LatinaLista — Today’s Spotlight on a non-profit serving the Latino community is Avance. Since 1973, AVANCE has helped parents prepare their children for school by focusing on what parents can do during the critical first three years of their…
LatinaLista — Al Frente de Lucha Community Center , based in Weld County, Colorado develops and implements a variety of programs to help the local Chicano/Mexicano community address critical community issues. Issues range from combatting the Latino dropout rate to…
LatinaLista — Though a lot of fuss has been made this week about the new mammogram guidelines, it doesn’t diminish the fact that when breast cancer is found and treatment begun it’s a grueling and emotional process. For most…
LatinaLista — Along the Texas-Mexico border, there lies Starr County, Texas. It is one of the poorest counties in the nation with a population of about 62,000 — 97 percent Latino. The U.S. Census reports that only 35 percent…
LatinaLista — Their full title is: Homies Organizing the Mission to Empower Youth. Unlike most nonprofits that target at-risk kids, the Executive Director of H.O.M.E.Y. was himself very much at-risk. A former gang member and drug dealer, Rene Quinonez,…
LatinaLista — The issue of unaccompanied minors — those children who cross the border, either on their own or with a coyote or another family member not their parent but who get caught by Border Patrol and are run…
LatinaLista — While Latina Lista has reported on those farmers and vineyard owners who are guilty of not ensuring the well-being of their workers, there are some farmers who go beyond the obligations of a good employer. These farmers…
LatinaLista — Ever hear of Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl in Mexico? If you haven’t, no surprise. It’s hardly a place the country is proud to claim as its own. In fact, even the natives are afraid to venture within the boundaries…
