LatinaLista — It’s certainly not new news that women have always felt overworked and stressed out trying to balance family and work. Nor is it a grand revelation that women are becoming more empowered and making more and more of the household business decisions, along with, comprising a major part of the workforce. Yet, it [...]
Guest Voz: Social media is the next step in the evolution of human communication
LatinaLista — Thursday, June 30, 2011 was the first Social Media Day. Yet, for anyone who uses social media, every day is social media day. For Latinos, that is especially true. While studies show that Latinos lag behind in broadband connections, we more than make up for it with smart phones. And it’s through our [...]
New social media report could be blueprint for 2012 Latino outreach
LatinaLista — A long known profile characteristic of Latinos is that we are a very social people. So, it only makes sense that when it comes to social media Latinos have embraced it wholeheartedly. For example, 54 percent of Latinos regularly use Facebook compared to 43 percent of white Americans, according to statistics supplied by [...]
Mexican education campaign reaches out to Mexican-Americans and migrants for help
LatinaLista — The United States isn’t the only country that has problems with its teachers’ unions. In Mexico, the national teachers’ union — The National Syndicate of Educational Workers — has garnered so much power over the years that a new national campaign to improve the country’s educational policies is calling the union out on [...]
Over 47,000 join Facebook group to show undocumented immigrant life is worth living
LatinaLista — The premise for the site PostSecret is simple enough. People anonymously mail in their secrets on the back of postcards. After reading the scanned postcards on the site, it’s easy to see why these people want to remain anonymous, but there is one postcard that has not only captured attention but hearts too. [...]
“Not in Our Town” site shows communities how to fight back against hate crimes
LatinaLista — The November 2008 murder of Marcelo Lucero on Long Island, New York by a group of teens shocked everyone for its brutality and senselessness. The notion that these kids hunted Marcelo for sport can’t help but disgust rational minds and cause people to take a fresh look at how hate-filled crimes impact their [...]
