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In This Issue
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The Give: Dan Diaz of Western Union
Takes Giving Personally -- and Globally
By Cheryl Brownstein-Santiago
 The vice president of corporate communications for The Americas & Global Consumer Financial Services at Western Union is a man on the move. Dan Diaz, 37, started from his native Manhattan, where he grew up as the oldest of four siblings, and with many visits to his parents' native Puerto Rico, the bilingual, bicultural global corporate communications executive with communications oversight across 49 countries and territories, travels for business and pleasure. His interest in international relations started out with a graduate school stint at the United Nations. Then he went on to work for two years in Washington, D.C., for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) and later as a senior staff consultant for Verizon with responsibility for the telecommunications giant's communications in Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. "I'm a big believer in travel for educational purposes to learn about other people and cultures," he said, adding that he has visited more than 30 countries. As a member of the board of directors of Hispanics in Philanthropy, and The Conference Board, Council on Corporate Communications Strategy, Diaz likes to give back to the community. "I've normally been involved in philanthropic circles from a private citizen's perspective, in terms of contributing to worthy causes," he said, recalling that his first such effort was sponsoring a high school student's school tuition. Diaz holds a master of arts degree in International Relations, International Law and Diplomacy, and a bachelor of arts in Government and Politics from St. John's University in New York City. "I've always worked on the fundraising end, such as The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, with my corporate contacts," he said of his nonprofit experience. "My involvement with HIP is an example of a private citizen working for a global company and giving back." Read the full interview
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South by Southwest Experiment Wins
the 2012 Patiño Moore Legacy Award
South by Southwest Experiment, a partnership of nonprofits that fosters unity among Black, Brown and Indigenous communities of the South and Southwest, won this year's Patiño Moore Legacy Award, which was presented Nov. 11 in Fresno.
"It is a distinct honor to win the Patiño Moore Legacy Award for Black and Brown organization and power building," Southern Echo Executive Director Leroy Johnson said recently on behalf of the three founding organizations. "It is personally gratifying, knowing Dr. Moore and an honor, considering the work that Dr. Patiño has done and the work that Dr. Moore has done on behalf of Black-Brown unity."
The $150,000 award was presented by the Marguerite Casey Foundation Board of Directors, in collaboration with the Association of Black Foundation Executives and Hispanics in Philanthropy. It is the second year of this Marguerite Casey Foundation annual awards program, in which members of HIP and ABFE nominate and help select the winning nonprofit for its efforts in uniting Black and Brown communities in a shared vision of economic and social well-being, particularly for the benefit of American families.
South by Southwest Experiment, founded in 2005, operates in Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas. It was formed by SouthWest Organizing Project, Southwest Workers Union, Southern Echo and the related MS Delta Catalyst Roundtable to strengthen relationships among African-American, Latino and Indigenous communities and with public officials in the South and Southwest. It grew out of a collaboration of nonprofits in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The Patiño Moore Legacy Award is named after two former HIP Board members, Dr. Douglas Patiño and Wenda Weekes Moore, for their ongoing work to improve relations between Black and Brown communities. Dr. Patiño is vice chancellor emeritus for the California State University system. He is also a Marguerite Casey Foundation Board member. Moore is a member of the Council on Foundations Board of Directors and a trustee of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
HIP Philanthropy Lab to Discuss
Latino Men and Boys Concerns
The complexity with which Latino males navigate through society will be the focus of a HIP Philanthropy Lab discussion with a panel of experts on next Wednesday, Dec. 19.
The session, entitled "Investing in the Future of Latino Men & Boys: Effective Strategies for Achieving Meaningful Outcomes," will be presented from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern in a webinar format.
Joining moderator Julene Perez-Gonzalez, a senior consultant to HIP, will be: The California Wellness Foundation Program Director Julio Marcial, who is a HIP board member; The California Endowment Senior Program Manager Ray Colmenar; Cesar E. Chavez Institute Director Belinda Reyes, who is associate professor of Latina and Latino Studies at San Francisco State University, and Executive Director Erika Almiron of Juntos. Juntos, a HIP grantee, is a community organizing nonprofit based in Philadelphia, which advocates on behalf of the rights of workers, parent, youth and immigrant issues.
To register for this HIP Philanthropy Lab webinar click here.
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and the Puerto Rico Education Donors' Collaborative
By Mireille Posse and Alexandra Aquino-Fike
EDITOR'S NOTE: The final event of the year-long HIP GameChangers campaign took place in conjunction with a regular meeting of the HIP Board of Directors and other activities on Nov. 29 and 30 in San Juan, P.R. The activities also included three site visits organized by the Puerto Rico Education Donors' Collaborative, mostly in the San Juan area. Mireille Posse, HIP's Transnational Program Coordinator, and Alexandra Aquino-Fike, HIP's new Senior Manager for Corporate Relations, share their thoughts on their two days in Puerto Rico.
