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Past Donors

Posted on The Mission by Staff Member · September 13, 2021 12:37 PM · 1 reaction

Our Thanks to all our major donors and the hundreds of smaller ones that give to keep the Dr. Hectors message alive.!

  1. CITGO Refining

  2. KIII TV 3

  3. KRIS TV

  4. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

  5. Christus Spohn Health System

  6. HEB

  7. Mr. Jim Akers and Mrs. Cecilia Garcia Akers

  8. Port of Corpus Christi 

  9. Ms. Barbara Canales & Mr. Doug Allison

  10. Black Chamber of Commerce

  11. Dr. Osbert Blow & Dr. Nelly Garcia Blow

  12. Frost Bank

  13. Hicks Automotive Group / Ms. Gloria Hicks

  14. IBC Bank

  15. Kleberg Bank

  16. Mattress Firm South Texas 

  17. The Honorable State Representative, Abel Herrero

  18. The Honorable State Senator, Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa

  19. Turner | Ramirez Architects

  20. Texas A&M University-Kingsville

  21. Valero

  22. American Federation of Teachers

  23. American GI Forum of South Texas, Dr. Hector P. Garcia Founding Chapter

  24. Canales & Simonson, PC

  25. CC Regional Transportation Authority

  26. Chemours

  27. N.A.A.C.P. Corpus Christi

  28. Del Mar College Foundation

  29. Del Mar College Mexican American Studies and the Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education DMC Chapter

  30. Dream Team Realtor/Shirley Gallagher

  31. Larry Elizondo

  32. Leadership Empowerment Group, Dr. Barbara Baggerly-Hinojosa

  33. Linebarger Attorneys at Law

  34. Incarnate Word Academy

  35. The Honorable State Representative, Todd Hunter

  36. LULAC Council 1

  37. Mark Roach

 


Continuing the Legacy

Posted on The Mission by Staff Member · December 04, 2019 12:00 AM · 3 reactions

 

The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Foundation was created to expand awareness of his legacy and the continued relevance of his fight for equal rights for all. Dr. Garcia grew up in a time when discrimination against minorities was not only common, it was expected. Blacks and Hispanics were denied equal access under the law. Schools, hospitals and even graveyards were segregated.

As a leader in LULAC and the American GI Forum, Dr. Hector helped to end segregation in schools, hospitals and public facilities in Texas and nationally. He organized an effort that defeated the oppressive poll tax and led the way to a Hispanic voting majority in South Texas. He fought for fair wages and better working conditions and to bring resources to the colonias, areas along the U.S.-Mexico border that lacked basic services. By organizing the Hispanic vote and voice he brought political power and consequently justice to his people.

Dr. Hector believed in the promise of America and spent a lifetime making the Constitution a living document for every American no matter what their race, ethnicity, or economic status. The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Foundation has been established to continue this work. Our mission includes raising money to provide scholarships to students at the post secondary level, the promotion of civil liberties, the development of effective public service, the advancement of the health and social welfare of the community, and the education and training of leadership that serves the people.

Black and Hispanic Americans still lag in graduation rates from both high school and college. They have higher teenage birth rates, infant mortality rates and shorter life spans. They are incarcerated and live in poverty at higher rates. Not only has the dream of overcoming racism and discrimination not yet been achieved, there are those who actively support a eturn to institutionalization of new forms of economic segregation and discrimination that denies many  citizens of their rights.

This Foundation will honor the legacy of Dr. Garcia by supporting people, projects and actions that will protect the rights of all through the funding of scholarships, educational grants and community building efforts. The Foundation, as Dr. Hector did, will also promote the fair treatment, support and honoring of those who have served our country in the armed forces.

 We firmly believe that the promotion and protection of civil liberties and the care and support of our Nation's veterans directly leads to a better society.

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