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Top Latino Causes To Support In 2013

Top Latino Causes To Support In 2013
Roque Planas
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National Reporter, HuffPost

Mexican and Latino janitors hold a candlelight vigil calling for federal immigration reform, in response to the tough new Arizona law giving the police new stop and search powers, outside their place of work in Los Angeles on May 20, 2010. Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged the US government to repair an outmoded immigration system and do more to ensure that illegal guns do not flow across the countries' shared border. The Mexican leader renewed his call for an overhaul of US immigration laws that would offer up to 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, many of them Mexicans, a path to US citizenship as well as strongly criticizing a new Arizona law that has enraged Hispanics and stoked fears of racial profiling. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
Mexican and Latino janitors hold a candlelight vigil calling for federal immigration reform, in response to the tough new Arizona law giving the police new stop and search powers, outside their place of work in Los Angeles on May 20, 2010. Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged the US government to repair an outmoded immigration system and do more to ensure that illegal guns do not flow across the countries' shared border. The Mexican leader renewed his call for an overhaul of US immigration laws that would offer up to 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, many of them Mexicans, a path to US citizenship as well as strongly criticizing a new Arizona law that has enraged Hispanics and stoked fears of racial profiling. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

We’ve certainly come a long way from the times when Latinos like Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta and many others had to fight for the voices of the community they served to be heard. The work of these selfless leaders, however, is far from finished, which makes it even more imperative for us to put our actions where our mouths (and tweets) are.

Supporting a cause may seem a time-consuming endeavor, but the truth is, it takes so little to do something, i.e. we can create awareness within our sphere of influence, provide financial assistance, volunteer and/or press on our our elected officials. With that in mind, I’ve put together a list of causes I believe we should pay attention to this year. Of course, with so many issues affecting our community, it’d be impossible to list them all. I’d love to hear which causes you believe should also be prioritized. Please add them in the comments!

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