News Releases


15 September 2023

Hispanic Access Launches Scholarship to Help DACA and Undocumented Students for Hispanic Heritage Month: Scholarship Honors Founding Board Member Roberto A. Salazar

Today, Hispanic Access Foundation has launched the application for its “Roberto A. Salazar Legacy Scholarship.” Through the scholarship, Hispanic Access will award an undocumented, Latino student pursuing higher education with $10,000 in monetary assistance. To…
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30 August 2023

Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Week Announces 2023 Mini-Grantees Five Mini-Grants were Awarded to Filmmakers Who Identify As Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color

Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Week, an initiative of Hispanic Access Foundation, is celebrating its third annual virtual film festival from October 10-13, 2023 and this year we awarded five mini-grants to BIPOC filmmakers for…
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08 August 2023

Hispanic Access Applauds the Designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni the Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

Today, on August 08, President Biden announced the designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument under the Antiquities Act. The boundaries of the National Monument include…
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10 August 2023

Hispanic Access Launches ‘Our Families, Our Values’ Parenting Project Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help Parents Share Faith with their Children

Hispanic Access Foundation is honored to partner with Lilly Endowment Inc. to launch the “Nuestras Familias, Nuestros Valores (Our Families, Our Values)” project. The project is being funded through Lilly Endowment’s Christian Parenting and Caregiving…
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28 July 2023

Hispanic Access Statement on Introduction of the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as America’s Newest National Park

On July 27, Senator Chris Van Hollen and Congressman John Sarbanes introduced legislation that will designate a unified Chesapeake National Recreation Area (CNRA) as part of the National Park System in Maryland. In response, Maite…
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19 July 2023

Hispanic Access Applauds Rep. Barragán’s Introduction of the Latino Conservation Week Resolution

Today, Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44) introduced a resolution with 14 of her House colleagues that would support the designation of the third week in July as “Latino Conservation Week”. The resolution recognizes the importance…
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