April 15, 2015

LBAWC Scholarship Application Deadline!

All Will County students are encouraged to apply. Click here for instructions/guidelines and application form. 

April 24, 2014, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Join us for our first fundraiser, Flores Para la Juventud, at Puerto Escondido in Joliet. More information to follow.

March 12, 2014, 6:30 p.m.

Join the Spanish Community Center for an Awards Celebration & Fiesta honoring Sister Leo Marie Luecke, State Farm Agent Howard Wright, Joseph Belman, Genaro Morales and John Gomez.

Spanish Community Center, 309 North Eastern Avenue, Joliet, IL 60432

$30 per person. RSVP to Monica Vasquez at [email protected]

January 25, 2014

The Mexican American Coalition of Will County would like to invite you to join us in a discussion with Congressman Bill Foster. The round table discussion will be held on Saturday, January 25th @ 10am @ the Spanish Community Center in Joliet. Congressman Foster will be leading the conversation by going over the legislation he is sponsoring that addresses immigration detention In this country. For more information, please contact Angel Contreras, Vice Chair of the Mexican American Coalition of Will County at 815-919-8726.

January 2014

Announcement of formation of Latino Bar Association of Will County. Special guests included, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas L. Kilbride, Chief Judge Richard C. Schoenstedt, many of the members of the Will County judiciary, Executive Director of the Spanish Community Center, Elizabeth Nevarez and members of community organizations including Nuevos Horizontes and Familias Unidas Por La Educacion among others.

Summer 2013

Will County Circuit Judges have tapped long-time Joliet resident and attorney, David Garcia, as Will County's first Latino Associate Judge.

Click here for the Patch article.

Click here for Chicago Tribune article.