Latino Organizations

• Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation 
  The Cesar E. Chavez Legacy and Educational Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the life, work, and values of Cesar E. Chavez through educational and cultural activities in San Antonio, Texas.
• Hispanic Online
  Here is a great place to search out Hispanic organizations!
• Mexican American Unity Council (MAUC)
  The Mexican American Unity Council, Inc. provides guidance, services, and resources within Bexar County in areas of education, housing, health, community and economic development.
• The Julian Samora Research Institute 
  Committed to the generation, transmission, and application of knowledge to serve the needs of Latino communities in the Midwest. To this end, it has organized a number of publication initiatives to facilitate the timely dissemination of current research and information relevant to Latinos.
• The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund 
  Founded in 1968 in San Antonio, Texas, 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.
• The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute 
  The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) is one of the leading Hispanic non-profit and non-partisan 501(c) (3) organizations in the country. CHCI was established in 1978 by Congressman Edward Roybal, Congressman E. “Kika” de la Garza and Congressman Baltasar Corrada to help increase opportunities for Hispanics to participate in and contribute to the American policy making process.
• The League of United Latin American Citizens 
  Since 1929, LULAC has focused heavily on education, civil rights, and employment for Hispanics. LULAC councils provide more than a million dollars in scholarships to Hispanic students each year, conduct citizenship and voter registration drives, develop low income housing units, conduct youth leadership training programs, and seek to empower the Hispanic community at the local, state and national level.
• Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras 
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• The American GI Forum
  Out of the days of World War II arose stories of valor of America’s young men and women and of hope and renewed idealism. As millions of veterans returned home, many looked to the GI Bill of Rights, which guaranteed educational, medical, housing and other basic benefits. But these benefits were being denied in large part to Americans of Mexican descent and other Hispanics throughout the United States. Read about the founder, Dr. Hector Garcia. Here is a nice pictorial history.
• Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together Foundation 
  MATT (Mexicans & Americans Thinking Together), in San Antonio Tx, encourages Mexicans and Americans to think together and take action to understand and solve the major problems of our two nations to the benefit of both peoples.
• Tomás Rivera Policy Institute 
  The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute, housed at the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development, is widely respected as the nation’s premier Latino think tank. For nearly two decades, TRPI has studied and analyzed the issues of the Latino population in the United States. Latinos now comprise the nation’s largest “minority” population and its fastest growing. By 2050, one-fourth of all Americans will be of Latino origin.
• L.U.P.E. 
  La Union del Pueblo Entero, a community organization inspired by the work of Cesar Chavez.
• National Council of La Raza 
  NCLR is the largest national constituency-based Hispanic organization and the leading voice in Washington, DC for the Hispanic community.
• The Willie C. Velasquez Institute 
  The purpose of WCVI is to conduct research aimed at improving the level of political and economic participation in Latino and other underrepresented communities.