National Association of Latina Leaders

News and Views

If it's important to the U.S. Latina, it's important to us.

NALL's leaders serve as experts for mainstream media and speak up on issues affecting the Hispanic community. If you are a Latina expert on Hispanic issues, please send your information to info@latinaleaders.org, and we will add you to our expert database. When the media calls us looking for a Latina expert in your field, we'll send them your way!

>> Read a recent op-ed, It Gets Even Worse, in the New York Times about the need for comprehensive immigration reform in the U.S. Write a letter to the editor in your town. Get heard!

>> Watch a NALL's board member's recent appearance discussing immigration on Fox's O'Reilly Factor. How do you feel about immigration?

>> White House press release mentioning NALL’s partnership with the NIH.

>> Read: NALL's Founding President's Op-Ed in El Tiempo Latino: "Marginan a La Mujer Latina."

• NALL's views:

>> Raising awareness on The Paycheck Fairness Act, to insure equal pay for equal work. Did you know that Hispanic women make less than other minority women in the work force? Read details in a report by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR).

>> Breaking Latina stereotypes in Hollywood and beyond. Have you seen a movie, or watched a TV show, that misrepresents Latinas? Tell the decision-makers in Hollywood that Latinas are smart, savvy, and sophisticated – not just sexy. See our list of Hollywood studios and networks here.

>> Informing and educating Latinas. Are you suspicious of those "Top 10 Companies for Latinas" lists? You should be! Read this before you quit your job for a "top 10" company: Hispanic Caucus Surveys Corporate Hiring Prejudice. We also recommend reading the Cult of Power, by Martha Burk, a book which features the truth about sex discrimination at the work place, and warns Latinas, specifically, of the games some corporations play.