Giving Compass' Take:
- Borealis Philanthropy honors and shows support for the Latiné movement-builders organizing to strengthen democracy and improve access to civic participation.
- What steps can funders take to resource Latiné-led organizing to improve access to democratic participation for communities across the country?
- Ask a custom question to find other Latiné-led nonprofits focused on movement building.
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Latiné communities are, and always have been, an indispensable thread in the fabric of our nation’s past, present, and future. Across decades, Latiné organizers have expanded access to civic life and built community power through strategies that have taken many forms, including:
- Workers who have organized cross-industry coalitions, boycotts, and unions to demand safety, fair wages, and dignity across all sectors.
- Activists who litigated landmark civil rights cases and fought for bilingual access in schools and at the ballot box to ensure language is never a barrier.
- Neighborhood collectives which established sanctuary networks, health clinics, and legal defense funds to protect families and resist state violence.
Today, these hard-won protections are being actively dismantled through intensified immigration enforcement, healthcare rollbacks for mixed-status families, and hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric designed to make people afraid to live their lives and participate in civic society.
But the fight continues.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we honor the Latiné movement-builders who carry forward a long lineage of care and resistance. Their work is the living practice of what labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta proclaimed: “The great social justice changes in our country have happened when people came together, organized, and took direct action. It is this right that sustains and nurtures our democracy today.”
We are proud to spotlight a few of our brilliant grantee partners at the forefront of today’s movement, and uplift a glimpse of Latiné-led organizing in our country:
Enlace Latino NC, a nonprofit Spanish-language newsroom, makes election information more accessible across North Carolina. Through voter guides, candidate forums, statewide election coverage, and reporting that counters mis- and disinformation, they help community members understand the voting process, learn about the candidates and issues on their ballot, and feel informed and prepared to participate.
Mentoring, Engaging, and Teaching All Students (METAS) helps blind and low-vision communities gain access to resources and build self-advocacy skills. METAS extends this work through Spanish-language voter guides grounded in disability justice principles to help schools, agencies, and community organizations strengthen access and support the civic power of blind and low-vision voters.
Read the full article about honoring Latiné movement-builders at Borealis Philanthropy.