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LULAC Receives $1 Million Grant From AT&T
Grant Will Help Improve High School Dropout Rate Among At-Risk Latino Youth

WASHINGTON, July 11 /eMediaWorld-FirstCall/ -- The League of United
Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and the AT&T Foundation, the corporate
philanthropy organization of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced today that LULAC
will receive a $1 million grant from the AT&T Foundation's Aspire initiative, to implement LULAC's Adelante America program, which will
provide academic classes, mentoring and student leadership development for
underserved, at-risk Latino teens in grades eight through 10.

"This important educational initiative in our community will help
ensure that our nation's rich high-tech future and digital empowerment is
within reach of our Latino youth," said LULAC president Rosa Rosales. "A
good education is the key to a successful future. And as a long-time leader
in broadband and mobile communications, and a long-term dependable partner
of the Hispanic community, AT&T is once again demonstrating their corporate
leadership by keeping the American Dream accessible to Latino students all
across the country."

The $1 million grant will be spread out over two years and will serve a
total of 910 at-risk participants in the eighth through the 10th grade. The
Adelante America program will develop services and activities that will
link classroom learning with the challenges that students face in
post-secondary education and the workplace of the future. The goals include
increasing rates of on-time promotion to the next grade; improvement of
academic performance as measured by grades and test scores; improvement of
interpersonal relationships between the children and their peers, teachers,
family and other adults; reduction of the dropout rate, delinquency and
gang involvement; and achieving a higher graduation rate for its
participants.

"As one of the most well-respected advocacy organizations in the
country, LULAC will help ensure that Latino students have the tools they
need to live up to their maximum educational potential," said Susan
Santana, assistant vice president, External Affairs, AT&T. "We are honored
to play a small part in helping today's Latino youth become tomorrow's
world leaders."

The AT&T Foundation's Aspire program was launched earlier this year, in
an attempt to address the fact that nearly one-third of U.S. high school
students drop out every year, which amounts to one student dropping out
every 26 seconds -- a disproportionate number of whom are Hispanics. The
$100 million philanthropic effort announced in April reflects AT&T's
commitment to help to strengthen student success and workforce readiness.

Currently, Latinos are vastly underperforming when compared with other
groups. The percentage of adults over the age of 25 that has earned a
bachelor's degree or higher, is 27.2 percent. Among Latinos, that
percentage is only 12.2 percent. In addition, Hispanic secondary school
students have the highest dropout rates of any ethnic or racial group in
the U.S.



About LULAC

The League of the United Latin American Citizen (http://www.lulac.org)
advances the economic conditions, educational attainment, political
influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through
community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils
nationwide.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its
subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of
AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their
offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications
services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and
voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory
publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and
YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators
in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen
integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In
2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired
Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired
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the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is
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About Philanthropy at AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is committed to advancing education, strengthening
communities and improving lives. Through its philanthropic initiatives and
partnerships, AT&T supports projects that create learning opportunities;
promote academic and economic achievement; and address community needs. In
2007, AT&T contributed more than $164 million through corporate-, employee-
and AT&T Foundation-giving programs. AT&T and the AT&T Foundation, the
corporate philanthropy organization of AT&T, combine more than $1.9 billion
of historic charitable commitment to communities across the country.

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When a corporation gives money to and for ONE ethnic grop it is RACIST.ALL races and ethnic group have children in danger NOT just hispanic !! ALL races and ethnic groups have poor people NOT just hispanic !!

We are either "One Nation Under God" or we are a broken and disfunctional bunch of seperatists groups who only look out for their own and if that is not RACIST then neither is the KKK !!

USPatriot:

Totally agree with you

When a corporation gives money to and for ONE ethnic grop it is RACIST.ALL races and ethnic group have children in danger NOT just hispanic !! ALL races and ethnic groups have poor people NOT just hispanic !!

Exactly. Here, because of such low turn out for kids comming to school regularly, they hosted pizza parties for hispanic students each week when they came everyday. Not all students.....just hispanic students. They have meetings for gaining citizenship....just for hispanics. They were involved in trying to change the Christmas (Winter) break at school because so many hispanic students went back to Mexico for a month then. They wanted special abuse shelters just for hispanic women and children. Their purpose is soley for catering to the hispanic community. I suppose some is good because in Aurora there is a big gang problem and they went door to door contacting them about how to spot if your kids in a gang and all that and what to do. But it is purely just for the hispanics. If any other group did that and excluded others they'd be screaming racism to the top of their lungs. They keep comming across that no matter what the situation is.....for hispanics it's somehow "different" than it is for everyone else.