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Official updates from NCLR
As predicted, Latino Voters Make the Difference in 2012 Presidential Election
November 07, 2012For more than a year, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and others have said that the Hispanic vote would be the one to watch in the 2012 election.
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NCLR Partners with Fox Audience Strategy for a Sweepstakes with The X Factor to Urge Latinos to Vote
November 01, 2012Today, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) is pleased to announce a partnership with FOX Audience Strategy, which includes a joint promotion with the FOX broadcast musical talent show THE X FACTOR.
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NCLR urge inversión en los niños hispanos para asegurar su bienestar y un mejor futuro
October 25, 2012Hoy el Consejo Nacional de La Raza realizó una sesión informativa donde se señaló que las escasas ganancias de los niños hispanos –que representan casi uno de cada cuatro niños estadounidenses y que gran parte de ellos son los futuros trabajadores, contribuyentes y votantes en este país– se deteriorarían si no se hace una mayor inversión en esfuerzos y recursos para prepararlos para éxito en una economía global.
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Latino Children Vital to Nation’s Future but Investment Needed to Boost Their Well-Being & Prospects
October 25, 2012According to a briefing held today by NCLR, the slight gains made over the last decade by Latino children—who represent nearly one in four U.S. children and a large portion of this country’s future workers, taxpayers and voters—will erode without a greater investment of effort and resources to prepare them to succeed in a global economy.
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NCLR Report Finds States in South Atlantic Fail to Adequately Invest in Latino Workers and Business
October 23, 2012A new report released today by NCLR, “Now Hiring? Latinos and the Job Creation Policies in the South Atlantic,” analyzes how state policies aimed at creating jobs in Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida have failed to produce significant employment gains for the region’s Hispanic workforce.
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Investment in Latino Children Imperative to Our Nation, Says NCLR
October 22, 2012NCLR (National Council of La Raza) will hold a telephonic press briefing on Thursday, October 25 to introduce a database that will help children’s advocates, policymakers, educators and reporters easily determine the well-being of Latino children at the national and state levels.
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Es Urgente Invertir en Los Niños Hispanos Para el Futuro de Nuestro País, dice el NCLR
October 22, 2012El Consejo Nacional de La Raza (NCLR, por sus siglas en inglés) llevará a cabo una conferencia de prensa telefónica el jueves 25 de octubre para presentar una base de datos que ayudará a que los defensores de los niños, los políticos, los educadores y los periodistas determinen con facilidad el bienestar de los niños hispanos a nivel nacional y estatal.
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In Run-up to Election, Policy Experts Discuss Why Latinos Need Better Job Creation Policies
October 19, 2012Heading into the 2012 presidential election, job creation is among the chief concerns for Latino voters. Latino unemployment remains markedly high, while those who find jobs are often relegated to the low-wage sector, leaving many wondering whether job creation policies are doing enough to help the rapidly growing Hispanic community find work.
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NCLR Registers Over 90,000 Voters And Launches Mobilization Campaign
October 19, 2012With most of the nation’s voter rolls closed for this election cycle, NCLR’s (National Council of La Raza) Mobilize to Vote (M2V) campaign is announcing the culmination of its voter registration efforts and the launch of an aggressive Get-Out-the-Vote (GOTV) campaign—a national, multi-platform effort to drive Latinos to the polls in November. Through its 2012 campaign, M2V registered over 90,000 new Latino voters in states across the nation, with its largest registration numbers coming from the important swing state of Florida, where NCLR registered over 54,000 new voters despite contending with tough state-imposed restrictions early on in the registration campaign.
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Latino Seniors Worried About Looming Cuts to Social Security and Medicare
October 18, 2012At a community town hall held at Centro Hispano Milwaukee/Council for the Spanish Speaking (Centro Hispano) today, Latino seniors expressed strong concern over looming cuts to the financial safety net for America’s seniors and disabled.
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Latinos de Mayor Edad se Preocupan por los Recortes Inminentes al Seguro Social y Medicare
October 18, 2012En una reunión municipal de la comunidad que se llevó a cabo hoy en el Centro Hispano Milwaukee/Council for the Spanish Speaking (Centro Hispano), personas hispanas de mayor edad expresaron una gran preocupación por los amenazantes recortes a la red de seguridad financiera de las personas mayores y los discapacitados del país.
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Advocates Demand Presidential Candidates Share Detailed Plans to Address Housing Crisis
October 16, 2012Frustrated by the lack of consideration both presidential candidates have given to resolving the housing crisis, advocates from local community centers in Chicago and Boston visited both President Barack Obama’s and Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign headquarters earlier today to demand that each candidate outline their plans to help underwater homeowners.
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Get Properly Prepared for Election Day
October 16, 2012With voter suppression laws popping up all over the country, knowing what you can and can’t do on Election Day can be confusing—or even discouraging.
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Foro Para Tratar Las Propuestas Presidenciales que Podrian Cambiar el Seguro Social y Medicare
October 15, 2012A medida que crecen las preocupaciones sobre posibles recortes en la red de seguridad financiera para las personas mayores y los discapacitados estadounidenses, los votantes consideran las propuestas de los candidatos presidenciales.
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Forum to Address How Presidential Candidates’ Proposals Could Change Social Security and Medicare
October 15, 2012As concern grows over potential cuts to the financial safety net for America’s seniors and disabled, and voters consider the presidential candidates’ policy proposals, NCLR (National Council of La Raza), AARP and Centro Hispano Milwaukee/Council for the Spanish Speaking, Inc. will host a community town hall on Thursday, October 18, to address Social Security and Medicare and their importance to Latino families and the state of Wisconsin.
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NCLR Celebrates Establishment of César E. Chávez National Monument
October 08, 2012NCLR joined President Barack Obama, local elected leadership, and members of the Latino community today in Keene, Calif. to celebrate the establishment of the César E. Chávez National Monument, a project years in the making
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NCLR Applauds Court Ruling to Ensure the Right to Vote for All Pennsylvania Voters
October 02, 2012Today, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) applauded the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court’s decision that prevents the state’s strict voter identification law from going into effect for the November elections. The six-month old law has faced heavy criticism from groups such as NCLR because it threatens to disenfranchise more than 750,000 voters, many of whom are Black and Hispanic.
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NCLR Forum Highlights Strategies for Strengthening Latino Workforce
October 02, 2012Latinos make up the fastest-growing segment of the American workforce, accounting for more than 14.2 percent of workers this year with a projected increase to almost 19 percent by 2020. Now, more than ever, it is critically important that businesses and organizations across the country create programs, policies and partnerships that will open up opportunities for job seekers and ensure that Latino workers have the skills and training necessary to fill those positions.
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NCLR estudia como los programas innovadores de prestamos ayudan a los inmigrantes
October 01, 2012Hoy, el NCLR dio a conocer un informe que aborda las barreras financieras para adquirir la ciudadanía estadounidense y destaca los programas innovadores de préstamos que ayudan a los inmigrantes elegibles a pagar el alto costo de la solicitud de ciudadanía, establecer un historial de crédito y tener una relación con las principales instituciones financieras.
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NCLR Examines How Innovative Loan Programs Help Immigrants Become Citizens
October 01, 2012NCLR released a report today that addresses financial barriers to U.S. citizenship and highlights innovative loan programs that help eligible immigrants pay costly citizenship application fees, establish credit histories, and develop relationships with mainstream financial institutions.
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