Washington D.C. - Contributed by Jackeline Stewart.

Story link:http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/62016/


The National Council of La Raza, on March 10th, scheduled the NCLR National Latino Advocacy Day, which featured Congressmen Gutierrez and Menendez speaking to over 300 Latino Community-based program leaders. The purpose of the gathering was to rally the Latino community to political action - a continuing response to President Barack Obama's apparent neglect of the immigration situation during the State of the Union address back in January. More than just immigration, both Senator Menendez and Representative Gutierrez stressed the importance of political action to achieve a more equal playing field for Latinos in education and to give them equal economic opportunity.