2026 Latino Legislative Day Agenda
Monday, February 2, 2026 @ 9am - 3pm PT
9:05 am: Introduction, Welcome & 2026 Legislative Priorities
- Nina Martinez, Board Chair for Latino Civic Alliance (LCA)
9:10 am: Small Business - Challenges in Washington
- Presenters: Jesica Lopez/ Ana Castro Business Owners
9:30 am: Healthcare - Community Mental Health: Balancing Behavioral Health Treatment and Cultural Awareness
- Presenters: Catholic Community Services WISe Behavioral Health, Ariel Thompson, LSWAIC, MHP, CMHS, WISe Clinical Supervisor, and Luis Mata MS, MHP, LMHC, WISe Clinical Supervisor
9:50 am: Immigration - Consular assistance to Mexican nationals in detention and how to be prepared to return to Mexico
- Presenter: Alejandra Ornelas (Consul of Protection and Legal Affairs)
10:10 am – 10:40 am: Immigration - Personal Testimony
- Family of Jose Paniagua Calderón speaks on unlawful kidnapping and violence occurrence on December 4, 2025, by Immigration Enforcement Officers in Vancouver, WA
10:40 am – 11:025 am: Immigration - Dangerous Realities of Imprisonment and Human Rights Violations in the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA.
- Presenters: La Resistencia - Rufina Reyes, Executive Director, and Josefina Mora-Cheung, Director
11:15 am - 11:30 am: MARCH TO THE STATE CAPITAL
- March begins on Capital Way Way across from Trivoli Fountain – led by the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters.
Signs and banners are encouraged. No sharp objects.
11:45 am – 1:00 pm: Special Presentations & 2026 Latino Civic Awards (North Steps Capital)
- Special Musical Performance by the Mount Vernon High Marachi
2026 Special Program Speaker List (additional speakers are expected. Will be updated daily):
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm: Behavioral Health Crisis - Rethinking Youth Treatment from a Provider Perspective
- Presenters: CJ Ellsworth, LMFT, CMHS, Behavioral Health King County Manager, Sabrina De La Fuente, SUDP
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm: Immigration - Beyond Know Your Rights - Learn how to support families arrested and detained by immigration enforcement
- Presenter: Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.
3:30 pm: Closing