Special Reports

We designed the booklet, The Road to the White House: Understanding Presidential Elections, specifically for high school social studies and history classes. It provides a framework for discussing voting, the electoral process, and the upcoming 2008 elections. These resources will help prepare students to be informed and influential “voters” in the Student Mock Election at their school. Boldfaced words are defined in the vocabulary listing at the end of the book. Activities highlight various aspects of the election process, which are explained in more detail in a series of fact sheets. Click to view online.

USHLI Partners with National Hispanic Leadership Agenda on 2008 Hispanic Policy Agenda

The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda (NHLA) is composed of 26 of the leading national and regional Latino civil rights and public policy organizations. Established in 1991 as a nonpartisan association, the NHLA unites major Hispanic national organizations and distinguished Hispanic leaders from all over the nation to provide the Latino community with greater visibility and a clearer, stronger influence in our country’s affairs. NHLA brings together Hispanic leaders to establish policy priorities that address and raise public awareness of the major issues affecting the largest and fastest-growing minority community in the United States.

The NHLA 2008 Hispanic Policy Agenda is a comprehensive document that addresses prime policy issues facing Hispanics in six main issue areas:

• Education
• Civil rights
• Immigration
• Economic Empowerment
• Health
• Government Accountability

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