Latinos in Virgina
Media, academic studies, sensitivity trainings and other resources about Latinos in the state of Virginia.

Community Networks in Virginia
A directory of networks serving Latinos in Virginia.

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LATINOS IN VIRGINIA

VACOLAO Clipping Service
A daily clipping service on issues relating to the Virginia Latino population is provided by the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations (VACOLAO), an alliance among organizations in Virginia that serve or support the interests of the Latino/Hispanic community to empower the community and secure equal treatment, equal opportunity, and equal representation for Latinos/Hispanics.
Location: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VACOLAO

Latinos in Waynesboro (December 2010)
Waynesboro, 30 minutes from Charlottesville, has a growing Latino community which is almost 6% of the population. The December 11 print edition of the News Virginia contains a six-page pullout section of stories, photos and statistics about Waynesboro’s Latino community. Some of these can be found online at http://www2.newsvirginian.com/borders/

Number of undocumented falls, especially in Virginia (September 2010)
A Pew Hispanic Center report revealed the number of undocumented immigrants entering the US fell by nearly 2/3rds between 2005 to 2009. In the first part of the past decade, the number of undocumented coming into the country was about 850,000 a year. With recession and harsh laws targeting immigrants, it fell to 300,000 a year between 2007 and 2009. The number of undocumented immigrants estimated to be in the country fell by 1 million to about 11 million, the report says. Among states, the biggest declines were in Virginia, Florida and Nevada. In Virginia, the number of undocumented immigrants declined by 65,000, to 240,000. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/01/AR2010090106940.html and http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=126

Latino Financial Practices In Virginia
This report by Cultural Expressions Consulting from August 2010, Transactions en la Tienda: Alternatives to Traditional Financial Service Providers Among Hispanic Immigrants in Virginia, explores Latino banking practices in central Virginia, revealing the large percentage of Latino immigrants in the Charlottesville area that use tiendas (small local stores) rather than banks to make financial transactions and wire money to their country of origin. To read the full article click here.

The Economic Power of Latinos
Data updated (July 2010) by the Immigration Policy Center about the economic impact of Latinos and other immigrants. Data for Virginia is located at: http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/new-americans-old-dominion-state

Demographic Profile of Hispanics in Virginia
The profile, released in March 2010, contains demographic and economic facts about the Hispanic and non-Hispanic populations in the state of Virginia based on the 2008 American Community Survey.
http://pewhispanic.org/states/?stateid=VA

The Migration Policy Institute Data Hub
The Migration Policy Institute has current statistics (as of 2008) on characteristics of immigrants state by state. To view the Fact Sheets on Social and Demographic, Language and Education, Workforce, and Income and Poverty statistics for Virginia immigrants, go to: http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/state.cfm?ID=VA

Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
Type foreign born in this site’s search engine and it will identify numerous briefings and reports conducted by this office related to the acclimation of Virginia’s ethnically diverse population, government policies and programs, needs, benefits and costs, and options for facilitating acclimation, and among other topics, language access. http://jlarc.state.va.us/

Health Care Discrimination Harms Communities of Color in Virginia (July 2009). A newly released Health Care for America Now study provided some health statistics for Virginia: 31% of Latinas receive no prenatal care; the annual AIDS case rate (per 100,000 people) is 18.5% for Latinos; about 45% of Latinos lack health insurance in Virginia compared to 33.5% of Latinos nationwide; and the percentage of uninsured Latina women is much higher in Virginia, about 42.5% when compared to the national figure of 37.3%. To read a media article click here or to read a three page report summary http://healthcareforamericanow.org/page/-/Inequalities%20Reports/VIRGINIA%20SUMMARY.pdf

New data on Virginia’s undocumented immigrants (April 2009). Virginia 's undocumented immigrant population doubled since 2000 to an estimated 300,000 in 2008, according to the new Pew Hispanic Center report “A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States.”The study also says the rapid growth of illegal immigrants has slowed. (April 2009). The center estimates that the state's labor force includes about 210,000 illegal immigrants, or about 5.1 percent of workers. About 4 percent of the state's total population of 7.7 million is made up of illegal immigrants, according to the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research group that reports on Latinos' growing impact on the nation. The Virginia numbers mirror the national trend, with illegal immigrants making up 4 percent of the nation's population and 5.4 percent of the labor force. Read the report at http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=107

