 November 17, 2008Today WOLA unveiled its newest publication, "Daring to Care: Community-Based Responses to Youth Gang Violence in Central America and Central American Immigrant Communities in the United States." The publication promotes violence prevention through innovation and community based responses. Read more...  December 3, 2007A group of U.S. elected officials and police, organized by WOLA, began four days of meetings with counterparts in Honduras and El Salvador to share experiences in combating gang violence.  August 21, 2007U.S. media frequently cite WOLA’s groundbreaking research on Central American gangs, including The New York Times which on Sunday, August 19, mentioned a recent WOLA report on Latino gangs in Washington, D.C., and quoted the research and outreach coordinator of the organization’s Central American Youth Gangs Project, Connie McGuire.  June 25, 2007The Guatemalan congress must act swiftly to pass the UN- sponsored commission to probe organized crime, according to WOLA, the Guatemalan Ambassador to the U.S. and members of Congress.
April 26, 2007The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and a research team led by the Center for Inter-American Studies and Programs of the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) will present the findings of a year long comparative, transnational study of youth gangs in Central America, Mexico, and the Washington, D.C. area of the United States. Download March 1, 2007In this guest-column in the Washington Post, Rachel E. Rosenbloom, an attorney with the Center for Human Rights and International Justice at Boston College discusses how the rigidities of U.S. deportation policy contribute to unjust outcomes for immigrants.
 February 8, 2007Transnational research team from Central America, Mexico, and the U.S. presents findings on youth gangs at the National Press Club. April 1, 2006An article from the Migration Policy Institute discusses the impact of immigration policies, such as deportation, on the emergence of transnational gangs. April 1, 2005In April of 2005, the House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held a hearing on Gangs and Crime in Latin America. This is a full transcript of the hearing. Download February 22, 2005WOLA hosted a conference on Feb. 23rd with three D.C. organizations on local initiatives and new research on gang violence. Download February 22, 2005In recent months, youth gangs in Central America have been the subject of media attention, in both the United States and in the Central American countries. This attention has led to debate both about the nature of the problem, and about how best to respond to it. |
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