Announcing:
”BEHOLD 1500 LATINOS!” INITIATIVE
FOR COLLEGE COMPLETION: 2020
”BEHOLD 1500 LATINOS!” INITIATIVE
FOR COLLEGE COMPLETION: 2020
55,000Degrees, a partnership formed to support the Greater Louisville EducationalCommitment, was formed in 2010 with leaders in education, business, governmentand civic life who are committed to increase the percentage of our workforcewith college diplomas to 50 percent over a 10-year period. 55,000 Degrees isgrateful for support from both individuals and foundations, including the JamesGraham Brown Foundation, the C.E&S. Foundation, The Community Foundation ofLouisville, the Humana Foundation, the JPMorgan Chase Foundation andBrown-Forman.
Theprojected outcomes for Behold 1500 Latinos! are to assist Kentucky HispanicLatinos in overcoming the barriers that hinder postsecondary participation andsuccess and set Kentucky on track for college attainment and completion. Theaim is to help 1,500 Latinos in Jefferson County attain college degrees orcredentials by 2020 as part of Jefferson County’s 55,000 Degrees Initiative.
Strategies of the Behold 1500 Latinos! initiative include:
1.Grassroots outreach efforts for families and Hispanic Latino youth;
2.Student support through Hispanic Latino outreach coordinators;
3.Financial aid application support and financial literacy training;
4.Career counseling and employment support;
5.Peer mentoring;
6.Two-year to four-year transfer and articulation support; and
7. "Latino Student Success" training for mentors and facilitators.
Atmore than 50 million, Hispanic Latinos represent the largest and fastest-growingpopulation group in the United States. Fifty-six percent of Kentucky’s Latinopopulation is represented in the two largest cities in the state, along withtheir surrounding counties. Currently, only 19 percent of those individuals inKentucky have an associate’s degree or higher.
Representatives from the following 53 organizations (listed below) in and around Jefferson County will be invited to a collaboration meeting of Jefferson County’s “Behold 1500 Latinos” in May, 2012 (meeting time, date and place TBD):
Adelante Hispanic Achievers
Adhawks
ACLU
Americana Community Center
AlDia en America Spanish Language Newspaper
Big Brothers Big Sisters Hispanic Leadership Council
Brown-Forman’s COPA Latino Group
Boy Scouts of Kentuckiana Hispanic Council
Catholic Health Charities
Center for Health Equity
Center for Women and Families
Churchill Downs Backside Learning Center
El Kentubano
Exatec
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Hispanic Program
GLI’s Hispanic Latino Business Council
Greater Louisville’s International Professionals
Hispanic Connection of Southern Indiana
Hispanic Latino Coalition of Louisville
Jefferson Community & Technical College’s International Dept.
Jefferson County Public Schools
Jewish Family Community Services Center
Kentucky Commission on Human Rights
Kentucky Interfaith Task Force on Latin America & the Caribbean
Kentucky Mexican American Relations Institute
Kentucky Refugee Ministries
La Camara @ Wesley House Community Services Center
La Casita Center
La Poderosa Spanish Radio Station
Leadership Louisville
League of United Latin American Citizens
Latin American Club of Louisville
Los Aztecas
Los Monitos
Louisville Free Public Library
Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness
Louisville Urban League
Magnificent7 - Metro Louisville’s Hispanic Latino International Council
Metro Louisville’s Human Relations Commission
Metro Louisville’s Office for Globalization
National Center for Family Literacy
National Society Hispanic MBA’s
Passport Health Care’s Cultural & Linguistic Services
Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.
Salsa Rythyms
Seven Counties
Sisters of Loretto
Sysco
St. Rita’s Catholic Church
Tri-State Minority Supplier Development Council
University of Louisville’s Cultural Center
University of Louisville’s Latin American Latino Studies
United Food & Commercial Workers- UFCW, Local 227
United States Post Office
For more details and updated information, contact: Ben Ruiz at 502-589-3224 or ben@adhawks.com.
