Spanish American League Against Discrimination Inc

The spanish american league against discrimination (salad) is an organization created in 1974, as a response to an emerging and evolving hispanic population in south florida. In its almost forty years, salad has been formative in challenging discriminatory practices in housing, employment, education and immigration. The mission of salad is: to combat all forms of bigotry and discrimination against hispanics and all persons; to defend the civil and human rights, and civil liberties of hispanics and all persons; to strengthen democratic institutions, promote the democratization of the decision-making process in all spheres and all levels of society, and secure the free and equal access of hispanics and all persons to such process; to promote the educational, intellectual, ethical, economic, and social advancement of hispanics and all persons; to encourage the responsible and effective participation of hispanics and others in all aspects and levels of government and in the communitys soci