas – assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health. In addition, it provides capacity-building assistance to its Affiliates who work at the state and local level to advance opportunities for individuals and families.
- National Hispana Leadership Institute
The mission of the National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) is to address the disparity of representation of Latinas in leadership positions. NHLI, a national non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., was created in 1987 in response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Glass Ceiling Initiative. This seminal study found that while minorities and women were making substantial gains in entering the workforce, they were not equally represented at the mid- and senior-levels of management in government or corporate sectors. The report found that Latinas were also significantly underrepresented on corporate boards and in the nonprofit and political arenas.
- National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators
Founded in 1989 the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) is a non partisan, non profit organization, representing over 300 elected Hispanic State legislators through out the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Since its founding, the NHCSL's primary mission has been to organize Hispanic state legislators who advocate on behalf of Hispanic communities across the United States. The NHCSL continues to be a leader in the fight for additional resources at all levels of government. Hispanics nationwide can benefit from better housing, education, healthcare, and business opportunities in both the public and private sectors.
- National Hispanic Corporate Council
In 1985, a dozen forward-looking executives of FORTUNE 500 companies met to explore the tremendous business potential of the rapidly emerging Hispanic market. These corporate leaders saw an urgent need to develop a Hispanic market information network among major U.S. companies. Thus, the National Hispanic Corporate Council (NHCC) was born. Today, NHCC is a clearinghouse of Hispanic information on Human Resources, diversity, marketing, supplier diversity and community relations and their impact on corporate objectives. It offers training, expertise and counsel in these areas, for its membership, comprised of FORTUNE 1000 and S&P 500 companies.
- National Hispanic Council on Aging
The National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA) is the premier non-profit organization in the nation, advocating on behalf of Hispanic older adults. For over 25 years, NHCOA has supported the growing number of aging Hispanic adults through the building of support networks, capacity-building assistance to support and strengthen Hispanic community-based organizations, advocacy, research, and funding for community-based projects. Our efforts seek to empower Hispanic community organizations and agencies, as well as Hispanic older adults and their families.
- National Hispanic Environmental Council
The National Hispanic Environmental Council (NHEC) is a national, non-profit, membership-based organization founded in 1996, and located just outside Washington, D.C. NHEC seeks to educate, empower, and engage our community on environmental and sustainable development issues; encourage Latinos to actively work to preserve and protect our environment; provide a national voice for Latinos before federal, state, and nonprofit environmental decision-makers; and actively assist Latinos to pursue the many career, educational, and policy opportunities in the environment and natural resources field. We develop programs— in partnership with our supporters—that accomplish this mission, and furthers our guiding credo: “because it’s our environment too.”
- National Hispanic Media Council
National Hispanic Media Council (NHMC) is a non-profit, media advocacy organization established in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. As the Secretariat for the National Latino Media Council (NLMC), an umbrella of 16 of the largest national Latino organizations, NHMC executes NLMC's national strategy on media advocacy as it relates to Latinos. NHMC's work is critical to the Hispanic community because there is no other Hispanic organization at the national level advocating for an end to media bias against Latinos. NHMC believes that in order for the media to present a fair portrayal of the Latino community, that Latinos must be employed at all levels of the media with special emphasis on news anchor and policy making positions.
- National Institute for Latino Policy
The National Institute for Latino Policy (NiLP) (formerly the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy) is a nonprofit and nonpartisan policy center established in 1982. One of the leading think tanks in the Latino community utilizing an action research model, NiLP is involved in a wide range of policy issues affecting the Latino community.
- National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
The mission of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) is to ensure the fundamental human right to reproductive health care for Latinas, their families and their communities through education, policy advocacy, and community mobilization. Latinas face a unique and complex array of reproductive health and rights issues that are exacerbated by poverty, gender, racial and ethnic discrimination and xenophobia. These circumstances make it especially difficult for Latinas to access reproductive health care services, including the full range of available reproductive health technologies and abortion services. We believe that in order to substantially improve the reproductive health of Latinas and protect their rights to exercise reproductive freedom, NLIRH must locate reproductive health and rights issues within a broader social justice framework that seeks to bring an end to poverty and discrimination and affirms human dignity and the right to self-determination.
- National Latino Children’s Institute
The National Latino Children’s Institute (NLCI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Its mission is to focus the nation’s attention on Latino children and empower communities for the full and healthy development of young Latinos in a culturally relevant environment. Founded in 1997, it is the only national Latino organization with a primary focus on children. NLCI has as its foundation the National Latino Children’s Agenda, a statement of principles essential for the healthy development of Latino children. It was developed in 1994 by 48 national organizations and endorsed by hundreds of individuals and organizations since then.
- National Latino Coalition on Climate Change
As climate change poses significant challenges and opportunities for low income and minority communities, three Hispanic organizations have joined forces to launch the National Latino Coalition on Climate Change (NLCCC). The primary goals of this group are to help raise awareness about global warming in Latino communities and to build the capacity needed to support grassroots advocacy efforts through research, policy, and educational outreach.
- National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention
The National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention (LCAT) is a non-profit national organization established in 1989 in order to combat alcohol and tobacco problems and their underlying causes in Latino communities. As the only Latino national organization dedicated solely to reducing the harm caused by alcohol and tobacco in the Latino community, our work is conducted through research, advocacy, policy analysis, community education, training and information dissemination.
- National Latino Education Institute
National Latino Education Institute (formerly SCJ) has been a principle influence in the Latino community, the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois for nearly three decades. From its beginnings as a social advocate to a successful job-training agency, SCJ has provided positive leadership as it has advanced the cause of equal opportunity for equal sharing by the Latino community in the social and economic life of the city, state and country.
