LULAC wraps up convention with leadership accord
At the 2011 New Mexico LULAC convention closing, officers were elected and a CHILE PAC accord was formalized. Ralph Arellanes urged broad political involvement across city, county, state and national levels, stressing Hispanic leadership and future Latino presidents. Awards honored Ernesto Montoya, Felipe Archuleta, Diana Archuleta, Fred Baca, and Tommy Vasquez for service and leadership.
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LULAC
Chile Pac
Santiago Juarez
Arellanes
Washington
Joseph Montoya
Martinez
New
UNM
Lulac Council
Juarez
Linda Lopez
Tom Arellanes
Montoya
Tommy Vasquez
Las Cruces
LULAC Convention Urges Unity to Advance Civil Rights
The 82nd New Mexico LULAC state convention in Taos featured a civil rights panel with Attorney General Gary King and leaders from ACLU, NAACP, ADL, Somos un Pueblo Unido, and FBI. They pledged continued cooperation to combat profiling, trafficking, immigrant abuse, and other civil rights violations. Taos County praised for anti profiling strides, and the Prohibition against Profiling Practices Act noted.
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New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens
LULAC
Taos
Ralph Arellanes
New Mexico
Gary King
Tom Arellanes
Hispano Round Table
Elsa López
Somos UN Pueblo Unido
Stuart Bluestone
New Mexico Anti-Defamation League
Peter Simonson
American Civil Liberties Union
Anthony Mahan
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Rodney Miller
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New Mexico Round Table
Dennis Montoya
New Mexico State Bar Association
Ahmad Assan
King
Montoya
Bluestone
Mahan
United States
ACLU
U.S
Simonson
FBI
Miller
Albuquerque
Roswell
Taos Lulac
Shirley Reyes
Kachina Lodge
Taos County
Léopez
Somos
Pueblo Unido
Taosejio
Felipe Archuleta
Las Cruces Lulac
LULAC elects officers and Taos honors at state convention
Before the 2011 LULAC State Convention adjourned, elections for 2012 were held naming state director Ralph D Arellanes and deputies including Phillip Archuleta Josie Marrujo Shirley Reyes and Cecilia Romero with Joe'l Trujillo and Diana Archuleta as officers. Roswell will host 2012 state convention and UNM Council 8057 will host 2013 with Albuquerque 8065. Taos celebrates three Taos residents as Physician of the Year Public Servant Educator of the Year and honors multicultural traditions at a banquet led by Taos Council director Shirley Reyes. City officials and UNM LULAC members highlighted college prep efforts and partnerships with Native American Initiatives Bridges Project MAYA and sanctuary status for immigrant students.
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Lulac
Ralph D Arellanes
Albuquerque Council
Phillip “Felipe” Archuleta
Las Cruces
Diana Archuleta
League of United Latin American Citizens
Sylvia Villareal
Darlene Vigil
Taos County
Mary Ann Trujillo
Taos
Father Francis Malley
Darren Cordova
Taos Pueblo
Nelson Cordova
José Griego
University of New Mexico
Lulac Council
Taos’ Bridges Project
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