LatinaLista — Everybody needs to start somewhere. La Alianza Hispana (LAH), Inc. of Greater Boston strives to do that for their local Latino community. Begun in 1968 by Ana Maria Rodriguez, a teacher of English as a second language at an elementary school in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Rodriguez noticed the impoverished conditions of her Latino students. [...]
Education report reveals less than a quarter of Florida Latinos have bachelor’s degrees
LatinaLista — When it comes to higher education, Latinos always seem to lag behind the pack. Recent reports reveal that only 10 percent of Latinos have earned a bachelor’s degree, while Latinas are outpacing Latinos in college enrollment. This disparity in genders and graduation rates among ethnicities serves as a window into what the future [...]
Deported DREAM Act student claims Dept. of Homeland forced him to sign paper barring him from returning to U.S. for 10 years
LatinaLista — The story was all too familiar — a young, bright college freshman studying electrical engineering on a full scholarship at a local Dallas university suddenly caught in the rusty wheels of federal bureaucracy, otherwise known as U.S. immigration policy, and deported back to a country he barely remembered — but only after spending [...]
“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 [...]
Guest Voz: Motivational Youth Speaker targets three things to ensure Latino students’ success in school
LatinaLista – Fabian Ramirez is a youth motivational speaker and regularly speaks to students every year in schools, churches and community events. While his message for all students is to stay in school, his main focus is to reach Latino students. “I was the student that would ask what it took to get a “C,” shares [...]
The demand for English classes by immigrants must be met now to comply with future immigration reform criteria
LatinaLista — One guarantee of any comprehensive immigration reform bill is that it will require all immigrants to learn English and attain a level of proficiency. When that happens, lawsuits challenging the validity of English tests, like the Fresno case where two dozen minority women were laid off from a manufacturing plant after failing to [...]