Diversity Office Virtual Library

Resources by community or issue - Latino, Chicano, Mexicano, Caribbean
Eugene | Oregon | Regional | Newspapers | National

Eugene :

• CISCAP - Committee in Solidarity with the Central American People
  Counters US economic and military interventions across Latin America; has focused on immigrant and economic justice issues and started a Colombia Interest Group in response to US Plan Colombia.
• Lane Community College:
  • Latino Student Union
• University of Oregon:
  • MEChA (Movimiento Estudianti Chicanos de Aztlan)
    Network of Chicano student movement organizations in colleges, universities and high schools. Strives for self-determination of our Raza by raising political, social, and cultural awareness. Main struggles are for educational rights. Includes info on Radio MEChA, links, and photographs.

Oregon :

• PCUN - Pineros y Campesinos Unidos Del Noroeste
  Del Noroeste (Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United), is Oregon’s union of farmworkers, nursery, and reforestation workers, and Oregon’s largest Latino organization. Includes newsletters, links, student info, and legislative info. En espanol.

Newspapers and Periodicals:

• Hispanic Outlook In Higher Education Magazine
  Published 25 times a year. Each edition brings forth the significance of communication in academic circles, the importance of positive learning experiences, the contributions of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic role models, and constructive observations on policies and procedures in academia. Includes extensive links, job opportunities, and conference and publication info.
• El Latino de Hoy: The Latin American Newspaper of Oregon
  El Latino de Hoy es semanalmente el número uno en la lectura de noticias y en la lealtad de sus lectores. Por 13 años nuestras publicaciones han servido de guía a la comunidad Latinoamericana de Oregon y del Suroeste de Washington.
• El Hispanic News
  "… es la publicación hispana más Antigua y una fuente importante de información para nuestra comunidad en el Pacifico Noroeste…El Censo 2000 confirmó lo que ya sabíamos, y mucha gente sospechaba: que la comunidad hispana está creciendo a una velocidad asombrosa en el Noroeste Pacífico - y en toda la nación."
• Noticias Latinas, su periódico Hispano, sirviéndo a la Comunidad de Oregon y Vancouver.
  Includes Latin news of Oregon and SW Washington and Latin Telephone Directory

Regional:

• El Centro de la Raza
  Uses social, cultural, educational and civic activities as vehicles to bring together peoples of all races and refuses to separate economic activities from social and human service.
• Mexican Americans in the Columbia Basin
  Historical overview, including sections on early migrants and settlers, railroad and migrant workers, cultural traditions and community formation.
• Early Migrants and Settlers: Miners, Packers and Vaqueros
• Railroad and Migrant Workers
• Cultural Traditions and Community Formation
  Bibliography

National:

• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
  Represents more than 400 colleges and universities in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America and Spain. Technical assistance workshops on available federal program grants and other resources and programs such as model college preparation and financial aid awareness programs and workforce development initiatives. Annual conferences and special events; internships, scholarships, college retention and advancement programs, precollegiate support, and career development opportunities and programs. 
• National Hispanic Leadership Institute
  Integrates personal growth with formal courses of study. Includes conference info, links, bibliographies and book recommendations.
• Chicano Humanities and Arts Council
  Consortium of artists, individuals and organizations dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Chicano/Latino culture.
• National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund (NALEO Educational Fund)
  To empower Latinos to participate fully in the America political process, from citizenship to public service. Includes leadership programs, conferences, policy and research, publications, news and employment info.
• Latino Issues Forum: A Public Policy and Advocacy Institute
  Produces high quality research, conducting community education forums, building coalitions, serving as a resource to media; and hard hitting advocacy.  Research, publications, and forums free of charge.
• ASPIRA Association, Inc (Puerto Rican and other Latino/a youth)
  Devoted solely to the education and leadership development of Puerto Rican and other Latino youth. Includes public policy info and teacher's resources.
• National Council of La Raza
  Major functions: capacity-building assistance; applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy; public information efforts; and special and international projects; Key strategic priorities - education, assets/investment, economic mobility, health, and media/image/civil rights. Includes job listings.
• National Latino (a) Communications Center - media arts production resource center
  Supports, produces and syndicates Latino programming for public television.
• Spanish Websites
  Includes annotated resources that specialize or feature information on Hispanic culture, issues, and news.
• Hispanic America U.S.A.
  Contributions of Hispanics to the US. Includes fact sheets, documents, photos, and links.
• The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
  Offers educational and leadership development programs, services, and activities. Well organized lists of links in many categories from the arts to public policy to technology to public affairs.
• League of United Latin American Citizens
  Advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the S. Includes Scholarship info.
• The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute
  Nonprofit, policy research organization, that helps shape public policy by providing elected officials and community leaders with non-partisan research. Published 200 research reports and policy briefs addressing a wide range of topics – from immigration and education to technology and employment.