Hispanic Enterprise - December 2007/January 2008 - (Page 51) - SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL SECTION - WATCH THIS SPACE FOR ARTICLES ON A WIDE ARRAY OF TOPICS AND ISSUES FROM NCLR. sion to take on both activities from the outset went against conventional wisdom.” Raul Yzaguirre, former NCLR president, said, “My thought was you couldn’t be good at either one of them if you couldn’t see them both. Programs inform your public policy and give you the means to change it; and if you didn’t have policy, you make your programs less potent.” NCLR is also unlike many other organizations in that it complements advocacy with a focus on strengthening its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations. More than one-fifth of NCLR’s budget is reserved for its Affiliates, who are viewed as partners in achieving a common mission. NCLR goes further by building alliances with a broad range of other organizations. As Emily Gantz McKay, NCLR former executive vice president, said in the book, “The focus of the National Council of La Raza is on improving life opportunities for Latinos and fighting discrimination. You can’t do that by building the organization. You have to do it by building the field.” The purpose of detailing such practices and of profiling the 12 most impactful organizations in Forces for Good is to create a roadmap for others. “What we’d like to see is for the discussion to focus more on impact,” Crutchfield said in an article in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. “That means looking beyond four walls of an individual organization, and looking at how nonprofits can work in concert with business, government, the general citizenry, and also their fellow nonprofits to create more impact than they could on their own.” As for NCLR, the recognition is a mark of distinction, and the organization plans to continue its powerful work and to expand and improve. NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía said, “We are honored to be in the company of such respected institutions as the 12 organizations profiled in this book. Forces for Good is both a source of information and an inspiration for all nonprofits seeking to have impact in their work.” The National Council of La Raza (NCLR)—the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States—works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. For more information or to become an NCLR member, visit us at www.nclr.org. http://www.nclr.org http://www.nclr.org
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