- National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute
The National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute brings together nationally recognized leaders in the fields of Latino health, education, social services, and community outreach. Our mission is to build upon Latino cultural strengths and traditions and offer a path for men of all ages to become Un Hombre Noble, or a Noble Man. The goal of NLFFI is to address the multifaceted needs of Latino men and foster a positive approach to working with Latino populations, building on the strengths of familiar cultural traditions. Through research, training, and direct service, the institute helps fathers of all ages develop strong, active roles in the lives of their children, while concurrently addressing the very painful aspects of child abuse, domestic violence, gang violence, school failure, illiteracy, teen pregnancy and other related issues.
- National Organization for Mexican American Rights
The National Organization for Mexican American Rights, Inc. (NOMAR, Inc.) is a national non-profit organization established for the purpose of promoting and defending the civil rights of Americans of Hispanic Origin and their right to equal employment and educational opportunities. The mission of this organization is to find solutions to the problems and barriers faced by this group in the United States of America in obtaining employment and education that realizes their full potential and allows them to share equitably in this country's wealth. It is also the mission of this organization to defend and protect the civil rights of Hispanic Americans to insure that they are afforded all of the rights provided by the constitution and the Bill of Rights of the United States of America.
- National Puerto Rican Coalition
The National Puerto Rican Coalition (NPRC) is the nation’s leading Puerto Rican public policy and advocacy non-profit organization in the country. NPRC has attained an impressive record of achievement, a broad-based network of support, and public recognition as the leading national Puerto Rican advocacy and policy organization responsible for representing the interests of the close to eight (8) million Puerto Rican US citizens through a network of over 400 community-based organizations and leaders. NPRC's mission is to systematically strengthen and enhance the social, political, and economic well-being of Puerto Ricans throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico with a special focus on the most vulnerable.
- National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health
The National Resource Center for Hispanic Mental Health is a private non-profit charitable organization dedicated to promoting quality mental health services through policy development initiatives, training, technical assistance, research, data collection, best practice development, and anti-stigma and anti-discrimination campaigns.
- Peruvian-American National Roundtable
The Peruvian-American National Roundtable (PANR) is a private, non-partisan, non-profit corporation seeking to bring together the different voices of all people of Peruvian origin in the United States. PANR is a national forum for analysis, planning, and action to advance the economic, educational, legal, social, cultural, and political interests of Peruvian Americans. PANR aims to ensure for U.S. Peruvians the full exercise of the rights and freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States of America. With those objectives in mind, PANR is committed to enriching the quality of life of Peruvian Americans in the United States by highlighting their contributions as they integrate to the larger American society.
- Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund
In 1972, when the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) began its work, Puerto Ricans had no voice and were almost totally excluded from participating in public life. From the courts to town councils, from boardrooms to classrooms, Puerto Ricans were simply invisible. PRLDEF champions an equitable society. Using the power of the law together with advocacy and education, PRLDEF protects opportunities for all Latinos to succeed in school and work, fulfill their dreams, and sustain their families and communities.
- Somos El Futuro
Somos El Futuro is a non-profit charitable organization and the principal sponsor of the annual Somos El Futuro Legislative Conference. It's mission is to create opportunities that increase the participation of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic community in the public policy making process and build the capacity of New York's Hispanic communities to work towards the development of policies, laws, state rules and regulations that address the needs and issues of Hispanics across the state. Somos El Futuro seeks partnerships with private corporations, educational Institutions, and the philanthropic sector to continue to expand the overall work and reach of its annual legislative conference and both; the Angelo Del Toro Youth Leadership Institute and the Leadership Institute for Puerto Rican/Hispanic College Students. These Institutes promote educational excellence and civic responsibility.
- U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur Education
U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur Education (USHYEE) was founded in 2004 in order to address the high drop out rates among Hispanic youth and to introduce high school youth to entrepreneurship as a career option. Hispanics tend to be entrepreneurial and are the largest, youngest and fastest growing minority in the United States. Our goal is to use concepts taught in entrepreneurship to bridge the high school to college continuum in the minds of Hispanic youth.
Professional Development & Trade Associations
- Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States
The Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States is an association of scholars dedicated to promoting research and critical theological reflection within the context of the U.S. Hispanic experience. While influenced by other theologies, the articulation of the faith experience of U.S. Hispanics is a distinct theological enterprise whose depth and richness remain largely untapped by the Church. The urgency of providing a theological voice for the lived faith of U.S. Hispanics is further underscored by the rapidly increasing demographic significance of the U.S. Hispanic population.
- American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry
American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry fosters multidisciplinary collaborations in mental health treatment with a particular focus on Latino Populations. Members are practicing psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health workers.
- Association of Hispanic Arts
The Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA) is a non-profit learning institute for Latino artists and arts administrators. Its mission is to promote career development, financial independence, and networking opportunities for individual artists and creative entrepreneurs.
- Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives
The Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives (AHHE) was founded in 1988 as a national voluntary organization seeking to foster programs and policies to increase the presence of Hispanics in health administration professions. AHHE is the first organization devoted exclusively to Hispanic healthcare executives and to the education of the healthcare industry about the Hispanic healthcare marketplace.
- Association of Hispanic Mental Health Professionals
The Association of Hispanic Mental Health Professionals (AHMHP) is a not-for-profit tax exempt organization founded in 1983 by a multidisciplinary group of Hispanic Mental Health professionals to address serious gaps in the mental health delivery systems affecting the Hispanic Community. Our members are Nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals of Hispanic backgrounds as well as non-Hispanic Mental Health professionals interested in Hispanic issues.
- Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting
The Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) is the leading professional association, consisting of 34 chapters in 34 cities in 19 states and our nations capitol. ALPFA is dedicated to enhancing opportunities for Latinos in the accounting, finance and related professions. ALPFA is a not-for-profit entity registered with the Internal Revenue Service. Membership is open to anyone who shares our values, mission, and principles.
- Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators
Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators (ALAS) was created by a group of Latino superintendents and administrators who met through the spring of 2003 to discuss the organizational structure, philosophy and goals of forming a national organization. ALAS mission, as a professional organization for educational leaders across America, is to support and develop effective school system leaders. ALAS is committed to identifying, recruiting, developing and advancing Latino school administrators in order to improve the educational accomplishments of Latino youth.
