LatinaLista — Today is the 41st anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 moon landing, which took place July 20, 1969. Surprisingly, there’s barely been a mention of this historic anniversary in the media or the blogosphere. Maybe it’s because it’s not a “round number” anniversary, like 40th or 45th, or maybe it’s because morale is pretty [...]
Puerto Rico: Ten university students on the road to Istanbul for World Youth Congress
By Natalia A. Bonilla-BerrÃos LatinaLista PUERTO RICO — From July 31st until August 13th, ten university students will serve as Puerto Rico’s delegates to the 5th World Youth Congress (WYC) in Istanbul, Turkey. The delegation will attend workshops, conferences and also play a crucial role in action projects under the categories of Young Activists, Young [...]
DREAM Act students journey to DC for inaugural class of DREAM University
LatinaLista — Washington DC is home to some of the country’s finest universities — Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Carnegie Mellon, Howard — and it is also home to a new one christened DREAM University. DREAM University (DU) is for those students otherwise known as DREAM Act students — students either denied seeking a college degree or unable [...]
Spanish-only mental health campaign misses the mark for a lot of young Latinos
LatinaLista — There’s only one thing wrong with the current national mental health campaign targeting Latinos launched by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and The Advertising Council — it’s only in Spanish. For some reason, there is the perception that all Latinos speak, understand and write Spanish. While recent polls reveal [...]
NCLR panelists share how social media empowers Latino youth
LatinaLista — What does a technology reporter, DREAM Act students, an immigration researcher-blogger, a college student association president and the Mayor of San Antonio have in common? They were all panelists on a special LÃderes Town Hall panel titled “The Online Generation: Limited or Limitless?” which was moderated by Latina Lista over the weekend at [...]
Spotlight Non-profit: Creating a home and a future for abandoned teens
LatinaLista — There were over 500,000 children in the foster care system in 2006, according to the most recent statistics. Forty-six percent of these children were in non-relative foster family homes. In 2006, 289,000 children exited the foster care system. While 53 percent of the children were reunited with family or a caregiver, 9 percent [...]