The Center for Civic Participation

National Council of La Raza (NCLR)

VOTER WORK

As part of its mission to reduce poverty and discrimination and improve life opportunities for Hispanics, NCLR believes that increased civic engagement is an essential part of any community empowerment strategy. To that end, the organization has amplified its advocacy activities, adding a state and local dimension to NCLRís policy analysis and advocacy work, while seeking to strengthen the nonpartisan foundation for increased Latino participation in the political process. The separate but related initiatives that compose this work are the Field Advocacy Project (FAP) and the Latino Empowerment and Advocacy Project (LEAP).

DESCRIPTION

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans. NCLR works toward this goal through two primary, complementary approaches:

Capacity-building assistance to support and strengthen Hispanic community-based organizations: providing organizational assistance in management, governance, program operations, and resource development to Hispanic community-based organizations in urban and rural areas nationwide, especially those which serve low-income and disadvantaged Hispanics.

Applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy: providing an Hispanic perspective on issues such as education, immigration, housing, health, employment and training, and civil rights enforcement, to increase policy-maker and public understanding of Hispanic needs, and to encourage the adoption of programs and policies which equitably serve Hispanics.

NCLR strengthens these efforts with public information and media activities and special and international projects. NCLR is the largest constituency-based national Hispanic organization, serving all Hispanic nationality groups in all regions of the country. NCLR has over 270 formal affiliates who together serve 40 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia - and a broader network of more than 30,000 groups and individuals nationwide - reaching more than three and a half million Hispanics annually.

NCLR's Policy Analysis Center is the preeminent Hispanic "think tank" serving as a voice for Hispanic Americans in Washington, D.C..

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