Press Releases
Nov 10, 2008: Latinos Decide Historic 2008 Presidential Election, Democracia U.S.A. Empowers Voters in Four Battleground States
Hispanics have participated in the 2008 elections in record-breaking, historical levels. In all states, Hispanics turned out to vote and to make their voices be heard. As a contribution to this historic level of Latino participation in the American political system, Democracia U.S.A. registered more than 138,000 Latinos to vote in 2008...
Nov 4, 2008: MEDIA AVAILABILITY
Democracia U.S.A. Executives and State Field Directors available for interviews on the Hispanic electorate in key battleground states.
Expertise on Latino electorate in Nevada, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado and Arizona
Oct 15, 2008: Democracia U.S.A. Releases Latest Data on Hispanic Voter
Aug 18, 2008: Democracia USA unveils the mystery of the “infamous machine”
Aug 4, 2008: Town Hall Meeting in Osceola FL
Aug 1, 2008: Democracia USA Launches 2008 Central Florida Hispanic Voter Project
Democracia USA announced the launch of its 2008 Central Florida operation. D-USA also released an exclusive study which details the growth and complexity of the Central Florida Hispanic electorate.
Jul 28, 2008: Democracia USA releases poll on young Hispanic voters
Group identifies more as Hispanic or bicultural than American
Nearly all feel discrimination against Hispanics
Jul 21, 2008: Democracia USA launches Nevada Hispanic voter project (DUSA)
Mar 19, 2008: Statement on Hispanic Woman Who was Held in Arkansas Jail for Four Days without Food and Water
“The bigoted rhetoric against immigrants that is increasingly becoming an acceptable part of our public dialogue feeds this intolerance and leads to these situations where human beings are psychologically and physically denigrated. We call on local, state and federal officials along with all citizens to change the tone of the debate on immigration, before this country slides further into an abyss of racial profiling and physical attacks against undocumented – and unprotected -- immigrants.”
Mar 13, 2008: BB&T, Democracia U.S.A. promote Hispanic participation in the American voting process
Feb 27, 2008: NCLR AND DEMOCRACIA U.S.A LAUNCH A NEW PARTNERSHIP
Feb 13, 2008: D-USA Registers Hispanic Youth at Rock The Vote Event in Florida International University
Feb 13, 2008: Democracia USA Inscribe a Jóvenes Hispanos en un Evento de Rock The Vote en Miami
Jan 22, 2008: D-USA Provides Civic Engagement Tools to New Jersey Youth
In collaboration with the Camden County Technical School in Pennsauken, New Jersey, Democracia USA invited nearly 30 high school seniors to participate in a conversation about voting and civic engagement opportunities. All high school seniors that were turning 18 years of age on or before New Jersey’s presidential primary election on February 5th were invited to participate and engage with Democracia USA staff and Union Organization for Social Services President Denise Velasquez.
Jan 3, 2008: D-USA Educates Hispanic Voters on Healthcare and Social Security Issues
As part of the Divided We Fail campaign, Democracia USA recently announced that it has collected pledges from more than five thousand Hispanic Florida voters promising to support candidates who speak about healthcare and financial security issues. In partnership with AARP, D-USA spearheaded Latino outreach for the campaign in South and Central Florida. Through Divided We Fail, D-USA educated the Hispanic electorate about the need for affordable, quality healthcare and long-term financial security for all Americans.
Nov 8, 2007: Copy of Votantes de Virginia: Estrategia Anti-Inmigrante es un Fracaso (Democracia USA)
Jorge Mursuli de Democracia USA: Las elecciones en Virginia comprueban que los votantes buscan soluciones verdaderas, no que promulguen temores infundados
Oct 19, 2006: Democracia USA Registers More Than 105,000 New Hispanic Voters in 4 States
Democracia U.S.A. (DUSA), a national non-partisan Hispanic civic engagement program, announced today that it has registered over 105,342 new Hispanic voters from Arizona, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania — creating a 27 percent increase in the number of registered Hispanic voters in Pennsylvania alone. DUSA, a project of People For the American Way Foundation, has active operations throughout Hispanic neighborhoods in each of these states.
Sep 22, 2006: The Death Of Immigration Reform
It’s one of the oldest tricks in the political playbook: When you’re in trouble, conjure up a boogey man to distract from your failures and play on voters’ fears. This year’s targets: undocumented immigrants.
Jul 31, 2006: Irma Palacios has been promoted
Irma Palacios has been promoted to Democracia USA National Deputy Director
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