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New President Vows to Take LULAC to Next Level of Activism Special Recognition: Luis “Chano” Rodriguez Highlights from the 2006 National Convention November | December 2006 New President Vows to Take LULAC to Next Level of Activism Special Recognition: Luis “Chano” Rodriguez 78th 2007 Chicago Convention Flyer Newly Elected LULAC United with a Purpose: National President Cristina Saralegui and Diageo Rosa Rosales Come Together to Benefit the Hispanic Community November | December 2006 news Contents League of United Latin American Citizens • Message from National President ......................3 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 610 TEL: (202) 833-6130 Washington, D.C. 20036 FAX: (202) 833-6135 • Special Feature Story: Gaddi H. Vasquez ..........3 • News From Around the League .........................6 National President Rosa Rosales STATE DIRECTORS • Issues Brief ........................................................10 Enrique Perez Gomez Executive Director Arizona Brent Wilkes • Notice to LULAC Councils seeking to bid ......10 Carlos F. Cervantes Editor Arkansas • Chicago National Convention Flyer Insert Lizette J. Olmos Angel G. Luevano • Youth Corner ....................................................13 Contributing Editor California Ken Dalecki Tom Duran • Housing Commission Fall Seminars ...............14 Design & Layout Colorado Luis Nuño Briones Ada Peña • Tribute ..............................................................15 District of Columbia NATIONAL OFFICERS • Profiles ..............................................................16 Rosa Rosales Anita De Palma National President Florida • Photos From Around the League .....................19 Hector Flores Zayra Alicia Fossé Georgia • Policy and Legislation ......................................21 Immediate Past President Jaime Martinez Eligio Marin • LNESC News ....................................................22 National Treasurer Illinois Joey Ramirez Maria de los Angeles Oria • Milwaukee Convention Highlights ..................23 National Youth President Indiana Gilbert Sierra • Membership application ..................................24 Richard Fimbres VP for the Elderly Iowa Margaret Moran Rodrigo Bonilla Cover photo by Luis Nuño Briones VP for Women Kansas Javier Montanez Annabelle Guerra VP for Youth Massachusetts Michelle Pelayo Augustin Sanchez VP for Young Adults Michigan Dave Rodriguez Tencha Vasquez Wilcox VP for Far West Missouri Alicia Rios Nicolas Martinez VP for Midwest Nevada Toula Politis Lugo Pablo Martinez VP for Northeast New Mexico Maria Rodriguez-Salazar Carmen I Cruz VP for Northwest Puerto Rico Haydee Rivera Roger C. Rocha LULAC National President’s first visit with LULAC VP for Southeast Texas national staff in Washington, DC. Adrian Rodriguez Leni Gonzalez Virginia One-year subscription price is $24. Single copies are $4.50. LULAC VP for Southwest Yolanda Santos Adams members receive a complimentary subscription. The publication Ray Velarde Wisconsin encourages LULAC members to submit articles and photos for National Legal Advisor inclusion in future issues. Once submitted, articles are property of the LULAC News and may be subject to editing. © LULAC National Office LULAC News is published bimonthly by the national office of the League of United Advertising rates for LULAC News are available by contacting the Latin American Citizens. LULAC National Office in Washington, DC, at (202) 833-6130. 2 news NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2006 A MESSAGE from the President Special Feature: Peace Corps Director t is a great honor to serve as the newly elected Ileader of LULAC. Not only do I realize the Gaddi Vasquez privilege it is to serve LULAC, I also realize the vast challenges that I must face as president. By Ken Dalecki Thankfully, I will not face these challenges alone because I know that I can count on the “Hispanics who make it should give back to the tremendous leadership of LULAC members to help community,” said Gaddi H. Vasquez, former me strengthen our organization and serve our director of the U.S. Peace Corps during an community. interview with LULAC News in his office a block As the newest leader in the long and from LULAC’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. distinguished line of LULAC National Presidents, Vasquez tried to do that when he lived in Orange I pledge to continue the LULAC tradition of County, Calif., and during his four years as the nation’s 16th Peace Corps director. photo by Luis Nuño Briones advocacy on behalf of the Hispanic community especially during these difficult times and taking In Orange County, where he served as county LULAC to the next level of activism. We have thousands of members and my goal executive, Vasquez was a co-founder of a private is to double our membership within the next two years. If everyone brings in a new