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How to help

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Counselor Patricia Henderson assisted student Mariana Hernandez at Kingsbury High School in 2013. Photo by Karen Pulfer Focht.

Today, one in four young people in America is Hispanic, and in an overlapping statistic, roughly one in four young people is a child of immigrants.

These students carry great potential, but many of them face big barriers, and they need support to achieve their goals.

Here are a few of the many organizations that are helping this important group of young people. Visit their sites to learn more.

National:

Excelencia in Education – edexcelencia.org

Hispanic Scholarship Fund – hsf.net

Lumina Foundation – luminafoundation.org

TheDream.US – http://thedream.us.

White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics  – sites.ed.gov/hispanic-initiative/

Memphis:

Latino Memphis / Abriendo Puertas – latinomemphis.org

Streets Ministries – streetsministries.org

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Reddit AMA on March 15!

I’m doing an AMA – “Ask me anything” – on Reddit.com on March 15! If you missed the live portion, never fear – I’ll be going back to check for your  questions. Click here to go to the chat.

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