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  Lopez, Omar N.
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NameOmar N. Lopez
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Chicago, Illinois , United States
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InfoOmar N. López was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico and has lived in Chicago since 1958.

In 1966, he was the founding member of LADO (Latin American Defense Organization) which organized campaigns for the rights of labor unions, tenants and inoculation drives for students living in low-income neighborhoods. He also advocated for the rights of families on public assistance in the Puerto Rican community in Humboldt Park, Chicago.

As a teacher, Omar founded the Mexican Teachers Organization in 1973, and was a leader in the fight for quality bilingual education for students and for the recruitment of trained bilingual teachers.

In 1984, Omar López was instrumental in the acquisition deal with the Chicago Park District for the building that now houses the National Museum of Mexican Art in Harrison Park in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. He negotiated on behalf of the then emerging Mexican Fines Arts Center, to have the old boat house facility leased to the Mexican Fine Arts Center for 99 years!

In 1986, Omar Lopez helped facilitated and processed the legal residency of thousands of undocumented workers and was vigilant to ensure that agencies and individuals could not abuse Latino families by charging exorbitant prices for processing their legalization applications.

Mr. Lopez has been the director of C.A.L.O.R. for the past 14 years; C.A.L.O.R. is an organization that provides services to Latinos impacted by HIV / AIDS and other diseases.

Omar Lopez was the principal convenor and leader of the historic mega- marches of March 10 and 1 May, 2006, in defense of the rights of undocumented immigrant workers and all of our human and Constitutional rights, which were then under attack by the Sensenbrenner House Bill HR 4437. These initial Chicago mega-marches, were (then) the biggest mass mobilizations in the history of the United States and were the catalyst for similar mega-marches throughout the USA.

Omar Lopez remains active in the leadership of the Chicago March 10th Movement and is now the leading candidate for Congress in the 4th district of Illinois.


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