By Keith Griffin CTLatinoNews.com During the day, Wildaliz Bermudez is an energy policy research analyst for the City of Hartford. But after work she breaks out her green thumb as co-founder and co-chair of the City of Hartford’s Green Action Team. It is a group of volunteer employees who promote environmental stewardship in the workplace [...]
Video: Smithsonian creates bilingual exhibit to highlight and study ancient Latin American ceramics
LatinaLista — Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama are countries that comprise Central America, as well as, being the home countries of many U.S. Latinos. They are also home to a vibrant ancestral heritage that lives on in the arts and ruins discovered over the years. Now, the Smithsonian’s National Museum [...]
New study highlights how English-speaking Latinos think they are invincible to skin cancer
LatinaLista — It may be spring but temperatures in some parts of the country — those not being hit with snowstorms — believe it’s already summer with sweltering temperatures making many rush to turn on the air conditioner or break out the swimsuits to tan by the pool. Of those who decide to go the [...]
New magazine gets a headstart helping immigrants come out of the shadows
LatinaLista — Immigration reform is going to happen. That’s a given. What’s still up for debate is the details. Yet, one thing is certain — undocumented immigrants will be brought out of the proverbial shadows. While many of the 11 million waiting for the bill to be passed have called the US home for years, [...]
The Border Book Festival at the Casa Camino Real
Condor Musings I first experienced Denise Chávez at a fabulous Port Townsend Writers Conference directed by Cristina Garcia. Although I’m a huge supporter of Centrum and the Port Townsend Writers Conference, and I live only a ferry ride and an hour’s drive away, I have not been able to attend another conference since, as for [...]
Children Left Behind: Deported Parents, American Kids
By Erin Siegal McIntyre Fronteras News Desk TIJUANA, Mexico — Hundreds, if not thousands, of deported parents are trying to reunite with children left behind in the United States. In 2011, some 1,500 children in Southern California were removed from detained or deported parents and placed in state care. That’s according to the Applied Research [...]