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LULAC Code

The LULAC Code is a set of moral principals designed and adopted by the League as its code of conduct and which charges each and every member to:

Respect your citizenship and preserve it; honor your country, maintain its tradition in the spirit of its citizens, and embody yourself into its culture and civilization.
Be proud of your origin and maintain it immaculate. Respect your glorious past and help to defend the rights of all people.
Learn how to discharge your duties before you learn how to assert your rights; educate and make yourself worthy, and stand high in the light of your own deeds;
Filled with optimism, make yourself sociable, upright, judicious, and above all things be sober and collected in your habits, cautious in your actions and sparing in your speech.
Always be honorable and high-minded; learn how to be self-reliant upon your qualifications and resources.
In war serve your country, in peace your convictions; discern, investigate, meditate, think, study, and at all times be honest and generous.
Let your firmest purpose be that of helping to see that each new generation shall be more efficient and capable.

LULAC Objectives

Civil Rights
Cultural Heritage
Civic Participation
Economic Development
Elderly Involvement
Education
- Scholarship and Student Loans
- Bilingual Education
- Adult Basic Education
- Anti-Truancy and Drop-Out Prevention
- Gang Prevention
Housing
- Develop Housing Program
- Support Code Enforcement of Sub-Standard
Health
- Immunization Program
- Drug/Alcohol Prevention
- Anti-tuberculosis Program
- Establish Child Care Centers
Employment
- Expand Jobs for Progress (Operation SER)
- Develop Employment Programs for Youth
- Develop OJP Programs with Local Industries
- Support Legislation Against Illegal Alien Labor
- Improve plights of migrant laborers
Citizenship
- Develop Naturalization Programs for Non-American Citizens
- Develop Inter-Cultural Programs
Political Involvement
outh Activities
Young Adults
Women's Activities
Veteran's Activities

LULAC Philosophy

We believe in the democratic principle of individual political and religious freedom, the right of equality of social and economic opportunity, and in the cooperative endeavor toward the economic development of an American society wherein the cultural resources, integrity, and dignity of every individual and group constitute basic assets of the American way of life.

We believe that as American citizens, we must assume our duties and responsibilities and assert our rights and privileges in pursuit of a fuller and richer civilization for our country.

We believe that education is the foundation for the cultural growth and development of this nation, and that we are obligated to promote, protect and assume the right of our people to an education that is in accordance with the best American educational principles and standards; that we must deplore any infringement of this right wherever it may occur and regardless of whom it may effect.

We accept that it is not only the privilege, but the obligation of every member of this organization to uphold and defend the rights and duties vested in every American citizen by the letter and spirit of the Law of the Land.

LULAC PRAYER

Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage, we humbly beseech Thee, that we may prove ourselves a people mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will.

Bless this land with honorable industry, sound learning and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way.

Defend our liberties and fashion into one united people the multitudes brought hither out of many kindred and tongues.

Imbue with the spirit of wisdom those to whom in Thy name we entrust the authority of government, that there may be justice and peace at home and that through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the nations of the earth.

In the time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankfulness, in the day of trouble suffer not our trust in Thee to fail; will of which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

LULAC Aims and Purposes

Based on the spirit of the philosophy of our League and having unequivocal faith in its righteousness, we propose:

To use all constitutional means at our disposal to implement with social action the principles set fourth in our philosophy;
To foster the learning of and fluent use of the English language that we may thereby equip ourselves and our families for the fullest enjoyment of our rights and privileges and the efficient discharge of our duties and responsibilities to our country, but at the same time, exerting equal effort to foster the fluent mastery of the Spanish language which is part of our heritage and a means of extending the cultural horizons of our nation;
To constitute the League into a service organization to actively promote and foster suitable measures for the attainment of the highest of our American society, and to establish cooperative relationships with civic and governmental institutions and agencies in the field of public service;
To exert our united efforts to uphold the rights guaranteed to every individual by our state and national laws and to assure justice and equal treatment under these laws.

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