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Queridos hermanos y hermanas, What a year 2016 has been. I just completed an entire year of being part of an amazing brotherhood of Latino men – the Latino Community Foundation’s San Francisco
Latinos and the 2016 Presidential Election Turnout
What we learned about voter turnout from the 2016 election: The numbers demand action According to recently released data from the UC Davis California Civic Engagement Project, 60% of U.S. eligible voters
Now More Than Ever
America has a new President-elect. Today, more than ever, we must hold fast to our convictions and remain steady in our commitment to organize our communities. We must stand stronger and fight even
Giving Back to the Latino Community through Operation Access
By Angelica Gutierrez, Operation Access Program Manager East Bay As a first generation immigrant, raised in San Francisco’s Mission District, my family left our home in Nicaragua because of a violent revolution. Growing
A Mother’s Sacrifice: Why this Latina is Mobilizing for a More Inclusive California
My mom changed the trajectory of my life when she crossed the US-Mexico border with me in her womb. At four months pregnant and with my two kid brothers in tow, she traversed through
My Latina Giving Circle Is My Home Away from Home
By Isidra Mencos In August 2016, seven years after she came to the U.S. to reunite with her American fiancé, Marc, and later marry him, Cecilia became an American citizen. “It was one of
The Latino Dinner Table: Why aren’t we talking politics?
By Lacy Maria Serros Imagine eating dinner with new friends, drinking a glass of red wine and being asked, “so, what’s going on with your people in America?” I was living abroad in
We have to engage — we have to fight — we have to vote!
By Carmela Castellano, President and CEO of the California Primary Care Association I grew up with a strong sense of social justice and civic duty. As a young Latina, I knew that I would
Latino Canvassers Unite to Register Voters at Marc Anthony Concert
By Jessica Salinas, LCF Communications Fellow, Los Angeles When Clara came to Pomona, California with her family from Michoacan, Mexico as a child, she experienced injustice first hand. Throughout her school years, she
Mi Voto es Mi Voz
My grandmother had a dicho for every situation, and if she were alive today, she would say, ‘Tenemos que votar — mas vale prevenir, que lamentar’. This November 8th, I’m voting because I
Moving America Forward: Why this Latina Engineer will be Voting Nov. 8th
From a young age I was aware, from personal experience, of issues of inequality within communities. My first civic engagement action happened in middle school. At church, our priest spoke about a group
Politics is Now Local for International Latina
By Isidra Mencos If Elizabeth Parrott had a magic wand, she would send all Latino youth to live abroad for a little while, because this experience changed the way she saw herself and
Why Civic Engagement Matters
By Christian Arana As a public policy graduate student at UC Berkeley, I spend a great deal of time combing through statistics on subjects ranging from crime and education to health care and
Democracy Cannot Be Taken for Granted
by Isidra Mencos I narrowly escaped a police beating once. Franco, the right-wing dictator that had muzzled Spain for the last 36 years, had just died. His successor, King Juan Carlos de Borbón,
