Oregon Outreach: Resources: Organizations outside Oregon

Resources outside Oregon

The following resource list includes contact information for organizations that serve Latino audiences. Resources are listed alphabetically.

ASPIRA Association, Inc: 1444 Eye Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 2005; (202) 835-3600 ext. 121; (202) 835-3613 fax; http://www.aspira.org; The ASPIRA Association, Inc. is a national nonprofit organization which since 1961 has served and advocated on behalf of Puerto Rican and other Latino youth. With major programmatic efforts in leadership development and education, ASPIRA also conducts research and informs policy makers on issues critical to Latinos. Its ten offices are located in six states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. ASPIRA is the oldest and largest Latino youth organization in the country. Its central mission is advancing the development of the Latino community. To fulfill that mission, it provides over 25,000 youth annually with the emotional, intellectual, and practical resources they need to remain in school and contribute to their community.

Chicano Database: University of California
Chicano Studies Publications Unit; csl@library.berkeley.edu; The Chicano Database is the most comprehensive bibliographic resource for information about Mexican-American topics and the only specialized database for Chicano references. The database is one of the CitaDel databases offered by RLG. Its only online form of distribution is through RLG, which licenses the database from the University of California library. The contact person at RLG is Sharon Vaughn-Lahman and her address is Sharon_Vaughn-Lahman@notes.rlg.org

Julian Samora Research Institute: Michigan State University; 112 Paolucci Building; East Lansing, Michigan 48824; (517) 432-1317; (517) 432-2221 fax; info@jsri.msu.edu; http://www.jsri.msu.edu; The institute is committed to the generation, transmission, and application of knowledge to serve the needs of Latino communities in the Midwest. To this end, it has organized a number of publication initiatives to facilitate the timely dissemination of current research and information relevant to Latinos.

Mother-Daughter Program: Dr. Josephina Villamil Tinajero; College of Education; The University of Texas at El Paso; El Paso, TX 79968-0569; (915) 747-5552, (915) 747-5654; (517) 432-2221 fax; tinajero@utep.edu; In 1986, the Mother-Daughter Program was developed at the University of Texas at El Paso with the expressed purpose of empowering young Latino women. The long term goal is to create the possibility of a more equitable representation of Latino women in professional careers through higher education. Sixth-grade girls are the focus of the program’s primary efforts; and mothers are considered an integral part of the program and must participate with their daughters. The mother-daughter teams meet one Saturday each month for a year while the girls are in the sixth grade. Activities are planned around four important areas of development – academic, personal, career, and community life.

National Association for Bilingual Education: (888)414-2322; nabe@nabe.org; http://www.nabe.org/; Promoting educational excellence and equity through bilingual education, the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is the only national organization exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools.

National Council of La Raza: 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036; (202) 785-1670, 1-800-311-NCLR (ext. 771); (202) 785-0851, (202) 776-1790
(202) 776-1792 fax; http://www.nclr.org/; Seeks to improve opportunities for Americans of Latino descent by increasing awareness of the Latino community's status and needs; conducts applied research and public policy analysis to address the problems of discrimination and poverty; strives to provide accurate information and positive images of Latinos in the mainstream and Latino media; serves as a think tank on public policy issues such as education and employment training; generates information for public and private sector policy makers; assists community-based Latino organizations with resource development, program operations management, and governance needs; issues press releases.

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: 101 SW Main, Ste. 500
Portland, OR 97204; (503) 275-9500; http://www.nwrel.org/; NWREL is one of ten education laboratories in the US. Focusing on topics of interest to educators in the Pacific Northwest, this web site contains many useful links pertaining to Latino youth. Follow the Resources link on the main page to find the Winter, 1995 edition of Northwest Education magazine, which focuses on the Latino Child.