Alianza Americas Explained

Alianza Americas
Type:501(c)(3)
Key People:Oscar A. Chacón (Co-Founder and Executive Director)[1]
Num Members:50 organizations, approx.
Former Name:National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC)

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]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our Team . Alianza Americas.
  2. Web site: Nuestra Historia . Alianza Americas . 4 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Alianza Americas - GuideStar Profile . www.guidestar.org . 4 July 2024.
  4. News: Activists: Trump Revoking Temporary Protected Status Could Harm Women in Latin America . 4 July 2024 . WBEZ . en.
  5. News: Houghton . Sam . Venezuelan asylum seekers win 'major' ruling . 4 July 2024 . The Martha's Vineyard Times . 2 April 2024.