Over 20% of Latinos in the Class of '08 Dropped Out in Virginia (April 2009). An April Washington Post report “Nearly 9% of Class of '08 Dropped Out in Virginia” disclosed that “Nearly 9 percent of Virginia public school students in the Class of 2008 dropped out during their high school years, most showing warning signs such as missing class frequently and repeating grades before giving up on school, state education officials said yesterday. African American, Hispanic and disadvantaged students have respective graduation rates of 73.9, 71.5 and 70.6%. In Northern Virginia, Alexandria had the highest dropout rate, with 11.1 percent. Loudoun County had one of the lowest, 3.3 percent. The rate was 5.6 percent in Fairfax County. Statewide, Hispanic students were among the most likely to fail to graduate, with nearly 20 percent dropping out. Nearly 60 percent of Virginia dropouts repeated at least one grade in high school. More than 40 percent were freshmen or 10th-graders who were at least age 17. Dropouts were more likely to miss days of school, and many were students learning English as a second language.” To read the report, visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/02/AR2009040203651.html Review Virginia's 2008 on-time graduation rates at: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/src/

Immigration Fact Sheet (October 2008)
Prepared by the Virginia Interfaith Public Policy Center, this document blends Virginia and National myth busting facts. Click here.

Study: 1-in-10 Virginians foreign born
A UVA Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service study, published in July 2008, found that immigrants account for one-fourth of Virginia's population growth since 2000. In 2006, the top five countries of birth for Virginia's foreign-born were El Salvador, Mexico, Korea, the Philippines and India. With 9% of its population, Harrisonburg has the second highest percentage of foreign-born residents in Virginia, followed by Charlottesville , Richmond, Virginia Beach and Winchester, all of which have 6% percent of their population foreign-born.
Location: Click here

Stat Chat - Virginia's Foreign-Born Population (July 2008)
Published by the UVA Weldon Cooper Center.
http://www.coopercenter.org/demographics/sitefiles/documents/pdfs/statchat/foreign-born2.pdf
A UVA article on the data: http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=5638
Another article mentioning Harrisonburg’s immigrant population as the second highest in the state: http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=29703&CHID=1

Nearly 25 Percent of Children Younger Than 5 Are Latino, Census Says (May 1, 2008)
The Washington Post article refers to recent Census figures, stating “Hispanics, the nation's largest and fastest-growing minority group, now account for about one in four children younger than 5 in the United States.  … In Virginia … Hispanics account for 11 percent of children younger than 5.”
Location of article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/30/AR2008043003397.html?hpid=moreheadlines
Census Press Release/English: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011910.html
Census Press Release/Spanish: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011917.html

The Latinization of the Central Shenandoah Valley (March 2008)
Published in International Migration by Laura Zarrugh, the abstract reads: “ Virginia is among a number of southern states in the United States, such as North Carolina, Arkansas and Georgia, which have experienced a sudden growth in Latino immigration during the past decade. Not only is the volume of growth unprecedented, but many of the destinations are new and located in rural areas. Places that have not hosted immigrant populations for generations are quickly becoming multicultural. The small city of Harrisonburg (population 43,500 according to the 2005 estimate), which is located in the rural Central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, is perhaps the premier example of this new pattern of change. While local advertising once promoted Harrisonburg for its “99.2% American-born and 93.7% white” population, the area today holds the distinction of hosting the most diverse public school enrollment in the state (in 2006-2007), with students from 64 countries who speak 44 languages. Among them are Spanish speakers from at least 14 different countries. Drawing on social network theory, the paper examines how social networks among Latino immigrants become activated in new settlement areas. It presents a case history of the historic process of “Latinization” involving the settlement of a number of diverse Latino populations (from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Cuba and Uruguay) in Harrisonburg and the surrounding Central Shenandoah Valley. The study demonstrates how a number of key institutions, including local agricultural industries (apples and poultry), a refugee resettlement office and churches recruited “pioneers” from these immigrant groups to the area and how “pioneers” subsequently engaged in further social network recruitment, thus creating multiple transnational “daughter communities” in the Harrisonburg area. The policy implications of this historical process are explored.”
Location: www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1468-2435.2008.00435.x

