LatinoJustice PRLDEF is a national nonprofit civil and human rights legal advocacy organization founded in 1972 (originally the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund) that uses impact litigation, policy advocacy, community education, and leadership development to protect and expand the rights and opportunities of Latinos across the United States and Puerto Rico.
Voting rights and redistricting, immigrant justice and enforcement policy, economic and workplace protections for low-wage Latinos, criminal justice reform and policing, education and language access, Puerto Rico rights and self-determination, anti-discrimination and civil rights enforcement
Primarily funded by philanthropic foundation grants, individual donations, and other charitable contributions, with occasional program grants from philanthropic institutions and partnerships
Affiliated with and collaborates with national civil rights groups and networks such as the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and Hispanic Federation; has partnered with organizations like the ACLU and the National Hispanic Bar Association; notable leaders include founders Cesar A. Perales, Jorge Batista and Victor Marrero and current leadership including Lourdes Rosado
Nonprofit civil rights legal advocacy organization (501(c)(3))
