Political Advocacy Groups: Latinos

Latinos

Hispanas Organized for Political Equality
http://www.latinas.org "HOPE is a non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to ensuring political and economic parity for Latinas through leadership, advocacy, and education to benefit all communities and the status of women. HOPE has anchored itself to the principle that knowledge of the political process coupled with active participation will fuel a powerful and necessary engine of change."
(http://www.latinas.org/2003_2004/aboutus/aboutus.htm)

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
http://www.maldef.org "MALDEF is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and promote the civil rights of the more than 40 million Latinos living in the United States. Making sure that there are no obstacles preventing this diverse community from realizing its dreams, MALDEF works to secure the rights of Latinos, primarily in the areas of employment, education, immigrants' rights, political access and public resource equity." (http://www.maldef.org/about/mission.htm)

National Council of La Raza
http://www.nclr.org "The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans." (http://www.nclr.org/about/)

	Hispanas Organized for Political Equality http://www.latinas.org	"HOPE is a non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to ensuring political and economic parity for Latinas through leadership, advocacy, and education to benefit all communities and the status of women. HOPE has anchored itself to the principle that knowledge of the political process coupled with active participation will fuel a powerful and necessary engine of change." (http://www.latinas.org/2003_2004/aboutus/aboutus.htm)
	Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund http://www.maldef.org	"MALDEF is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and promote the civil rights of the more than 40 million Latinos living in the United States. Making sure that there are no obstacles preventing this diverse community from realizing its dreams, MALDEF works to secure the rights of Latinos, primarily in the areas of employment, education, immigrants' rights, political access and public resource equity." (http://www.maldef.org/about/mission.htm)
	National Council of La Raza http://www.nclr.org	"The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans." (http://www.nclr.org/about/)