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Education, General, Health, Nonprofit, Women, Youth

Spotlight Non-profit: Delivering teens the message — “ME NOW…baby later”

Jan 29, 2010, 11:10 AM 0

LatinaLista — One of the most urgent problems stalking Latino communities is teen pregnancies. It’s always been known that Latina teens contributed disproportionately to the number of teenage pregnancies but the latest study done by the Guttmacher Institute shows…

Economy, Education, General, Government, Language, Money, Online

Bilingual gov’t site helps Latinos understand the concept of money managment

Jan 25, 2010, 1:20 PM 0

LatinaLista — While headlines tout how Latinos are the hardest hit in this recession, one report show that prior to the economy’s downfall, Hispanics had more of a disposable income. According to Latinum Network, while non-Hispanic consumer spending from…

Children, Education, General, Government, Palabra Final, Politics, Youth

TX Governor puts the needs of state’s Latino students behind his power-play of party politics

Jan 14, 2010, 4:25 PM 1

LatinaLista — Texas is a majority-minority state. Of the minorities that call the Lone Star state home, 8.9 million are Latinos — making Texas only second to California in having a high Latino population. Along with that distinction is…

Education, General, Youth

Second phase of national dropout prevention campaign begins with Grad Nation

Jan 13, 2010, 9:37 AM 0

LatinaLista — It’s estimated that today 7,200 students dropped out of high school — and yesterday and the day before and the day before that and…you get the picture. Altogether, it’s believed that there are over 1.3 million students…

Education, General, Government, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice, Youth

Latino leadership needed to counter TX State Board of Education’s attempt to write minorities out of history

Jan 12, 2010, 12:49 PM 8

LatinaLista — The Southern Education Foundation released a report last week, “A New Diverse Majority,” that found, that for the first time in history, more than half of all the students attending public schools in the 15 Southern states…

Education, General, Health, Seniors

Latinos at high-risk for developing glaucoma

Jan 7, 2010, 1:12 PM 0

LatinaLista — This month is Glaucoma Awareness Month. Though most people think it’s an “old people’s disease,” the truth is that Latinos are at risk. As it is, over 3 million people suffer from glaucoma and half of them…

Children, Education, General, Government, Palabra Final, Youth

Nothing innovative about dumbing down curriculum to close racial achievement gap

Jan 4, 2010, 4:12 PM 2

LatinaLista — There has always been talk of redesigning the high school curriculum to help close the achievement gap that persists between Anglo students and Latino and black students. Yet Berkeley High School is doing something that, while it…

Children, Education, General, Language, Youth

Special program brings students together with Spanish

Dec 30, 2009, 1:54 PM 2

LatinaLista — What’s the difference between Latino students of one high school versus “Spanish students” at another? The quick assumption would be that they are the same — all Hispanic students. Yet, that’s not true in this case. While…

Books, Education, General, Language, Media

Reno man creates own English book to help immigrants overcome discrimination

Dec 28, 2009, 2:55 PM 1

LatinaLista — While there are troubling, and downright horrifying, stories to be found every day, we sometimes miss those stories that show the better side of human nature. Last week, Latina Lista featured stories that were positive and showed…

Education, General, Media

New show dispelling Latino stereotype myths needs a wider audience

Dec 28, 2009, 1:05 PM 0

LatinaLista — The new SiTV show titled Latino101: The Class You Never Took due to premier on January 8, 2010 on the English-language Latino cable channel has a lot of potential — too bad only Latinos are going to…

Business, Economy, Education, General

Recent studies show Latinos climb ladder of success

Dec 27, 2009, 8:50 PM 0

By Walter Ewing LatinaLista — As a front-page featured on the Washington Post reminds us: “Not since the last great wave of immigration to the United States around 1900 has the country’s economic future been so closely entwined with…

Education, General, Immigration, Money, Nonprofit, Youth

Spotlight: Young DC professionals band together to give hope to college-bound immigrant students

Dec 18, 2009, 10:45 AM 0

LatinaLista — College education costs are rising so quickly and steeply that a lot of students are losing hope that they will ever achieve their dream. For low-income immigrant students, both legal and undocumented, that hope to achieve a…

Education, General, Youth

New report on Latino college achievement offers refreshingly honest analysis

Dec 16, 2009, 10:22 AM 0

The focus of this brief is to reconcile what we know with what we hear to inform what we can do to address the realities facing Latino students in a manner integrated into the broader policy agenda and discussions…

Children, Education, General, Government, Youth

Latino Youth survey bolsters proof that programs targeting young Latinos are needed — now

Dec 11, 2009, 1:00 PM 2

LatinaLista — The last two sentences in the opening paragraph that introduces the Pew Hispanic Center’s latest report Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America should have everyone sitting on the edge of their seats….

