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The National Institute for Latino Policy (NiLP) was established in 1982 as the Institute for Puerto Rican Policy (IPR) in New York City, United States as a non-profit and nonpartisan policy center focusing on critical Latino policy issues. Between 1999 and 2005, the Institute entered into a strategic alliance with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) (currently called Latino-Justice PRLDEF) during which it functioned as the Fund’s policy research arm. In November 2005, the Institute returned to its independent status and changed its name to the National Institute for Latino Policy. The name change more accurately reflected the national scope and pan-Latino nature of its work. The National Institute for Latino Policy focuses on developing local as well as national strategies to advocate for Latino community needs, and in this way complements the work of existing national Latino organizations. NiLP's strategies include the creative use of the Internet to disseminate critical information and to mobilize constituencies. It hosts The NiLP Network on Latino Issues, one of the most influential online communities of Latino leaders in the United States. It also coordinates the Latino Census Network and the Latino Voting Rights Network, both online informational networks of Latino community advocates. ==Background== The Institute is a pioneer and innovator in the Latino community in conducting aggressive community-based policy. The Institute is actively involved in a number of coalitions and collaborations in the Latino community nationally. The War. It is a member of the (Latino Policy Coalition ), a collaboration of the leading progressive Latino thinks tanks and scholars in the country. The Institute also works closely with the (National Hispanic Media Coalition ) and the (National Latino Media Council ) on a wide range of media policy issues affecting Latinos. It is a founding member of the (Defend the Honor Campaign ), which in early 2007 put pressure on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and filmmaker Ken Burns to include the Latino experience in their documentary on WWII, In 2006, the Institute's President and Founder, Angelo Falcón, was named one of the top 25 "New York Latino movers and shakers" by the ''New York Post'' (November 8, 2006). The Institute created and operated The NiLP Network on Latino Issues, an online information service (originally the ipr-forum listserv) that is widely recognized as one of the most influential sources on Latino policy and political concerns. It provides its members with the most current and thought-provoking developments on Latino issues. The NiLP Network serves as a news aggregator, provides critical commentaries by Latino community opinion leaders, and hosts the NiLP iReports, NiLP Latino Datanotes, the Latino Census Network and the Latino Voting Rights Network. NiLP has also been a leader in holding the Census Bureau accountable to the Latino community through its outreach for the decennial Censuses and in the years in between. In 2007 NiLP created the Latino Census Network, the major online clearinghouse of Census issues affecting Latinos in the United States. NiLP has functioned as a Census Information Center (CIC) since 2000, an official federal repository of Census data. NiLP's President, Angelo Falcón, has served as Chair of the Census Advisory Committee on the Hispanic Population, and is currently a member of the Census Bureau's National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations. The National Institute for Latino Policy is funded primarily by foundations, corporations and individual contributions. In 2006–12 it received grants from The Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Proteus Fund, the Hispanic Federation, the Latino Policy Coalition/Metro Foundation, the NYC Worker-Community Collaborative, and the United Way of New York City. In this period it also received the financial and in-kind support from the AriZona Beverage Company, the CBS Television Network, Citi, the City University of New York (CUNY), Columbia University, Fordham University School of Law, Lehman College (CUNY), Hostos Community College (CUNY), Con Edison, the Ford Motor Company, the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), the IBM Corporation, jetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, NBC4-Telemundo47, Telemundo, Univision, PBS, Nielsen Media Research,the RAM Capital Group LLC, the Scholastic Corporation, SEIU SEIU 32BJ, 1199SEIU, GlobalHue Latino, d'exposito & partners, Tonio Burgos and Associates LLC, the Toyota Motor Company, ABC-TV, FOX Television Stations, Salsa Catering & Special Events, LatinoSports, the California Community Foundation, the National Refrescos Import Company, and DC 37 AFL-CIO. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Institute for Latino Policy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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