- Association of Mexican American Educators
The mission of the Association of Mexican American Educators (AMAE) is to insure equal access to a quality education at all levels for the Mexican American/Latino students where cultural and linguistic diversity is recognized and respected. We advise state/local boards and legislators, administrators and faculty and work in partnership with the community and parents for the benefit of our students. We advocate the immediate recruitment, training, retention, support, and professional development of Mexican American/Latino educators and others committed to the education of our students.
- Broad Center for the Management of School Systems
The mission of The Broad Center for the Management of School Systems is to raise student achievement by recruiting, training and supporting executive leadership talent from across America to become the next generation of urban school district leaders. Established in 2001, The Broad Center identifies talented leaders from education, business, the military, nonprofit organizations and government who have the passion, knowledge and skills to take on executive leadership roles in urban education. The Broad Center operates two leadership development programs: The Broad Superintendents Academy and The Broad Residency in Urban Education.
- Center for the Advancement of Hispanics in Science and Engineering Education
The Center for the Advancement of Hispanics in Science and Engineering Education is a national educational and scientific non-profit organization based in Washington DC created by Latino scientists and engineers. Our mission is to prepare talented Hispanic and other underrepresented minority science and engineering students achieve academic excellence and professional success through CAHSEE's pipeline of rigorous educational and leadership development programs.
- Congressional Hispanic Staff Association
The Congressional Hispanic Staff Association (CHSA) is an official, bipartisan, and bicameral Congressional staff organization dedicated to recruiting, retaining, and advancing Latino staff in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate. Through networking and professional development events and initiatives, CHSA assists past, current, and prospective Capitol Hill staffers excel in their careers.
- Connecticut Association of Latinos in Higher Education
Connecticut Association of Latinos in Higher Education (CALAHE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the participation of Latinos in different areas of post-secondary education in Connecticut. Membership is comprised of Latino and non-Latino personnel and students from institutions of higher and secondary education, and other professional organizations who share in the spirit of our mission. CALAHE is dedicated to promoting and advocating full access, retention and participation of Latinos/Latinas throughout Connecticut higher education.
- Dominicans on Wall Street
Dominicans on Wall Street (DOWS) is a non-partisan organization born out of the desire of Dominican professionals residing in the U.S. to act as a liaison between professionals and business in the Dominican Republic, and their counterparts in the U.S.. DOWS advances the professional development of its members; the development of the Dominican Republic’s capital markets and securities exchange; and the educational achievement of Dominican youth. DOWS serves as a link between the Dominican Republic and Dominican professionals working with U.S. and international financial markets.
- Federal Hispanic Law Enforcement Officers Association
Federal Hispanic Law Enforcement Officers Association represents more than 20,000 Hispanic/Latino law enforcement professionals around the world; offers training programs as well as advocacy and networking.
- Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
The Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement seeks to inspire and guide Latinos in achieving their professional aspirations and positively contributing to our communities. For this purpose the organization offers: Career Conferences, Latino Recruitment Series, Diversity Best Practices, Employer Support Program, Mega Networking Fiestas, HACE Volunteer Program, Access College, Job Postings, Email Blaster, Resume Subscription Services, College Recruitment, High School Internship Program, Mentoring Programs, and a Student Ambassador Program.
- Hispanic Council on International Relations
The Hispanic Council on International Relations (HCIR) is a nonpartisan, non-profit, organization dedicated to increasing the voice of Hispanic Americans in U.S. foreign affairs. Established to build a more global-thinking U.S. citizenry, HCIR is dedicated to fostering greater awareness of global affairs, encouraging and promoting Hispanic American participation in international relations, and heightening the Hispanic voice in foreign policy formulation and implementation.
- Hispanic Dental Association
The Hispanic Dental Association, formed in 1990, is the only national organization of dental professionals dedicated to promoting and improving the oral health of the Hispanic community and providing advocacy for Hispanic oral health professionals across the United States. Comprised of members that include practicing dentists, dental educators, allied dental educators and allied dental professionals as well as students, the Association works with a wide spectrum of individuals to improve education, foster research and communicate to Hispanic and non-Hispanic dental professionals and the community at large about oral health issues specific to the Hispanic community.
- Hispanic Lobbyists Association
The Hispanic Lobbyists Association was founded in 2006 by a group of Washington advocates with a vision to organize and associate Hispanic lobbyists across the country into an organization to promote communication, education, and bipartisanship.
- Hispanic National Bar Association
The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) is an incorporated, not-for-profit, national membership organization that represents the interests of the more than 38,000 Hispanic attorneys, judges, law professors, legal assistants, and law students in the United States and its territories. From the days of its founding three decades ago, the HNBA has acted as a force for positive change within the legal profession. It does so by encouraging Latino students to choose a career in the law and by promoting their advancement within the profession once they graduate and start practicing. Through a combination of issue advocacy, programmatic activities, networking events, and educational conferences, the HNBA has helped generations of lawyers succeed. Our organization is stronger today than at any point in its history and is as committed as ever to its mission.
- Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors
The Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) is an arts service organization founded in 1975 to expand the presence of Hispanic actors in both the Latino and mainstream entertainment and communications media by facilitating industry access to employing professional and emerging Hispanic actors. HOLA members represent the full spectrum of Latino cultures, reflecting the nation's growing Hispanic population.
- Hispanic Professional Network
Hispanic Professional Network's (HPN) mission is to actively engage Hispanics in positively impacting the environment in which we live work and learn. HPN serves as a unifying source of information, communication and cultural enrichment for the Hispanic community. HPN was founded in 1999 by President & CEO, Gil Martinez due to the need of a centralized communication network for Hispanic professionals seeking to better themselves and their community.
