"In times of great challenge in our country and around the world, Americans have always come together to lend a hand and to serve others and to do what's right."
~ President Barack Obama, January 16, 2010 ~
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One year ago, the founders of the New Latino Movement came together to respond to President-Elect Barack Obama's call for community service events to be held in the weekend leading up to his Inauguration--a weekend that also happened to be Martin Luther King Day. We planned a Pre-Inauguration Latino Political Training Day in Washington, D.C., where we convened a wonderfully motivated group of experts, leaders and 100 community organizers from 18 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Now, a year later, we've held a series of great events and are proud to see that our network of progressive Latinos and supporters has grown to include over 1,000 people from 32+ states. To mark our one year anniversary, the spirit of the historic Inauguration that brought us together and the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, we hope you'll join us in coming together again to respond to an important call to action.
Following the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti, the New Latino Movement and many in our network are finding creative ways to help the people of Haiti.
THE NEW LATINO MOVEMENT IS HOSTING
THE FOLLOWING HAITI FUNDRAISERS:
United for Haiti
ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20TH
at EyeBar, 1716 I Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Over $6,000 was raised for:
Event Co-hosts Included:
The New Latino Movement, the National Council of La Raza, the National Latino Coalition on Climate Change, The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Alumni Association, LatinVIP & Primo Productions.
D.C. Loves Haiti
**Temporarily postponed due to snow. New date will be announced soon!**
6-9 p.m. at The Park in Washington, D.C.
Benefitting:
*Doctors Without Borders (On Twitter @MSF_USA)
* Partners in Health (On Twitter @PIH_org)
* World Vision (On Twitter @WorldVisionUSA)
Co-hosted by:
The Class of Change, Gregs List, Black Youth Vote, NAAAP-DC, the New Latino Movement, DC Film Alliance, Sejong Society, KollaborationDC, William Kellibrew Foundation, Financial IQ (FIQ), and others.
RSVP, get updates & share invite at http://bit.ly/nlm0130.
If your organization would like to co-host, please contact Brian Wang at bwangdc@gmail.com. If you would like to volunteer on the evening of January 30, please fill out this google form or contact Esther Morales at estherfmorales@gmail.com.
ARE YOU PART OF OUR NEW LATINO MOVEMENT NETWORK?
TELL US HOW YOU ARE HELPING HAITI SO WE CAN HELP SHARE YOUR WORK WITH THE REST OF THE NLM NETWORK...
- Email us at newlatinomovement@gmail.org
FIND KEY HAITI RECOVERY-RELATED WEB SITES & RESOURCES
BY CLICKING THIS WHITE HOUSE LINK:
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