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The Mexican American Political Association (MAPA), founded in Fresno, California in 1960, has been, and is, dedicated to the constitutional and democratic principle of political freedom and representation for the Mexican and Hispanic people of the United States of America.
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National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) was founded in 1976[1] by Edward R. Roybal as a non-profit organization, and created an educational fund that aims to empower Latinos to participate fully in the American political process, from citizenship to public service. Its current executive director is Arturo Vargas.
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LULAC The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is a political advocacy group for Latinos in the United States. Founded in 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas, LULAC is the nation's oldest Hispanic organization. According to its website, LULAC has "approximately 115,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico," which it claims also makes it the nation's largest Hispanic organization. The current president is Rosa Rosales. The immediate past President was Hector M. Flores. The group is currently based in Houston, Texas.
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MEChA (Spanish: Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, "Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán) is an Chicano organization that seeks to promote Chicano unity and empowerment through education and political action. The acronym of the organization's name is the Spanish word mecha, which means "fuse." The motto of MEChA is La Unión Hace La Fuerza ("Unity Creates Strength").
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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is made up of 21 Democratic Members of the United States Congress of Hispanic descent. The Caucus is dedicated to voicing and advancing, through the legislative process, issues affecting Hispanics in the United States and Puerto Rico. The CHC was founded in December 1976 as a legislative service organization of the United States House of Representatives. Today, the CHC is organized as a Congressional Member organization, governed under the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Nation of Aztlán, which both the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League label as antisemitic.
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