LEADERSHIP | EQUITY | INNOVATION
League of United Latin American Citizens
Mission
The LULAC National Education Committee’s mission is to build transformational learning communities through innovation and leadership committed to equity and excellence.
Goal Statement
The LULAC National Education Committee seeks to advance Latinos’ educational attainment by engaging in policy and advocacy efforts associated with leadership parity and development, achieving excellence through equity, and transforming through innovations and technology.
Committee Pillars
Leadership
The LULAC Educational Leadership pillar’s vision is to postulate a national Latino education leadership agenda that would put forward policies and actions to build a solid and reputable Latinx pipeline at all levels of formal education that includes the leadership development of workforce and Latina entrepreneurs.
1. To be a platform to apply equity and evidence based action throughout the education pipeline,
2. To create a space for exchange and learning about new opportunities for partnership and advancing policies to support Latinx students,
3. To be a voice for equitable access and success through institutional transformations to ensure the outcomes we seek,
4. To support and advance policy, practices, and scalable initiatives that Latinx succeed throughout the educational pipeline.
Equity
The LULAC Educational Equity Pillar’s vision is to promote and advance equity policy and practice while simultaneously addressing structural and systemic racism that impedes Latinos’ progress at all levels of educational attainment. To achieve the American ideal of a society where there is equal opportunity for all, we must ensure that access and success to high-quality learning opportunities and resources are universal and equitable.
1. To be a platform to apply equity and evidence-based action throughout educational segments and systems
2. To create a space for exchange and learning about new opportunities for partnership advancing research, policies, and promising practices that support Latino student success,
3. To be a voice for equitable access and success through institutional transformations to ensure the outcomes that lead to economic mobility and success,
4. To support and advance policy, practices, and scalable initiatives that are equity-centered, assure pathways to fulfilling careers, and create
opportunities for strengthening our democracy.
Innovation
The LULAC Innovation Pillar vision is to support policies where Latinos are equitably represented in STEM with an emphasis on technology in all spaces – educating the workforce and Latina entrepreneurs.
1. To be at the table where new policies and funds are discussed for new ways of learning, working and living in a remote digital society,
2. To help increase wealth creation in our communities through growth in the STEM workforce pipeline with an emphasis on technology,
3. To advocate for broadband equity, access and utilization including connectivity, devices, support, education, workforce and small business representation,
4. To launch initiatives that help Latina entrepreneurs grow in revenue by amplifying their brand and increasing access to capital, and with
quantifiable success metrics,
Our Story
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), founded in 1929, is the oldest and most widely respected Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States of America. The Mission of LULAC is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health, and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States. www.lulac.org.
The LULAC National Education Committee is composed of LULAC volunteers with education subject matter experts who support the LULAC advocacy and policy work representing more than 1,000 councils nationwide. The current members were appointed by LULAC National President Domingo Garcia in 2019. The Committee works on priority education issues, policies, and activities under three key pillars of leadership, equity, and innovation while advancing LULAC’s agenda to place education on the forefront.
LULAC’s history has many accomplishments, including the origin of Head Start in Texas and winning the court battle in California with Westminster vs. Mendez, the first state to order school desegregation. The case was later cited in Brown vs. Education for national desegregation in all schools. The Committee is led by Chair Caroline Sanchez Crozier, a 30-year entrepreneur in STEM who works with expert members across the country.
Committee Leaders
Caroline Sanchez Crozier
Education Committee Chair
Dr. Ana Gil-Garcia
Vice-Chair & Leadership Subcommittee Chair
Leticia “Letty” Vélez
Innovation Subcommittee Chair
Luis Chavez
Equity Subcommittee Chair