HISPANIC Organizations

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Government/Legislation

Congressional Hispanic Caucus www.house.gov/roybalallard/CHC.htm
Hispanic Elected Local Officials Caucus www.nlc.org
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) (no website)
National Caucus of Hispanic School Board Members www.acad14.ktz.co.us
White House office of Public Liaison www.whitehouse.gov
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National and State Commissions on Hispanic Affairs

Commission on Latino Affairs Department of Human Rights www.state.ia.us/dhr/la
Commission on Spanish Speaking Affairs www.state.oh.us/spa
Governor’s Commission on Hispanic Affairs www.dhr.state.md.us
Governor’s Advisory Commission on Latino Affairs (no website)
Kansas Advisory Committee on Hispanic Affairs www.hr.state.ks.us
Michigan Commission on Spanish Speaking Affairs www.state.mi.us/career
State of Utah Governor’s Office on Hispanic Affairs (no website)
State of Nebraska Mexican-American Commission (no website)
State of Minnesota Chicano Latino Affairs Council (CLAC) www.clac.state.mnus
Union Iberoamericana de Municipalistas (UIM) www.iepala.es/CEMCI/cemcium.html
Washington Commission on Hispanic Affairs www.halcyon.com/hispanic
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National/Regional Advocacy Organizations

League of United Latin American Citizens Foundation www.lulac.org
Mexican-American Democrats for Texas (MAD) www.maccsa.org
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) www.naleo.org
National Council of La Raza (NCLR) www.nclr.org
National Puerto Rican Coalition www.incacorp.com/nprc
Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops www.nccb_uscc.org
William C. Velazquez Institute www.wcvi.org
Southwest Voter Registration Project www.cvi.org
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Women’s Issues

Hispanic Women’s Council of California (no website)
MANA, a National Latina Organization www.hermana.org
National Hispana Leadership Institute www.incacorp.com/NHLI
National Conference of Puerto Rican Women (no website)
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Legal Aid/Social Services/ Community-Based Organizations

American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program (no website)
Asociación de Puertorriqueños en Marcha (no website)
Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) (no website)
AYUDA www.incacorp.com/ayuda
Carecen www.incacorp/carecen
Centro Latinoamericano www.esn.org/centrola
Cuban American National Council www.cnc.org
Hispanic Community Foundation www.hispanicfoundation.org
La Raza Centro Legal (no website)
Mexican-American Legal & Education Fund (MALDEF) www.maldef.org
Migrant Legal Action Plan (MLAP) (no website)
Movimiento Familiar Cristiano U.S.A. (MFC/USA) (no website)
National Puerto Rican Forum, Inc. (NPRF) www.nprf.org
Nevada Hispanic Services, Inc. (NHS) (no website)
Nevada Association of Latin Americans (NALA) (no website)
New Jersey Puerto Rican Congress (no website)
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund www.iprnet.org/ipr
Puerto Rican Association for Community Affairs (PRACA) (no website)
Utah Coalition of La Raza
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Policy/Research

Cuban-American National Council www.cnc.org
Cuban-American National Foundation www.canfnet.org
Hispanic Council on International Affairs (HCIR) www.hcir.org
Hispanic Policy Development Project (HPDP) (no website)
Institute for Puerto Rican Policy, Inc. www.iprnet.org/ipr/ipr forum
Inter-University Program for Latino Research www.iuplr.utexas.edu/
Latino Issues Forum (LIF) www.lif.org
Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy www.umb.edu/centers&institutes
Mexican American Unity Council (MAUC) (no website)
Midwest Consortium for Latino Research www.indians.org/welker/mclr
National Hispanic Leadership Conference (NHLC) (no website)
National Puerto Rican Forum, Inc. www.nprf.org
Southwest Voter Research Institute www.wcvi.org
Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) www.cgs.edu/inst/trc.html
National Council of La Raza www.nclr.org
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Arts

Association of Hispanic Arts, Inc. (AHA) www.latinoarts.org
Ateneo Puertorriqueño (no website)
Bilingual Foundation for the Arts (BFA) www.californiaculture.net/bilingual
El Teatro Campesino www.elteatro.com
El Museo del Barrio www.elmuseo.com
Fiesta Folklórica Puertorriqueña, Inc. (no website)
Hispanic Designers, Inc. (HDI) www.incacorp.com/hdi
Petroglyph National Monument www.nps.gov/petr
The Mexican Museum www.mexicanmuseum.org
Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños www.hunter.cuny.edu/centro
El Centro Chicano www.usc.edu
Los Niños www.electriciti.com/~losninos
Multicultural Education Training and Advocacy (META) (no website)
REFORMA The National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish-Speaking (no website)
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