- Hispanic Public Relations Association
The Hispanic Public Relations Association (HRPA) was founded in 1984 as a nonprofit organization to establish a network of Hispanics employed in the public relations profession in the Southern California area. HPRA has more than 150 members representing public relations, marketing and advertising professionals from agencies, government, non-profit and corporate companies. HPRA is dedicated to the advancement of Hispanic professionals and provides educational seminars and workshops throughout the year. HPRA also grants scholarships to Hispanic students attending Southern California universities and honors notable individuals in the communications field at its annual PRemio Awards. HPRA strives to be a resource for communications professionals and for those seeking insights into the Hispanic market.
- Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons
The Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons (ICPS) was founded in 1979 to promote cooperation among U.S. Hispanic physicians and to advance their professional and educational needs. Today, the ICPS is the largest association of Hispanic physicians in the nation, reaching the vast majority of the Hispanic medical community in the United States and Puerto Rico over 39,000 physicians and a growing number of health professionals in Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Spain through its publications,conferences and links to Hispanic medical societies.
- International Hispanic Network
The purpose of the International Hispanic Network is to encourage professional excellence among Hispanic local government administrators, to improve the management of local government, to provide unique resources to Hispanic local government executives and public managers, and to advance the goals of professional, effective and ethical local government administration. The Network works with other organization such as the International City Management Association which shares common goals.
- Latina Leadership Network of the California Community Colleges
The Latina Leadership Network of the California Community Colleges is a mutual support organization committed to leadership development for Latinas at all levels in the California Community Colleges and Promoting and maintaining La Cultural Latina and non-sexist familial values.
- Latino Medical Student Association
For the last 23 years, the Latino Medical Student Association has taken an active role in representing the needs of a diverse society. LMSA was founded to increase the number of Latinos and other underrepresented students in medical schools throughout the country. It is our belief that allowing a diverse array of students into medical school will ensure that all sectors of society receive quality access to healthcare. Through our outreach and community service efforts, we continue to inspire hundreds of students to become culturally competent physicians who are determined to serve all sectors of society. With these thoughts in mind, we continue to work towards strengthening our efforts in developing future physician leaders who will continue to open the doors of opportunity.
- Latino Professional Network
The Latino Professional Network creates career, educational and social opportunities for Latino professionals. We connect Latino professionals and college students with each other, and with employers seeking to identify, retain and develop Latino talent. LPN. fosters an environment for personal and professional growth for Latinos through monthly networking sessions hosted by area corporations, educational institutions and non-profit organizations.
- Latinos in Development
Latinos in Development (LID) empowers Latino fundraising professionals through professional development and by serving as a voice to advance philanthropy and promote social equity within the Latino and broader communities. We are a network of professionals working to raise resources to improve the lives of Latinos. Although our network is currently located in the greater Chicagoland area, increasing philanthropy in Latino communities is of interest to all Americans. Given the booming population of Latinos across the United States and the lack of funding these communities receive, it is important to examine the social equity of philanthropic institutions.
- Latinos in Information Science and Technology Association
Latinos in Information Science and Technology Association (LISTA) was founded in New York City, New York in 2000 by a group of nine technology professionals employed at various companies and businesses throughout the city, They were extremely concerned about the lack of Latino presence and representation in the information sciences, telecommunications and technology industries and decided to do something about it.
- National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives
National Association of Hispanic Federal Executives (NAHFE) is the Premier Organization Advocating for the Development and Advancement of Hispanics to Senior Level, Policy-Making Positions in the Federal Government.
- National Association of Hispanic Journalists
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news industry. Established in April 1984, NAHJ created a national voice and unified vision for all Hispanic journalists. NAHJ is governed by an 18-member board of directors that consists of executive officers and regional directors who represent geographic areas of the United States and the Caribbean. The national office is located in the National Press Building in Washington, D.C. NAHJ has approximately 2,300 members, including working journalists, journalism students, other media-related professionals and journalism educators.
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses
The National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) was founded in 1975 by Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, PhD, RN, ND, FAAN. It evolved out of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Spanish-Speaking/Spanish Surname Nurses' Caucus, which was formed during the American Nurses Association convention in San Francisco in 1974. In 1976, the organization became the National Association of Spanish-Speaking / Spanish-Surnamed Nurses, which was renamed as the National Association of Hispanic Nurses in 1979.
- National Association of Hispanic Public Administrators
The National Association of Hispanic Public Administrators (NAHPA) was organized to promote programs and activities that inspire professionalism and sound administrative practices, to help Hispanics strengthen their standing in the public sector and in their communities, and to enhance and assist with career development through effective networking and information dissemination. NAHPA seeks to improve the image of government and public educational institutions at all levels, to keep members informed on important and pressing issues, and promote a continuous open dialogue between administrators, the public sector, and the community at large.
- National Association of Hispanic Publications
The National Association of Hispanic Publications, Inc. (NAHP, Inc.) is a nonprofit trade advocacy organization representing the leading Hispanic publications serving 41 markets in 39 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, with a combined circulation of over 14 million. NAHP was founded in 1982 as a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization to promote Hispanic publications.
- National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals
The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), is a non-profit trade association with 15,000 members in over 60 affiliate chapters in 48 states, including: California, Connecticut, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Florida. Based in Washington, D.C., our members are real estate agents, brokers, loan officers, mortgage brokers, title officers, escrow officers, appraisers, insurance agents and more. They are from diverse cultural backgrounds as membership is not limited to professionals of Hispanic descent. NAHREP's mission is to increase Hispanic homeownership rates by empowering the advisors that serve them. We accomplish this by providing educational tools and a networking forum, and through the power of advocacy.
- National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) is a nonpartisan membership organization whose constituency includes the nation’s more than 6,000 elected and appointed Latino officials. In 1976, the late former California Congressman Edward R. Roybal founded the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, creating a national forum for Latino issues and opened doors for a new generation of Latino leaders.
- National Association of Latino Independent Producers
The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) is a national membership organization that addresses the professional needs of Latino/Latina independent producers. NALIP is the first such effort aimed at Latino production in thirty years, and it is the first to last more than one year and to provide ongoing support for the Latino independent film and video makers. We stand as the premiere Latino media organization, addressing for eight years the most underrepresented and the largest ethnic minority in the country.
