LatinaLista — One of the times that families really need to come together is when it’s time for children to go to college. Going to college is a family affair. Yet for many Latino families, college is still unchartered territory. Statistics show that when it comes to Bachelor’s degrees, only 13 percent of Latinos have [...]
Spotlight Non-profit: Global Girl Media broadcasts the voices of underserved girls
LatinaLista — Media, whether it’s print, online or broadcast, is a powerful medium that empowers anyone who uses it. Amie Williams knew that. She also knew that there existed young poor girls the world over who, because of their circumstances, were being left behind when it came to social media and getting their perspectives represented [...]
New campaign asks GOOGLE to doodle Cinco de Mayo
LatinaLista — Who doesn’t like it when the “GOOGLE’s CHIEF DOODLER” gets inventive and incorporates the site’s logo with a historical person’s birthday, event or cultural tradition? In the past ten years since the site first began doodling its logo, GOOGLE has doodled in honor of such notable people/events as Martin Luther King, Jr., the [...]
Undocumented “Trail of DREAMs” students near the end of their 1,500-mile journey
LatinaLista — The Trail of DREAMs walkers, otherwise known as Gaby Pacheco, Felipe Matos, Carlos Roa and Juan Rodriguez, a group of undocumented students who started their 1,500-mile trek on January 1, 2010 from Miami, FL to Washington, DC to call attention to immigration reform, are getting closer to crossing their Finish Line on May [...]
Latino families need to be vigilant against lead poisoning
LatinaLista — Who worries about lead poisoning these days? Evidently not many people. Otherwise, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) wouldn’t have joined forces with the Ad Council and the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning on a new national multimedia ad campaign to raise [...]
Clinton Foundation challenges everyone to “Take Initiative” in honor of 40th anniversary of Earth Day
LatinaLista– While his wife is busy trying to diffuse one global crisis after another, former President Bill Clinton has been busy, among other things, with doing his part to find longterm solutions to a variety of global crises, through his foundation known as the Clinton Foundation. Clinton started his Foundation as a way to focus [...]
