The Issues

Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) is an advocacy organization whose platform promotes opportunities that advance Latinas.  From this broad platform HOPE has selected key issue areas on which to focus: Civic Participation, Economic Empowerment, Education, and Health Care.

HOPE engages in advocacy work that directly leads to the following outcomes in each issue area:

Civic Participation

•    Increased voter registration
•    Increased voter participation

Economic Empowerment

•    Increased prosperity for Latinas

Education

•    Increased graduation rates from college among Latinas
•    Increased Latina transfer rates from Community Colleges to four-year institutions

Health Care

•    Increased access to quality health care for Latinas