The National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC) is a network of approximately 75 community-based organizations led by

Latin American Latin Americans ( es, Latinoamericanos; pt, Latino-americanos; ) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their diasporas are multi-eth ...

and

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

immigrants. NALACC member organizations work to improve the quality of life in their communities, both in the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

and in their countries of origin. The NALACC also seeks to build transnational leadership capacity and increase immigrant

civic participation Civic engagement or civic participation is any individual or group activity addressing issues of public concern. Civic engagement includes communities working together or individuals working alone in both political and non-political actions to ...

, aiming to assist immigrants advocate effectively for

public policies Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a group decision-making, decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to Problem solving, solve or address relevant and Social issue, real-world problems, guided by a co ...

that address the root causes of migration, as well as addressing challenges faced by immigrants in the United States. To date, this latter work has focused on efforts to reform US immigration policies to make them more

humane Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, an ...

and effective.

External links

*Official website of NALCC
www.nalcc.org
{{Authority control Caribbean-American organizations Community organizing Civil liberties advocacy groups in the United States Hispanic and Latino American organizations Organizations established in 2004 Immigrant rights organizations in the United States Supraorganizations Government watchdog groups in the United States Legal advocacy organizations in the United States Latin America and the Caribbean