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Una Declaracion de LACE Honrando el Mes de Las Comunidades Afro Latin@s/x/e

9/15/2020

Al observar el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana desde el 15 de septiembre - 15 de octubre, a pesar de tantos desafíos políticos y sociales, las personas de Oregón pueden mirar nuestras riquezas, resiliencias, recursos y la diversidad de las comunidades Latinx de Oregón.

Desde las comunidades suburbanas, rurales, fronterizas, comunidades costales - de Astoria a Ashland, de Cascade Locks a Coos Bay, nosotros estamos contribuyendo a la economía y fábrica social y al bienestar de Oregón.

Cuando contemplamos los aportes del medio millón personas o casi 14 % de la población Latina de Oregon, descubrimos:

~ Los latinos de 18 a 44 años de edad constituyen el 70% de los 187,000 personas latinas elegibles para votar. Estas personas harán una gran diferencia en las elecciones locales, estatales y nacionales este noviembre.

~ Dos terceras partes de los latinos nacieron en los Estados Unidos y una tercera parte nacieron en otros países de las regiones de México, América Central, América del Sur y el Caribe, proveyendo una mezcla de lenguaje, cultura, historia, etnicidad, tradiciones y valores, los cuales nosotros honramos con gran orgullo.

~ Este año el significado del reconocimiento del Mes de la Herencia Hispana Nacional será amplificado por la concientización de la injusticia racial durante este verano.

Continuaremos profundizando nuestras interseccionalidades de identidad y experiencias vividas.

Comprenderemos mejor el sufrimiento compartido a través de generaciones por el racismo y el prejuicio institucional no sólo de las comunidades latinas, sino también de las comunidades negras, indígenas, asiáticas y de todas las comunidades que continúan siendo víctima de la injusticia racial.

Estamos preparadas para persistir y participar ampliamente en la transformación social y la justicia para asegurar un mundo que merecemos donde todos pertenecen.

Como Latina Associates for Collaborative Engagement (LACE), un grupo de mujeres bilingües, biculturales de comunidades Afro Latinas e indígenas de las Américas y del caribe, nosotros nos comprometemos a liderar y apoyar, como protagonistas el cambio sistémico y la transformación social que Oregon necesita.

Invitamos a otras organizaciones sin fines de lucro, sectores cívicos y gubernamentales del estado de Oregón a unirse a nosotros en este esfuerzo en honor a este mes especial.

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A LACE Statement in Honor of Hispanic Heritate Month

9/15/2020

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As we observe the National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 - October 15 in the midst of such social and political challenges, Oregonians can look to our rich, resilient, resourceful, and diverse Latinx communities throughout the state for inspiration.

From urban, suburban, rural, frontier, coastal communities – from Astoria to Ashland, Cascade Locks to Coos Bay - we are contributing to the economy, social fabric, and well-being of Oregon.

When we observe the many gifts of our population – one half million or almost 14% of all Oregonians – among them we discover that:

~ Our 18 to 44 years of age group comprises 70% of the 187,000 Latinx people eligible to vote. They will make a difference in our local, state, and national elections this November.

~ Two-thirds of us were born in the United States and one third in other countries from the regions of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, providing a melding of language, culture, history, ethnicity, traditions, and values - all of which we honor with deep pride.

~ What will make this year’s National Hispanic Heritage Month more meaningful is to acknowledge the racial awakening earlier this summer.

We will continue to deepen our intersectionality of identity and lived experiences.

We will grasp the effects of shared suffering through generations of institutional racism and prejudice of not only our Latinx families, but also our Black, Indigenous, and Asian siblings, and all communities who continue to be targeted with bigotry.

We are further emboldened to persist and participate in myriad ways for social transformation and justice to assure the community and the civity (an emerging praxis in anti-racial work) we all deserve.

As Latina Associates for Collaborative Engagement (LACE), a group of bilingual, bicultural women from Afro-Latinx, Latinx, and Indigenous communities of the Americas and the Caribbean, we commit to both lead and support as protagonistas the systems change and social transformation that Oregon needs.

We invite other non-nonprofit, civic, and government sectors throughout the State of Oregon, to join us in these efforts in honor of this special month.

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LACE Statement of Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

6/8/2020

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Declaración de Solidaridad con Black Lives Matters

Latina Associates for Collaborative Engagement (LACE) de Oregón expresa su solidaridad con la comunidad de color y el movimiento Black Lives Matter.
Lamentamos la muerte de George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery y un sin número de otros que se han perdido a manos de la violencia policial y el racismo sistémico. Estamos con nuestros hermanx de color y condenamos estos actos de odio y deshumanización que siguen causando daño y sufrimiento en todo nuestro país.

