December 22, 2014
Advocacy Alert
Thank you to all who supported our Holiday Social and the Latino Voter Defense Fund. Please see below for link to the pictures and how else you may be able to help!
Also, please see the invitation to GALEO members to attend for FREE an upcoming HOPE Global Forum with keynote address by President Bill Clinton and other prominent people. Register ASAP!
After President Obama’s #ImmigrationAction, we need to make sure people have the information they need to make informed decisions and to be ready. Below, we have compiled some resources and information to be shared to those impacted.
Stay more engaged and connected at www.facebook.com/GALEO.org. Updates are posted daily on what is happening regarding immigration.
Looking for a new career or job opportunities? Please check out our website and share with others. Link is here: http://2014old.galeo.org/category/professional-development/
Orale! Our work together builds towards greater respect for our community & better inclusion of Latinos in Georgia!
Thank you!
Jerry Gonzalez, GALEO
www.facebook.com/JerryGonzalezGALEO
Thank you for your support of our GALEO Holiday Social!
Donating to a good cause never tasted so good! Thank you for those of you who joined us for the 2014 GALEO Holiday Social and our “Tamales for Justice” fundraiser. Your donations will help us get ready for the protection of Latino voting rights in our state. Currently, we are looking at the at-large voting systems in both Gainesville and Dalton. We believe that these voting systems dilute the Latino community’s ability to elect candidates of choice and may likely be in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Your donations will help support our efforts in these matters.
If you were not able to attend, you can still donate to the Latino Voter Defense Fund here.
Click here to see our pics from the Holiday Social!
GALEO Members invited to the HOPE Global Forum! Register today because capacity is limited.
SPECIAL INVITATION TO GALEO MEMBERS!
In January (January 15-17, 2015) Operation HOPE is honored to host former President Bill Clinton, HUD Secretary Julian Castro and over 100 speakers, C-Suite Leaders and Dignitaries representing over 40 countries. The line up is powerful and we a have few more powerful announcements coming!
GALEO has been invited to be a part of the discussion. The fee registration is being waived ($1,500.00 registration fee) for 25 members and/or representatives. However, registration is needed by Friday, December 26th at www.HOPEGlobalForum.org Registration Code: GALEO. There are close to 980 RSVPs and the cutoff is 1,200. So register ASAP if you are interested! Please send me an email to jerry@2014old.galeo.org if you do register to attend this conference. Thank you!
The Challenge: Nearly 3 billion people worldwide continue to live in poverty, subsisting on less than $2.50 a day. In the United States alone, 46.5 million citizens, or 1 in every 6 people, are considered living below the poverty line. Additionally, 76% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with little to no savings – one unfortunate incident away from falling below the poverty line. Economic distress continues to be the root cause of much of the turmoil nationally and abroad. (Statistic References: 2012 Census Bureau)
The Solution: At Operation HOPE, we believe in providing a hand-up to self-sufficiency while strengthening the economy by empowering those earning less than $50,000 a year. We are the first nationwide, nonprofit financial services provider to the underserved, working poor and teetering middle class. Through our work, we turn check-cashing customers into banking customers, renters into homeowners, small business dreamers into small business owners and minimum wage workers into living wage consumers.
Resources on President Obama’s immigration action. Please share.
Two new websites where you can find more resources are www.adminrelief.org and www.iAmerica.org.
The Immigration Policy Center also has this resource page on #ImmigrationAction. Please share with others:
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/executive-action-immigration-resource-page
Federal government information in Spanish:
http://www.uscis.gov/es/accionmigratoria
Resource from United We DREAM on 5 tips to get ready:
http://unitedwedream.org/4-things-can-now-prepare-presidents-announcement-immigration/
Recruitment has started for the GALEO Institute for Leadership Class of 2015
Applications are now available! For more information, please visit this link:
http://2014old.galeo.org/leadership/gil/
To see the full email, please visit this link.