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2010 NCLR Annual Conference (San Antonio,TX)

2010 LULAC NATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

Gaps emerging in US census outreach to immigrants

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The National Immigration Forum

Established in 1982, the National Immigration Forum is the leading immigrant advocacy organization in the country with a mission to advocate for the value of immigrants and immigration to the nation.  The Forum uses its communications, advocacy and policy expertise to create a vision, consensus and strategy that leads to a better, more welcoming America – one that treats all newcomers fairly.

Ultimately, our vision is to create US immigration policy that honors our nation’s ideals, protects human dignity, reflects our country’s economic demands, celebrates family unity and provides opportunities for progress. 

For over two decades, the Forum has occupied a unique role, knitting together alliances across diverse faith, labor, immigrant, non-immigrant and business constituencies in communities across the country. 

These alliances come together under the Forum’s leadership to develop, execute and evaluate legislative and administrative advocacy strategies. 

Recently, the Board of Directors completed a strategic positioning process to ensure the Forum is strong in the years to come. Under the leadership of Ali Noorani, the Forum’s new Executive Director and only the third director in the organization’s 27 year history, the Forum’s Strategic Goals are to:

1. Develop relationships and an understanding of disparate views and, taking those views into account, craft a cohesive strategy across a range of issues;
2. Provide trusted information, analysis and advocacy strategy to key audiences shaping immigration policy and regulation across a range of immigration issues;
3. Engage a wider set of pro-immigration voices across constituencies, regions and ethnicities;
4. Implement targeted campaigns, based on the guidance of our Immigration Policy Council, to advance the overall strategy of the pro-immigration alliance; and,
5. Develop the institutional capacities and structures of the Forum needed to achieve its mission.

The Forum is prepared to build broad and cohesive coalitions, execute a highly disciplined legislative strategy, and witness and celebrate the passage of immigration legislation that positively impacts the lives of millions of Americans and New Americans.

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Source: www.immigrationforum.org

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2010 NCLR Annual Conference (San Antonio,TX)

July 10, 2010

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July 13, 2010

 

Where: San Antonio, TX

NCLR is thrilled to host the 2010 NCLR Annual Conference and the National Latino Family Expo in San Antonio, a city with unique traditions, history, and world-renowned entertainment. Join us July 10 - 13, 2010 for what is to be an exciting event!

 NCLR is proud to exhibit its growth and success at the NCLR Annual Conference, representing the largest and most important gathering of the nation’s most influential individuals, organizations, institutions, and companies working with the Hispanic community. The NCLR Annual Conference has grown with its gente, providing a forum for people in the business of social change to learn about ongoing and emerging issues in the Hispanic community, connect with key community leaders, and generate partnerships with Hispanic community-based organizations.
The NCLR Annual Conference consists of four days of the most thorough and cutting-edge workshops addressing critical issues in the Hispanic community, five key meal events before an audience of 2,000, and presentations from speakers of national and international prominence.

Past Conference speakers include 2008 Democratic Presidential Nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), 2008 Republican Presidential Nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ), San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Representatives Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Wal-Mart President and CEO H. Lee Scott, Jr., the Reverend Al Sharpton, President of Mexico Vicente Fox, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA), Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM), Reverend Jesse Jackson, President Bill Clinton, then-Governor of Texas George Bush, Ambassador and author Carlos Fuentes, and many more.  Stay tuned for this year’s speaker line up!

 

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2010 LULAC NATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE

April 9, 2010

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April 10, 2010

Excerpt from: www.lulac.net

“Latina Contributions…..To a Stronger Nation”

When: Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10, 2010

Where: Caribe Hilton
Los Rosales Street
1 San Geronimo Street
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901

LULAC is proud to request your presence and sponsorship at our annual National Women’s Conference to be held April 3rd and 4th at the beautiful Caribe Hilton in San Juan.

The theme for the conference is “Latina Contributions…..To a Stronger Nation”. We are doing so in the areas of business, education, and political empowerment. Now is the time to highlight the important accomplishments of women who have progressed in their areas of expertise and have them share their experiences with our participants.

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Gaps emerging in US census outreach to immigrants

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the government is fumbling some efforts to assure immigrants that U.S. census data won’t be used against them, including gaps in outreach and foreign language guides that refer to the decennial count as an investigation.

With the launch of the head count weeks away, the Census Bureau’s outreach has been falling short in at least a dozen major cities, such as Chicago, Dallas, New York, San Jose, Calif., and Seattle, according to a report released Monday by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Many of their states are on the cusp of gaining or losing U.S. House seats and face a redrawing of legislative boundaries that may tilt the balance of political power.

The report generally praises the Census Bureau for improved efforts since 2000. But noting the large ramifications of even a small undercount, AALDEF is critical of the Obama administration. The legal group cited the government’s refusal to give fuller assurances that census data would be kept confidential and to suspend large-scale immigration raids during the count , as was done in the 2000 census. AALDEF said it wasn’t ruling out legal action to get stronger guarantees.

“We are running the risk of a real undercount,” said Arturo Vargas, executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. “The next few weeks will be critical.”

The Census Bureau is printing instruction guides and sample forms in dozens of different languages for use in community help centers, since one in five residents speak a language other than English at home. But there have been errors due to poor translations, including material for Vietnamese speakers that describe the census as a “government investigation.”

Other gaps included a lack of specialists for the Bangladeshi community in Detroit; the nation’s third largest Korean-American population in Chicago; and the south Asian and Cambodian groups in Philadelphia and Rhode Island. In Virginia, when groups cited a need for census specialists for their Korean and Vietnamese communities, the agency responded by hiring someone who spoke Chinese.

Responding, the Census Bureau has emphasized it is devoting a large amount of its $133 million ad campaign to racial and ethnic audiences, including television spots in 28 different languages. It also worked with more than 150,000 business and community groups, hoping to build trust in its message that filling out the 10-question census form is safe and easy to complete.

To encourage participation, Census Director Robert Groves on Monday visited neighborhoods along the U.S.-Mexico border near Laredo, Texas. As many as half the residents were missed there in 2000 because they had little knowledge of English and feared being turned over to immigration agents.

Other trouble spots:

Latino groups are worried the Census Bureau’s ad campaign may neglect communities with higher numbers of immigrants in poverty. Census-takers also may be less adept in navigating some areas because of an agency requirement that employees be U.S. citizens.

In 2000, the Census Bureau noted for the first time an overcount of 1.3 million people, due mostly to duplicate counts of more affluent whites with multiple residences. About 4.5 million people were ultimately missed, primarily lower-income minorities.

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Source: www.philly.com