Rechazamos la supremacía blanca en todas sus expresiones y reconocemos que el racismo sistémico está arraigado en nuestra forma de vivir.
Les pedimos que se unan a nosotros para comprometerse con las siguientes acciones:

Confesar nuestra propia culpabilidad personal, prejuicios implícitos y comportamientos, y trabajar para extirpar lo que se ha incrustado en cada uno de nosotros.
Comprometerse con la equidad racial; mirar hacia adentro y ser explícito acerca de ser antirracista a través de nuestras acciones y trabajo.
Reflexionar y desafiar las injusticias raciales heredadas de nuestra historia de colonialismo, incluyendo la asimilación y la elección de defender el status quo de los sistemas supremacistas blancos.
Reconocer que nuestras comunidades latinas negras se han visto afectadas por el racismo sistémico perpetuado por latinos que no son negros. Trabajar para honrar y amplificar el trabajo que nuestros hermanos y hermanas de color han estado haciendo durante décadas, y centrando totalmente sus experiencias.
Reconocer que la supremacía blanca existe a nivel global y opera entre sí dentro de todas las comunidades. Debemos confrontar y alterar las narrativas anti-negras, y educar a las personas de nuestra comunidad para que hagan lo mismos.
Reconocer, elevar, honrar y celebrar la historia y las contribuciones actuales de las comunidades negras en toda América Latina, el Caribe y los Estados Unidos.
Construir relaciones y colaborar con organizaciones lideradas por personas negras en Oregón.
Educarnos en torno a la historia de Oregón en lo que se refiere a la exclusión racial y su tratamiento de los pueblos negros e indígenas.
Aplicar un lente crítico sobre cómo incorporamos la justicia social y racial en nuestro trabajo como consultores y profesionales.

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LACE Statement of Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

Latina Associates for Collaborative Engagement (LACE) of Oregon expresses its solidarity with the Black community, and the Black Lives Matter movement.
We mourn the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others who have been lost at the hands of police violence and systemic racism. We stand with our Black hermanxs and condemn these acts of hate and dehumanization that continue to cause harm and suffering across our country.

We reject white supremacy in all its expressions and acknowledge that systemic racism is ingrained in our way of living. We ask others to join us in pledging to the following actions:

Confess our own personal culpability, implicit bias, and behaviors, and work to excise what has been embedded in each of us.
Commit to racial equity; look inward and be explicit about being anti-racist through our actions and work.
Reflect upon, and challenge the racial injustices inherited from our history of colonialism, including assimilation and choosing to uphold the status quo of white supremacist systems.
Acknowledge that our Black Latinx communities have been impacted by systemic racism that non-Black Latinxs perpetuate. Honor and amplify the work that our Black brothers and sisters have been doing for decades, and wholly center their experiences.
Acknowledge that white supremacy exists on a global level and operates from within all communities, that we must confront and disrupt anti Blackness narratives, and educate the people in our community to do the same.
Recognize, elevate, honor, and celebrate the history and current contributions of Black communities in our cultures throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States.
Build relationships and collaborate with Black-led organizations in Oregon.
Educate ourselves around Oregon’s history as it pertains to racial exclusion and its treatment of Black and Indigenous peoples.
Apply a critical lens of how we incorporate social and racial justice into our work as consultants and professionals.

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New Phase for Latina Associates for Collaborative Endeavors Announced

12/31/2019

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Mr. Jim White, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO) and Dr. Guadalupe Guajardo, founder of Latina Associates for Collaborative Endeavors (LACE), are pleased to announce the next phase of development of LACE as LACE seeks its own nonprofit status as an organization.

Now registered with the State of Oregon under a new name Latina Associates for Collaborative Engagement, LACE was officially launched with seven women in 2013 by Dr. Guajardo to address organizational development needs of the state’s growing Latinx population as well as resourcing organizations who serve Hispanic/Latino communities. With 30 years as a senior consultant with NAO and its predecessor TACS, she crafted LACE as a timely and visible initiative of the NAO.

Anchored on the vision of weaving the promise for an equitable and inclusive community, LACE not only evolved as a professional consultant group now with 25 bilingual, bicultural women, but also a unique venue for Latinas to explore professional and personal intercultural issues, share wisdom and life experiences, and special ways to support one another. This strengthened and deepened their capacities to serve diverse communities from urban, suburban to rural and coastal settings.

Hence, as part of NAO’s larger strategy and commitment to equity and inclusion for all Oregon nonprofits, NAO made significant investments to further the work of LACE team members and secure over $300,000 from the Ford Family Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, M.J. Murdock Trust and the Oregon Community Foundation, as well as smaller grants from other funders and sponsors. The funding also supported the hiring of Sara Curiel Paez to coordinate LACE, organize capacity building sessions, and convene a new cohort of 12 LACE women for on-line Cornell certificate and Board Source trainings. Concurrently, other LACE women were part of NAO’s rosters of Interim Executives and Business Verified Affiliates fulfilling contracts throughout Oregon from NAO’s Referral Service.

With the announcement in 2018, that NAO was shifting away from direct-delivery consulting in favor of a referral-based model, LACE staff and leadership began thinking how best to continue its own expanding services and cultural knowledge to the community. Given that NAO affirmed the self-determination and independence of LACE, LACE leadership put into motion a transition plan for LACE to seek a new home and ultimately its own nonprofit status. LACE will temporarily be fiscally sponsored by Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development.

”NAO and LACE are committed to honoring the years of our common journey of offering quality service to the community grounded in our core values of diversity, equity and inclusion, said Dr. Guajardo. We are looking forward to new ways of supporting one another as each organization continues to thrive and serve nonprofits and communities across Oregon,” said Mr. White

For more information about LACE or NAO please contact us at:
LACE: LACE.Oregon@gmail.com
NAO: 503-239-4001 or Connect@nonprofitoregon.org

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Una Declaracion de LACE Honrando el Mes de Las Comunidades Afro Latin@s/x/e

A LACE Statement in Honor of Hispanic Heritate Month

LACE Statement of Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

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New Phase for Latina Associates for Collaborative Endeavors Announced

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