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The Hispanic Federation (HF) is a U.S based non-governmental organization focused on supporting Hispanic communities through local, state, and national advocacy. The Federation was founded in New York City in 1990 by a small group of Latino leaders, establishing initiatives to advocate for the interests of the Hispanic community and has expanded to establish programs, and policies in 16 states ...
The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) is a non-profit leadership association. Established in 1991, the group consists of Hispanic leaders and national organizations throughout the United States. [ 1 ]
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is a nonprofit organization aiming to prepare Hispanic young people to become professionals in the future.The HSF was founded in 1975 with the purpose to identify students of Latino or Hispanic origin and assisting them in attending college and graduate school.
Established in 1976 by U.S. Representative Edward R. Roybal, Harry Pachon, Robert Garcia, and others recognizing the need for a national network of Latino office-holders aimed at bringing together Hispanic and Latino Americans of all national origin groups, political affiliations, and levels of government.
Hispanic Arts News. The organisation won a Mayor's Award of Honor for Arts and Culture from the Mayor of New York David Dinkins in 1992 for its counseling and advocacy of Hispanic artists. [ 3 ] In 1995, the group picketed the opening of The Perez Family , a film about Cuban refugees whose cast was mostly non-Hispanic.
This is a list of notable Hispanic and Latino Americans: citizens or residents of the United States with origins in Latin America or Spain. [1] The following groups are officially designated as "Spanish/Hispanic/Latino": [2] Mexican American, (Stateside) Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Dominican American, Costa Rican American, Guatemalan American, Honduran American, Nicaraguan American ...
Voto Latino was created in response to challenges Latino communities faced in both political engagement and technological literacy in the early 2000s. [6] Voto Latino used various social media platforms and telenovela-like videos to engage young Hispanic voters. [7]
Marco Rubio is the highest-ranking Hispanic and Latino American to lead the Federal Executive Department; he currently holds the post of Secretary of State. The Cabinet of the United States , which is the principal advisory body to the President of the United States , has had 21 Hispanic and Latino American members altogether, with two of them ...