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The Council of Mexican Federations in North America (COFEM) is dedicated to advancing the Latino community through public policy, community organizing, education, and cultural projects.

Our Mission

The mission of the Council of Mexican Federations in North America (COFEM) is to empower immigrant communities to be full participants in the social, political, economic, and cultural life of the United States and their home country. We accomplish this work by uniting, strengthening, and expanding our member organizations to better advocate, preserve and share their cultural traditions and help improve the lives of families and friends in their country of origin.

Vision

We envision a fair and inclusive America where immigrant communities have a voice, access to the Citizenship process and the ability to preserve their cultural identity.

Focus

The union of organizations within COFEM has contributed to the development of a bi-national agenda that addresses critical matters facing Latino immigrants in the United States and Mexico. Through an extensive planning process, COFEM has defined specific themes, priorities, and needs of greatest impact and interest to the Latino immigrant community in California. As a result of this planning process, COFEM has identified a strategic focus in five main areas: education, health, civic participation, bi-national economic development, and organizational development.

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2024-2025 MADS

Application is now open!

Any student who is undocumented, DACA recipient, or affiliated with a COFEM Federation or Club is encouraged to apply.

This scholarship seeks to award $500 scholarships to students attending a Community College and $1,000 scholarships to undergraduate students attending a four-year College/University. Please review the criteria, application checklist, selection process, and timeline detailed below.

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Mexican American Dreams Scholarship

🎓🎓It’s back-to-school season! 🎓🎓

 
Help us raise funds for our Mexican American Dream Scholarship. These scholarships will assist Undocumented students and DACA recipients follow their dreams of pursuing higher education.

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Our Story

The Council of Mexican Federations in North America (COFEM) is a community-based umbrella organization comprised of groups of people who share ideas and participate in efforts to create opportunities for Latino immigrants in North America, specifically in California. The overarching purpose of the organization is to ensure equality of opportunity for members of the Latino community.

 

COFEM represents 11 organizations (or “Federations”), which include people from specific states of the Mexican Republic. These federations help to nurture enduring cultural values through broad support to the Mexican community at the bi-national level. Through projects of economic and social development, strategic civic participation, and cultural and social events (e.g., "charreadas") and cultural weeks, the federations have strengthened their bases. The federations' sponsored events link thousands of immigrants in a very important way, celebrating the rich Mexican culture and traditions and organizing Latinos in North America. These federations have the opportunity to wield significant political power through their growing memberships.

 

Founded a little more than 30 years ago, the federations that comprise COFEM can organize and mobilize the Latin American immigrant community on a large scale. This provides COFEM with a foundation to develop a bi-national agenda that takes into account the origin towns in Mexico and focuses on improving the economic and social conditions of these Latino immigrants.

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Our Funders

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17, 2024

Press Contact: Yessenia Cux, ycux@cofem.org, (213) 338-0135

COFEM ATTENDS A PUBLIC MEETING HOSTED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR REGARDING PROPOSED CHUCKWALLA NATIONAL MONUMENT 

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