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Mexico-U.S. hometown clubs and social networks

Liz Ryan blogs on Indigo and Tierra Natal in her October posting of "Mexico-U.S. hometown clubs and social networks.

She writes about the growing hometown association movement:

"I say politically active, because the formation of HTAs is a grassroots movement awakening to the huge amount of power it has. Mexican-Americans send more than $23 billion a year to Mexico, mostly through individual and family ties. The HTAs or Clubs de Oriundos, by consolidating some of that money, are gaining political power. We'll see in the next few years how blogs and social network software will help that process. Other countries may also begin using social software to make the power of their remittance economies more transparent."

Northern Californian Jaliscan HTAs welcome Governor of Jalisco in Silicon Valley

It's been a bit of a whirlwind week in Silicon Valley for the Northern Californian Federation of Jaliscan Clubs.  This emerging umbrella organization of hometown associations, in partnership with Hispanic-Net and TierraNatal, hosted representatives from the governor's office of the state of Jalisco.  The prestigious law firm of Fenwick & West was kind enough to provide the venue for Tuesday evening's kick off presentation.  Over 60 club presidents plus governor's entourage and Hispanic-Net members gathered for the largest HTA meeting of its kind in Northern California.