The Alianza Americas, formerly the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) until 2015, is a pan-American non-profit orgranization based in Hispanic and Latino American and Caribbean immigrant communities in the United States.[2]
Founded | 2004 |
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Type | 501(c)(3) |
Location | |
Members | 50 organizations, approx. |
Key people | Oscar A. Chacón (Co-Founder and Executive Director)[1] |
Website | www |
Formerly called | National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) |
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It organizes a network of over 50 immigrant-led community organizations[3] that work to improve the quality of life in their communities, both in the United States and in their countries of origin. Alianza Americas also seeks to build transnational leadership capacity and increase immigrant civic participation, reform public policy,[4][5] and address everyday challenges faced by immigrants in the United States.
References
edit- ^ "Our Team". Alianza Americas.
- ^ "Nuestra Historia". Alianza Americas. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Alianza Americas - GuideStar Profile". www.guidestar.org. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Activists: Trump Revoking Temporary Protected Status Could Harm Women in Latin America". WBEZ. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ Houghton, Sam (2 April 2024). "Venezuelan asylum seekers win 'major' ruling". The Martha's Vineyard Times. Retrieved 4 July 2024.