By Helen Butler, Executive Director, The People’s Agenda This year’s legislative session has brought with it many twists and turns. On the heels of record turnout during our General and U.S. Senate Runoffs, and following the January 6th insurrection on Capitol Hill, members of our state legislature sought to totally upend the democratic process in […]
ATLANTA, GA – On April 9th, 2021, GALEO unveiled the latest Latinx leaders to graduate from the GALEO Institute for Leadership in partnership with Georgia State University (GSU) and their Goizueta Scholarship program, sponsored by the GSU’s Latino Student Services & Outreach with the graduation reception celebrated on the premises of The Nett Church in Lilburn, […]
April 6th, 2021- Our GALEO family is expanding! As we continue to work for a better and more inclusive Georgia, more staff members join our efforts to protect and educate the Latinx-Hispanic community. We are delighted to announce that Erik Francisco Medina will be joining us as our Communications Manager. Erik began his journey with […]
By Stefany Alvarado, Spring 2021 Intern In May of 2016, Nabila Rifo’s 28-year-old, bloodied body was found a few blocks from her house in Chile. Rifo’s fractured skull and empty eye sockets were evidence of a brutal assault. In July of 2019, Chile’s neighboring country of Bolivia experienced the attack of Mery Vila, 26. She was beaten with […]
ATLANTA—Late last night, the League of Women Voters of Georgia, along with the Georgia NAACP, Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, Georgia Latino Community Development Fund, Common Cause, and the Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe, filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia to prevent enforcement of SB 202, an omnibus voter suppression bill signed by […]
ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia Immigrant Rights Alliance (GIRA) condemns the passage of voter suppression legislation. On March 25th, the Georgia legislature passed a bill that is an aggressive attack against the voting power of AAPI, Black, and Brown immigrant voters. Governor Kemp signed Senate Bill 202 (SB 202) into effect and will disenfranchise thousands […]
WE ASK: GATESOL, GALEO, GALAS, and LCF Georgia join together to urge Georgia’s colleges and universities to include core TESOL courses as a part of all teacher preparation programs. Adequately preparing pre-service teachers to meet the needs of multilingual learners is critical. WE BELIEVE: The likelihood that graduates accepting teaching jobs in Georgia will teach multilingual learners is Georgia enrollment […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 25th, 2021 (Atlanta, GA) GALEO is proud to recognize the winners for the 14th Annual Cesar Chavez Ceremony. This year’s event will be virtual. The winning essay entries will be recorded and released on Cesar Chavez Day, which is March 31st, and will be published on GALEO’s social media pages (Facebook: facebook.com/GALEO.org) […]
On March 16, eight people were killed at three different spas in North Georgia including six Asian women. We are heartbroken by these murders, which come at a time when Asian American communities are already grappling with the traumatic violence against Asian Americans nationwide, fueled by the United States’ long history of white supremacy, systemic […]
By: Rodrigo Ruiz-Tello Out of the 1.8 million students attending Georgia schools, Latinos make up 16% of them, which is roughly 288,000 students (Downey, 2018). With Latinos making up such a significant portion of Georgia students, there should be accommodations provided by the educational systems of Georgia to better aid these students and their families. […]
