GALEO Newsletter: January 2010
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Written by GALEO
Posted on 2010-01-07

Happy New Year!

2010 holds much promise within the Latino community. Recent history points to an outstanding year when the Census will count the astounding growth of the Latino community and also holds a real prospect of enacting a workable solution to our failed immigration policy.

As we look towards the next 12 months of 2010, let’s take a moment to reflect upon 2009 and all that was accomplished:

CIR ASAP was introduced by U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and the Reform Immigration for America coalition generated 22,000 phone calls to the White House in support of it while also sending 23,000 faxes to the U.S. Congress. Georgia has 3,700 subscriptions and ranks in the top 5 nationally to the Reform Immigration for America text messaging action network and growing weekly!
With our help in Atlanta, Lou Dobbs is gone from CNN!
GALEO graduated two sessions (Sping/Fall) of classes for the GALEO Institute for Leadership (GIL) bringing the grand total of GIL alumni to 255!
GALEO Leadership Council (GLC) made tremendous headway this year! Including organizing a Cesar Chavez Day at the Capitol and hosting a Holocaust survivor’s presentation at Dunwoody Library.
Report was issued documenting the growth of the Latino electorate in Georgia at 150,000 strong and out pacing national voter participation rate of 49.9% by 3.9 percentage points higher than the national rate in the 2008 election.
GALEO continues to promote diversity in leadership by partnering with our Asian American and African American counterparts in various events including an Atlanta Census Train-the-Trainer Event and the first ever Georgia Impact Collaborative Workshop!
GALEO 2009 Hispanic Heritage Month Luncheon was the largest GALEO event in attendance!
GALEO Board Member and Georgia State Representative Pedro Marin was invited to attend the 2009 Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at the White House.
The Georgia Latino Complete Count Committee was formed, the only statewide Latino 2010 Census effort in the nation! We now have reached over 100 individual, organizations, and municipalities in partnership with GLCCC to help promote the active participation in the upcoming 2010 Census.
Many things were accomplished in 2009. Imagine what we can accomplish in 2010! Join our efforts and get involved. NOW is the time for our community to stand up and speak up for the changes we need to see in our communities. ADD YOUR VOICE of REASON!

Si se puede!