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A message from League of United Latin American Citizens
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LULAC: Our Deepest Condolences To Vanessa Guillen’s Family
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Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Says Death of Latina
Army Private Must Lead to Important Changes
Washington, DC - Domingo Garcia, National President of the League of United Latin
American Citizens (LULAC) today issued the following confirmation of the death of
Army Private Vanessa Guillen:
“This is a sad and painful time for Vanessa’s family and the community and we
grieve with them in the loss of this beloved daughter, sister and brave soldier.
On behalf of LULAC, I want to tell Gloria, Vanessa’s mother and Mayra, her
sister, that we will not rest until a full investigation is conducted by the
military and changes are made so that this never happens to another soldier. For
now, we pause and stand with the Guillen family in their time of sorrow and we
will be with them to lay Vanessa to rest.
In a few days, LULAC is meeting with the Secretary of the Army in Washington and
we are demanding that a separate, independent agency outside of the military
protocol be established to investigate reports of rapes, assaults and sexual
harassment some of our soldiers are being subjected to and all too often, their
claims are ignored. We also know, as we hear from soldiers impacted, that there
is a credible fear of reporting due to retaliation and that the majority of cases
are not reported. Further, we want women to head these investigations to ensure
that the message is loud and clear to every female soldier: WE WILL HEAR YOU AND
WE WILL TAKE ACTION.
Also, LULAC has its website www.LULAC.org/VanessaGuillen [ [link removed] ]
up and running so any soldier can feel free to contact us and submit their
information [ [link removed] ] which we will protect
and send directly to the appropriate law enforcement authority. Finally, we are
urging the public to support the Guillen family during this difficult time by
donating directly on the Go Fund Me page setup by Mayra: click here [ [link removed] ]
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About LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000
councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and
advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of
today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org [ [link removed] ] .
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