Consejo Hispano reflects on a year of services since the start of the pandemic: Supporting the Hispanic community in various creative ways – Tillamook County Pioneer
Consejo Hispano, a non-profit organization headquartered in Astoria, serving the Latinx community for over 15 years, has provided increasing support and services throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Local economies and the community at large have suffered greatly with the pandemic, but conditions have been much worse for the Latinx community due to the higher risk of transmission at many of their jobs (agriculture, canneries, service industry), a lack of language access, and being left out of federal resources and economic support due to immigration status. Consejo Hispano is providing services ...