Latino leaders from across the nation convened at the United States Department of Treasury for the first ever Investing in the Economic Future of Latino Community Summit.
Latino leaders from across the nation convened at the United States Department of Treasury for the first ever Investing in the Economic Future of Latino Community Summit.
Hispanic legislative leaders recently met in the Nation’s Capital with Members of Congress, policy experts and industry stakeholders, and kicked off NHCSL’s 30th Anniversary. Here are some of the highlights!
Following an initial alert in May 2019, the Office of the Inspector General published a new report warning DHS of the need to take action on the dangerous overcrowding and prolonged detention of unaccompanied minors and families.
Members also approved an emergency resolution on the border wall and the migrant humanitarian crisis; started an investigation into giving gig workers traditional workplace benefits; and held working meetings with many key members of Congress to engage on policy areas that are critical to the constituencies they represent.
Hispanic State Legislators Celebrate Passage of Disaster Aid Bill: The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL), which represents the over 425 Hispanic state legislators from across the United States, including Puerto Rico, celebrates the bipartisan effort that led to the Congressional approval of $19.1 billion in disaster relief for victims of Western wildfires, Midwestern flooding and hurricanes that hit the Southeast and Puerto Rico, among other areas of the country.
In a historic first, NHCSL joins LatinoJustice PRLDEF, the Hispanic Federation and the Hispanic National Bar Association, in filing an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court against the citizenship question in the 2020 Census
WASHINGTON, DC / NEWBRUNSWICK, NJ – El Caucus Nacional de Legisladores Estatales Hispanos (NHCSL, por sus siglas en inglés) llevó a cabo su primera Academia de Liderazgo de La Iniciativa “Latinas Lead” este fin de semana, junto al Centro para las Mujeres Estadounidenses y la Política (CAWP, por sus siglas en inglés). El CAWP es parte del Instituto Eagleton de Política, que a su vez forma parte de la Universidad de Rutgers. La academia incluyó sesiones de adiestramiento, paneles de discusión y oradores especiales, con el propósito de ayudar a legisladoras estatales latinas a escalar posiciones de mayor liderazgo en sus capitolios estatales, al igual que reclutar candidatas latinas para puestos electivos a nivel estatal.
WASHINGTON, DC / NEWBRUNSWICK, NJ – The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) held its first-ever Leadership Academy of NHCSL’s Latinas Lead Initiative this weekend, in partnership with the prestigious Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), which is housed within Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics. The academy included training sessions, panel discussions, and guest speakers that came to help current Latina state legislators scale the leadership ranks in their State Capitols, as well as recruit potential Latina candidates for state-level office.