- National Association of Latino Tax Professionals
The National Association of Latino Tax Professionals (NALTP) is a professional association dedicated to excellence in the field of tax preparation and related services. NALTP was formed to serve Latino Professionals who work in all areas of tax practice, including individual practitioners, accounting and bookkeeping services, enrolled agents, certified public accountants, and immigration attorneys.
- National Association of Puerto Rican and Hispanic Social Workers
National Association of Puerto Rican and Hispanic Social Workers (NAPRHSW) is a non-profit organization founded in 1983 by a group of Puerto Rican Social Workers dedicated to the enhancement and general welfare of Puerto Rican and other Hispanic families. Our members are Social Workers, other Human Service professionals, and students interested in issues that affect and impact the Puerto Rican/Hispanic communities with a commitment to the organization. Our mission is to organize Social Workers and other Human Service professionals to strengthen, develop and improve the resources and services that meet the needs of Puerto Rican/Hispanic families.
- National Boricua Latino Health Organization
The National Boricua Latino Health Organization (NBLHO) is a Latino student group representing health professions students from the northeast region of the United States. Its mission is to recruit Latinos into higher education, educate the public and one another about Latino health issues, advocate for increased Latino representation in health related areas, and promote awareness about social, political and economic issues as they relate to Latino health. It also serves to create a support network for Latino students. This group was formed in 1970 in response to Latino medical students demanding a voice. Today, there are approximately eleven active medical school chapters, and 200 medical student members in the area between Washington, D.C. and Maine.
- National Council of Hispanic Employment Program Managers
The National Council of Hispanic Employment Program Managers (NCHEPM) is a body consisting of an executive board and membership from 40 different federal agencies from across the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Most of our members have been appointed as their agency’s designee responsible for building relationships between federal agencies and the Hispanic community. Our council’s network of National Hispanic Employment Program Managers (HEPMs) has an estimated outreach to approximate 4,000 HEPMs nationwide.
- National Hispanic Business Association
The National Hispanic Business Association (NHBA) is a national network of undergraduate student organizations that has been dedicated to helping Hispanics launch successful business careers for more than 19 years. Through our family of 41 chapters, we provide career development, professional networking, and community building opportunities to our more than 2,600 undegraduate members. To further these efforts, we have built a network of corporate partners who rely on us to support their diversity initiatives by providing a resource of highly motivated candidates.
- National Hispanic Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees
The National Hispanic Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees (NHCFAE) was established in 1978 in an effort to provide a network for Hispanic employees of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Aviation Industry. It became a national organization in 1983. Today, the Coalition is the chief advocate for issues affecting Hispanics in the FAA. The Coalition derives its support from membership dues, corporate sponsorship and private donations.
- National Hispanic Corporate Council
The National Hispanic Corporate Council (NHCC) strives to provide best in class solutions and foster professional networks by maximizing the Hispanic market opportunity among Fortune 1000 corporations. NHCC's vision is to be corporate America’s premiere resource on effectively maximizing the diversity of the Hispanic Market opportunity through marketing, community relations, human resources, and procurement within the foundation of corporate social responsibility.
- National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts
The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts was created in 1997 to advance the presence of Latinos in the media, telecommunications and entertainment industries. The Foundation has concentrated in increasing access for Hispanic artists and professionals while fostering the emergence of new Hispanic talent.
- National Hispanic Medical Association
Established in 1994 in Washington, DC, the National Hispanic Medical Association is a non-profit association representing 36,000 licensed Hispanic physicians in the United States. The mission of the organization is to improve the health of Hispanics and other underserved populations. As a rapidly growing national resource based in the nation's capital, NHMA provides policymakers and health care providers with expert information and support in strengthening health service delivery to Hispanic communities across the nation.
- National Hispanic Professional Organization
The National Hispanic Professional Organization (NHPO) is a networking, non-profit, membership-based organization that provides a myriad of educational seminars and professional development training to foster and promote self-improvement, professional advancement and personal achievement. Founded January 1, 2004, in Houston, Texas the NHPO currently has twenty rapidly-booming chapters and is projected to add several more chapters in 2008.
- National Latina/o Psychological Association
The National Latina/o Psychological Association (formerly the National Hispanic Psychological Association) was established in 1979 by a group of Latino psychologists and colleagues, primarily affiliated with the American Psychological Association. Association membership is open to individuals who are committed to the mission of NLPA, thus, being of Latina/o heritage is not a requirement. Members are professionals, students, institutions, and Life-Time Founding Member contributors.
- National Latino Peace Officers Association
The National Latino Peace Officers Association (NLPOA) was founded in 1972, by Vicente Calderon and John Parraz with the specific purposes of eliminating prejudice and discrimination in the criminal justice system; particularly Law Enforcement, reducing community juvenile delinquency, and lessening citizen tension in predominantly Latino communities. Today, NLPOA is the largest non-profit Latino law enforcement organization in the United States, with local chapters in many cities throughout the country. Its membership includes Chiefs of Police, Sheriffs, Police Officers, Parole Agents, and Federal Officers, all of whom are employed at the local, state, and federal levels.
- National Latino/a Law Student Association
National Latino/a Law Student Association (NLLSA) is a not for profit corporation serving as a conduit for Latino/a Law student voices, founded on principles of social, ethic, racial, gender, and sexual equality, focused on advancing Latino/a academic success and commitment to community service, and fueled by a progressive coalition-building approach to addressing the legal issues affecting Latinos/as around the nation. NLLSA is every Latino/a law student’s connection to the larger Latino/a legal community. We strive to be the leading center for student resources, dialogue and action. NLLSA is committed to encouraging student-led encuentros and annual conferences. We aspire to inform, excite and empower generations of Latino/a law students so that they may be responsive to the legal needs of the communities that surround them.