UVA Study Finds Hispanic Population Varied and Growing.
This is a UVA news release about the UVA Weldon Cooper Center study released on February 25, 2008. The article and an audio about the study can be found at http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=4308 The PDF report issued by the Center is at http://www.coopercenter.org/demographics/sitefiles/documents/pdfs/numberscount/2008hispanics.pdf

UVA Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service Presentation before the Virginia Commission on Immigration. (January 2008)
The presentation noted that Virginia’s largest Latino populations are Mexicans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans and Hondurans. It also reported that more than half of Virginia’s 481,500 Latinos are U.S. born citizens, 13% are naturalized citizens, and the rest are living in the State with or without legal authorization. Around 85% of Latino children (less than 18) residing in Virginia are U.S. born. The presentation and a related power point are full of national data about years of residence in the U.S., family incomes, English proficiency, educational attainment, labor force participation, participation in Social Services programs, the uninsured, living arrangements, and transportation. There is also a map indicating where Latino populations are most concentrated in Virginia.
For the presentation, visit:
http://www.hhr.virginia.gov/Initiatives/ImmigrationCommission/01-04-08/VCIremarks.pdf
For the accompanying power point reference:
http://www.coopercenter.org/sitefiles/documents/immigration.pdf

Virginia Hispanics in the 2008 Election Fact Sheet , prepared by the Pew Hispanic Center, contains data on the size and social and economic characteristics of the Hispanic and non-Hispanic eligible voter populations. The fact sheet is based on the Center's tabulations of the Census Bureau's 2006 American Community Survey. Among data for Virginia, its Hispanic population is the 16th largest in the nation. More than 466,000 Hispanics reside in Virginia, 1% of all Hispanics in the United States. There are 149,000 eligible Hispanic voters in Virginia, less than 1% of all U.S. Hispanic eligible voters. To view or print out the fact sheet, visit: http://pewhispanic.org/files/factsheets/vote2008/Virginia.pdf

Undocumented Workers in Virginia Pay $300+ Million in Taxes. A new study by the Commonwealth Institute debunks one major myth of the anti-illegal-immigrant movement, that undocumented workers supposedly don't pay taxes. To the contrary the undocumented population – numbering between 250,000 and 300,000 - contributes to the Virginia economy in substantial ways. They provide critical labor to certain industries, including construction, manufacturing, and leisure and hospitality, and the $2.6 billion to $3.1 billion in income earned by this group is used to purchase goods and services in the Commonwealth. Furthermore, the taxes paid by the undocumented population total between $260 million and $311 million. When the payroll taxes of employers of undocumented immigrants working on the books are considered, these numbers increase to between $379 million and $453 million. To read the full report, visit “Fiscal Facts: Tax Contributions of Virginia's Undocumented Immigrants" at http://www.thecommonwealthinstitute.org/immtaxcontribution.pdf

Working with Latino Clients in Clinical Settings (October 2007)
Power point presentation by Dr. Rosalie Corona, VCU, used at the CJ Mental Health & Latinos forum. To contact Dr. Corona, write racorona@vcu.edu  Click here  to view the presentation.

We are Latinos (October 2007)
Power point presentation by Dr. Sandy Lopez-Baez, UVa, used at the CJ Mental Health & Latinos forum. 2007. To contact Dr. Baez, write sll6f@virginia.edu Click here to view the presentation.

From Workers to Owners: Latino Entrepreneurs in Harrisonburg, Virginia (Fall 2007)
Published in Human Organization by Laura Zarrugh, the abstract reads: “In the vast literature on immigrant and ethnic entrepreneurship in the United States, relatively little attention has been paid to Latino entrepreneurship, perhaps because Latinos (except Cubans) tend to be perceived as labor migrants. For the same reason, even less attention has been given to the Latino small businesses that have quickly become a ubiquitous part of new Latino settlements in the rural South over the past two decades. Based on structured interviews with over 30 Latino business owners, this paper describes the growth of Latino-owned businesses in Harrisonburg, Virginia (population 40,468 in 2000) that has occurred since 1990 in tandem with the ever-increasing size and complexity of the local Latino community. In particular, the paper examines both the "structure of opportunity" for Latino entrepreneurship outside traditional gateway cities and the social and cultural characteristics of the entrepreneurs and their businesses. The paper highlights the role of local poultry processing plants in the settlement process and entrepreneurs' work histories.”
Location: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3800/is_200710/ai_n21137680

Truths About Virginia's Immigrants (September 13, 2007)
This article by Qian Cai, the director of the demographics and work-force section of UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, highlights “essential facts about Virginia immigrants” that “should inform thoughtful and prudent public policy and programs.” Click here to read the article.

