LatinaLista — Ever since First Lady Michelle Obama launcher her “Let’s Move” campaign to battle childhood obesity, schools, restaurants and stores have been getting on board. In fact, school cafeteria menus look a little different to children this school year than last year. With selections that include tofu, soy and salads, there’s no doubt children [...]
Federal gov’t creates online space to find the latest alerts and recalls
LatinaLista — With every new national crisis this nation experiences, there is one overriding lesson that Washington has finally learned — keep the people informed. A new government web site aims to comply with that lesson. Notifications.USA.gov was launched this week as an organized outlet for official alerts ranging from recalls to weather emergencies. This [...]
New site for Latinas aims to break traditional stereotypes with Latinaology
LatinaLista — If there is one thing that Latinas can credit the blogosphere, it’s the newfound awareness of who we are, what we are about and where we are going. The first indication of this is when Latinas across the country adopted the moniker “Wise Latina” and created online sites to show solidarity with one [...]
Global Peace Summit goes online for all to attend
LatinaLista — Is the world addicted to violence? It’s a question that seems to get validated more and more each day. Whether it’s the senseless daily cartel murders in Mexico or the torturous actions by the Taliban or the millions of other random acts of violence committed every day in every country around the world, [...]
Online book club wants to help turn the page on talking about race
LatinaLista — The rise in attacks on Hispanic immigrants, the declaration by Glen Beck of “taking back the Civil Rights movement” and the verbal bashing and stabbing of Muslims are but a few examples of how race continues to be a divisive and contentious subject in this nation. While individual communities have held discussions on [...]
Latino group creates Twitter newspaper to connect with members
LatinaLista — It’s often said that we live in a society of information overload. Drop social media into that mix and the statement becomes an understatement. For example, Twitter is packed with bytes of information ranging from the useful to the useless but most always interesting to the people following it. Yet, because something new [...]
