Last week, the Latino Community Foundation joined forces with Univision 34 and Cal State Fullerton to host a historic student-led Townhall to discuss the importance of the 2020 Presidential Election and 2020 Census. Why did this historic partnership come about? Because California’s Latino youth are
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) is holding a press conference today, Thursday, July 18, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. at Arte Américas, 1630 Van Ness Ave. in Fresno, to announce a timely and critical investment in California’s Central Valley. The new “Roots of Latino Power” initiative will invest in Latino-led organizations working on the
By: Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, CEO, Latino Community Foundation Growing up in Washington Heights, I was surrounded by brilliant, creative, hard-working people. Yet like many of the youth in my neighborhood, people set the bar for my future shockingly low. For a young Dominican woman,
Our hearts are broken. Once again. The images bear witness to the human suffering. The desperation. But with broken hearts we must keep pressing - for the families, for the voiceless, for the ones that left believing in hope for a better life. Press forward through
“Migration is beautiful. To recognize the value of this natural pattern, the people who live it out, and to honor their stories is what this work is about.” In my role as the Just Recovery Fellow at the Latino Community Foundation, I get to support
Directly after the 2016 Presidential Election results, the Latino Community Foundation launched the Nuestro Futuro Fund to counter xenophobia and fear with solidarity and hope. Thanks to more than 100 generous donors, LCF invested $122,500 into 13 Latino-led grassroots nonprofits that have offered
We are less than one week away from the most important Midterm Elections in our lifetime. From selecting our next governor and U.S. senator to voting on propositions on water and housing, we have the power to decide the future of our state and Nation.
Latino Community Foundation invests $1.3 million in Sonoma’s immigrant community to support a Just Recovery Latino leaders turn disaster giving on its head to forge a new future for immigrant families in the North Bay Sonoma (October 8, 2018)– The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) today announced that its
Today is National Voter Registration Day. If you are not registered to vote, there is no time like right now: Register Here. If you are registered already - GREAT! Now text or email five family members and find out if they are registered to vote -
By: Samantha Sandoval, Programs and Grants Manager, Latino Community Foundation “We are planting life where life was taken” “We are planting life where life was taken.” With these words, Tyreece and Luis completed their final project of their NOPAL fellowship during the inaugural NOPAL Fellow