VISIT OUR PUERTO RICO ACTION CENTER!
Tell Congress to take action now, in the 2023 Farm Bill, to end unjust inequality in food assistance faced by families and children in Puerto Rico.
Aurelis’ Story
Hear from Aurelis Aponte, a Hurricane Maria survivor, whose family was stripped of life-saving federal safety-net benefits when they moved from Florida back to Puerto Rico.
A Just & Sustainable Recovery For Puerto Rico: Housing
Hear from Ponce Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. Elizabeth Colón on what Puerto Rico needs for a just and sustainable recovery and how you can tell President Joe Biden and Congress to act.
Federal Benefits for Puerto Ricans
Hear from the lead attorney, Isabel Abislaiman, Esq., in Rivera-Fuentes vs. SSI Administrator et al about why Congress must stop discriminating against Puerto Ricans in federal benefits programs.
PRESS CONFERENCES
2022 Campaign Kick-off
Sept. 20, 2022 — Exactly five years after Hurricane Maria caused catastrophic damages to Puerto Rico, and as the island is facing another severe weather emergency from Hurricane Fiona, Hispanic Federation continued the Take Action For Puerto Rico! campaign in a press conference today near the U.S. Capitol. Read more.
U.S. v. Vaello-Madero Supreme Court Case Press Conference
Nov. 9, 2021 — The #TakeAction4PR campaign held a press conference on the steps of the Supreme Court to tell the justices and the Biden Administration to stop defending discrimination against Puerto Rico in federal safety-net benefits.
