General
Internet Resources
Arts & Fine Arts | Business
| Culture | Latino
Organizations | General (Including Research Centers)
Arts and History
Includes art, museums, theater, dance and other forms of fine arts.
Curare
Established in 1991 Curare is an archival databank collecting materials of Mexico,
Central, South America, the Caribbean, Canada and the United States whose works relates to
contemporary artistic practice in Mexico.
Sparc
Murals and other community-based public arts represent important cultural markers for Latinos in the
US; they influenced the Civil
Rights Movement of the 1960s, and represented social, economic, and political
realities of Chicano/Latino communities. The Social and Public Art
Resource Center is a multi-ethnic arts center that produces, distributes,
preserves, and documents community-based public artworks in Southern
California.
Chicano/LatinoNet's Virtual
Museum
This website is part of the Chicano/LatinoNet, one of the major Latino cultural resources
on the Web with information on Art, Music, Dance, Theater, and Film.
Chicano Park
Virtual Tour
A tour of the murals of Chicano Park in Barrio Logan, San Diego,
California.
Diego Rivera
Virtual Museum
This site presents a chronology of Diego Rivera's life and works, both in Spanish and
English. Rivera is a luminary figure in Chicano/Latino art representation.
Aspira/Institute of Puerto Rican Arts
and Culture
This site gives access to Puerto Rican arts and history resources.
 Business
Saludos
Saludos presents employment opportunities from many of the largest
employers in the nation.
Enlace
The Career Resource Center connects Latin Americanists with employment
opportunities. This job bank is from the University of Texas.
Gestión 2000
Gestión 2000 is an informative Spanish-language bulletin on business books.
Hispanic Business
Provides news geared toward small businesses, professionals, and students in California,
the U.S.,
and around the world. It also has links offering information on issues in Marketing, Business, and Technology.
Hispanic Business Association
The National Hispanic Business Association (NHBA) is a network of students and alumni who are dedicated to addressing educational and business
issues related to Hispanics. Students of the University of Texas at Austin founded
this network in 1993.
United States Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce
Provides information on the Hispanic market, government issues, and business
opportunities.
 Culture
Eileen Torres Salsa Centro
Eileen Torres maintains this webpage about her salsa classes and activities
related to salsa. She is an Ohio native of Mexican descent.
Are Chicanos the Same as Mexicans?
Presents a discussion of the most frequently used terms in the U.S. referring to Spanish
speakers: Hispanics, Latino, Mexican, Mexican-American, etc.
Azteca WebPage
The Azteca Page provides links for anyone interested in Latino communities.
Provides information ranging from literature to historical issues and Chicano culture.
Latino
Organizations
La Acción Puertorriqueña at Princeton
Web site for the Puerto-Rican student organization at Princeton. Links to resources on
Latin-America, music, events and information on the island of Puerto Rico.
Reforma
Reforma was established in 1971. It is dedicated to including Spanish
language materials in libraries and recruiting library professionals in the field.
Making Face, Making Soul
This Chicana/Latina web page examines social, political issues in the context of race,
class, gender, and sexuality. This page features short biographies of
Chicanas, Chicana poetry and literature, cultural resources, academic
resources, and a list of professors and other academics who are
Chicana/Latina.
Mexican-American Legal Defense and
Educational Fund (MALDEF)
MALDEF is the leading nonprofit Latino litigation, advocacy and
educational outreach institution in the United States. In addition
to their formidable legacy in civil rights litigation, MALDEF has also
offered leadership development programs and parent leadership programs to
support Latino communities and families nationwide.
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Founded in 1966, the North American Congress on Latin America is a non-profit
organization that provides information on major trends in Latin America and its
relationships with the United States. NACLA publishes a bi-monthly magazine.
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
This organization was founded in 1929. The website disseminates information on
political, educational, linguistic, and other issues. The LULAC National Convention
draws over 6,000 people every year, including government and business leaders.
General (Including Research Institutes)
Inter-University Program for Latino Research
IUPLR aims to share resources and scholarship that illuminate conditions and solve
problems affecting Latinos in the United States. IUPLR is a consortium of 18 Latino
research centers based at major universities across the United States, and is the only
nationwide university-based research organization that brings scholars from a wide
variety of disciplines together to conduct policy-relevant research on Latinos.
Puerto Rico and the American Dream
This multimedia website presents information on the history, culture, and politics of Puerto
Rico and the Puerto Rican diaspora.
