LatinaLista — A new poll released by New York University’s Silver School of Social Work’s Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH) and Planned Parenthood shows that 82 percent of parents are having a “sex talk” with their children. The problem is most of them are not having “THE sex talk.” The poll of [...]
Latino students have lowest college completion rates in the nation
LatinaLista – In 2008, the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education got together to review the educational status of Americans. What the commission saw disturbed them. The US was falling behind other industrialized nations in the number of adults who had post-secondary degrees; more students were dropping out of high school and college [...]
Oral Roberts University to host conference for at-risk Hispanic youth
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma — Two dates. Two groups. Six hundred participants. One auditorium. That’s how Deborah Easter describes the two education and business conferences that are scheduled for Nov. 1 and 3 at Oral Roberts University for Hispanic youth at high risk of dropping out of school. Easter, who chairs [...]
New study shows youth gun violence among at-risk Latinos and blacks is all too common and “easy”
LatinaLista — According to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, California ranks as the top state in the nation with the “strongest gun laws that help combat the illegal gun market, prevent the sale of guns without background checks and reduce risks to children.” Yet, a new report on youth gun violence released this [...]
Reports surfacing that ICE is going ahead with deportation of DREAM students
LatinaLista — More and more reports are surfacing across the country that ICE agents are not practicing what John Morton, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, promised would happen — that ICE agents would exercise prosecutorial discretion when handling the deportation cases of people deemed non-security threats. The opposite has been happening which is gradually [...]
Bilingual site empowers Latino parents, teens and communities combatting high teen pregnancy rates
LatinaLista — It’s estimated that 52 percent of Latinas will become pregnant at least once by age 20. While the Latina teen pregnancy rates have actually fallen and are at their lowest levels in years, unfortunately, Latina teen birth and pregnancy rates are still almost twice the national average. As a result, many communities and [...]