- National Society for Hispanic Professionals
National Society for Hispanic Professionals' (NSHP) purpose is to provide Hispanic professionals with networking and leadership opportunities and information on education, scholarships, grants, careers, jobs and entrepreneurship
- National Society of Hispanic MBAs
The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) was created in 1988 as a non-profit organization. Widely known as the "Premier Hispanic Organization," NSHMBA serves 32 chapters and 7,000 members in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It exists to foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development. NSHMBA works to prepare Hispanics for leadership positions throughout the U.S., so that they can provide the cultural awareness and sensitivity vital in the management of the nation’s diverse workforce.
- Network of Latino Meeting Professionals
The goal of the Network of Latino Meeting Professionals is to create a nurturing environment for all meeting professionals, fostering the exchange of ideas and learning to embrace the concept of living our lives in color. Through unique events and professional relationships we will ultimately enhance our passion for excellence.
- Puerto Rican Professional Association of South Florida
The Puerto Rican Professional Association of South Florida (PROFESA), is an organization conceived on April 28, 1999, by a group of local Puerto Rican professionals in South Florida to fill a void in the Puerto Rican community and help strengthen existing community organizations in the area. The mission of PROFESA, a non-profit organization, is to establish a platform that unites Puerto Rican Professionals through empowerment, networking, and service to the community. Also, we promote cultural awareness and recognize the contributions of Puerto Ricans.
- Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
The mission of Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is to encourage Chicano/Latino and Native American students to pursue graduate education and obtain the advanced degrees necessary for science research, leadership, and teaching careers at all levels. For 35 years, SACNAS has provided strong national leadership in improving and expanding opportunities for minorities in the scientific workforce and academia; mentoring college students within science, mathematics, and engineering; as well as, supporting quality precollege (K-12) science education. SACNAS' annual national conference and precollege teacher training workshops, chapters program, postdoc and leadership initiatives, and online internship and job placement resources are tools that help a diverse community of undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, professors, administrators, and precollege educators achieve expertise within their disciplines.
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1974 by a group of engineers employed by the city of Los Angeles. Their objective was to form a national organization of professional engineers to serve as role models in the Hispanic community. The concept of Networking was the key basis for the organization. SHPE quickly established two student chapters to begin the network that would grow to encompass the nation as well as reach countries outside the United States. Today, SHPE enjoys a strong but independent network of professional and student chapters throughout the nation.
- Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES) was founded in 1974 to increase the number of Mexican Americans and other Hispanics in the technical and scientific fields. By projecting the positive image of its members and their accomplishments, MAES helps to improve the perception of Mexican Americans. By providing a networking and nurturing environment, members are able to develop and hone their leadership, communication, management, and technical skills while improving the educational state of America.
- Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education
Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education (TACHE) is a professional association committed to the improvement of educational and employment opportunities. TACHE's purpose is to provide state, regional, and local forums for the discussion of issues related to Chicanos/Latinos in higher education and to collaborate with institutions of higher learning to create workable solutions for these issues.
- United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
In 1979, several dedicated Hispanic leaders realized the enormous potential of the Hispanic business community in the United States and envisioned the need for a national organization to represent its interests before the public and private sectors. Later that year, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) was incorporated in the state of New Mexico, creating a structured organization aimed at developing a business network that would provide the Hispanic community with cohesion and strength. Since its inception, the USHCC has worked towards bringing the issues and concerns of the nation’s more than 2.5 million Hispanic-owned businesses to the forefront of the national economic agenda.
Research & Facts
- Census Advisory Committee on the Hispanic Population
The Census Advisory Committee on the Hispanic Population is essential to the public interest and the Census Bureau’s commitment and responsibility to conduct an accurate count of the national enumeration of the U.S. population. The Committee is needed to advise the U.S. Census Bureau on ways to reduce the differential undercount of hard-to-enumerate populations within the Hispanic community.
Presently, the Hispanic Committee is facilitating the Census Bureau’s outreach to the Hispanic population during the planning and implementation of the 2010 census and the American Community Survey. The broader public and the Census Bureau continue to benefit from the insights and recommendations provided by the representatives who serve on the Hispanic Committee.
- Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños
The Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños is a research center dedicated to the study and interpretation of the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. We are committed to making this research available and useful to those in community organizations, public policy, academia and the public at large.
- Chicano Studies Institute
The purpose of the Chicano Studies Institute, as articulated in El Plan de Santa Bárbara, is to undertake, promote and disseminate research regarding the Chicano/Latino experience in California and the United States. The Institute ’s research activities serve the intellectual interests of Chicana/o Studies students, researchers and faculty from all departments and units on the UCSB campus. Together with the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department, the Institute supports research that promotes the growing national and international stature of the field and assists in the recruitment and retention of Chicano/Latino faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates at UC Santa Barbara.
- Hispanic American Center for Economic Research
The Hispanic American Center for Economic Research (HACER) is a non-profit organization whose goal it is to promote the study of issues pertinent to the countries of Hispanic America as well as Hispanic Americans living in the United States, especially as they relate to the values of personal and economic liberty, limited government under the rule of law, and individual responsibility. HACER does this by both generating and supporting independent research.
- Institute for Latino Studies, Research & Development
The Institute for Latino Studies, Research & Development, Inc., (The Institute), is a non-profit entity, recognized by the federal government as a non-profit organization. The Institute’s main undertaking is to empower Latinos in New Jersey through access to information, advocacy, and implementation of programs that have a positive impact on the local communities. The Institute demonstrates its commitment to this mission by becoming an effective community resource, which enhances the knowledge, and awareness of Latino endeavors within the framework of a multicultural society. Through unity of purpose of our Board of Directors, staff and dedicated volunteers, we help forge a brighter future for the Latino community in New Jersey.
- Journal of Latinos and Education
The Journal of Latinos and Education (JLE) provides a cross-, multi-, and interdisciplinary forum for scholars and writers from diverse disciplines who share a common interest in the analysis, discussion, critique, and dissemination of educational issues that impact Latinos. There are four broad arenas which encompass most issues of relevance: (1) Policy, (2) Research, (3) Practice, and (4) Creative & Literary works.
