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NCLR Capital Awards

2007 NCLR CAPITAL AWARDS
Join us for the 2007 NCLR Capital Awards!
March 6, 2007
National Building Museum
401 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036


The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Capital Awards is an annual gala event that brings together more than 800 elected and appointed officials, Hispanic leaders, community activists, executives from Fortune 500 companies, philanthropic leaders, and scholars to honor members of Congress from both sides of the aisle for their outstanding support of public policies that are vital to Hispanic Americans. In addition to the Capital Award, the Public Service Award honors others outside of Washington who courageously and tirelessly advocate on behalf of the Latino community. The NCLR Capital Awards is the premier Hispanic event in Washington, DC, providing an opportunity for sponsors to make contact with top policy- and decision-makers who work to improve the lives of Hispanic Americans.


2006 NCLR Capital Award Awardees

NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía addresses the audience at the 2006 NCLR Capital Awards. To view the video or read the transcript, click here.

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
In 2006, NCLR honored Senator Harkin for his consistent support of NCLR’s programs and mission to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. NCLR recognized his leadership in endorsing legislation that grants immigrant families access to nutrition programs, including child nutrition and the Food Stamp Program. These vital programs help children access healthy meals during school hours and ensure that the most vulnerable families, including farmworker families, are able to put food on their tables.
U.S. House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)
NCLR also honored U.S. House Majority Leader John Boehner, in his role as Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee, for his demonstrated leadership in addressing important Latino education issues. NCLR recognized his efforts to support increased access to Head Start and child nutrition programs for farmworkers and limited-English-proficient children and families.

Public Service Award

Radio Tropical, KGLA 1540 AM (Ernesto Schweikert, Owner)

NCLR presented Radio Tropical with the 2006 Public Service Award for its consistent support of the Spanish-speaking population in New Orleans, particularly in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. As the only resource for vital information at this crucial time, owner Ernesto Schweikert and his colleagues at Radio Tropical went above and beyond their job responsibilities to ensure that the station was manned and broadcasting at all hours of the day. They have since worked tirelessly following the tragedy to connect families, publicize job opportunities, and protect the Hispanic worker.



Past Capital Award recipients include:
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Senator Chris Cannon (R-UT), Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Representative Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Representative James R. Walsh (R-NY), Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senator John McCain (R-AZ), and Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA)

Past Public Service Award recipients include:
Llano Grande Center (Texas); Newsday (New York); and Former Director of the Phoenix Project Walker Lee Evey







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NCLR National Issue Briefing and Advocacy Day 2007


NCLR National Issue Briefing and Advocacy Day will be held March 7-8 2007 in Washington, DC

The NCLR National Issue Briefing and Advocacy Day is an opportunity for you to work with other Latino community organizations in holding your elected officials accountable for and responsive to the needs of the Hispanic community in the United States, and for all Americans. Come to our nation’s capital to strengthen the policies concerning health care, educational opportunities, economic mobility, criminal justice, and comprehensive immigration reform. More specific issue areas will be available mid-January.




In 2006, advocates from 31 states and DC came together for the NCLR National Advocacy Day and conducted more then 200 visits to members of Congress. Do not miss out on this great opportunity to make your community’s voice heard!!!



Registration is limited so register as early as possible!

Early Registration Deadline is January 26





If you register early, your name will be entered into a drawing to win one complimentary registration to the 2007 NCLR Annual Conference in Miami, Florida – a $650 value!!!



Arrive early to attend the NCLR Capital Awards on March 6, 2007!
If you register early, you can purchase discounted tickets at an $85 rate for this event



Our Briefing Day will be held at the Best Western Capitol Skyline Hotel. For more information about our hotel CLICK HERE!



YES, YOU CAN! Nonprofit organizations are permitted to lobby without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status. CLICK HERE for more information on the lobbying rules for 501(c)(3) organizations, or email advocacyday@nclr.org if you have specific questions regarding allowable lobbying activities.



If you have other event questions, please contact Stacy Terrell in NCLR’s Policy Analysis Center at advocacyday@nclr.org or (202) 785-1670.

If you have other event questions, please contact Stacy Terrell in NCLR’s Policy Analysis Center at advocacyday@nclr.org or (202) 785-1670.

Yes, I have some questions for the NCLR.

How is it that your organization gets to practise racially motivated directives, yet as a white person, I would not be allowed the same "civil rights"?

Why is it that NCLR is so concerned with only Latino farmworkers having enough food and not anyone else in America?

How is it you can lobby the government and still have a tax-exempt status and others cannot?

What about policies that are vital to the lives of white families, or Asian families, or black families?

Why are they so concerned with providing job opportunities to the Latinos?

Why only protect the Hispanic worker?

And finally, NCLR.....why are you all not considered racists, but I am?

If I had an applause smiley, I would put him right here _____!!!!
Great questions Elizabeth! Now if we could only get some straight answers ....................hmmmm

This should make us even more determined, thats alot of corporations, but We are in the millions , and there is alot of power in numbers also. contact your house Reps and Senators,I e-mail mine and any other one who will accept my e-mail at once a week,
, ring their phone off the hook,talk to friends and relatives even if they don't like it,until you have them convinced we have a proplem here!!
If ever there was a time to believe in UNITED WE STAND DEVIDED WE FALL now is it because with out hard work and standing together in very large numbers we will lose our country, DETERMINATION IS THE KEY!!!

SOSADFORUS wrote:

If ever there was a time to believe in UNITED WE STAND DEVIDED WE FALL now is it because with out hard work and standing together in very large numbers we will lose our country, DETERMINATION IS THE KEY!!!


Absolutely the truth!

I thought this was interesting and worth adding.

Emerging Latino Communities Initiative
Overview

The Emerging Latino Communities (ELC) Initiative is a multifaceted organization development program which seeks to establish organizational infrastructure in communities that have recently seen a dramatic increase in their Latino population. Primarily, ELC focuses on areas of the country where there is currently little or no organizational infrastructure for Latinos. Geographic target areas are the Southeast, Northwest, and Midwest, although exceptions are made.

Through the ELC program, Latino community-based organizations (CBOs) develop tools necessary to become effective grassroots organizers and advocates. These organizations will become effective by participating in not only in trainings focused on organizing and advocacy development, but also operational development. ELC participants learn to develop their board of directors, various organization committees, fundraising strategies and plans, and strategic planning for the future. It is the goal of ELC to produce long-lasting Latino CBOs where none have existed before.

2006 Grantees
Northeast
Iniciativa, The Massachusetts Education Initiative for Latinos
Boston, MA
www.iniciativainc.org

Midwest
East Isthmus Neighborhoods Planning Council, Inc.
Madison, WI
http://eastisthmus.org

United Dubuque Immigrant Alliance (UnDIA)
Dubuque, IA

Far West
Companeros
Durango, CO
www.sanjuancitizens.org/companeros/companeros

Idaho Community Action Network (ICAN)
Boise, ID
www.icanweb.net

The Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality
Salem, OR

VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project
Portland, OR
www.portlandvoz.org
Southeast
Alianza Hispana
De Queen, AR

Coordinadora
Kennesaw, GA

Eastern Panhandle Hispanic Advocacy Coalition
Martinsburg, WV

Latin America Services Organization, Inc. (LASO)
Savannah, GA

Latin American Alliance/Asociación Comunitaria Latino Americana (ACLA)
Dalton, GA

Latinos for Education and Justice Organization (LEJO)
Calhoun, GA

Mississippi Immigrants’ Rights Alliance (MIRA)
Jackson, MS
www.yourmira.org

Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC)
Nashville, TN
www.tnimmigrant.org


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