La Unidad Latina Foundation

The La Unidad Latina Foundation was established in 1999 to serve as an independent, non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to funding educational achievement and civic empowerment in the Latino community.Since 2000, 23 organizations have received funding from LUL Foundation for leadership development conferences, cultural awareness events, mentoring programs, and voter registration campaign. Mission “Financially support scholars with demonstrated academic excellence and inspired civic action in the Latino community” Vision “Build an influential community of socially-conscious college graduates dedicated to Latino achievement and empowerment” The objectives of the LUL Foundation are to: - Award scholarships ranging from $500 to $1000 to scholars pursuing academic excellence in higher education Fund community programs and student organizations dedicated to the civic empowerment in the Latino community -To encourage participation of Latinos in educational programs and activities; and -To support community programs which aid in the civic em-powerment and educational improvement of the Latino community. Grantees La Unidad Latina Foundation believes supporting organizations dedicated to the civic empowerment of the Latino community is critically important. Organizations funded by LUL Foundation include but are not limited to: Sigma Chapter of Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity for its 10th Anniversary Celebration Event. Cornell Latino Alumni Association for a new membership campaign. National Network of Latin American Medical Students for the Southwest Regional Conference for Latino Medical Students. The Greenlining Institute for its graduate internship program. Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity for a college exposure program for middle school students. MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán) de University of California at Irvine for a Raza Youth Conference. Theta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Lambda Upsilon Sorority for a mentoring program.

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