Resolution
 

Supporting LULAC Functions
 

WHEREAS, LULAC’s mission to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, health, civil rights as well as political influence of all Latinos in the nation is furthered by the countless hours of  LULAC members (volunteers) devoted to social justice; and  

WHEREAS, due to the fact that there is a decline in the percentage of voting Latinos despite the number of eligible Latino voters having more than doubled; and 

WHEREAS, in the 2000 election (when the U.S. population was composed of about 34 million Hispanic Americans), 6 million Latinos actually voted (that means that out of the 105, 58,274 people that voted in 2000, only 6 million were Hispanic. Latinos in other words, made up slightly under 6 percent of the voter turn out in 2000). 

NOW THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that LULAC as a non-profit, non-partisan organization will continue to educate our community about the importance of political participation, voting rights, and voter registration thru our voting activation manuals, town-hall meetings, press conferences and one on one conversations with the public, and that all LULAC members and their families continue to register new eligible voters and conduct voter activation drivers throughout the nation. 

LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED that LULAC will make civic participation education a priority so that we can gain the political influence Latinos deserve. 

Submitted by Ana Yanez-Correa, LULAC Council 4786.

Adopted this 10th day of July 2004.

Hector M. Flores
LULAC National President