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Do you want to do something now to improve Latina's lives and health?
Do you want to learn how to be an effective advocate on the local or national level?
If so, then the Lifting Latina Voices Initiave is for you!

Lifting Latina Voices Initiative
Latina Leadership Committee

"Being a member of the Latina Leadership Committee allows me to connect with other Latina leaders and advocates who care about making a difference and reaching out to the community. The meetings and activities planned by the committee give me a chance to network and also receive emotional support. The LLC is a great way to make friends and make a difference."
- Aline Jesus Rafi

About the Latina Leadership Committee

The Lifting Latina Voices Initiative (LLVI) overall goal is to empower women through our volunteer projects, learning experiences and workshops. We hope to develop a group of young, diverse women to become our future leaders, activists, and engaged citizens. Specifically, they LLVI is concerned withe the serious reproductive health disparities affecting Latina women in GA and will provide opportunities for volunteers to outreach to this community through health campaigns, educational workshops, direct service activities and other related projects. Through our advocacy trainings and projects, we also hope to ensure that all women's voices are heard and counted in the policy debates that affect their lives, realities and communities.

We are a powerful voice . . .

There are 40 milliion Latinos residing in the U.S., representing a 58% increase from 1990-2000
There are over 18 million Hispanic American/Latina women in the U.S. and it is estimated that by the year 2050 1 out of every 4 women in the U.S. will be Latina
The major trend to move away from major immigrant states has impacted Georgia greatly- from 1990-2000 , Georgia had the second largest Hispanic growht rate at 233%

We Have the Right to a Healthy Life!

Latinas have the highest uninsured rate of women from any racial/ethnic group
Latina women are more likely to feel that their doctors do not take the time to answer all of their questions as compared to other groups and are more likely to leave the doctor's office without understanding all of the information they received.

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Requirements: None, just a willingness to get involved.

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