General Motors Contributes $2.5 Million To National Council Of La Raza

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[joesnuffy]

FOR RELEASE: June 27, 2003

General Motors Contributes $2.5 Million To National Council Of La Raza

Funds Devoted to Build National Headquarters for NCLR, and for Partner Hispanic Organizations

 New York, NY - The National Council of La Raza and General Motors jointly announced today a $2.5 million GM contribution to the National Council of La Raza's "Empowering an American Community Campaign." The funds will go specifically to purchase a centrally-located building in Washington, D.C. The building will serve as the organization's headquarters. The NCLR will also work to house partner Hispanic organizations in the building, including member organizations of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility.

The National Council of La Raza was established in 1968 to reduce poverty and discrimination, and improve life opportunities for Hispanic Americans. NCLR works toward this goal through capacity-building assistance to support and strengthen Hispanic community-based organizations along with applying research, policy analysis and advocacy.

"We're very grateful to receive this generous gift from a long-term partner such as General Motors. These funds will play a critical role in our institutional building, allowing our organization to do a better job reaching our communities," commented Raul Yzaguirre, President of NCLR. "The contribution is also a milestone in terms of corporate investment in our communities to build a strong Latino legacy in this great country."

"General Motors is a proud partner of the National Council of La Raza in advancing its mission to help all Hispanic Americans achieve their American dream. Our donation to the Empowering An American Community Campaign is part of GM's long-term commitment to the large and growing Hispanic community that has contributed so much to our business and our nation," commented Rick Wagoner, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of General Motors Corporation.

NCLR is the largest national Hispanic civil rights organization, serving all Hispanic nationality groups in all regions of the country. NCLR has over 300 formal affiliates who together serve 40 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, along with a broad network of more than 30,000 groups and individuals nationwide. NCLR is headquartered in Washington, D.C. with field offices in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago, San Antonio and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

About GM

General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world's largest vehicle manufacturer, employs 342,000 people globally in its core automotive business and subsidiaries. Founded in 1908, GM has been the global automotive sales leader since 1931. GM today has manufacturing operations in 32 countries and its vehicles are sold in more than 190 countries. In 2002, GM sold more than 8.6 million cars and trucks, nearly 15 percent of the global vehicle market. GM's global headquarters is at the GM Renaissance Center in Detroit. More information on GM and its products can be found on the company's consumer website at www.gm.com.

General Motors and the Hispanic Community: General Motors is a dedicated supporter of the Hispanic community and its contribution to American culture and society. General Motors is committed to implementing programs that foster a long-term, culturally relevant and respectful relationship with the Hispanic community. Hispanics are an integral part of General Motors' employee, supplier, dealer, community, and consumer families. GM's participation in the Hispanic community includes ongoing support and encouragement of education, economic empowerment and business opportunities.

[dennisw]

This is GM's way of saying keep buying our Chebbys. Heck, it's a lot cheaper that Toyota's payoffs to JesseJackson's shakedown racket.

[dennisw]

 

Don't forget Ford (or at least the Ford Foundation) which has been catering these malcontents for years

 

The Birth of a Nation - MALDEF - La Raza - Ford Foundation
"...in addition to creating MALDEF and La Raza, [the Ford Foundation] funded numerous
other Hispanic advocacy groups, such as the Southwest Voter Registration ...
www.americanpatrol.com/MALDEF/ FORDFOUNDHYMOWITZMALDEF.html - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

[Tancredo Fan]

Wow. A $300 piece of junk with $100,000 worth of stolen accessories, probably owned by a border-jumping East L.A. vato living in a smelly illegally converted garage with 38 of his favorite 'undocumented' family members and dealing cocaine for the Arrelano Felix cartel. How utterly... 'cholo'.

No mas GM junk. Most of it is either made in or assembled in that filthy rathole down south anyway. Way to go, Jorge.... your NWO economy is 'muy bien'.

[sheik yerbouty]

Toyota paid 700 million dollars in tribute to Jesse Jackson.

[Gritty]

Toyota paid 700 million dollars in tribute to Jesse Jackson

You're right. I had forgotten about that.

Is Packard still producing cars? I like their style!

[sheik yerbouty]

There are still some old Packards floating around.

[Regulator]

In mild defense of Ford, the car company no longer has any real connection with the foundation.

[moehoward]

No GM here. 2 Chrysler products one Honda and a Ducati.

[Paulie]

Looks to me like the La Raza clan has taken a page out of the jessi jackson shakedown playbook. Are all these corporate 'bigboys' such wet noodles, or are even they infiltrated by the America-hating crowd?

[Brownie74]

Thanks for the ping and email link. My dad must be rolling over in his grave. He never owned anything but Buicks.

Adios GM.

[RIGHT IN SEATTLE]

Think about it??

If Mexican food was any good........

Why are Mexicans here!

PS; The wet-mex food sucks!

[FreedomPoster]

>>Toyota paid 700 million dollars in tribute to Jesse Jackson.

Interesting side note on that. When we FReeped (now ex-)Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (C - Cuba and Sub-Saharan Africa) in May of 2002, she had four "heavies" all decked out in dark suits that showed up in advance of her arrival.

They arrived in a very new-looking Toyota Land Cruiser, which is a $50k+ vehicle.

While we of course had no proof about where that might have originated, we sure did have our suspicions. And I won't be buying any Toyotas or Lexuses (Lexi?) any time soon.

[wunderkind54]

You nailed this one right-on!!

La Raza is the hispanic wing of the Jesse Jackson shakedown crowd.

[Poincare]

Thank you.

But some language clarification is needed, and it's hard when the liberal press etc owns so much of the language.

Hispanics are comprised of many races. La Raza objects to being called hispanic--they are Mexicans in the US and are of mixed white and indidan (Mestizo) descent. They feel that "hispanic" robs them of their identity.

Imagine if all the racial and ethnic groups of the US were lumped together as the "gringo race."

[Tijeras_Slim]

Why don't they just give them hundreds of unsold, butt-ugly Pontiac Azteks?

[sheik yerbouty]

It seems that Cynthia has her own "Ton Ton Macoutes".