Founded in 1968, UnidosUS is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that serves as the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization.

Through a combination of expert research, advocacy programs, and an Affiliate Network of nearly 300 community-based organizations across the United States and Puerto Rico, UnidosUS works to elevate the voice of Latinos, and defend and advancing its community’s concerns.

The organization focuses on the following issues:

• Education
• Health
• Housing and financial empowerment
• Immigration
• Racial equity
• Workforce Development
• Voting and political empowerment

In the Education area, the organization advocates for policies and programs that provide Latinos and English learners with high-quality education from early childhood through college, career and technical training, and beyond.

In the Workforce development area, the organization works to ensure that Latinx jobseekers have access to jobs that pay family-sustaining wages and offer opportunities for career advancement and to remove the barriers that create unequal challenges for communities of color when they enter the workforce.

Examples of Work

Some specific examples of work by UnidosUS are:

• Re-Work America Alliance
  • The Alliance provides assistance and resources to help low-wage workers to move into careers offering living wages, benefits, and stability in order to increase economic mobility for individuals from underserved communities.
• National Technical Assistance Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Apprenticeships
  • This center helps organizations promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in their apprenticeship programs.
• Workforce Development Forum
  • The Workforce Development Forum brings together workforce development professionals from community-based organizations, state and federal agencies, corporations, and more to discuss issues surrounding immigration and the workforce.

Resources

Education: unidosus.org/issues/education/

Workforce Development: unidosus.org/issues/workforce-development/

Rework America Alliance: learnworkecosystemlibrary.com/initiatives/rework-america-alliance/

Workforce Development Forum: unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/8.5x11_WFDForum_Recap_040318-1.pdf

National Technical Assistance Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Apprenticeships (Archived January 1, 2025): web.archive.org/web/20250101081343/https://info.jff.org/apprenticeshipdeia