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UC Santa Barbara to host International Mother Language Day Conference
Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA — Sixty years ago, a group of students from the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) were killed as they participated in the Bengali Language Movement protests. The student activists were seeking to have Bengali recognized as an official language of Pakistan. In their honor, the United Nations
Mexican legends of romantic music to support (former astronaut) Jose Hernandez’s U.S. Congressional candidacy
Bilingual Weekly Modesto, CA — Mexican romantic group Los Dandys, along with La Sonora Santanera, will rally support for Jose Hernandez’s congressional race the evening of April 14th at the Modesto Banquet Hall. The 1950s quartet, Los Dandys, was originally scheduled to perform at Stockton’s Chitivas Sports Bar and Grill and at La Comision Honorifica
Missing Papá – Latino Families Dismembered by Unequeal Treatment
By Adam Gettinger-Brizuela La Prensa San Diego There is someone very important missing from the lives of tens of thousands of Latino children in San Diego County: their father. Although Latinos are not the majority in San Diego County, our men are disproportionately jailed and imprisoned, so they make up the majority of the incarcerated
UC Santa Barbara professor receives $300,000 grant to study gang-associated youth
Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA — Victor Ríos, associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Barbara, has received a $300,000 grant from the William T. Grant Foundation for a study examining how the interactions between gang-associated youth and their parents, school professionals, police and probation officers affect their identity and criminal behavior, the university reported this week
Culture Clash Back in San Diego for “American Night”
By Michael Klam La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — For almost 30 years now, Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Sigüenza of Culture Clash have delivered on-stage history and civics lessons disguised as madcap anarchy. Their particular brand of comedic social commentary has left audiences revolving from uproarious laughter to contemplation of pressing social
Old Border Fence To Get A Second Life
By Adrian Florido Fronteras SAN DIEGO — The big rig’s trailer was painted in the Border Patrol’s signature olive green; the agency’s name emblazoned across it in white block letters. As it rumbled onto a residential street in Logan Heights on Jan. 10, neighbors peered out from their windows and yards. If the truck aroused
First Latino board chair and veteran Latino journalist’s radio program top area news
Amigos805.com VENTURA COUNTY — It was a history-making week in the 805 region with the selection of the first Latino chair of the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in more than a century. Meanwhile, the community’s voice will extend beyond the 805 region when a local broadcaster launches his afternoon radio program on Jan. 16.
1st Meztiza to Open a Free Store Front in San Diego County
By Marissa Acierto La Prensa San Diego NATIONAL CITY —A mestiza woman of multi-ethnic descent of Filipina, Chinese, Scottish, Irish, Hispanic American descent went for the opportunity of a lifetime to be a business entrepreneur. Shirley Hunter was a former employee of Kaiser Hospital in the radiology healthcare department and currently a Real Estate
Commentary: How About A Latino Fear Factor?
By Al Carlos Hernandez La Prensa San Diego SAN DIEGO — I am a fan of the NBC TV program ‘Fear Factor.’ For those of you who don’t know (or have a weak stomach) the program ran for one hundred episodes a few years back. It has recently been revised with the same host and
First-generation Mexican-American student at UC Santa Barbara accepts White House award
Amigos8095.com SANTA BARBARA — A UC Santa Barbara student studying ocean ecology accepted the 2010 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring from President Obama on Monday, Dec. 12, on behalf of Ocean Discovery Institute. This is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government for efforts that advance those fields of
