Press Releases

Hispanic Federation issued the following statement on Goya CEO's Remarks:
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Hispanic Federation announces the election of Manuel Chinea of Popular Bank as chairman of the organization’s board of directors.

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the fourth year since the massacre at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FL, where nearly all victims were LGBTQ Latinx, and in the context of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Hispanic Federation President Frankie Miranda issued the following statement.
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Hispanic Federation (HF), the premier Latinx membership organization which has worked since its inception in 1990 to empower and advance the Hispanic community while battling systemic racism and discrimination, is spending today, Juneteenth, addressing racist policies and practices in communities where HF employees work and live.
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By a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court found that President Trump’s attempt to end the successful Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was “arbitrary and capricious.”
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In a landmark civil rights decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled by a vote of 6-3 that Title VII of the 1964 U.S. Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQ employees from being fired.
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The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of more than 40 of the most influential national Hispanic civil rights organizations in the country, stands shoulder to shoulder with our brothers and sisters in the Black community to fight for the rights, safety and dignity of all Black people in America, to live, to prosper, to breathe. When your community is in danger, our community is in danger. When your lives are in danger, our lives are in danger.
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On June 3, 2020 33 members of Congress swiftly responded to Hispanic Federation’s call for action for Puerto Rico by sharing their own letter to USDE Secretary, Hon. Betsy DeVos.
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Hispanic Federation President, Frankie Miranda, issued the following statement on the systemic racism that has led to the recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery
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Refusing to be silenced during the COVID-19 crisis, more than two dozen Latinx and LGBTQ artists from the U.S., Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Spain, Venezuela, Mexico and Argentina united through a digital arts festival on Sunday as part of Hispanic Federation’s “Queerantine Fuerza.”
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In a social media post late Monday, the president said he would sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration to the U.S. because of the coronavirus and the need to “protect” US jobs. Hispanic Federation President Frankie Miranda denounced Trump’s threat in the following statement.
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As news reports detail the disproportionate loss of Latino and black lives in cities from New York to New Orleans and beyond because of the COVID-19 epidemic, Hispanic Federation advises Congress to provide substantive public economic and health support in the next legislative relief package now being negotiated.
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During a video press conference today, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro of Texas and Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York joined Hispanic Federation in calling for COVID-19 disaster relief for all Latinos, including immigrants and Puerto Ricans who receive limited assistance in the previous three aid packages enacted by Congress.
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The Asian American Business Development Cener (AABDC), along with undersigned diversity and community organizations, jointly stand against anti-Asian racist acts and words that have become prevalent since the coronavirus outbreak.
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The Senate approved late Wednesday legislation to stem the crippling health and economic effects of the Coronavirus global pandemic sweeping across the U.S., and now goes to the House with aid for workers and health care systems but without key provisions in a House proposal that would ensure aid for all families, regardless of immigration status.
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Hispanic Federation’s top priorities during this public health crisis are the health and safety of our employees and ongoing support for our member agencies, who may be severely affected by this situation.
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Two in five LGBTQ students of color are harassed on the basis of both race and LGBTQ identities in schools.
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