We began with the HIP Board of Directors meeting on Nov. 29, which was hosted by Board Chair Nelson Colón. He is the president of the Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico, where the meeting took place. The room was overflowing with ideas, and we are excited to see what we at HIP can accomplish next. The afternoon ended with an amazing lunch. We had many typical dishes that are served at a Puerto Rican Christmas meal and a little taste of coquito (think eggnog, but way tastier; it has coconut milk and rum). Luckily, we were able to take a break afterwards!
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That evening, HIP convened the Puerto Rico GameChangers event at the Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas in San Juan. Here, HIP brought together about 90 participants, including HIP Board members, former Puerto Rico Gov. Sila M. Calderón, San Juan Mayor-elect Carmen Yulín Cruz, academics, leaders of local foundations and nonprofits, and other U.S.-based foundation leaders.
The evening's presentations included a data-driven analysis of the under-funding of Latino communities on the U.S. mainland and throughout Latin America. The presentations highlighted the dire socio-economic conditions that prevail in Puerto Rico, the many opportunities for increased investments in human capital, and the need to continue to foster collaborations among local Puerto Rican foundations to maximize resources. The event ended with a showcase of local Puerto Rican dance, music and food.
On Friday, Nov. 30, we visited three of the seven grantees that receive funds from the Puerto Rico Donors' Education Collaborative. The day began at 7:45 a.m. as members of the HIP Board of Directors and HIP staff boarded our little tour bus. Our first stop was at Nuestra Escuela located in Loíza, a municipality east of San Juan that is one of the most socioeconomically depressed. When we arrived, we were greeted by a group of students, who led us to the room where Ana Yris Guzmán Torres, the school principal, greeted us and explained the work and mission of Nuestra Escuela, which operates an alternative education program. She introduced various students at the school, who told us a little bit of their personal stories, why they came to the school, and their future goals.
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Latinos Helped to Seal Obama's Re-Election,
Polling Firm Says in Election Analysis
By Valerie Maulbeck
It has been more than a month since Barack Obama was re-elected President of the United States, and the discussion online and in the news continues to be the influence that Latinos had in how that Tuesday in November played out. According to Latino Decisions, a polling firm, 75 percent of Latinos who went to the polls voted for Obama -- the highest percentage of support from the Latino community that any presidential candidate has ever received. The estimated 12 million Latinos who voted not only showed up to the polls in the states that many already associate with having a large Latino population, but in cities, suburbs, and rural communities all over the United States.
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The states with the fastest growing Latino populations are in the South, such as North Carolina and Alabama. This growing geographic diversity of Latinos will also mean that Latinos will have more influence in critical swing states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Virginia. This trend will continue as every month 50,000 U.S. Latinos turn 18 and become eligible to vote.
All this raises questions, such as: What does this means for the policy issues that are most important to Latino communities, and how will the political parties respond to the nation's changing demographics?
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HIP People
Alexandra Aquino-Fike joins HIP as a Senior Manager for Corporate Relations. Alexandra brings a wealth of experience from both the private and legal sector. Most recently, Alexandra was an attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, in New York, where she worked closely with Latin American and Spanish companies on best practices to support their financial and organizational interests. As an attorney, she still represents women in domestic violence cases on a pro bono basis. Previously, she was a Corporate Fellow at Shorebank, and worked at Oxfam Mexico, the Sahavikasa Cooperative Development Foundation, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization on issues of agricultural sustainability. She holds a master's degree in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a juris doctorate from the Law School at UC Berkeley, where she was the co-chair of both the Kennedy Diversity Committee and the Berkeley La Raza Law Students Association. Alexandra will work out of HIP's office in New York City.
We would like to welcome two new coordinators to HIP's national headquarters in Oakland, Calif. Coordinator for the Office of the President Elanna Mariniello joins us from ProWorld Volunteers, where she worked as On-Site Coordinator and Program Advisor in Belize, Peru, Mexico, and California. She is a Sarah Lawrence College graduate who studied abroad in Florence and speaks both Spanish and Italian fluently. Danielle Sherman joins HIP as the Development Coordinator. A native of Fresno, Danielle has a longstanding interest in development: most recently, she was the Development Associate at Oakland Unified School District and the Grants and Development Intern at Girls, Inc. She is a recent graduate of Occidental College, where she majored in Comparative Literary Studies and Spanish. Both Elanna and Danielle will be based in Oakland.
¡Bienvenidas!
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