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Latino-focused Organizations & Businesses

Updated 5/12/13 Table of Contents
  • Farmworker Issues
  • Immigration Issues
  • North Carolina Organizations
  • National Organizations
  • Durham County-based Organizations
  • Orange County-based Organizations
  • Wake County-based Organizations
  • Wake County Businsses

    • Farmworker Issues

  • National Farm Worker Ministry
  • Student Action With Farmworkers
  • United Farm Workers
  • Farm Labor Organizing Committee [FLOC]
  • Support FLOC.org, Farm Labor Organizing Committee
  • Legal Services of NC Farmworker Unit 919-856-2180l; 919-856-2187 (fax)
    224 S. Dawson St., P.O. Box 26626
    Raleigh, NC 27611
  • Farmworker Justice
  • National Farm Worker Ministry: North Carolina Contact Person: Alexandria Jones, Community Organizer
  • Episcopal Farm Worker Ministry
  • Johnston Farmworkers Project 919-894-7406
    P.O. Box 352
    Benson, NC 27504

  • Student Action with Farmworkers 919-660-3652 Send email
    1317 W. Pettigrew St., Durham, NC 27705

  • North Carolina Growers Association

    Immigration Issues

  • Reform Immigration for America: North Carolina Contact person: Irene Godinez Immigrants Legal Assistance Project 919-856-2159; 919-856-2175 (fax)Send email
    P.O. Box 28068, 224 S. Dawson St. 888-251-2776
    Raleigh, NC 27611
  • ACLU “Immigration Myths and Facts”
  • Anti-Defamation League “Myths and Facts About Immigrants and Immigration”
  • Immigrants’ List “The Immigration Debate: Myths vs. Facts”
  • One America “Myths and Facts on Immigration”
  • Latin American Migration Project [LAMP] Extensive databases of information on immigration from many Latin American countries. Requires free registration.
  • US Citizenship & Immigration Service [ICE]
  • The Other Side
  • Immersion
  • The New Los Angeles
  • Tia and Marco
  • Rights on The Line: Vigilantes at the Border The ugly anti-immigrant politics that lurk behind the Minuteman Project.
  • audio (radio interview) The Truth About Migration [the impact of immigration on Mexico] Nora Haen (NCSU Anthropology)
  • Up to 1.7 Million Unauthorized Immigrant Youth May Benefit from New Deportation Rules by Jeffrey Passel and Mark Hugo Lopez [Pew Hispanic Trust]
  • Impact of Monetary Remittances to Mexico
  • Map of Monetary Remittances to Mexico
  • Changes over time in Monetary Remittances to Mexico
  • Detention Watch Network 
    List of NC Detention Sites 

Raleigh/Cary Detention Center Inmate 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
140 Centrewest Court, Suite 100
Cary, NC 27513
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Alamance County Jail
109 S. Maple St.
Graham, NC 27253
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Forsyth County Jail
201 North Church St.
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
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Johnston County Jail
127 S 2nd St.
Smithfield, NC 27577-4529
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Mecklenburg Country Jail North
5235 Spector Drive North
Charlotte, NC 28269
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Mecklenburg County Jail
801 East Fourth Street
Charlotte, NC 28202

