Ya Es Hora

Ya Es Hora, Spanish for "It is Time" is the name of a new HRC collaborative initiative to register Legal Permanent Residents (LPR's) in the United States for citizenship. This past Saturday was the very beginning of Ya Es Hora, with South Florida, Los Angeles, and Phoenix being the first cities to hold the event.

On HRC Backstory:

This past weekend, Human Rights Campaign volunteers participated in Ya Es Hora events — the largest and most comprehensive effort to incorporate Latinos as full participants in the American political process. Its multi-layered integrated campaign provides a comprehensive approach that links naturalization to voter participation and Census enumeration under a single message: “it’s time.”

Ya Es Hora is led by four national organizations and dozens of regional and local organizations including: Univision, the largest Spanish-language media network in the U.S.; Mi Familia Vota Education Fund; National Council of La Raza; National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund; and the Service Employees International Union. Together, the Ya Es Hora partners have a goal to move over 1 million Latino eligible legal permanent residents (LPRs) on the path to U.S. citizenship during 2009 and 2010. Since 2007, this campaign has helped process U.S. citizenship applications for more than 1.4 million Latinos.

Read the whole story, including commentary and reflection from our volunteers, after the jump

If you'd like to find out more about Ya Es Hora, or find out where the nearest Ya Es Hora will be happening near you, please contact me or Hyacinth Alvaran