Hispanic Day at Missouri Capitol 2023

ByYvonne

Maldonado

On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, the Hispanic Leaders Group of Greater Saint Louis (HLG) delegation held its annual Hispanic Capitol Day. The HLG delegation was comprised of the HLG board, at large members, and individuals from the community including other allies, students, and representatives of other racial and ethnic minority organizations.

The delegation met with various members of the Missouri legislature, directors and other representatives of state departments, the Missouri Highway Patrol, and Governor Mike Parsons. The HLG delegates advocated for issues ranging from increasing appointments of Hispanic leaders to state boards and commissions, education opportunities, access to in-state tuition rates for DACA students, maternal mortality rates and the need to extend post-partum Medicaid coverage to 12 months, reform the Medicaid redetermination process to protect children and others at risk, infrastructure investments, language access across departments and services, judicial appointments, and other key issues towards greater equity and improved community outcomes throughout our state.

51% of the population growth in the US in the last twenty years was from the Latino population.

4.5% of the Saint Louis MSA population was multi-racial in 2020.

38% of the population growth for the St. Louis MSA region was from the Latino and Asian populations.

337% Increase in growth of the Latino Population since 1980.

Hispanic Capitol Day (HCD) has been an annual advocacy educational program from the Hispanic Leaders Group for the past twenty-two years. Thanks to the sponsorships of AT&T and LiUNA Labor Local 110 the 2023 HCD event was a great success.

If you want to see all the images of the event, you can go to the album on our facebook page at this link https://bit.ly/3JdjNaX

If you want to see the presentation with the demographic data of the growth of the Hispanic community in the United States

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