
ABOUT US
We are COPAL .
COPAL is a grassroots organization that seeks to impact the quality of life for Latinos in MN through working on public policy, leadership, and community service.
Communities organizing Latino power and action.
It was formed in January 2018. Since its launch, the organization has grown to include 10 staff members, a base of more than 150 volunteers, and more than 12,000 supporters across the state.
OUR
Mission
Unite Latinos in Minnesota in a community democracy that builds racial, gender, social and economic justice.
OUR
Vision
Build a world that is fair, equitable, enjoyable, and environmentally sustainable for all.

Jemez Principles
Building a just society requires the creativity of many, therefore, COPAL seeks to partner with organizations and individuals guided by the Jémez Principles for Democratic Organization:
If we hope to achieve just societies that include all people in decision-making and assure that all people have an equitable share of the wealth and the work of this world, then we must work to build that kind of inclusiveness into our own movement in order to develop alternative policies and institutions to the treaties policies under neo- liberalism.
This requires more than tokenism, it cannot be achieved without diversity at the planning table, in staffing, and in coordination. It may delay achievement of other important goals, it will require discussion, hard work, patience, and advance planning. It may involve conflict, but through this conflict, we can learn better ways of working together. It’s about building alternative institutions, movement building, and not compromising out in order to be accepted into the anti-globalization club.
To succeed, it is important to reach out into new constituencies, and to reach within all levels of leadership and membership base of the organizations that are already involved in our networks. We must be continually building and strengthening a base which provides our credibility, our strategies, mobilizations, leadership development, and the energy for the work we must do daily.
We must be sure that relevant voices of people directly affected are heard. Ways must be provided for spokespersons to represent and be responsible to the affected constituencies. It is important for organizations to clarify their roles, and who they represent, and to assure accountability within our structures.
Groups working on similar issues with compatible visions should consciously act in solidarity, mutuality and support each other’s work. In the long run, a more significant step is to incorporate the goals and values of other groups with your own work, in order to build strong relationships. For instance, in the long run, it is more important that labor unions and community economic development projects include the issue of environmental sustainability in their own strategies, rather than just lending support to the environmental organizations. So communications, strategies and resource sharing is critical, to help us see our connections and build on these.
We need to treat each other with justice and respect, both on an individual and an organizational level, in this country and across borders. Defining and developing “just relationships” will be a process that won’t happen overnight. It must include clarity about decision-making, sharing strategies, and resource distribution. There are clearly many skills necessary to succeed, and we need to determine the ways for those with different skills to coordinate and be accountable to one another.
As we change societies, we must change from operating on the mode of individualism to
community-centeredness. We must “walk our talk.” We must be the values that we say we’re struggling for and we must be justice, be peace, be community.
- # 1 Be inclusive
- # 2 Emphasis on organizing from the bottom up
- # 3 Let people speak for themselves
- # 4 Work together in solidarity and mutuality
- # 5 Build fair relationships between us
- # 6 Commitment to personal transformation
As we change societies, we must shift from operating in individualism mode to focusing on community. We must “walk our talk”. We must be the values that we say we are fighting for and we must be justice, peace and community.

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