LCF Georgia announces the appointment of Lea Clanton, Community Engagement Director for Georgia Power and Pamela Perkins, Director of Global Contracts for UPS to its board of directors, effective January 1, 2023.
The Board unanimously also elected Daniela Demaria as new Board Chair, Omar Esposito as Vice Chair, Luis Avila as Secretary (re-elected) and Lauren Waits as Treasurer
Read MoreThe US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and a District Court have now found the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) unlawful. While we respect the rule of law and await further legal action, Congress continues to have the power to legislate protections for the children and teens brought to the country by…
Read MoreCommunity calendar celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month in Georgia in 2022
Read MoreHosted 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 MoreThe 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 MoreWhat 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 MoreAs 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…
Read MoreNothing 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 MoreThe 2020 Census Data Release today confirmed that Georgia, like America, is more diverse than ever.
Read MoreThe “#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.
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