Dir. Óscar Chacón

Oscar A. Chacón is the co-founder and executive director of Alianza Americas (formerly known as the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities NALACC), a group of immigrant-led and immigrant-serving organizations based in the United States of America, dedicated to improve the quality of life of Latino immigrant communities in the US, as well as of peoples throughout the Americas. Prior to his 2007 appointment to his current role, Oscar held leadership positions at the Chicago-based Heartland Alliance for Needs and Human Rights, the California Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, the Present Center based in Boston and several other international and community development organizations. Oscar has also served on multiple advisory committees to national and international processes, including the civil society consultation process associated with the Global Forum on Migration and Development and the World Social Forum on Migration. Oscar is a frequent national and international spokesperson on transnationalism, economic justice, the link between migration and development, migrant integration processes, human mobility, migration policies, racism and xenophobia; and issues in the US Latino community.