Children, Education, General, Nonprofit, Youth

Spotlight: AVANCE teaches Latino parents how to make a better life for their children

Dec 11, 2009, 10:48 AM 0

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…

Culture, Education, General, Media, Music, Online, Youth

New site puts a new spin on rap music

Dec 8, 2009, 11:30 AM 0

LatinaLista — When people talk of hiphop, it’s understood that it’s not just about the music. Hiphop and rap represent a whole subculture that overtook the music industry and made the nation aware that urban youth face a totally…

Education, General, Government, Local News, Southwest

‘Know Before You Go,’ officials advise holiday travelers to Mexico

Dec 8, 2009, 9:24 AM 0

By KRISTA NORSWORTHY PHOENIX — Those heading to Mexico for the holidays can expect longer waits at the border due to stepped up inspections, and federal officials say travelers can make things easier by having legal documents ready and…

Education, General, Language, Online, Technology

New program uses cyber community to help people learn new languages

Dec 3, 2009, 1:31 PM 1

LatinaLista — It’s often been said that the best way to learn a new language is total immersion. Usually that means traveling to a foreign country or living in a place where only the language you want to learn…

Education, General, Palabra Final, Social Justice, Youth

Arpaio protesters at ASU forum were wrong to shut down the event

Dec 1, 2009, 3:38 PM 6

LatinaLista — The news first started appearing on my Facebook feeds page — Sheriff Arpaio is forced off stage by a bunch of singing protesters. At an Arizona State University (ASU) forum to discuss First Amendment rights, Sheriff Arpaio…

Education, General, Palabra Final, Youth

New report on high school dropouts serves as wake-up call to the true costs to local communities

Nov 20, 2009, 11:21 AM 0

LatinaLista — A new report by the Alliance for Excellent Education shows that nearly 600,000 students living in the country’s 50 largest cities never walked across the stage in 2008 to receive a high school diploma because they dropped…

Education, General, Guest Voz, Youth

Guest Voz: First Latino President-elect of American Bar Association speaks out about civic education

Nov 20, 2009, 8:55 AM 3

By Stephen N. Zack LatinaLista — With a last name like “Zack,” most people don’t realize that the president-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA) is Latino, Cuban-American to be exact. Mr. Zack will be the first president in…

Education, General, Government, Immigration, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice

Deporting undocumented students affects the chances for legal return if Congress doesn’t address it in immigration reform bill

Nov 16, 2009, 5:08 PM 3

LatinaLista — When it comes to Congress undertaking immigration reform, there is one special demographic for whom it will mean a world of difference — undocumented students. It’s known that any type of immigration reform will include a provision…

Education, General, Local News, Southwest, Youth

Nearly two years later, Centennial Scholars proposal going nowhere

Nov 7, 2009, 2:32 PM 0

By ALEXANDER MacLEAN PHOENIX — In her 2008 State of the State Address, Gov. Janet Napolitano proposed providing, despite the state’s growing economic challenges, free college tuition to Arizona high school students who get good grades, perform community service…

Culture, Education, General, History

Dia de los muertos, 3000 years of tradition

Oct 31, 2009, 4:19 PM 0

By Ramon Vasquez y Sanchez and Magda Chellet The “Dia de los Muertos” as it has evolved over the centuries is to be regarded as a cultural celebration that is not only indigenous but also exclusive to Mesoamerica, which…

Causes, Education, General, Health, Social Justice, Women

New national campaign challenges people to take action against domestic violence

Oct 30, 2009, 11:21 AM 0

LatinaLista — Though it’s the season of Halloween and people of all ages will be painting their faces to stand out in a crowd of costume-wearers, there’s one small group who paint their faces every day to hide themselves…

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