Survey Results: Virginia Residents Sharply Divided On Immigration (June 28, 2007).
According to the results of a George Mason study on Virginia attitudes towards Latinos: “Not surprisingly, the overall results suggest that Virginians oppose the extension of many human services to the undocumented. Most (58 percent) reject government funding for day-labor centers, and nearly two-thirds (64 percent) would deny undocumented students the right to pay in-state tuition at colleges and universities. Virginians also support tighter controls over the movements of immigrants: 54 percent of Virginians approve of the activities of Minuteman-like groups, and an even larger proportion (73 percent) would allow local police to conduct immigration checks during routine traffic stops. The most important findings lie beneath the surface of the overall results. Here we find that Virginians are often sharply divided along racial and economic lines. While the great majority of Latinos view the undocumented in favorable terms, African-Americans express especially strong concerns about the economic consequences of illegal immigration. In fact, while 29 percent of non-Hispanic whites strongly agree that "undocumented immigrants lower the wages and salaries of American workers," nearly half (49 percent) of African-Americans express such concerns. Negative views of illegal immigrants and immigration are also most pronounced among the least privileged economic groups in the state. Among households with incomes between $25,000 and $50,000 a year, 44 percent of our respondents agree that the undocumented "take jobs away from American workers." Among the most affluent respondents in our study (those with incomes above $150,000), only half that proportion (21.8 percent) share this belief. And respondents who reside in counties that have higher rates of poverty or unemployment are especially likely to hold negative views of undocumented immigrants.” To read the study, a press release and editorial about it, visit: http://www.cssr.gmu.edu/immigration/Immigration%20survey/immigration%20survey.html

Latinos & Teen Pregnancy (March 2007).
The United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world. Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least $7 billion annually. Hispanics led the nation in teen births in 2004, with 82.6 children born per 1,000 girls ages 15 to 19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The national rate in that age range was 41.1 births per thousand girls. The CDC data shows Mexican and Puerto Rican girls at an especially high risk, and both groups have settled in Virginia in significant numbers. The state had double-digit drops in births among black and white girls ages 15 to 19 from 1990 to 2003. But in that same age group, births rose 50 percent among Latinas, according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Web resources include:
http://www.teenpregnancy.org/espanol/initiative.asp, http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/213151/

Virginia Hispanics Send Money To Homelands: $1 Billion A Year Leaves State. October 25, 2006
This year in Virginia, more than 280,000 Latin American and Caribbean immigrants will send $1.1 billion to relatives in their homelands, according to a study by the Washington, D.C.-based Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). That’s an 89 percent increase in the amount of money sent to the region in 2004
Click here to read article.

Our Roots (2006)
A power point presentation by Dilcia Colindes, Advocate for Spanish Speaking Community, Shelter for Help in Emergency (Charlottesville), and member of Creciendo Juntos – Growing Together. Click here to see the presentation.

Hispanics in Virginia by County
A resource of the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Click on region for statistics for individual counties.
Location: http://www.vahcc.com/statistics.html

Virginia
Click here to read this article - describing the Latino presence in Virginia - written by Pablo Davis and published in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos & Latinas in the US (Oxford University Press, 2005).

Southern Regional Education Board: Virginia (2005)
Contains statistics about the Hispanic population in Virginia.
Location: http://www.sreb.org/main/EdData/FactBook/2005StateReports/Virginia05.pdf

Virginia's Hispanics Part 1: "Who They Are" & "Growth"
Published by the Demographics and Workforce Section (DWS), an applied research group at UVA’s Cooper Center for Public Service, this 2005 presentation largely relies on 2000 Census statistics.
Location: http://www3.ccps.virginia.edu/demographics/magazine/DW%20pages/5_HispanicsPart1_DW/01_HispTitle.html

