Category: Media
TV Novela Series Teaches Importance of Safe Medication Use
SaludToday! The ¡Nunca Más! Novela Health Series seeks to educate Latinas and their families about the importance of safe medication use. The series, launched in October 2011 by the Office of Women’s Health at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, provides consumers and community leaders with access to four video novelas and free health materials [...]
Video: All grown up, children of the LA Riots remember
It was twenty years ago that some of the scariest civil rights unrest happened in the country, known as the LA Riots. The nation watched in horror in 1992 as buildings in South Central Los Angeles burned in reaction to a jury’s acquittal of four police officers accused of using extreme force in the arrest [...]
Viernes Video: Tough-talking Latino teen finds true friendship opens the door to new opportunities
Mamitas, an award-winning indie film, is about two teens who become the unlikeliest of friends. Jordin is a cocky but charming guy who doesn’t see the need for school. At home he is a doting grandson who can’t seem to please his perpetually cranky father. On the day he’s suspended from school for insulting a [...]
Video: Latino children’s book illustrator fuses style with Mexican culture to create magical scenes
Rafael López is an artist and children’s book illustrator. Rafa, as he’s known to family and friends, credits his upbringing in Mexico with inspiring his artwork, which is described as a fusion of a strong graphic style and magical symbolism. The result has been a career laden with awards. Recently, Lopez was awarded his second [...]
Intrn’l Video: Seeing Colombia standing up — paddle surfing
Stand up paddle surfing known as SUP, or as Wikipedia informs us, in the Hawaiian language it’s known as Hoe he’e nalu, is an emerging global sport with a Hawaiian heritage. The sport is an ancient form of surfing with a paddle used as a rudder to direct, balance and help steer the rider through [...]
A few words about Love Thy Neighbor, Mexico: Getting American drug users to connect their usage with violence in Mexico
By Slyvia Longmire Mexico’s Drug War A little over a year ago (maybe more, maybe less…my memory is like a sieve), I was asked to serve on the Board of Advisers for an organization out of Stanford University called Love Thy Neighbor, Mexico. In a nutshell, their goal is to educate people between the ages [...]
Video: Exploring the reasons why Mexico matters to the U.S.
Dr. David A. Shirk of the University of San Diego conducts research on Mexican politics, U.S.-Mexican relations, and law enforcement and security along the U.S.-Mexican border. In this TedX lecture delivered at the San Diego TEDxChange lecture, Shirk reviews how intertwined Mexico’s history is with that of the U.S. and how it is not only [...]
Latina blogger launches bilingual e-book detailing “A Simple Start to Blogging with Social Media”
LatinaLista — In 2004, when I created Latina Lista, blogs were the epitome of social media. For the first time, people could share what was happening in their lives, what they thought about politics, give their professional insights, speak out against injustice or just recount what they ate for lunch that day. Back then, I [...]
Video: Case of Anastacio Hernández-Rojas questions use of excessive force by Border Patrol agents
Anastacio Hernández-Rojas died entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico in 2010. But it wasn’t the high-risk journey into the U.S. that has historically taken so many lives of desperate immigrants that claimed Hernandez-Rojas as its victim that day two years ago. It wasn’t the journey, Mother Nature or cartel violence that killed Hernández-Rojas — it [...]
Viernes Video: Latina sisters join forces creating dramedy updating Hollywood portrayal of Latinos
LatinaLista — Claudia Cifuentes appreciates good movies. A graduate of New York University’s film program she noticed that there were no modern-day, coming-of-age love stories that portrayed young marriages in an honest but hopeful way. A newlywed herself, Claudia began forming the premise of a film with three inspirations: Miami Beach, marriage, and the film [...]
