By Grace Fuller LatinaLista A few years ago, I was sitting in a quiet square in the Barcelona district of Gracia. It was an autumn afternoon and I was trying to make sense of the not too recent changes that had occurred in my professional life. I was weighing the pros and cons of the [...]
Latino coalition petition President Obama to make AZ Rep. Raúl Grijalva next Secretary of the Interior
By Jaclyn Lopez LatinaLista The first time I met Representative Raúl Grijalva was in 2005 at the Tucson Community Earth Day Celebration. The inaugural event was the environmental communities’ answer to the greenwashed, Raytheon-sponsored Earth Day parade. Representative Grijalva, and then-State Senator Garbrielle Giffords, showed their full support of the event by attending the opening [...]
UN’s embrace of social media to promote Human Rights Day means the conversation never ends
LatinaLista — Today marks the annual observance of Human Rights Day. This year, the United Nations tapped social media to create a theme reflective of the platform’s best usage — using people’s voices. The 2012 theme for Human Rights Day is “on the rights of all people — women, youth, minorities, persons with disabilities, indigenous [...]
Colorado creates Spanish-language site educating Latinas about unintended pregnancies
LatinaLista — For most young women, an unintended pregnancy is devastating news, especially if that young woman has already dreamt of college and career success. While having a baby doesn’t make those dreams unattainable, a baby in the house does make those dreams harder and take longer to achieve. Studies have shown that sometimes it [...]
Latino school children at risk of developing poor reading skills but surprising discovery could help turn around a bad statistic
LatinaLista — A New York Times article that was published earlier this week revealing that Latino school children, who make up nearly a quarter of the public school population across the country, are less likely to see characters like themselves in books for young readers, struck a nerve among Latinos. Reader Jaime Puente wrote on [...]
University study reveals nation’s most well-known companies turn a blind eye to gender diversity in the boardroom and management
LatinaLista — A casual GOOGLE search using the terms “lack of diversity” yields some disappointing headlines: 113th Congress: Lack of Diversity in the GOP is Reflected in Congress Lack of diversity in new Washington (State)legislature Lack of diversity among Ky. elected; both parties must do soul-searching FCC Study Shows Lack of Diversity in Station Ownership [...]