Bienvenidos a Virginia!
Source: Four hundred thousand Latinos now call Virginia home. While many are concentrated in Northern Virginia, Laura Zarrugh (JMU Anthropologist) and Pablo Davis (South Atlantic Humanities Center) say much of the recent growth has been in rural areas and small Virginia towns, where Latinos are changing the cultural landscape. This special edition of the weekly radio program WITH GOOD REASON, produced by the VFH, originally aired the week of Nov.12-18, 2005, and also included an interview with folklorist Debra Lattanzi Shutika (GMU).
Location: You can hear the program at: http://www.withgoodreasonradio.org/archives/2005/november05.htm You can also order a CD copy by phoning 924-6895 or emailing lydiawilson@virginia.edu

From Workers to Owners: Hispanic Entrepreneurs in the Shenandoah Valley
Source: This December 2004 research paper analyzing responses to questionnaires was prepared by Laura Zarrugh (zarruglh@jmu.edu), a JMU cultural anthropologist who studies Latino immigration in the Shenandoah Valley.
Location: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/services/burruss/ZarrughPaper.aspx

Mingo Rocks the Palace
Source: This Spring 2004 article about the Mexican master musician Mingo Saldívar and his tour of Virginia, including the Eastern Shore, has some useful information on VFH and on the Mexican and Latino presence in VA. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities Newsletter
Location/Spanish: http://www.cj-network.org/cjlatarea/Mingo_Saldivar_-_Sp._transl._of_Bearinger_art.doc
Location/English: http://www.virginia.edu/vfh/newsletters/news_spring_04.pdf

Cultural and Psychosocial Correlates of HIV Risk in Rural Latino Men in Virginia (2004)
Citation: Int Conf AIDS 2004 Jul 11-16; 15:(abstract no. D12959)
Author: Bradford JB, Jarama SL; Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory, Richmond, VA
Conclusion: This population of Latino men in rural Virginia reported behaviors consistent with high HIV risk and transmission. Culturally-based attitudes and lack of HIV knowledge were principal barriers to prevention efforts. Systemic issues in the target area would have to be addressed for culturally-based interventions to be effective. See an abstract at:
http://www.aegis.com/conferences/iac/2004/D12959.html To obtain the full report, write Aids Education Global Information System at help@aegis.org

HIV Risks for Latino Men in Rural Virginia (2003)
Citation: Natl HIV Prev Conf 2003 July 27-30:abstract no. MP-116
Author: Bradford J, Jarama L; VCU Survey and Evaluation Research Lab, Richmond, VA
Conclusion: This population of Latino men, mostly migrant workers, in rural Virginia are at risk of HIV infection due to knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and cultural influences. There is a need for HIV prevention education programs to address their needs, tailored to match cultural and demographic characteristics, and in keeping with local structures and networks. See an abstract at: http://www.aegis.com/conferences/nhivpc/2003/MP-116.html To obtain the full report, write Aids Education Global Information System at help@aegis.org

Virginia Minority Health Report (2002)
The Virginia Center for Health Statistics’ Health of Minorities in Virginia represents a one-year snapshot of vital events data taken from the birth and death certificates of Virginia’s minority populations. These vital events include birth, natural fetal death, induced termination, teen pregnancy, infant death, leading causes of death, and selected cancer death. While not intended to be a comprehensive analysis, this report provides a valuable a summary of the health status of Virginia’s four minority groups, which now comprise more than two million persons.
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/primcare/minority/data/data.asp

COMMUNITY NETWORKS IN VIRGINIA

Colaborando Juntos (Working Together)
Richmond
Founded: 2004
Focus: Supporting the Hispanic community in the Richmond area.
Contact: cj@colaborandojuntosva.com
Website: http://www.colaborandojuntosva.com

Creciendo Juntos or CJ (Growing Together)
Charlottesville
Founded: 2005
Focus: To support the Latino community in the greater Charlottesville area by enhancing the knowledge, skills and resources of service providers working with it and encouraging, identifying and facilitating opportunities for networking, partnerships and outreach.
Contact: dilciacolindres@msn.com (Dilcia Colindres, Chair)
Website: http://www.cj-network.org

Hispanic Alliance Center for Information Education Neighborhood
Development and the Arts - Hacienda
Roanoke
Founded: 2005
Focus: Serves as an information and referral site for Latinos and organizes the annual Latino Festival in October.
Contact: Yolanda Puyana, (540) 309-5053
Website: www.haciendava.com

