Resources outside Oregon
Organizations
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
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- 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 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/contact.html
- 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.
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