21 September 2022
Hispanic Access’ Statement on Hurricane Fiona
On Sunday, September 18, Hurricane Fiona made landfall in Puerto Rico affecting hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans and shutting down the island’s entire electrical system and causing catastrophic flooding. This is extremely impactful as…
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04 October 2022
How To Fix Americans’ Diminishing Access to the Coasts
Americans are gradually losing the freedom to access beaches and coastal areas along the ocean and the Great Lakes, according to a new analysis from the Hispanic Access Foundation and the Center for American Progress…
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14 June 2022
USFS Southern Region Advisory Council Meets to Discuss Representation of Underserved Communities in the Outdoors
This month, Hispanic Access Foundation’s U.S. Forest Service Southern Region Advisory Council traveled to Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in northern Georgia to discuss how to diversify outdoor spaces, and welcome underrepresented groups. The USFS Southern Region…
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09 April 2018
New Partnership Trains Next Generation to Share Their Passion for the Outdoors, Stewardship
Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) launched its inaugural fellowship training program through its partnership with the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in Denver on March 21. This program, which includes support from specialty outdoor retailer REI, is…
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20 October 2017
Partnership Set to Recruit the U.S. Forest Service’s Next Generation of Stewards
Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced a new partnership and the launch of the recruitment process for the 2018 U.S. Forest Service Hispanic Access Resource Assistant Fellowship. This fellowship will…
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11 January 2017
Chicano Park’s Landmark Designation Preserves Latino Social History
Today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell designated San Diego’s Chicano Park, a community hub widely recognized as playing a key role in civil rights efforts by local Latinos, as a National Historic Landmark. “The…
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