Category: Youth
DREAM students launch new campaign on National Day of Action
LatinaLista — Another school year is coming to an end and for the thousands of undocumented students who are graduating from high school, there’s nothing to look forward to: If they live in a state where racist legislators have enacted laws barring these students from getting in-state tuition. If they live in a state where [...]
Young Latina gamers strive for different goals when playing video games
By Jacob Balsam and Ashley Vasquez LatinaLista The video game industry is ever expanding and according to an article by The New York Times’ Nick Bolton, will reach $112 billion in consumer spending money by the year 2015. Blizzard’s World of Warcraft alone nets millions of dollars a month in pure profit. The game costs [...]
Helping Latino and low-income students take it step-by-step towards their “BigFuture”
LatinaLista — It’s reported that Latino students receive an average amount of financial aid totaling $7,900 — less than African Americans, Asians or Caucasians. At a time when the importance of higher education is made clear every day as news of how industries are either disappearing or reinventing themselves in a struggling economy, every student [...]
Young adult author creates series targeting low-level readers
By Alain Castillo LatinaLista Leslie Borhaug Tillit wants everyone to master their ability to read. “It’s so important to be able to read in order to be in control of your life,”
Latest AP report says academically ready Latino, African American and Native American students not offered exam
LatinaLista — The 8th Annual AP Report to the Nation was released today by the College Board and, as would be expected, it showed that more public high school students are opting to take the Advanced Placement (AP) test, and more are passing. Unfortunately, some are failing too. According to the report: 18.1 percent of [...]
First-ever global peace telesummit targets connecting youth to causes
LatinaLista — Peace can mean many different things: the end of war and conflicts; the end of school bullying and gang fights; the end of political partisan name-calling; or the not-so-simple act of achieving that higher level known as “inner tranquility.” Yet, regardless of the definition, a lot of people are clueless about how they [...]
White House kicks off jobs program for low-income youth
LatinaLista — When Congress failed to pass the American Jobs Act, they did more than block yet another proposal by President Obama — they took away the hope millions of teenagers have in finding a job to pay their own bills and help out with school expenses. In these hard economic times, there are families [...]
Latino youth have higher rates of smoking than Hispanic adults
LatinaLista — January 1 is more than just the first day of a new year. To a lot of people, it’s the start of either recycling old resolutions or making new ones. The two most popular resolutions have historically been losing weight and quitting smoking. In this day and age when smokers are treated like [...]
New report finds 6 percent of Latinos reject calling themselves Hispanic, Latino or Spanish
LatinaLista — It’s an old story. Report after report always shows that Latino immigrants make themselves “sick” assimilating into U.S. society by adopting fastfood habits, workaholic lifestyles, etc. Now comes news that there are some Latino immigrants who are literally losing themselves in their quest to be all-American. Recent research by Amon Emeka and Jody [...]
Youth an easy target for alcohol brands using social media
LatinaLista — During the holidays, there are three things most people will have in their homes: wrapped gifts, extra sweets, and alcohol. Just as it’s hard to keep young people from shaking a gift or two or digging into fudge or a stack of buñuelos, it’s hard to keep some young people from drinking, especially [...]
