CONTACT

Amalia Anderson, Latino Organizer and Main Street Project Program Director, 612-280-4730.

Ana Najera Mendoza, Research Fellow.

DESCRIPTION

“Leaders are made, not born.”

The Latino Leadership Project is a project of the League of Rural Voter's Main Street Project and the Center for Civic Participation. This project is one portion of a comprehensive strategy to recruit and support emerging leaders, as we build and strengthen a broad-based movement for political participation/civic engagement in the Latino community.

The Latino Leadership Project supports individuals and organizations as they develop civic engagement projects in thier own communities. We are committed to working with community-based non profit, social-service, and advocacy organizations to increase their skills, and raise the level of awareness about the political proccess.

The Main Street Project and the Center for Civic Participation advocate cross-sector collaboration that promotes empowerment through civic engagement—based on political education and leadership development, regardless of citizenship. We believe that all communities posses talents, skills and assets that can be used to create change.

The Latino Leadership Project works with existing Latino and Latino-Serving Organizations to develop partnerships and collaborations that will ultimately strengthen skills and leadership development in communities with the aim of: * Bringing community groups together around issues that affect their community * Encouraging community dialogue and activism around these issues * Increasing voter registration, education, and mobilization

Building on our work in the 2004 election cycle, the Main Street Project and the Center for Civic Participation will continue to work with the over 60 groups we supported across the country.