Building a Nation of Hope for Latino Children

NLCI convened 150 representatives and youth from La Promesa organizations (programs that utilize best practices for working with young Latinos), its national network of Latino children’s service providers including stay-in-school programs, after school programs, health care, mentoring, and tutoring. A joint advocacy agenda was created with and on behalf of young Latinos. This forum provided youth and stakeholders the opportunity to dialogue directly with policy makers, media representatives, funders, and other national and local leaders to leverage community assets to improve educational opportunities for young Latinos. The purpose of the forum was to promote a children’s agenda to ensure that all children succeed. The outcome was to make recommendations to establish a common advocacy agenda for NLCI and its community partners.