scholarship fund that has raised more than $2 individual we can accomplish that goal. million for Hispanic students to help pay for This summer, we participated in unprecedented marches nationwide. Yesterday, tuition at elementary and high schools, colleges we marched and then we voted in record numbers. Although we made significant and universities. As Peace Corps director, he has progress this year, we must remember to remain ever vigilant to protect the rights instituted an outreach program to recruit more of immigrants and bring the discussion of immigration reform back to the table at Hispanic and other minority volunteers to serve in the highest levels of decision-making in our country. In this and other efforts, we the 75 countries hosting Peace Corps programs. look forward to forming coalitions with other advocacy groups that fight for the Vasquez shares a major goal with LULAC rights of minority constituencies to pass comprehensive immigration reform. President Rosa Rosales in wanting to reduce I would like to express my sincere appreciation to our immediate past National the high school dropout rate among Hispanics. President, Hector Flores, the National Board, the many volunteers, national staff, During his tenure as Peace Corps director, Vasquez corporations, government agencies, leaders and others that helped make this year’s addressed numerous minority youth groups, Annual LULAC National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin a major success. urging students to stay in school and eventually During this convention, the national assembly adopted several resolutions and a consider serving in the Peace Corps. legislative platform that reflect the goals and wishes of the LULAC membership. I “I think the dropout rate is one of the greatest ask each member to focus your attention on the platform and resolutions and seek threats to the Hispanic community, but it is also a to find ways in which you can make a difference in your community. threat to the nation because that is the labor force In the few short months since I took on this important role, we have been very that will enter the market,” he said. “And to be active seeking solutions to some major problems facing the Hispanic community. competitive we need an educated labor force.” LULAC has fought for the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, orchestrated “My mother saw education as the passage “get out the vote” activities nationwide leading to an increase in Hispanic voter to having a meaningful and fulfilling life,” said turnout, worked on combating anti-immigration legislation on the local level, Vasquez, a native of Carrizo Springs, Texas, and held the first Hispanic Veterans Summit in Puerto Rico to address the needs of the grandson of Mexican immigrants. His parents our nation’s veterans, signed 8 MOUs with federal agencies in order to recruit “believed that education is everything” for Gaddi Hispanics and provide opportunities for students, we will continue pushing for and his brother, Ben. “Notwithstanding their comprehensive immigration reform among other issues. We are very concerned inability to help us with homework, they inspired about the high Hispanic dropout rate and the low number of Hispanics that obtain and motivated us,” he said. college degrees. For this reason we have formed a partnership with the Alliance for Vasquez lauded LULAC as “a forerunner” in Excellent Education to address this concern. boosting Hispanic educational attainment and he These are just a few of the items that I hope to tackle with your help during my believes that increasing parental involvement in presidency. In order to succeed, however, we will need your active involvement and their children’s education is the key to reducing the support. We must continue to grow our membership and ensure that all LULAC Hispanic dropout rate. members are actively engaged in helping their communities. We hope to renew old Like all but two of his predecessors as Peace councils that are no longer active and expand our membership in more states. Corps director, Vasquez was not a Peace Corps For 78 years, LULAC has been fighting for Hispanics who are seeking volunteer. But his early years were spent in what opportunity and equal treatment under the law. Our struggle continues and our he calls third world conditions in a south Texas community needs us now more than ever before. migrant farmer community. He keeps in his office a picture of himself with his father in front of their small house trailer as a reminder of his humble beginnings. His parents moved to Orange County, Rosa Rosales Calif., where he attended high school, became a Continued on page 4. WWW.LULAC.ORG “Hispanics who make it should give back to the community” Continued from page 3. police officer at age 19 and was the first in 12,000 volunteers. Vasquez left the Peace Corps and was his
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