Center for Puerto Rican Studies
The Center was founded in 1973 at Hunter College, New York and is
dedicated to the research and study of Puerto Ricans both on the island and
in the mainland
United States. The Center's Library houses some of the most important archival materials
on the history of Puerto Ricans.
Julián Samora Research Institute
The Institute is the premier Latino center in the Midwest. Housed at
Michigan State University, it is dedicated to research on public policies relating to
Latinos in the United States. They publish a variety of publications, books, and working
papers, which are available through their website.
Center
for Multilingual, Multicultural Research (CMMR)
Located at the University of Southern California, the CMMR
has been facilitating research collaboration, dissemination, and
professional development activities of faculty, students, and others since
1983. CMMR faculty and research associates are currently engaged in
research interests covering numerous areas including, but not limited to:
language and literacy acquisition; bilingualism and biliteracy; language
proficiency testing; integrating language and content instruction in the
classroom; non-mainstream dialects of English; teaching, learning and
schooling in social context; teacher education; language and literacy in
the workplace; minority teacher recruitment and retention; language policy
and planning, and literacies acquisition including multimedia literacy
through global learning networks
Cuban American Institute
The Institute was established in 1991 in Florida International University
and is dedicated to the study of Cuban Americans and Cuban-U.S. relations.
Chicano Studies Research
Center, UCLA
Established in 1969,
the Center is one of four ethnic studies Organized Research Units (ORU) in the UC
system. It also forms part of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR), a
consortium of Latino research centers located at eleven major research universities in the
United States.
Mexican American Studies and
Research Center
Founded in 1968 at the University of Arizona, the Mexican American Studies
& Research Center is dedicated to current public policy research on Mexican Americans.
It is the leading public policy research center addressing issues of concern to this
minority group in Arizona. The Center works with key community agencies toward the empowerment and
promotion of leadership of Mexican Americans within the state and the
nation. The Center achieves these goals through its applied research agenda, through its
publications, and through the University curriculum.
Southwest Hispanic
Research Institute, UNM
Established in 1980, the Southwest Hispanic Research Institute at the
University of New Mexico serves as the interdisciplinary center for the study of the
Hispanic experience within the context of the southwestern region. The broad purpose of
the institute is "to promote scholarly discourse, conduct teaching and
research, and disseminate information concerning historical, contemporary,
and emerging issues that impact on Hispanic peoples and communities."
Tomás Rivera Center
Founded in
1985, The Tomás Rivera Policy Institute is dedicated to the memory of
the late Tomás Rivera, former educator and chancellor at the University
of California, Riverside. The Institute seeks to advance "critical,
insightful thinking on key issues affecting Latino Communities through objective,
policy-relevant research, and its implications, for the betterment of the nation."
The Mauricio
Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy
Established in 1989 at the University of Massachusetts Boston, the
Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy
responds to "a need for improved understanding of Latino experiences and living
conditions in Massachusetts." The aim of the institute is to inform policy makers
about issues important to the Commonwealth's growing Latino community.
Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives
Center for Latino Initiatives is a part of the Smithsonian
Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex. The Center's mission
"is to advance the knowledge and contributions of Latinos in the United States."
Center for Mexican American
Studies (CMAS)
Created in 1970 at the University of Texas at Austin, the CMAS aims to
enhance understanding of "the Mexican and Mexican American experience, as well as the
broader Latino experience, and to strengthen the presence of Mexican Americans and other
Latinos in the intellectual terrain, both within and beyond US borders." CMAS
achieves its goals by offering an undergraduate degree program and an extensive public
programming calendar throughout the academic year.
Institute for Latino Studies
The Institute was founded at Notre Dame in 1999, and was
based upon the outstanding
intellectual tradition in Latino studies that Julián Samora, Professor of
Sociology from 1959–1985, established at Notre Dame. The Institute plays "a
pivotal role in providing an academic environment at Notre Dame that advances knowledge
and understanding of the Latino experience in the United States." The Institute is
"committed to maintaining a balance among research, education, and outreach in a
distinctively Catholic tradition."
National Latino Research
Center
The National Latino Research Center (NLRC) is housed at California State University
San Marcos and specializes in "applied research, training, technical assistance and
research-based services that contribute to the knowledge and understanding of the rapidly
growing U.S. Latino population."
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