DNC Hispanic Caucus Confers Official Project Status

The CasaBlanca Project is proud to announce that as of December 1, 2007, the Democratic National Committee' Hispanic Caucus has conferred official status to our project, designating us as "an official project of the Democratic National Committee."

The DNC's Hispanic Caucus, led by Ramona Martinez, newly elected Caucus Chair, and Eliseo Roques, newly elected Vice Chair, unanimously approved a resolution supporting our efforts and conferring upon the Project, official DNC Hispanic Caucus status.

Although the Project has already been working with high level campaign officials with all of the Democratic presidential campaigns, the official status is welcome because it dispels any remaining doubt as to the importance, urgency and relevancy of the place Latinos must have in all stages of the Presidential election process.

And while prominent Latino lobbyists, former officials and current ones are endorsing candidates and putting forth plans on reaching Latino voters in the general election, the CasaBlanca Projecte staff has worked tirelessly to ensure that Latino organizers are encouraged to participate in a meaningful way in the earliest stages of the process: primary candidate organizing. The several months that are occupied by the primary cycle are typically the period of time where individual citizens are most energized and willing to contribute time and efforts. It is one of the most logical periods of time to recruit Latinos to become long-time Democratic party supporters.

Jerome Wiley Segovia
Executive Board
The CasaBlanca Project

German A. Gomez
Executive Board
The CasaBlanca Project