- Latin American Studies
LatinAmericanStudies.org has become the principal Latino studies resources site on the Internet. It's the only portal that contains more than 35,000 links, 5.95 gigabytes in all, to Latin American studies subject-matter including culture, history, politics, etc. It helps students, researchers and historians to reflect on how Latinas and Latinos are changing the face of American society and politics. It contains news articles that highlight how contemporary issues have historical roots dating back several generations.
- Latinos and Media Project
The mission of th Latinos and Media Project (LaMP) is to serve as a guiding light for information and resources about a variety of issues related to Latinos and the Media; and Highlight people, media, organizations, institutions, and events that illustrate the growth of Latinos in various communication arenas in the United States, Latin America, and other parts of the world.
- Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy
The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy was established in 1989 at the University of Massachusetts Boston by the Massachusetts State Legislature at the behest of Latino community leaders and scholars in response to a need for improved understanding of the Latino experience in the Commonwealth. The Institute honors the memory of Mauricio Gastón, a Cuban native and a long-time community activist in Boston who taught in the Community Planning Center at UMass Boston’s College of Public and Community Service from 1980 to the time of his death in 1986.
- National Community for Latino Leadership
Since 1989, the National Community for Latino Leadership, Inc. (NCLL), formerly known as the Hispanic Leadership Opportunity Program (HLOP), has existed as a network of national leadership organizations. This network supported leadership development activities for Latino youth, professionals, and community leaders that remain engaged today in efforts to advance the Latino community.
- New York Latino Research and Resources Network
The New York Latino Research and Resources Network (NYLARNet) was created to bring together the combined expertise of U.S. Latino Studies scholars and other professionals across three research institutions within New York State in four target areas: Health, Education, Immigration and Politics. This network is constituted by recognized scholars and other professionals who are engaged in critical thinking, dialogue, and the dissemination of information on U.S. Latino issues. NYLARNet addresses a broad spectrum of concerns related to the four target areas mentioned above, and provides information services to legislators, public agencies, community organizations, and the media on U.S. Latino affairs. NYLARNet also pays special attention to the realities and needs of the largely neglected Latino populations throughout New York State and outside of New York City.
- Pew Hispanic Center
Founded in 2001, the Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organization that seeks to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the nation. The Center does not take positions on policy issues. It is a project of the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan "fact tank" in Washington, DC that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
- Puerto Rican Studies Association
The Puerto Rican Studies Association was founded to help promote scholarship in the field and offer a place for scholars to come together. The Association meets every other year (in even-numbered years) in a different location. We maintain a listserve for members for the dissemination of news of interest.
- Tomás Rivera Policy Institute
The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute is a nonprofit, freestanding research organization that advances critical, insightful thinking on key issues affecting Latino communities through objective, policy-relevant research, and its implications, for the betterment of the nation. TRPI has built its reputation as one of the premier policy institutes on Latino issues through its capacity to conduct sound primary and secondary research. One of TRPI’s critical strengths is survey research. From questionnaire and sample frame development to survey interviewing, the Institute provides a reliable, objective source of information on attitudes held by the Latino community in the United States.
- U.S. Census Bureau - Hispanic Population
The U.S. Census Bureau site on the Hispanic Population of the United States. It has a variety of statistical reports and facts gathered from the decennial census and from the current population surveys.
- William C. Velásquez Institute
The William C. Velásquez Institute (WCVI) is a tax-exempt, non-profit, non-partisan public policy analysis organization chartered in 1985. The purpose of WCVI is to: conduct research aimed at improving the level of political and economic participation in Latino and other underrepresented communities; To provide information to Latino leaders relevant to the needs of their constituents; To inform the Latino leadership and public about the impact of public policies on Latinos; To inform the Latino leadership and public about political opinions and behavior of Latinos.
Voter Registration & Civic Engagement
- Center for Progressive Leadership
The Center for Progressive Leadership (CPL) is a national political training institute that develops diverse leaders who can effectively advance progressive political and policy change. CPL has trained almost 3,000 progressive leaders through intensive, nonpartisan leadership programs primarily in our state offices (currently Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania). CPL was founded by a broad and diverse group of progressive leaders from around the country who saw crucial gaps in training, mentorship, coaching, and support for progressive campaign, organization, community, policy and political leaders.
- Digital Divide Network
The Digital Divide Network is the Internet's largest community for educators, activists, policy makers and concerned citizens working to bridge the digital divide. At DDN you can; build your own online community, publish a blog, share documents and discussions with colleagues, and post news, events and articles. You can also find the archived discussion lists of the DIGITAL DIVIDE listserv. Membership is free and open to all, so join today!
- Future 5000
Future 5000, an online initiative of the Generational Alliance is the largest online directory and networking site for progressive youth organizations in the country. Future 5000 was designed to strengthen our networks, maximize our resources and leverage community power.
- Generation Vote
Bridging campuses and communities, collaborating across sectors and issues, Generation Vote members have teamed up to more effectively promote the leadership and voices of young people in the current election cycle. At the same time, we are building the relationships, strategic vision and institutional power necessary to create long-term systemic change. Generation Vote members are united in the belief that the young people most directly affected by the social, economic and environmental policies up for debate this year are the natural visionaries and leaders of social change. Grounded in this principle, we aim to move the issues and perspectives of impacted young people from the periphery to the very center of the national dialogue.
- Hip Hop Caucus
Hip Hop Caucus is a sustainable political organization that empowers the Hip Hop generation to participate in the policymaking process. It challenges the demonization of a generation and culture by creating a space for young people to speak up – to discuss and debate a new vision of a society and a government that works for all of us.
- League of Young Voters
The League of Young Voters empowers young people nationwide to participate in the democratic process and create progressive political change on the local, state and national level – with a focus on non-college youth and youth from low-income communities and communities of color. The League makes political engagement relevant by meeting young people where they are, working on issues that affect their lives, and providing them with tools, training, and support to become serious catalysts for change in their communities. Founded in 2003, the League has become one of the strongest youth organizations in the country fighting for progressive change. Our integrated youth civic engagement model combines best practices from community, campus and cultural organizing with sophisticated voter engagement techniques.
