About Democracia
Democracia U.S.A. (D-USA), a national nonpartisan Hispanic civic engagement, voter empowerment, community organizing, and leadership development organization, was founded in Florida in 2004. That year, D-USA registered 72,000 new Hispanic voters in that state, surpassing its original goal by 44 percent. In 2006, D-USA expanded to Arizona, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, registered more than 105,000 new Hispanic voters, and was credited by the Associated Press with generating 70% of all new non-partisan voter registrations in the Hispanic community.
Democracia U.S.A. is based in Miami and is led by Jorge Mursuli, President and CEO. Mr. Mursuli has been at the helm of the D-USA since the program was launched in 2004 as a partnership between People For the American Way Foundation and the Center for Immigrant Democracy. 2008 is a crucial electoral year for Democracia U.S.A. Together, we can achieve our mutual goal of creating the structural change needed for Hispanics to obtain the full participation and political power that will allow them to engage actively and fully in our democracy.