Chicano Art Digital Image Collection - A representative sampling of the vast, cataloged archival images in Chicano visual arts in the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives (CEMA). CEMA is based in the Department of Special Collectionsin the Davidson Library at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Oral History Project: Voces - This project seeks to document and create a better awareness of the contributions of Latinos and Latinas of the WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War generations.
Tomas Rivera Policy Institute - Policy institute examining issues such as education, political participation of ethnic minorities, information technology, access to healthcare, economic well-being, media, and immigration.
Cinergía: Latin American Film - Cinergía was created and is maintained by Sophia A. McClennen, Associate Professor Pennsylvania State University, with the help of scholars and students of Hispanic cinema.
My American Girls - A Dominican Story - The lives of the Ortiz family, first generation immigrants from the Dominican Republic. The film encompasses the contradictions of contemporary immigrant life.
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) - 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.
Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) - A 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.
National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) - A network of approximately 75 community-based organizations led by Latin American and Caribbean immigrants. NALACC member organizations are working to improve quality of life 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.
National Council of La Raza (NCLR) - Headquartered in Washington, D.C. Works to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities, for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations, 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.
National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) - The mission of NDLON is to improve the lives of day laborers in the United States. NDLON works to unify and strengthen member organizations to be more strategic and effective in their efforts to promote leadership development and to share best practices and models to improve quality of life issues. Together, NDLON and its member organizations foster safer and more humane environments for day laborers to seek employment and feed their loved ones.
Pew Hispanic Center - Strives to inform debate on latino issues through dissemination of its research to policymakers, business leaders, academic institutions and the media: Demography, Economics, Education, Identity, Immigration, Health, Military, Surveys, Transcripts.
Reforma - The U.S. national association to provide library services to the Spanish-speaking.
Resource Center for the Americas - A Minnesota-based nonprofit organization that enables U.S. citizens to join the struggle for peace, justice and human rights across the hemisphere.
William C. Velasquez Institute (WCVI) - A policy analysis organization that conducts research aimed at improving the level of political and economic participation in Latino and other underrepresented communities.
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