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these organizations featured in past newsletters

www.novib.nl
Oxfam Novib is fighting for a just world without poverty. Together with people, organizations, businesses, and governments. Through projects and lobbying, locally and internationally.

www.nalacc.org
NALACC is a network of Latin American and Caribbean immigrant-led organizations working to raise the quality of life in their communities, both in the United States and in countries of origin. Under the slogan, “a transnational vision rooted in community,” NALACC seeks to build transnational leadership and immigrant civic participation in order to advocate for policies that will address the root causes of migration, while at the same time reforming US immigration policies to make them more humane and effective

Established in 1981, Centro Presente is a member-driven, statewide Latin American immigrant organization dedicated to the self-determination and self-sufficiency of the Latin American immigrant community of Massachusetts. Operated and led primarily by Central American immigrants, Centro Presente struggles for immigrant rights and for economic and social justice. Through the integration of community organizing, leadership development, and basic services, Centro Presente strives to give our members voice and build community power.

Connections and Alliances

Human migration in North and Central America does not begin or end at national borders. The root causes of migration can be traced to inter-related problems such as lack of economic opportunities, agricultural price collapse, environmental degradation, human rights violations, etc. More and more, these problems are associated with the implementation of current models of regional integration, trade, and economic development. In order to respond to this matrix of issues, civil society groups throughout the region must use wholistic, cross-border, cross-sectoral analysis and strategies. Additionally, impacted communities must play a protagonist role in the process of identifying problems with current policy models and articulating alternatives to them.

Based on these premises, Enlaces América worked to strengthen civil society linkages by facilitating collaboration between migrant-led organizations and a range of partner civil society actors in the U.S. and throughout the region.

Enlaces América's core programming around building alliances and civil society linkages will be taken up by the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC).Connect to the NALACC website.