| What: 2002 Community Collaborator of the Year Award from Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicio (CLUES)
Who: Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER)
Contact: Mike Greco, Communications Director, CURA, 612-625-7501, mgreco@umn.edu
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (9/20/2002) — Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research (HACER) was recognized as a catalyst for community change when it was named the 2002 Community Collaborator of the Year by Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicio (CLUES) at a September 20 dinner at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul.
A nonprofit community-based research and advocacy organization, HACER is dedicated to providing the Latino/Latina community of Minnesota the ability to create and control information about itself in order to affect institutional decisions and public policy. The organization receives administrative support from and has its offices at CURA.
Executive director Claudia Fuentes said HACER’s staff and board members were honored to receive the award. “In the past year we released five reports, all of which were collaborative efforts with organizations statewide,” she noted. “The support we receive from CURA enables HACER to work in partnership with Latinos in Minnesota while simultaneously involving University of Minnesota professors and students in our research efforts.”
Maureen Acosta, director of fund development at CLUES, said her organization was “delighted to present the award to HACER, given their tremendous work in researching and producing reports on [the Latino/Latina] community. These reports are helping to shape policy and the direction that the community is going.”
The Community Collaborator of the Year award was created in 2001 to recognize organizations that work with other agencies and the broader Minnesota community for the betterment of Latinos/Latinas in the state. Last year’s recipients included the Latino Complete Count Committee and co-recipients West Side Community Health Services and La Oportunidad.
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