Political Advocacy Groups

A Directory of United States Lobbyists

Latinos

Hispanas Organized for Political Equality
http://www.latinas.org
E-Mail: latinas@latinas.org
634 S Spring St., Suite 920
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone: 213-622-0606
Fax: 213-622-0007
"HOPE is a non-profit, non-partisan organization committed to ensuring political and economic parity for Latinas through leadership, advocacy, and education to benefit all communities and the status of women. HOPE has anchored itself to the principle that knowledge of the political process coupled with active participation will fuel a powerful and necessary engine of change."
(http://www.latinas.org/2003_2004/aboutus/aboutus.htm)
60th Percentile Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
http://www.maldef.org
E-Mail: info@maldef.org
634 S Spring St.
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Phone: 213-629-2512
Fax: 213-629-0266
"MALDEF is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and promote the civil rights of the more than 40 million Latinos living in the United States. Making sure that there are no obstacles preventing this diverse community from realizing its dreams, MALDEF works to secure the rights of Latinos, primarily in the areas of employment, education, immigrants' rights, political access and public resource equity." (http://www.maldef.org/about/mission.htm)
30th Percentile National Council of La Raza
http://www.nclr.org
1111 19th St. NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-785-1670
Fax: 202-776-1792
"The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans." (http://www.nclr.org/about/)