LatinaLista — The special relationship that most Latinas have with their mothers is one that isn’t duplicated among other ethnicities. For that reason, a group of Junior League women in 1992 in Austin, Texas knew that when it came to creating a program to encourage young Latinas to apply for college, they were going to [...]
Tucson students to create human chain in protest of bill that does away ethnic studies
LatinaLista — The furor over the signing of Arizona SB 1070 that allows for the citizenship status of all Latinos to be questioned by the state’s police has overshadowed an equally disturbing bill that Arizona Gov. Brewer may be on the verge of signing — HB 2281. HB 2281 cuts off funding for schools K-12 [...]
Spotlight Non-profit: Giving every low-income child a chance to own their First Book
LatinaLista– “Eighty percent of preschool and after-school programs serving low-income populations have no age-appropriate books for the children they serve. Millions of children spend thousands of hours every week in programs and schools that are starving for resources necessary to improve educational quality.” This was the sad discovery, Kyle Zimmer, a corporate lawyer made one [...]
Institute of Texan Cultures’ RACE discussions aimed at talking about sensitive issues
La Prensa – San Antonio San Antonio.- Since January 2010, the Institute of Texan Cultures has challenged San Antonians and visitors alike to examine their understanding of race and racism through “RACE: Are We So Different,” a cutting-edge exhibit from the Science Museum of Minnesota and American Anthropological Association. Designed to increase the quantity [...]
Dia de los Niños celebrates the love of reading among Latino children
LatinaLista– According to the Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2009, Latino children in both 4th and 8th grades showed improvement in their reading skills. Yet, there still exists a reading score gap between White and Latino children — 230 vs. 205 — which illustrates that there is still a need for literacy to be promoted within [...]
Puerto Rico: Striking students wait to see if their voices were heard
By Natalia A. Bonilla Berrios LatinaLista SAN JUAN — When you see that after five days of student strikes that the main gates of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Rio Piedras Campus, are still closed, you sense something’s definitely wrong. Moreover, when you see your classmates sleeping in tents and being passed [...]