Hosted by the Latino Community Fund – LCF Georgia, the festival will be Saturday, Sept. 10, from 3-8 p.m. at Historic Fourth Ward Park Amphitheater. Contacts: Gigi Pedraza, gigi@lcfgeorgia.org Daniela Racines, Daniela@LCFGeorgia.org (678) 705-2057 The Estamos Aquí Fiesta — We Are Here Festival — celebrates Latinx heritage, culture, joy and growth as part of Hispanic…
Read MoreNOW is a good time to rescind Title 42
The Latino Community Fund Inc (LCF Georgia) welcomes the Biden Administration decision to end Title 42 and encourages our congressional representatives and Senators to support this important step towards returning to established legal processes for asylum seekers publicly. What is Title 42? Title 42 is a World War II-era public health law granting the government…
Read MoreThe History of Black History Month
What is Black History Month? Dr. Carter G. Woodsen, was a Harvard Historian, who founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). He worked to ensure the many contributions of African Americans were recognized and not forgotten or ignored. In 1926 the ASALH began to formally highlight black history with…
Read MoreThe Impact of COVID-19 in Georgia’s Diverse Communities and Immigrants
As communities in Georgia grapple with the ongoing pandemic, the economic recesion. Specific groups are disproportionate affected because of specific challenges like language, limited mobility, diverse documentation, and cultural competency. While at the begining of the public health crisis it was clear how unprepared mainstream organizations were to serve immigrants, rural communities were likely never…
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Nothing is perfect in life. We love our site and we could not bring with us hundreds of stories, perspectives and opinions we wrote for years first as a volunteer project aiming to tell our stories from a Latinx perspective and later as part of the Latino Connection, Latino Community Connection and later formally as…
Read More2020 Census Data Release: Georgia is More Diverse than Ever
The 2020 Census Data Release today confirmed that Georgia, like America, is more diverse than ever.
Read MoreLCF Georgia Supports and Celebrates Dekalb County’s Efforts for an Inclusive People’s Democracy
The “#Dear Georgia,It’s Time” campaign launched with the belief that all Georgia voters should be included in our democracy. In just 6 weeks, we won a major victory to expand language access for Georgia voters. Dekalb County becomes the first county to voluntarily provide resources and sample ballots in Spanish and Korean.
Read MoreThe Latino Community Fund Affirms that Black Lives Matter
(Art credit to Favianna Rodriguez, poster created for the Black and Latino Summit in LA in 2008) The Latino Community Fund (LCF Georgia) recognizes the need to mobilize and organize against institutional racism and White Supremacy and unequivocally affirms that Black Lives Matter. We honor the lives of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Dreasjon “Sean” Reed,…
Read MoreWe Need More People to Care About South Georgia
It was a beautiful morning and after a 4 hour drive and a 15 minute presentation at the South Georgia NonProfit Network Conference on 2020 Census, I drove to Tifton to meet with students from the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) and talk about Hispanic Heritage Month and the work our team at the Latino…
Read MoreFindings of Georgia Latino Entrepreneurship Study Unveiled
The Latino Community Fund (LCF Georgia) unveiled today key findings from the 2018 Georgia Latino Entrepreneurship Study, the first of its kind in the state of Georgia.
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