Guatemalan Leaders from Nevada in Washington, DC

Israel Fuentes, founder of the Las Vegas-based Guatemalan Unity Committee of Nevada; Olga Monroy, president of the Reno-based Guatemalan Fraternity of Northern Nevada, executive members from the same organization, Gladys Sanchez and Patricia Melgar.

Community leaders representing Guatemalans residing in Nevada met on March 21, 2010 with Representatives of the Guatemalan National Council for Migrant Attention (CONAMIGUA) in Washington, DC.

CONAMIGUA is comprised of nine representatives of different regions in the United States with high concentration of Guatemalans. Representing Southern California and Nevada are Julio Villasenor and his alternate Marvin Pinto.

There are some 15,000 Guatemalans living in the state of Nevada. Two leading organizations have provided support to the Guatemalan community of Nevada, the Guatemalan Unity Committee of Nevada, based in Las Vegas; and the Guatemalan Fraternity of Northern Nevada, based in Reno.

The Guatemalan Unity Committee of Nevada is the oldest organization representing Guatemalans in Nevada. For more information about COMUGUA contact Israel Fuentes at (702) 302-1014.

The Fraternity of Guatemalans of Northern Nevada was created very recently to address the needs of Guatemalans. For more information about FGNN call Olga Monroy at (775) 690-3236.

Pro-Immigration Reform Guatemalans March in Washington, DC

Guatemalan Immigrants residing in the United States will march on Washington, DC on Sunday, March 21, 2010, along thousands of other pro-immigration reform supporters, to remind President Barack Obama of the campaign promise he made to sign immigration reform into law.

Travleing from Nevada are Isarael Fuentes, founding president of the Las Vegas-based Guatemalan Unity Committee, and Olga Monroy, president of the Reno-based Guatemalan Fraternity of Northern Nevada.

The purpose of this march at the National Mall is to bring to the forefront of the American people the need for humane, fair, and comprehensive immigration reform for new American families.