Actualidad

The National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) is pleased to celebrate its 25-year collaboration with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). NHLI’s flagship training program, the Executive Leadership Program (ELP) allows executive level Latinas the opportunity to participate in the intensive, weeklong Leadership Development Program (LDP)  at the Center for Creative…

Fortuño’s Plan for English Proficiency in Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño and his supporters have initiated plans to install an English-Spanish bilingual education system inPuerto Rico. Opponents question his political motives, as he is a statehood advocate and Republican Party member. Fortuño’s efforts raise questions regarding the utility of English…

A U.S.-owned smelter has contaminated the air, soil and water of the town ofLa Oroya,Peru, something that deserves oversight and corrective measures from Congress, according to a Peruvian  archbishop in testimony to the House Subcommittee onAfrica, Global Health and Human Rights, July 19. Congress “can play a vital and hope-giving…

Last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified at a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing. Napolitano defended the administration’s immigration initiatives to focus enforcement resources, including suspending deportation for certain immigrant youth. Present in the audience were DREAMers who will benefit from this policy. The following is a statement by…

Statement by MD State Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, First Salvadoran-American Elected to Public Office in theU.S. "The newly released LA Times investigation exposing potential ties between a very wealthy Salvadoran group with family ties to the right-wing death squads  and the seed money that Mitt Romney used to start Bain…

California DREAMers Exhibit High Levels of Civic Participation, Yet Face Significant Hardships There are roughly 5 million undocumented children and young adults currently living in the U.S. today, 24% (or 1.1 million) of whom live in California. As in other states, California’s undocumented youth face a unique and challenging paradox.…

In a telephonic press conference last week, leaders of the United We Dream Network (UWD), the largest network of immigrant-youth led organizations in the country, explained the next steps in their massive campaign to educate their communities about the process, the guidelines and documents needed to apply for “deferred action.” Cristina…