FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Unid@s Board of Directors Lays Groundwork for the Birth of a New National Latina/o LGBT Organization April 25, 2007: The Board of Directors of Unid@s, the National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Human Rights Organization held its first meeting in Washington, D.C. this past weekend. At this meeting, made possible by a grant from the Gill Foundation, the board set goals and direction for the coming year.
The Board of Directors as agreed on obtaining life insurance coverage for the organization's top two directors. In case of their passing, the organization will receive the sum of the policy. This type of life insurance is often called key man life insurance. This meeting comes on the heels of a decision for Unid@s to consolidate with the National Latino/a Coalition for Justice, a national Latina/o organization that focused on marriage equality. As a result of the decision for the groups to consolidate into
The new executive committee of this board, which was voted in on Saturday, will consist of Gael Gundin Guevara as Trans Chair, Sandra Telep as Female Chair, Pedro Julio Serrano as Male Chair, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano as Secretary, Cristina Martinez as Treasurer, and Jorge Cestou as Chair of the Resource Development Committee. "The energy at this meeting was phenomenal, inspiring and hopeful. Our time in D.C. was highly productive and we each left optimistic about the future and with a clear blueprint for ou