Protect, Defend, & Advance by Elizabeth Zamudio

2025-09-30 21:05:14 UTC

Networking Group (hosted by UnidosUS, Affiliate and Higher Ed partners led) on key issues that affect communities. Collaborating on our wider networks.

2025-09-30 21:07:23 UTC

Padres Comprometidos - Family engagement programs create direct and indirect pathways for families towards economic mobility. Families learn how to navigate schools, higher education, and career training systems. This leads to more educational and ultimately, economic opportunities that not only benefits students but overall families.

2025-09-30 21:08:40 UTC

Civics for All - engaged families advocate for better schools, safer neighborhoods, better educational opportunities, and policies that support working parents - all which shape long-term economic mobility.

2025-09-30 21:08:49 UTC

Alumni Network: Key alumni benefits include:

Networking with a national community of Latino and first-generation professionals.

Access to high-quality professional development opportunities and industry expertise.

Opportunities to lead and contribute to conversations on education, equity, and civic engagement.

A platform to give back

2025-09-30 21:09:24 UTC

Presenting policy recommendations and practice best practices at conferences

2025-09-30 21:10:31 UTC

Escalera - Postsecondary access programs created to directly expose students to diverse postsecondary and career pathways that lead to economic mobility.

2025-09-30 21:12:02 UTC

By linking family engagement to policy and program design, communities move beyond short fixes and towards intergenerational economic mobility. Children are able to purse higher education or other career pathways, and parents gain tools and knowledge to improve their economic situations.

2025-09-30 21:12:15 UTC

Men of Action - Literature review and national framework on how to properly serve and support Latino male postsecondary success.

Latino males are the leading gender/ethnic group with the highest dropout rates, lowest graduation rates, lowest college enrollment and attainment rates.

2025-09-30 21:12:23 UTC

Community of Practice - Monthly meetings with Affiliates to convene and share best practices as well as to collaborate on key issues. Strengthening capacity building across Affiliate sites by providing them with resources and evidence-based strategies.

2025-09-30 21:14:03 UTC

Education Community of Practice Convening - Yearly conference where Affiliates attend to cross-collaborate on key issues. Invited professionals, policy key stakeholders, and guest speakers provide resources to help protect from damaging actions or policies providing best practices and strategies that could be implemented in their communities throughout the U.S.

kcpineda — 2025-09-30 21:14:08 UTC

Avanzando through College and Avanzando to Success supports Latino college students in persisting in their educational journey, ultimately leading to graduation from college/university and the opportunity to pursue a career with family-sustaining wages.

dcangulo21 — 2025-09-30 21:14:26 UTC

Civics for All- fostering understanding of government processes and advocacy strategies to defend civil rights and community gains

dcangulo21 — 2025-09-30 21:14:56 UTC

Civics for All- by equipping participants with knowledge, tools, and confidence to participate in decision-making processes that protect families and communities.

kcpineda — 2025-09-30 21:15:08 UTC

Avanzando through College and Avanzando to Success- build a network of civically minded postsecondary students engaged in the democratic process.

2025-09-30 21:15:42 UTC

Education Summit - Yearly conference convening practitioners, families, and policy stakeholders to discuss issues affecting the community and collaborate on solutions to address policies and actions. Invite guest speakers to present on best practices at the program and policy levels.

2025-09-30 21:16:07 UTC

Education programs create spaces where families, educators, and organizations partners share strategies, resources, and solutions. Through our networking groups, families, students, and affiliates have a collective support system to gain access to critical information, preparedness plans, and information on their legal and civil rights such as our Civics for All program. Knowledge reduces vulnerability.

2025-09-30 21:17:10 UTC

Education programs and policy efforts protect families by building informed, connected, and empowered communities.

2025-09-30 21:25:17 UTC

Developing culturally affirming and responsive programs that elevate the histories, experiences, and strengthens of the Latino community (past and contemporary) by embedding civic engagement, recognition of role models, and policies that affect their experiences. As an effort to strengthen the leadership skills of future educators, advocates, and stakeholders.

2025-09-30 21:28:04 UTC

Through our Civics for All and Cultivando Mentes Brillantes programs, families gain knowledge about the systems and learn how to navigate them to support their children in accessing better educational and economic opportunities. They also build their skills to use their voices to advocate at the local, community, and school site level- even influence change at the state and federal level, empowering whole communities.

brianortegaunidosus — 2025-09-30 21:32:29 UTC

Elevate the upcoming "The Lasting Impact of Immigration Policies on K-12 Education," report with Affiliates.