Local Colors
Roanoke
Founded: 2007
Focus: Multi-cultural program which recognizes and embraces people of diverse origins, races and ethnic backgrounds. Throughout the year Local Colors works with schools, colleges, neighborhoods, retirement communities, government, businesses, and civic organizations to promote diversity and multi-cultural understanding through trainings, cultural activities and referrals. It collaborates with the Latino Festival in October and also organizes a Latino food festival.
Contact: Pearl Fu, (540) 904-2234, 580-0341 or pearlfu@aol.com
Website: www.localcolors.org

Hispanic Committee of Virginia
Falls Church, Arlington & Alexandria
Founded: 1967
Focus: Provides a broad and integrated combination of programs and services in direct response to the needs of the Hispanic community in Northern Virginia, including education, employment, health education, immigration, information and referral, and social services, all of which are supported by a strong and stable volunteer program. The mission of the organization is to provide programs and services that enable Hispanic immigrants to participate more fully and contribute to American society.
Contact: (703) 671-5666 or jmoreno@hcva.org (Jesus Moreno, Director)
Website: http://www.hcva.org

Hispanic Services Council (HSC)
Harrisonburg
Founded: 2005
Focus: Supports the Hispanic community in the Harrisonburg area.
Contact: sb6whitney@gmail.com (Sylvia Whitney) or rcastaneda@hispaniccouncil.org (Rich Castaneda)
Website: http://www.hispaniccouncil.org/HSC/

Hispanos Unidos de Virginia
Falls Church
Founded: 1974
Focus: Works to raise the economic, educational, and social levels of the underprivileged residents of Northern Virginia who suffer from a substantial level of unemployment by administering services and activities, including training, employment services, and a self-help housing program
Contact: (703) 533-1760 or jsimancas@aol.com (Johnny Simancas, Director)
Website: None

La Voz
Loudoun County
Founded: 2002
Focus: To unite the community by assisting immigrants in the process of integration.
Contact: (703) 777-1417 or yvetteg@lavozloudoun.org (Yvette Castro Green, Director)
Website: http://www.lavozloudoun.org

Office of the Governor Latino Liaison
Richmond
Founded: By Governor Tim Kaine in 2006
Focus: To advise the governor on issues related to the Latino community.
Contact: Luisa.Soaterna@governor.virginia.gov (Luisa Soaterna)
Website: None

Progreso Hispano
Alexandria
Founded: 2001
Focus: Seeks to serve and empower immigrants to improve the quality of their lives and of their communities through education, immigration services and leadership development.
Contact: Cristina Schoendorf, cschoen@progreso-hispano.org
Website: http://progreso-hispano.org/

Red de Mujeres Hispanas de Virginia
Fredericksburg
Founded: 2007
Focus: Organizing Hispanic women around common issues
Contact: reddemujereshispanas@gmail.com or 540/361-2102 or 540/295-1017 (Indira Murillo)
Website: None. An article about the group is located at http://elpreg.org/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=20&ArticleID=2472&TM=72916

Sabor
Hampton Roads
Founded: 2008
Focus: To create links between the Hispanic community, its people, and businesses in Hampton Roads
Contact: (757) 228-1122 or sandra@saborhr.com (Sandra Sanchez, General Manager)
Website: http://www.saborhr.com

Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations (VACOLAO)
Statewide
Founded: 2003
Focus: An alliance among organizations in Virginia that serve or support the interests of the Latino/Hispanic community to empower the community and secure equal treatment, equal opportunity, and equal representation for Latinos/Hispanics. VACOLAO offers a daily clipping service on legal issues relating to the Virginia Latino population. To subscribe, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VACOLAO
Contact: tim@justice4all.org (Tim Freilich, Legal Aid Justice Center/Charlottesville)
Website: None

Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Richmond
Founded: 2000
Focus: Seeks to empower Hispanics in the Virginia business community by building economic, social, and cultural bridges between Virginia and its growing Hispanic community.
Contact: (804) 378-4099 or info@vahcc.com
Website: http://www.vahcc.com

Virginia Latino Advisory Board (VLAB)
Statewide
Founded: 2003
Focus: Created to recognize the importance of the contributions of Latinos in Virginia, to advise and inform the Governor on issues facing Latino constituents, and to advocate for Latino interests.
Contact: (804) 225-4836, VLAB@governor.virginia.gov
Website: http://www.vlab.virginia.gov