Oscar A. Chacón is a co‐founder and executive director of Alianza Americas, an umbrella of immigrant‐led and immigrant serving organizations based in the United States of America. Prior to his designation in 2007, Oscar served in leadership positions at the Chicago‐based Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, the Northern California Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, the Boston‐ based Centro Presente, among others. Oscar is a frequent national and international spokesperson on transnationalism, economic justice, the link between migration and development, migrant’s integration processes, human mobility, migration policies, racism and xenophobia; and U.S. Latino community issues.
Chacón, Oscar A.