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Chicana/Latina Foundation

Skill Building for

Our Future Workshops

2009

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AGENDA • Welcome / Introductions • Overview of Organization and Mission • Youth Adelante Program• Scholarship Application Review• Writing Tips• Interview Tips - if time left• Questions & Answers

• Evaluation

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Chicana/Latina Foundation

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Latinos are the largest minority population in the U.S. with close

to 40 million residents.

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Latinos in Undergraduate Education

Latina/o students comprised 9.6% of all undergraduate students in 2000 yet only earned 5.3% of all bachelor’s degrees.(US Department of Education 2000)

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Latinos in California

1940 2000

5.6% 32.4%

PROJECTED BY 2040:

Latinos will be 47.8 % of the state’s population

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Challenges Specific to Latinas

• Latinas represent 43% of all girls in K-12 and 50% of all girls in Kindergarten in California

• Represent only 9% of female undergraduates in University of California

• 70% are enrolled in high school classes that will not prepare them for college

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Challenges specific to Latinas• Financial limitations• Lack of knowledge about educational process

(going away to college, study requirements, etc.)• Lack of representation at all levels of the

academic and administrative educational pipeline• Gender Inequality

• What challenges do you face?

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Our History

• Despite these challenges, Latinas have historically played a major role in addressing these issues

• The struggles have moved from the personal problems of everyday life to the collective action

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La Historia de CLF

• The Chicana Latina Foundation was founded in 1977

• 31 years of empowering the next generation!

• Our mission is to develop leadership skills, create educational and career advancement opportunities and promote the self-empowerment of Latinas

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Ustedes son Importantes!• You are our Future!• We want you to be prepared to apply to our

CLF and other scholarships• Your success paves the way for other

Latinas/os• Your participation and volunteering in

organizations like CLF ensures our existence and future

Si Se Puede!