- Mobilize.org
Mobilize.org is an all-partisan network dedicated to educating, empowering, and energizing young people to increase our civic engagement and political participation. We work to show young people how public policy impacts our lives, and more importantly – how we can impact public policy
- National Latino Congreso
Since 2006, the National Latino Congreso has brought together Latinos from all walks of life- from grassroots community members to national elected officials- to create a united Latino agenda on a variety of issues.
- New Latino Movement
The New Latino Movement is a network of over 800 individuals from 32+ states dedicated to empowering Latinos who are new to politics and empowering more experienced Latino organizers. Our organization is run by and for young Latinos to ensure that our voices are represented and heard in the political process. With a focus on building capacity among local up and coming leaders, we are using our experiences and connections to empower Latinos who are new to politics and to help bridge grassroots organizers with information and leaders from our nation’s capital. By connecting with a key constituency of active Latinos, we strive to strengthen and support a community of well-informed, well-trained and rapidly mobile community of grassroots organizers across the United States.
- Our Documents Initiative
The Our Documents Initiative is a cooperative effort among National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps. To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, we invite you to explore 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."
- Rock the Vote
Rock the Vote’s mission is to engage and build the political power of young people in order to achieve progressive change in our country.
Rock the Vote uses music, popular culture and new technologies to engage and incite young people to register and vote in every election. And we give young people the tools to identify, learn about, and take action on the issues that affect their lives, and leverage their power in the political process. We are creative, effective, and controlled by nobody’s agenda but our own – we tell it like it is and pride ourselves on being a trusted source for information on politics. We empower the 45 million young people in America who want to step up, claim their voice in the political process, and change the way politics is done.
- Southwest Voter Registration Education Project
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project's (SVREP) mission is to empower Latinos and other minorities by increasing their participation in the American democratic process. We do this by strengthening the capacity, experience and skills of Latino leaders, networks, and organizations through programs that consistently train, organize, finance, development, expand and mobilize Latino leaders and voters around an agenda that reflects their values. Thus, SVREP's motto: "Su Voto Es Su Voz" (Your Vote is Your Voice).
- Student Movement for Real Change
Student Movement for Real Change is an international non-profit organization with an innovative approach to empowering young leaders in the global effort to answer poverty. Founded in 2001 by a high school student to engage his peers after September 11th, SMRC is an international organization with a record of developing sustainable solutions in health and education in Kenya, South Africa, and Sierra Leone. Members come from hundreds of schools, universities, communities and countries across the United States and around the world.
- United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
The United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) has developed into one of the most powerful, nationally and internationally recognized Latino organizations in the country by organizing and conducting nonpartisan voter registration and leadership development program in 40 states. Our organization has been able to maintain a stable presence in hundreds of communities over the years by promoting empowerment and civic responsibility. Committed to securing a brighter future for our country, USHLI constantly strives to improve and adapt our society to the ever changing complexion of the nation. As we move forward, USHLI will continue its mission and is determined to fulfill the promises of the United States in the spirit of Cesar Chavez who always believed, "Si Se Puede"!
- United States Student Association
The United States Student Association (USSA), the country's oldest and largest national student-led organization, develops current and future leaders and amplifies the student voice at the local, state, and national levels by mobilizing grassroots power to win concrete victories on student issues. The United States Student Association Foundation ensures the pipeline of effective student leadership by facilitating education, training and other development opportunities at national, state, and local levels in advocating for issues that affect students.
- Voto Latino
Founded in 2004, Voto Latino works to promote an enfranchised America by leveraging celebrity voices, the latest technology and youth themselves to promote positive change. Voto Latino seeks to empower our community. In 2006, Voto Latino launched the first national sms voter registration and GOTV project with Mobile Voter. Our joint community efforts brought us recognition.Voto Latino's Public Service Announcements won award and nominations. Recently, Co-Founder Rosario Dawson received the 2007 Hispanic Heritage Award for Vision.
- Youth Venture
In 1996, Youth Venture was launched with the vision that everyone in society could take initiative and address social needs, rather than looking to the elite few who lead today. With so many more people taking initiative, imagine how many more problems we could solve! Young people are critical to this vision, because we believe that you have to start taking initiative when you’re young. If you wait till you’re an adult it might be too late, because by then you’ll already be set in your path of who you’ll be when you grow up. On the other hand, if you do have an experience of taking initiative at a young age, it is likely that this will prepare you to lead and create positive change throughout your life.
- Youth Voter Collective
The Youth Voter Collective is an organization of youth activists from across the country that mobilizes youth and college students to participate in the elections process, as well as garnering a united vision for a youth agenda in the post-election period. We are entirely run and governed by young women and men between the ages of 18 and 30. As reflective of the communities in which we organize, our members are of diverse ethnicities, the majority African-American or Latino. It is our intention to register and mobilize youth from all sections of the country, particularly working class neighborhoods and schools—focusing particularly on youth historically underrepresented in the voting process. Ensuring representation of women, people of color and queer youth in all levels of leadership, we hope to be able to reach out to the broadest possible sections of youth.
- YouthActionNet
YouthActionNet invests in the power and promise of young social entrepreneurs around the globe. Launched in 2001 by the International Youth Foundation, YouthActionNet strengthens, supports, and celebrates the role of young people in leading positive change in their communities. In the face of urgent global challenges - poverty, climate change, HIV/AIDS, hunger, homelessness - young people are exercising their leadership potential like never before. Their energy and idealism propel them to take risks, to look beyond obstacles, and to develop innovative solutions. Youth leaders thrive in collaborative learning environments that emphasize the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to maximize their contributions. YouthActionNet supports aspiring and accomplished young leaders by providing skill-building, advocacy, and networking opportunities.
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