On February 16, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) released the 2012 Latino State of the Union at the Newseum in Washington DC. U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis delivered the keynote address followed by a panel discussion featuring various representatives of federal and private agencies talking about civil rights, law and
On June 9, 2011, Alabama enacted H.B. 56—the most extreme state-level anti-immigrant bill passed to date. It has been nine months since the law’s passage and its path of destruction is still palpable from children too afraid to come to school to potential economic losses of up to $10.8 billion. People from all walks of life
What would it be like if the U.S.A. was invaded by another country? Invaded by its own Government? In the film, Invasion, Richard is a hard working office manager, whose love for his family motivates him to get through one of the worst case scenarios in America. The film is directed, written and produced by
By Rudy Girón REVUE: Guatemala’s English-language Magazine GUATEMALA — In Poland they were able to get 209 people inside a bus. That was the Guinness World Record until yesterday (February 12) when in Jocotenango they were able to get 221 people and one chicken inside the chicken bus. This will be the first Guinness World
Young musical artist Joel Hernandez and music video director Fanny Veliz teamed up together in “Sharp Knives” to show that bullying comes in many forms, but that the words people use to insult, intimidate, demean and humiliate leave lasting wounds and create false assumptions and labels whether they’re delivered by phone, in person or through
Making its World Premiere at SXSW 2012, Amor Cronico follows the flamboyant Grammy nominated Cuban-born and New York based singer CuCu Diamantes on her tour around Cuba. The film interweaves footage of live musical performances with a fictional love story narrative. It’s being billed as a “Cuban Musical Romantic Docu-Comedy.” It is a unique road
Flavio Morales, senior vice president of programming and production at mun2, shares his reasons with TEDx Washington Heights audience members why more Latino voices are needed to be heard in society. He urges Latinos to help one another to connect with opportunities and, in the process, gain a wider reflection of who Latinos are in
LatinaLista — Valentine’s Day is all about giving your heart to friends, family, classmates or co-workers to show them how much you care. But what if you could show how much you care to some impoverished children in two remote Guatemalan villages who desperately need electricity for their schools — and you don’t have to
Across the country, young people are dying every day from senseless street violence. Many of their stories go untold, as do the solutions that could have saved their lives. The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising story of three “violence interrupters” in Chicago who try to protect their communities from the violence they once employed.
“Not In Our Town: Light In The Darkness” is a documentary about the violent beating and death of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero at the hands of a group of teenagers on Long Island in 2008. The documentary is about how the residents of Patchogue, New York came together to take action after anti-immigrant violence devastated