Presente.org

Presente.org is the largest online advocacy group for Latin American immigrants in the United States. It was co-founded by journalist Roberto Lovato and artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez in 2009 in order to "amplify the political voice of Latin@s" across the country and to help offer sustainable and stable standards of living for Latino immigrants whose political representation has been largely overlooked within the contemporary American society.[1][2]

Since its establishment, Presente.org, an Latino organization based in Los Angeles, CA, organized various social movements such as "BastaDobbs.com" and received recognition for its contributions to improving empowering political rights for Latino immigrants. In 2015, a presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders, hired Arturo Carmona, the former Executive Director of Presente.org, as the Latino Outreach and Southwest political director for his presidential campaign.[3]

Mission & Tactics

The ultimate goal of Presente.org is to extend "the political imagination and traditional boundaries" for Latino immigrants and promote social justice by implementing information technology and transforming cultural norms and notions for color, race and gender among individuals in the United States.[4] The organization seeks to become an primary online hub for Latino community across the country.

There is a wide array of tactics that Presente.org implements in order to accomplish its fundamental goal including but not limited to:

Leadership

Presente.org believes that making a collective voice for Latinos of "all nationalities, generations, and regions" is indispensable for ultimately expanding the political spectrums for Latino community and other minority groups in the United States. Thus, it primarily focuses on online activation where individuals join and support its events through online petitions.[5] To maximize the effectiveness of the organization's strategy, Presente.org is vertically structured with a group of several experts in social movements. At the moment, there are 8 members in the team including different positions of:

By structuring the management team in such a way, Presente.org attempts to draw the maximum number of participations in its online petition movements.[6] With the advent of social media, Presente.org also actively makes use of existing social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook where it promotes different social movements and receives charitable donations.

Campaign Archive

Since its foundation, Presente.org has organized numerous social movements that influenced various aspects of the American society including climate justice, criminal justice, economic justice, human rights, immigration and media bias. Among these, there are several movements where Presente.org succeeded in bringing benign changes to the lives of the Latino community in the United States.

References

  1. Tarso Luís Ramos (August 1, 2010). "Basta Dobbs!: An Interview With Roberto Lovato". Political Research Assosiates.
  2. "Presente.org". Idealist.
  3. Suzanne Gamboa (October 2, 2015). "Sanders Hires Arturo Carmona of Presente.org for Latino Outreach". NBC News.
  4. Berggren, Niclas; Nilsson, Therese (2016). "Tolerance In The United States: Does Economic Freedom Transform Racial, Religious, Political And Sexual Attitudes?". European Journal Of Political Economy via ScienceDirect.
  5. Dixon, John (2015). "Divide And Rule, Unite And Resist: Contact, Collective Action And Policy Attitudes Among Historically Disadvantaged Groups.". Journal Of Social Issues. 71.3 via Academic Search Complete.
  6. Hacking, Nick; Flynn, Andrew (2015). "Networks, Power And Knowledge In The Planning System: A Case Study Of Energy From Waste.". Progress In Planning via ScienceDirect.
  7. "Lou Dobbs resigns from CNN." Los Angeles Times, Nov. 11, 2009
  8. Bill Hutchinson. "Anchor Dobbs says Hasta la Vista to CNN." Daily News (New York), November 12, 2009
  9. Brian Stelter and Bill Carter. "In Surprise, Lou Dobbs Quits CNN," New York Times, November 12, 2009
  10. "Digital Popular Communication: Lessons On Information And Communication Technologies For Social Change From The Immigrant Rights Movement". National Civic Review. 100.3 (2011): 29.
  11. Chen, Hsuan-Ting; Ping, Sun; Chen, Gan. "Full Length Article: Far From Reach But Near At Hand: The Role Of Social Media For Cross-National Mobilization". Computers In Human Behavior. ScienceDirect. 53.(2015): 443-451.
  12. Dekker, Rianne; Engbersen, Godfried. "How Social Media Transform Migrant Networks And Facilitate Migration". Global Networks. 14.4 (2014): 401-418.
  13. "In Victory for Immigrants' Rights Activists, Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Re-election in Arizona". Democracy Now!. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
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