    Organizations, Businesses, & Individuals

    North Carolina Organizations

  • For more than a decade, the Office of the Governor included a director of Hispanic/Latino Affairs. In 2013, Governor McCrory dissolved the office, leaving Latinos with no official channel of communcation with his office.
  • Mexican General Counsul in Raleigh NC in Spanish
  • El Pueblo Information in Spanish and English
  • NC Latino Coalition "a nonpartisan, multi-issue network of organizations dedicated to building relational power among grassroots Latino leaders."
  • UNC Latina/o Collaborative Hispanic and Latino programs and initiatives at UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Witness for Peace Southeast Led by Gail Phares, this organization sponsors annual pilgrimages to promote immigration reform and farm worker rights. The group also sponsors delegations to Latin America to show people the problems there and to help educate leaders on needed policy changes.
  • Center for International Understanding’s Latino Initiative "provides NC policy leaders with a fresh approach to immigration integration."
  • Cooperativa Latina Credit Union
  • North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals
  • NC Victim Assistance Network's Hispanic Outreach Program
  • Hispanic Ministry Coordinator 919-468-3013 Send email
    Catholic Deanery
    213 E. Park St., Cary, NC 27511
  • Latin American Association of North Carolina 919-968-4656
    P.O. Box 20863
    Raleigh, NC 27619
  • Latin American Resource Center 919-870-5272 Send email
    P.O. Box 31871, 6412 Ruchinbrook Dr.
    Raleigh, NC 27622
  • Latin American Women’s Club 919-219-3922
    P.O. Box 1063
    Youngsville, NC 27596
  • NC Partners of the Americas 919-733-2853, ext. 226
    828 Babock Ct.
    Raleigh, NC 27609
  • Ballet Folklórico “Espiritu Latino”
  • Asociación Cultural Venezolana De Carolina Del Norte
  • Asociación Costarricense de North Carolina
  • North Carolina Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Hispanic League Contact info: P.O. Box 30651, Winston-Salem, NC 27130, Phone/fax: (336) 770-1228 Contact the Hispanic League via email
  • NC AHEC [Area Health Education Centers] Latino Health Resource Center
  • LatinoFamilies.Net "Our mission is to help you connect with resources and individuals that will better help you serve the Latino Families in your community." NCSU Cooperative Extension
  • Western Carolina University's Latino Student Resource Guide Excellent information on college admissions, scholarships and financing, state and national policies, and much more. Created by Sarah Nunez.
  • Additional Links, El Pueblo

    National Organizations

  • Pew Hispanic Center
  • Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
  • National Latino Congreso
  • National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities NALACC [English version]
  • HIP Hispanics in Philanthropy
  • Lutheran Family Services 919-832-2620
    112 Cox Ave., P.O. Box 12287
    Raleigh, NC 27605

    Durham County-based Organizations

    Casa Multicultural 919-680-6116 Send email
    1003 W. Chapel Hill St. 919-683-1415 (fax)
    Durham, NC 27701

    El Centro Hispano 919-687-4635 Send Email
    807 W. Chapel Hill St., 919-687-0401 (fax)
    Durham, NC 27701
    El Centro Hispano offers a free legal clinic among its many activities. They are always happy to assist members of the Hispanic community and the Triangle area in general.

    Hacia la Paz Familiar 919-286-2475
    902 Broad St., Durham, NC 27705 919-286-4001 (fax)

    NCOSH 919-286-9249 Send email
    P.O. Box 2514 919-286-4857 (fax)
    Durham, NC 27705

    Orange County-based Organizations

    Carr Court Family Resource Center 919-969-8600
    103 A Hargraves St., 919-969-8687 (fax)
    Carrboro, NC 27510

    Liga de Fútbol 919-932-3380
    412 Hickory Dr.
    Chapel Hill, NC 27514 919-677-0200 (fax)

    Centro Latino 919-932-HOLA
    P.O. Box 192, Carrboro, NC 27510

    Orange County Task Force on 919-929-9287 Send email
    Hispanic Issues Inter-Faith Council 919-933-1112 (fax)
    207 Wilson St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516

    Hispanic Advocacy Group Church of Reconciliation 919-929-2127
    110 Elliott Rd.
    Chapel Hill, NC 27514

    Wake County-based Organizations

    Voces Unidas & Centro de Apoyo 919-250-4479; 919-250-1572
    P.O. Box 14049
    Raleigh, NC 27620

    Project Esperanza 919-856-2130; 919-967-2429 (fax)
    P.O. Box 26087
    Raleigh, NC 27611

    Interact (United Way) 919-828-8320; 919-828-6386 (fax)
    600 Wade Ave.
    Raleigh, NC 27605

    Wake County Businsses

  • Bilingual Communications, Inc.
    Jackie Metivier
    315 N. Academy Street, Ste. 156
    Cary, NC 27513
    Office telephone (919) 380-7066 Mobile (919) 271-8172 Fax (919) 380-1263
    "Bilingual Communications, Inc. specializes in Spanish language services:
    Translation (of written documents between English and Spanish)
    Interpretation (On-site or via telephone; simultaneous and consecutive)
    Tape Transcription
    Cultural Consultation ** Video voice-over