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Though school district issues false SS#s, nobody is charged with identity theft

Nov 20, 2008, 7:02 PM 8

LatinaLista — One of the cornerstones of attack against undocumented immigrants by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been identity theft. DHS and other critics have consistently based their accusations that undocumented immigrants are criminals because they knowingly…

Causes, Children, Social Justice, Youth

National Homeless Youth Awareness Month highlights Homeless Youth TV network

Nov 12, 2008, 4:22 PM 0

LatinaLista — It’s calculated that there are over 1 million young homeless people roaming the streets of our nation. Reasons vary as to why they prefer the streets over staying at home: somebody told them they weren’t wanted, sexual…

Causes, Children, Education, Politics, Women

New initiative wants everyone to Take Our Daughters to the Polls

Oct 21, 2008, 5:00 PM 0

LatinaLista — Everyone’s heard of Take Our Daughters (and Sons) to Work Day. Now, there’s a new initiative and it’s called Take Our Daughters to the Polls. From its title, you can tell what it’s referring to but do…

Children, Immigration, Nonprofit

Spotlight: Microsoft and Angelina Jolie team up to help unaccompanied immigrant children

Oct 17, 2008, 10:44 AM 25

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…

Children, Education, Youth

National observance highlights afterschool programs and online storybook commemorating student experiences

Oct 13, 2008, 12:58 PM 0

LatinaLista — After school programs have proven to be a win-win situation for kids, parents and schools. The programs ease the minds of working parents in that they know where their kids are and what they’re doing and they…

Children, Culture, Online

Disney site creates a way for families to share Hispanic Heritage Month

Sep 17, 2008, 9:32 AM 0

LatinaLista — Yes, we know, everyone is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month but too often we have to leave home to enjoy the celebration. Episodes of Disney’s Handy Manny for preschoolers is available online in Spanish. Well at one Disney…

Business, Children, Culture, Youth

Willy Wonka candy makers create Day of the Dead contest for teens

Sep 11, 2008, 7:13 PM 0

LatinaLista — You’ve heard of Willy Wonka, right? Well it seems that the singing recluse candy maker is celebrating something new in Wonkaland â€” Day of the Dead! In fact, Willy is having a contest in honor of the…

Books, Children, Health, Parenting

A daughter’s death brings new hope to a mother’s life

Sep 10, 2008, 7:15 PM 0

Norma Garcia’s only daughter Jasmine died in a horrible car accident. Though she continually feels her daughter’s loss, it was an experience that propelled this young mother to chart a new destiny for herself and others. LatinaLista — On…

Children, Health, Youth

Turning Bristol Palin’s teenage pregnancy into a learning experience — en Español

Sep 8, 2008, 3:23 PM 0

LatinaLista — The announcement of Sarah Palin’s candidacy for vice president on the Repubican ticket is newsworthy in its own right. Yet, throw in the surprise news (to those of us who live outside Alaska) that her eldest daughter…

Children, Education, Health

Sept. is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Survivors experience “late-effects” of cure that can prove lethal

Sep 2, 2008, 11:28 AM 0

LatinaLista — Priscilla was a soft-spoken, slender 12-year-old whose porcelain skin, dark brown eyes and cafe colored curls cascaded around her face when she let it dry naturally. For being the only girl and the baby of three children,…

Causes, Children, Health, Women

5 moms band together to campaign against teenage cough medicine abuse

Aug 21, 2008, 3:43 PM 0

LatinaLista — One is an author, another is a deputy sheriff, another is a pediatric nurse practitioner, the other is an accountant and the last one is an educator and parent support specialist, but what they all have in…

Children, Culture, Education

PBS fills up Hispanic Heritage Month with special programming & Spanish lessons for kids

Aug 20, 2008, 5:47 PM 0

LatinaLista — Hispanic Heritage month is a little less than a month away but already there are plans underway to mark the annual observance. Among those revving up for the special month is PBS. The public education channel has…

Children, Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Media

Citizens of Postville, Iowa report ICE has created “open-air” prison in town that keeps detained immigrant women from feeding their children

Aug 19, 2008, 5:09 PM 16

LatinaLista — The story of the largest immigration raid in history that happened at Postville, Iowa would seem like a “has-been” story regurgitated ad nauseam, but there’s a second part to it that is proving to be more disturbing…

Children, Health, Women

Anecdotal evidence may answer “Why are third-generation Latinas having more children than their mothers or grandmothers?

Aug 18, 2008, 1:02 PM 0

LatinaLista — The U.S. Census released a new report today — New Analysis Offers State-by-State Look at Fertility. (Source: lacuna.org) Among the findings, there is an interesting tidbit of news that is not really new but doesn’t get the attention…

Children, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Dept. of Homeland Security has deported over 90,000 children under the age of 17 to Mexico without a parent or caregiver

Aug 14, 2008, 7:06 PM 45

LatinaLista — It goes without saying that the saddest element in the current enforcement of immigration laws is the apprehension, deportation or abandonment of children. Stories surface every day of parents who were apprehended and fearing the same for…

Books, Children, Culture, Language, Social Media

New children’s book blog targets bilingual books and songs

Aug 13, 2008, 5:22 PM 0

LatinaLista — There’s a new book blog in cyberspace these days. Yet, unlike Latina Lista’s own Bookshelf that basically reviews non-fiction books for the adult market, the Latin Baby Book Club (LBBC) reviews books â€” can you guess â€”…

Books, Children, Education

Bridging the fantasy and facts of space travel

Aug 13, 2008, 3:25 PM 0

An aerospace research scientist creates a Mayan tale to introduce young readers to the magic and science of space exploration. LatinaLista — Space exploration. The topic has been so romanticized and sensationalized on the big and little screens that…

Books, Children, Film, Immigration

Lifetime movie channel gives life to Latino-inspired stories

Aug 12, 2008, 9:24 AM 0

LatinaLista — Back when former LA Times reporter Sonia Nazario decided to record the story of one boy’s journey from Honduras to the United States, through gang-infested areas of Guatemala and Mexico riding on the dangerous roofs of moving…

Children, Human Rights, Immigration, Palabra Final

U.S. immigration courts declare 13-year-old must be separated from his only parent and deported back to El Salvador alone

Jun 20, 2008, 12:42 PM 54

LatinaLista — Today is World Refugee Day. When we think of refugees these days, it’s usually the images in Africa of the different tribes that have been displaced because of war and famine, but we know that refugees exist…

Children, Immigration, Palabra Final

Abandoned two-year-old is the poster child for immigration debate

Jun 17, 2008, 7:39 PM 35

LatinaLista — What the immigration debate has lacked thus far is a “poster child” that brings home the issue and exposes how it impacts the most vulnerable. Well, the wait is finally over. Two-year-old Martin, a young Guatemalan, was…

Children, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final

Why do we watch and say nothing while ICE traumatizes the children of the undocumented?

May 23, 2008, 10:31 AM 34

LatinaLista — Earlier this week, a congressional hearing was held in Washington, DC to discuss the impacts of immigration raids, conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, on children and families. ICE representatives, community leaders from across the…

Children, Health, Language, Online, Technology

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