CIVIL RIGHTS
Advocacy & Service: Civil Rights
Advocacy & Engagement: Voting Rights & Civic Engagement
Advocacy & Engagement: Voting Rights & Civic Engagement
Forward Latino will always defend the constitutional rights and human dignity of each individual!
Have your civil rights been violated?
Advocacy & Engagement: Voting Rights & Civic Engagement
Advocacy & Engagement: Voting Rights & Civic Engagement
Advocacy & Engagement: Voting Rights & Civic Engagement
In 2020, the Hispanic electorate will be the largest minority voting block in the nation with over 32,000,000 eligible voters. Forward LATINO is educating and organizing to make sure every eligible voter goes to the polls!
Read "An Early Look at the 2020 Electorate" by
Pew Research Center
Advocacy & Service: Workplace Safety
Advocacy & Engagement: Voting Rights & Civic Engagement
Advocacy & Service: Workplace Safety
Form unsafe working conditions to sexual harassment, every person as the right to a safe, non-threatening work environment.
Have you suffered and injury or are forced to work in an unsafe workplace environment?
community oriented policing
Community-Based Problem Oriented Policing
Community-based Problem-Oriented policing brings the entire community together to address problems before they impact public safety. It leads to lower crime rates, stronger neighborhoods, grows businesses, and increases job satisfaction among police.
Police Department Immediate Use of Force Reforms
From banning chokeholds, requiring independent use-of-force reviews, de-escalation training, point and aim reporting and more, there are immediate steps law enforcement can take until Community-Based Problem-Oriented Policing can be implemented.
Increased Community Investment
Increased Community Investment
From workforce development, afterschool programs and more, greater investments need to be made in our communities to ensure every person has access to the basic services and the American Dream.
Gun Violence prevention
Advocacy: Commonsense Firearm Reform
Following the tragedies in Gilroy, CA and El Paso, TX, Forward Latino began to build a coalition of advocacy, business, faith, health care organizations to urge passage of common-sense gun violence prevention legislation, known as the 80% Coalition. Coalition members include national organizations such as the Bishops Against Gun Violence, Brady Campaign, March for Our Lives, Moms Demand Action and dozens of other organizations to promote the closure of background check loopholes which allow convicted violent felons to purchase firearms, and for Extreme Risk Protection Orders which allow family members and law enforcement to remove a firearm from an individual which has been proven to be a danger to themselves or others.
IMMIGRATION:
Advocacy: Driver Licenses
The facts are clear, from safer roads, to economic growth, to lower insurance rates, driver permits are good for our country. For these reasons, Forward Latino advocates for legislation that allows immigrants to receive driver licenses!
Advocacy: Education & Instate Tuition
Every child deserves an equal opportunity to realize the American Dream, and that is why Forward Latino will continue to advocate for improvements in our education system and advocate for affordable access to higher education institutions and trade schools for all!
Advocacy: Immigration, DREAM Act & Family Detention
Advocacy: Immigration, DREAM Act & Family Detention
Forward Latino advocates for our DREAMers, immigrants and asylum seekers and for immigration reform that defends the human dignity of all, while fighting hateful, anti-immigrant legislation and policies, family separation and detainment.
Active duty military, guard & veteran assistance
Advocacy & Service: VetAssist Program
Forward Latino honors members of the U.S. Military and those who have served our nation. To ensure they receive all the benefits to which they are entitled, Forward Latino created its VetAssist program.
If you are a member of the U.S. Military or a Veteran in need of assistance to receive your benefits, click on VetAssist button below.
youth Programs:
Youth Leadership Development
Forward LATINO provides high school level programming to develop leadership skills, promote a sense of pride in self & culture, encourage academic excellence and community service.
Youth Public Service Day
Annually Forward LATINO organizes events that take students to meet with local government officials to learn about careers in public service.
Youth Multi-Cultural Awareness
Youth Multi-Cultural Awareness
As the demographics of our nation continue to shift, Forward LATINO provides multi-cultural awareness events to promote friendship and understanding among all.