LULAC: The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is concerned with improvement of the social, political, and economic status of Hispanics in the United States. Their main focuses have been on education and legal reform, citizenship, and the extension of civil and political rights to Hispanics. With approximately 115,000 members throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the United States. LULAC was founded in 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas as a grassroots collective against discrimination, segregation, and racial violence. LULAC "advances the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of Hispanic Americans through community-based programs operating at more than 700 LULAC councils nationwide." New Mexico was the second state to form a LULAC council, and since then, councils have been formed in many towns throughout New Mexico. Source: LULAC Website

LULAC Council 8003 in Silver City, New Mexico was officially chartered on December 5, 1981. The organization has been concerned with improvement of the social, political, and economic status of the Hispanics of Grant County. The organization has focused on issues such as education, legal reform, citizenship, and the extension of civil and political rights to Hispanics. Silver City LULAC has maintained a steady level of activity spanning almost forty years. LULAC activities include: scholarships for college bound students, civic activities such as fund raising for the annual fireworks display, enchilada suppers and bingo nights, "Student of the Month" and "Educator of the Year" awards, and an annual coronation ball.