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Children, Culture, Film, General, Immigration, Youth

Mini-grants available for film screenings about children who travel alone from Mexico looking for parents

Apr 16, 2009, 9:35 AM 0

LatinaLista — Every year, 100,000 children travel by themselves to enter the United States illegally, across the harsh U.S.-Mexico border and at the mercy of coyotes, with one goal in mind â€” to reunite with a parent or parents….

Children, General, Politics

Child’s wish to meet President Obama comes true

Apr 7, 2009, 3:15 PM 0

Special to La Prensa San Antonio, TX (March 31, 2009)â€”A San Antonio, TX child had the opportunity to meet President Barack Obama today during a visit to the White House with Childrenâ€™s Miracle Network. Roberto Salcido, 17 years old,…

Children, Education, General, Palabra Final, Youth

Suburbs may be getting more diverse but same can’t be said about schools

Apr 2, 2009, 1:33 PM 0

LatinaLista — It’s no secret that Latinos can no longer be defined as only living in the “Little Mexico,” “Little Havana” or any other Hispanic-centric part of a city. Latinos have been moving to the suburbs for years now…

American Dreams, Business, Children, Fitness, General

A child’s wish and a little magic create a successful tale

Mar 28, 2009, 5:39 PM 0

For Carey and Joe Davila, all it took was a simple wish from their daughter that served as the impetus to create a business making mermaids out of little girls. LatinaLista — There isn’t a little girl who doesn’t…

Children, General, Guest Voz, Social Justice, Youth

Guest Voz: Florida Law Professor drafts legislation to provide hope for children sentenced to adult prisons

Mar 27, 2009, 8:55 AM 1

By Professor Paolo Annino LatinaLista Clinical Law Professor Paolo Annino is a supervising attorney at Florida State University’s Public Interest Law Center. At the school, Professor Annino leads select law students in a special program focused on bringing attention…

Children, General

Free tickets to White House Easter Egg Roll available online Thursday

Mar 24, 2009, 10:09 AM 0

LatinaLista — Easter is in a few weeks â€” April 12, 2009 to be exact. While families everywhere will be helping the kids find the eggs hidden around the house and yard by the Easter Bunny, the First Family…

Children, General, Parenting

Dora comes out of the shadows to reveal a cute tween

Mar 19, 2009, 8:36 PM 0

LatinaLista — Parents everywhere became alarmed when Mattel and Nickelodeon announced that Dora the Explorer was growing up. Trying to create a buzz by releasing only a silhouette of the new “tween” Dora, the two mega kid-focused companies quickly…

Children, Education, General, Palabra Final, Youth

It’s about time state legislatures gear up for the “sex talk”

Mar 18, 2009, 3:30 PM 8

LatinaLista — Abstinence-only has ruled sex education curriculum in public schools for the last several years. However, teenage pregnancy rates among certain communities have escalated to frightening heights. Finally, there is a push in state legislatures across the country…

Children, Media, Parenting, Youth

Scholastic teams with child expert to create bilingual site helping children cope with hard economic times

Mar 12, 2009, 5:08 PM 0

LatinaLista — The unemployment rate is at a 25-year high. Every single day, stories emerge of companies laying off hundreds of people. The odds that a good number of these laid off people are family breadwinners is staggering” which…

Causes, Children, Fitness, Global Views, Women, Youth

Global contest seeks innovative sports programs for women/girls

Feb 16, 2009, 10:07 AM 0

LatinaLista — One of the best ways to empower girls has been involving them in sports. In fact, sports programs are being created all around the world with the main purpose of building self-esteem and empowering girls to know…

Children, Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final

Mexican consulates sign child deportation pacts with U.S. government but DHS continues to put unaccompanied minors at risk

Feb 9, 2009, 5:27 PM 8

LatinaLista — Last week, Mexican diplomats in North Texas were among the first of U.S.-based Mexican consulates to sign “accords” with the U.S. that creates clear guidelines on how the United States should deport children and women and those…

Causes, Children, Guest Voz, Immigration

Guest Voz: Immigrant children arriving in U.S. alone are Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)

Jan 16, 2009, 1:21 PM 4

By Wendy Young LatinaLista Wendy Young, Executive Director of KIND Kids in Need of Defense or KIND was kicked off last October with the announcement that movie actress Angelina Jolie had teamed with computer software maker Microsoft to create…

Children, Health, Immigration, Palabra Final

Is it really in the best interest of the country to deny health coverage to legal immigrant children?

