Hispanic Access is delighted to announce the transition of Vanessa Muñoz from Conservation Manager to Waterways Manager to develop and refine the organization's waterways conservation strategy and long-term goals as the conservation program is scaling up in geographical focus, partnerships, network growth, and the elevation of Latino advocates and leaders for conservation.

On February 7, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced tighter regulations for National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM 2.5), also known as soot pollution. In response to this air pollution standard update. In response, Maite Arce, president and CEO of Hispanic Access Foundation, released the following statement:

Hispanic Access is delighted to announce the addition of Ana Jimenez as the Conservation Networks Manager. Jimenez has over nine years of experience working in the non-profit sector and will play a crucial role in overseeing and managing various conservation-related advisory councils and networks within the organization.

Un informe reciente de Headwaters Economics y la Fundación Acceso Hispano ha revelado estadísticas alarmantes sobre los riesgos de inundaciones que enfrentan las comunidades latinas en los Estados Unidos. Analizando datos de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA), el informe revela que uno de cada cuatro latinos vivía en condados que experimentaron una declaración federal de desastre por inundaciones en 2023, en comparación con uno de cada diez no latinos. Este marcado contraste enfatiza la necesidad urgente de soluciones específicas para abordar los riesgos de inundaciones y la importancia de involucrar a los líderes de la comunidad latina en los programas de resiliencia.

Latinos in the U.S. face a disproportionately higher risk of flood compared to other demographics, its impact widening existing inequities. This conclusion was reached by the Hispanic Access Foundation and Headwaters Economics in a new study, which analyzes the group's vulnerabilities and proposes a series of resilience strategies to mitigate them.

As climate change makes extreme weather events more common globally, new findings show Latinos often face the most significant effects on their health, safety and livelihoods.

The report from the Hispanic Access Foundation details those impacts and how climate change even erodes cultural legacy when neighborhoods undergo gentrification, displacing traditional communities.

As climate change makes extreme weather events more common globally, Latinos often face the most significant effects to their health, safety, food security and livelihoods. 

A new report from the Hispanic Access Foundation details the effects and how climate change erodes cultural legacy when neighborhoods undergo gentrification, displacing traditional communities.

In a candid conversation, we caught up with Pastor Moses Borjas to explore the fusion of faith, environmental advocacy, and the small yet impactful steps we can take every day. His firsthand experiences and commitment to positive change offer a fresh take on how individuals can play a role in building a sustainable future.

Heritage–what gives someone their identity, sense of self, and history. Although it can be defined differently based on one’s concept, it includes the shared legacies of the natural environment, the creations of humans, and the interactions of humans and nature. It encompasses built, terrestrial, freshwater, and marine environments and landscapes, cultural practices, knowledge, living experiences, shared history, and more. Often overlooked in crisis planning, it gives communities vital places to gather, share resources, keep cultural practices alive, and heal and recover from a disaster. It is now under threat from a source most would not imagine and is frequently overlooked: climate change.

WASHINGTON, DC -- As global temperatures continue to reach unprecedented highs and extreme weather events impact communities in the United States and worldwide, Hispanic Access Foundation is set to make a significant impact at the world's biggest environmental conservation stage at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) that will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12, 2023.