RAíCES

The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus used our 2024 Raíces Public Policy Conference to gather perspectives, and experiences of what Equity, Justice, and Community Development means to us and what needs to be done to attain these three Raíces.


ILLCF's Public Policy Values

We, the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus, define Equity as our Latino communities having equitable access to resources, opportunities, services, and education. We will continue pushing for more access to language, housing, economic opportunities, and education. We strive to have more representation of our community needs at the legislative level. We will focus our efforts on policy and structural change to address our specific needs.

We, the Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus define Justice as having equality in the application of the law, opportunities, rights, privileges, and in the treatment of our Latino community. We understand the community’s call to address issues regarding Immigration Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, and Environmental Justice for Latinos and we commit to addressing these issues. With community involvement and mobilization, we commit to continue hearing Latino communities’ concerns and finding innovative ways to address them.

The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus defines Community Development as building support and resources for our communities to flourish. We see the issues and opportunities in our communities and strive to address community infrastructure & support services, youth programs & services, and health as critical issues that were identified by our Latino community of Illinois. As we collaborate and build power with our Latino communities, we will work towards making the necessary changes addressing their specific needs.