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Loretto’s Latin America/Caribbean Committee helps to build relationships with our Hispanic neighbors. As we learn from them and they learn from us, all profit and all recognize that we are all one. Learn more about our mission to reach out beyond boundaries.
Immigration Spotlight – April 28, 2023
LACC invites you to join the “Immigration Spotlight” on April 28, 2023. The spotlight will be on LACC’s trip to the Arizona/Mexico border in the Sonoran Desert April 20-22. We joined our partners Dora Rodriguez and Bob Kee and visited…
Immigration Spotlight – January 27th, 2023
LACC invites you to join the next “Immigration Spotlight” on January 27, 2023, which will look at Haitian/African migrants. The Latin America Caribbean Committee’s Immigration Spotlight is a bi-monthly opportunity to explore emerging issues and challenges regarding immigration, featuring people…
Immigration Spotlight – October 28, 2022
LACC invites you to join the next “Immigration Spotlight” on October 28, 2022, to hear from Dora Rodriguez, Director of La Casa de la Esperanza. Dora is on the “retiro” (retreat) with the volunteer women from Sasabe, Sonora, Mexico who…
Immigration Spotlight – September 30, 2022
LACC invites you to join “Immigration Spotlight” for a communal viewing of a documentary called “THE RACE GAP IN THE U.S. – Hispanics”. The video depicts some of the risks and challenges of migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. It…
LACC’s ‘Immigration Spotlight’ Highlights Immigration Emerging Issues, Challenges
Loretto’s Latin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) was founded in 1985. It exists to be a healing presence, a source of hope and a force for change. It seeks justice and peace for all who are impacted by the inhumane immigration policies…
Immigration Spotlight – August 26, 2022
Join LACC for Immigration Spotlight this Friday, August 26, at 11:00 am EDT for information on the recent crack downs in El Salvador and Nicaragua, including the closure the Missionaries of Charity and about 100 NGOs in Nicaragua. Speakers: Fidel…
Immigration Spotlight – July 29, 2022
Join LACC for Immigration Spotlight and meet two of our new friends from the lobbying trip to DC. Daniella Burgi-Palomino is the Co-director of the Latin America Working Group (LAWG) since 2019 where she spearheads transnational advocacy and campaigns related to human…
Immigration Spotlight – May 27, 2022
LACC invites you to join Felicia Rangel-Samponaro on Immigration Spotlight, Friday, May 27th, at 11 am EDT. Felicia is one of the directors at The Sidewalk School, a rapid response organization that started in 2019 inside the Matamoros, MX encampment…
Climate Change as a Root Cause of Migration: Exploring Contributing Factors and Interlinkages
Join us at the UN NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 66th Forum where the LACC (Loretto Latin America/Caribbean Committee) will host the event, “Climate Change as a Root Cause of Migration: Exploring Contributing Factors and Interlinkages.” The…
Immigration Spotlight
Join us for the first Immigration Spotlight of 2022! The Immigration Spotlight, on Friday, Feb. 25, will feature updates from our partners assisting migrants along the U.S./Mexico border from Arizona to California. Please register on this form. If you have…
Loretto’s LACC: Advocating for Human Rights, Racial Justice and Building Community
Loretto’s Latin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) celebrates Black History Month by honoring the intersection between the Black Lives Matter and immigrant rights movements. Migrants throughout the United States and at the U.S./Mexico border face unique challenges as they struggle to maintain…
Immigration Spotlight
Please join the LACC Immigration Spotlight on Friday, December 10th at 11am EDT. Bob Kee, a volunteer with the Tucson Samaritans, a group dedicated to the survival of people who make the perilous trek from Mexico to the southern Arizona desert,…