Jan 13, 2009, 3:41 PM 13

LatinaLista — Unbelievably, the issue of immigration is still being used by some Congressional politicians to prove a point. That they want to make an example of defenseless children who are legal immigrants to continue making their point illustrates…

Children, Education, Palabra Final

Afterschool Alliance talks with Obama team about future of afterschool programs

Jan 12, 2009, 4:19 PM 0

LatinaLista — One of the major problems in the Latino community is that too many children are left to take care of themselves after school. According to the Afterschool Alliance, twenty-two percent of Hispanic children have no adult supervision…

Books, Children, Media

A new year creates a new level of racial awareness in childrenâ€™s literature

Jan 2, 2009, 10:24 AM 11

LatinaLista — While the Obama Administration would prefer to make race a footnote issue, a new study illustrates that race is very much an issue regarding Newbery-awarded children’s books and warrants serious attention. While every New Year is seen…

Causes, Children, Health, Palabra Final, Youth

Eighth grader’s New Year’s baby signals time for federal intervention in combatting Latina teen pregnancies

Jan 1, 2009, 1:50 PM 28

LatinaLista — A New Year’s Day ritual in city newspapers across the country is to identify the first baby born in the New Year in that particular city. On the heels of the news that former Republican vice presidential…

Books, Children, Culture

It’s been 43 years since the Newberry was awarded to a children’s book with a Hispanic main character

Dec 30, 2008, 3:17 PM 0

LatinaLista — Probably the most coveted award for any children’s book author is the Newberry Award. Given by the American Library Association (ALA) for the past 86 years to those authors whose works were deemed the best literature for…

Causes, Children, Education, Media, Nonprofit, Youth

Shout-out to: H.O.M.E.Y.

Dec 26, 2008, 6:52 PM 0

LatinaLista — Their full title is: Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth. Unlike most nonprofits that target at-risk kids, the Executive Director of H.O.M.E.Y. was himself very much at-risk. A former gang member and drug dealer, Rene Quinonez,…

Causes, Children, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final

Detention of immigrant families continues at T. Don Hutto

Dec 26, 2008, 4:35 PM 11

LatinaLista — The big question for many who live along the U.S.-Mexico border is whether or not in a few weeks the Obama administration will halt any further construction on the border wall. For someone who campaigned on taking…

Causes, Children, Immigration, Palabra Final

Pope’s Christmas message of stopping child abuse includes nation’s treatment of undocumented families

Dec 24, 2008, 7:58 PM 9

LatinaLista — Usually the Pope’s annual Christmas message to the world deals with pleas for peace. Yet, this year, in large part because of what some people suffered at the hands of priests when they were children, the Pope,…

Books, Children, Culture

A Latino Santa Claus takes the reigns to deliver toys to Texas-Mexico border children

Dec 17, 2008, 11:38 AM 0

LatinaLista — Stories about Santa Claus are always sure to be kid-pleasers. What child doesn’t like to hear how Santa Claus and his team of reindeer will battle the clock and blizzards to make children’s wishes come true? Yet,…

Children, Education, Government, Palabra Final, Youth

Arne Duncan has a bigger challenge with Latino students succeeding in school

Dec 16, 2008, 3:04 PM 27

LatinaLista — Today’s nomination by President-elect Obama of Arne Duncan, the CEO of Chicago Public Schools, as Secretary of Education has been met with moderate approval ratings from several professional educational organizations in the city that knows him best,…

Children, Health, Women, Youth

New survey highlights self-esteem crisis among girls and young women

Dec 9, 2008, 12:31 PM 0

LatinaLista — Most of us remember those times in our lives when we thought we were ugly. Our noses were too big, our butts too wide, too fat, too skinny, no curves, too many curves — it didn’t matter…

Children, Education, Palabra Final, Youth

New report shows educators what it takes to attract, retain and graduate Latino students and thwart an educational crisis

Dec 5, 2008, 12:33 PM 0

LatinaLista — After the economy, the next big crisis to hit the United States down the road will be education. Specifically, the dropout problem among Latino students. With Latinos due to be the majority in the country by 2042,…

Books, Children, Environment, Games

Children discover there’s something fun to learn 365 days a year

Nov 23, 2008, 3:47 PM 0

LatinaLista — Now more than ever, the issue of school readiness for young children is on the minds of not just parents but politicians and policy makers as the country finds itself lacking the necessary high-skilled labor force it…

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