2025-09-30 21:42:30 UTC

Cultivando Mentes Brillantes promotes policy solutions by raising awareness of inequities and systemic barriers. It equips families with knowledge and advocacy tools, amplifying their voices into collective action. By ensuring neurodivergent students get the education and support they deserve, families help transform barriers into opportunities for their children. Neurodivergent families can then see improved access to educational opportunities for their children with higher chances of high school completion, equitable college access, and pathways for workforce readiness. In essence, this lays the foundation for intergeneration economic mobility for neurodivergent children.

2025-09-30 21:45:06 UTC

Our family engagement programs help parents and caregivers build strong networks of support. It helps develop parents as leaders who become champions in the communities.

kcpineda — 2025-09-30 21:58:12 UTC

Pioneras en STEM- prepares Latina students for STEM careers, expanding access to high-demand fields, and fostering long-term economic mobility.

2025-09-30 21:58:38 UTC

Networking Group (hosted by UnidosUS, Affiliate and Higher Ed partners led) on key issues that affect communities. Collaborating on our wider networks.

2025-09-30 21:58:51 UTC

Networking Group (hosted by UnidosUS, Affiliate and Higher Ed partners led) on key issues that affect communities. Collaborating on our wider networks.

2025-09-30 21:59:00 UTC

Networking Group (hosted by UnidosUS, Affiliate and Higher Ed partners led) on key issues that affect communities. Collaborating on our wider networks.

2025-09-30 22:02:00 UTC

Career Pathways - Goals:

1. Increase the number of Latino graduates who go on to professional or graduate school

2. Support early-to-mid career professionals in developing their professional skills

3. Increase Latino representation on community level and corporate boards

2025-09-30 22:11:14 UTC

Attending and presenting at Conferences - Highlighting UnidosUS focus areas, program and policy efforts focused on education key issues. Networking with professionals, philanthropists, and practitioners in efforts to address or collaborate on various issues.

lenislinam — 2025-10-01 18:57:28 UTC

English learner work - Letter to the Departments of Education and Justice demanding the reinstatement of guidance on the rights of English learners.

Title III - Year-round advocacy to defend this funding stream for English learner education from proposed cuts.

lenislinam — 2025-10-01 19:04:48 UTC

English learner work - Briefings and webinars to inform Hill staff, partners, educators, and other stakeholders about the impact of the Administration's actions (i.e. folding of OELA, proposed funding cuts, freezing of funds, rescission of guidance) on English learners and their families.

2025-10-01 21:02:07 UTC

Counter efforts to dismantle the Department of Education and educational pathways. Tactics include congressional briefings, affiliate roundtables, and leveraging media coverage to amplify by exposing attacks on civil rights and access in K–12 and higher education.

2025-10-01 21:04:30 UTC

Monitor federal appropriations and pocket rescissions to identify threats to education funding, and raise awareness among policymakers, affiliates, and the public to safeguard resources for Latino students. Programs of interest include Title III, Pell Grants, Postsecondary Success Grants, and Minority-Serving Institution grants.

2025-10-01 21:10:22 UTC

Ensure accountability and drive school improvement by monitoring federal and state waivers, rollbacks in student performance monitoring, and other policy changes that reduce transparency or weaken standards. Tactics include congressional briefings, briefings for partner organizations, and submitting public comments to influence policy and raise awareness. The collection of student performance data, broken down by race, that helps to reveal gaps in opportunity is a hard-fought civil rights victory the demands safeguarding.

2025-10-01 21:12:42 UTC

Update the UUS HE agenda and advance higher education policies that promote college access and success. Completing college opens pathways to better jobs, higher earnings, and long-term economic opportunity.

2025-10-01 21:15:52 UTC

Publish and advance a forward-looking vision, including federal and state recommendations and clear messaging, for assessment and accountability through the next phase of the FOAA project. When schools are held accountable for providing a quality education for all, students are more likely to stay on track, graduate, and be ready for higher education and careers.

2025-10-01 21:22:59 UTC

Educate the public about the broader effort to dismantle educational pathways by tracking and explaining policy changes, and showing how these actions affect students’ opportunities from early learning through higher education. Tactics include affiliate roundtables, media outreach, regular reporting (Progress report), and data collection and research (polling and surveys).

2025-10-01 21:33:05 UTC

Advocacy efforts to support legislation and connect working families to quality early childhood education keeps parents in the workforce, critical to the Latino community's economic mobility