Category: Community Stories
“Our Community Salutes” students joining military
By Alicia Conde La Prensa de San Antonio SAN ANTONIO — Over 200 area high school seniors who chose to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces received their first “thank you” from the community during a ceremony last Thursday evening for their decision and commitment to serve their country following graduation.
Profile: Sylvia Puente — Executive Director, Latino Policy Forum
Extra Sylvia Puente director of the Latino Policy Forum began her journey with the United Farm Workers Union. As a youngster, she took part in protests with her parents and understood the meaning of fair and humane working conditions for the people.
Op-ed: Lawrence Massachusetts, a city profoundly divided by perceptions
By José Alfonso García Rumbo The negativity and prejudice against the Hispanic community in the media has created two different cities of Lawrence. Speaking of division in Lawrence a few years ago, would have brought to mind the Merrimack River that physically divides the city in North Lawrence and South Lawrence. Immediately after Mayor Lantigua [...]
Tejano Monument will assist our self-identity
By Raul de la Cruz Rio Grande Guardian AUSTIN — The Guardian asked its good friend, Dan Arellano, president of the Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin, to give his thoughts on the historic Tejano Monument that was unveiled at the state Capitol.
San Diego mayoral candidates had no answers for educating minority children
Editorial La Prensa San Diego It was billed as a mayoral debate on education, where the four candidates for mayor, Bob Filner, Bonnie Dumanis, Carol DeMaio, and Nathan Fletcher for an hour and a half shared their knowledge and vision on education held at the University of San Diego.
¿Cómo te llamas? A Look at the Growth of the TX Hispanic Population Through Popular Baby Names
La Voz Newspaper There are lots of ways to examine the growth and impact of the Hispanic population in the United States. Certainly the Census Bureau provides a vast array of data through its many surveys and the decennial census. But there are other data sources which also paint a portrait of what is going [...]
Drug Traffickers Dupe Job Seekers Into Smuggling
By Jill Replogle Fronteras Desk They answer advertisements in Tijuana’s major newspapers offering jobs in the U.S., for instance, as house cleaners in San Diego. Or, they respond to ads simply seeking individuals with the proper paperwork to cross the border legally. Then, some of them get caught at the border with cocaine and marijuana [...]
Chicano activist Carlos Montes now fights for his own freedom
By Amanda Brinegar Borderzine EL PASO – El Paso born Carlos M. Montes has been a solidarity activist since the late 1960s, denouncing wars and fighting for immigration rights and better public education, but lately he can be seen surrounded by posters with a much different message –“Save Carlos Montes.” Wearing his black newsboy cap [...]
Delaware’s 2012 SBA Small Business Person of the Year: A former Latino soldier “sews” up the competition
El Tiempo Hispano DELAWARE — First State Manufacturing owners Eli Valenzuela, Sher Valenzuela, and Ashley Wolfe have been selected as the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Delaware Small Business Persons of the Year. This is the story of the genesis and growth of their business.
World-renowned Latina archaeologist visits Savannah
By John Newton La Voz Latina SAVANNAH — Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Office of International Education welcomed its favorite archaeologist back to Savannah in February, as Dr. Constanza Ceruti returned to the Savannah campus for a series of lectures on the Sacred Mountains of the World.
