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Education, General, Youth

Study on Hispanic-serving Institutions finds that after community college more Latino students attend private colleges

Feb 4, 2010, 12:20 PM 2

LatinaLista — Know what a HSI is? HSI is the acronym for those colleges and universities that are deemed Hispanic Serving Institutions. It means that 25% or more of their full-time undergraduate students are Latino. The invention of Hispanic-serving…

General, Government, Politics, Technology, Youth

Latina Lista partners with Voto Latino and iTunes to promote 2010 Census

Feb 3, 2010, 3:17 PM 0

LatinaLista — Filling out the U.S. Census is important. It’s a message that the US Census Bureau has been trying to get across since the news that certain religious Latino leaders were preaching against filling out the US Census…

Books, Culture, General, Parenting, Youth

A mother’s fight to uphold tradition in hopes of preserving the mother-daughter bond

Feb 1, 2010, 3:58 PM 0

By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — Damas, Dramas and Ana Ruiz by Belinda Acosta tells the story of Ana Ruiz, an educated woman and mother of two children who discovered that her husband cheated on her and asked him to…

General, Palabra Final, Youth

While new analysis shows Millennials more tolerant of mixed-race marriage, one question wasn’t asked

Feb 1, 2010, 1:25 PM 1

LatinaLista — The latest breakout analysis of a Pew Research study shows there’s hope, a lot of hope, for the future of this country. It doesn’t rest with Baby Boomers but Millennials, those between the ages of 18-29. It…

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…

Children, Environment, General, Health, Youth

With urban neighborhoods under siege by violence, Student Peace Alliance offers hope

Jan 26, 2010, 11:21 AM 0

LatinaLista — Peace. It’s more than a word. To some it’s an elusive concept, but to others it’s an achievable reality. Peace doesn’t just mean eradicating wars but eradicating violence, even at the most basic level — in communities….

Children, General, Health, Nonprofit, Youth

Spotlight Non-profit: Servicing Latino children with disabilities

Jan 22, 2010, 10:03 AM 0

LatinaLista — According the U.S. Census, 41.2 million people have some level of disability. Having a disability makes getting needed services or specialized equipment or finding just the right information hard enough but when that’s compounded with language barriers…

General, Immigration, Palabra Final, Social Justice, Youth

Four DREAM Act students create their own Trail of Dreams

Jan 21, 2010, 12:53 PM 4

LatinaLista — When it comes to the illegal immigration issue, there is one group that is the most vulnerable — the children. Coming here at young ages, not choosing this life for themselves, but fully assimilating, as children do,…

Children, Environment, General, Media, Youth

Latino and black children have highest rates of media usage — and it shows

Jan 20, 2010, 12:23 PM 1

LatinaLista — A new national study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds, reinforced what too many Latino and black families already knew — our children spend way too much time…

American Dreams, Art, Children, Culture, General, Youth

“Drawing” on natural talent to connect with autistic children

Jan 18, 2010, 11:40 AM 0

Artist Diana Trevino-Wilson uses her creativity to create a special character named Fabil that reaches through the wall of autism to teach basic skills. LatinaLista — “If Walt Disney could start his empire with a cartoon mouse, anything is…

Children, General, Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Nonprofit, Youth

Spotlight: Unaccompanied immigrant children find a KIND hand to help them in court

Jan 15, 2010, 5:01 PM 0

LatinaLista — The United States doesn’t just attract the illegal entry of adults looking for work. This country is also a beacon to more than 8,000 children every year, from as young as toddlers to teens, who illegally enter…

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…

General, Health, Women, Youth

International conference spotlights breast cancer in young women

Jan 14, 2010, 1:46 PM 0

LatinaLista — According to the National Cancer Institute, breast cancer is the leading cause of death in young women ages 15-54. When we think of breast cancer, we think of it as a disease that attacks older women —…

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…

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…

Causes, General, Health, Money, Youth

Students sell tamales to give a little Christmas cheer to cancer-stricken family

Dec 23, 2009, 9:12 AM 1

LatinaLista — Though cancer is a non-discriminating disease, one Latino family in Idaho has every right to feel that cancer is harshly discriminating against them. The Garcia family of the Hailey-area of Idaho has been stricken with cancer. Last…

Business, Children, Economy, General, Palabra Final, Youth

Nashville Hispanic Chamber plays Santa to children turned away by local charities

Dec 22, 2009, 4:00 PM 1

LatinaLista — Headlines are always filled with bad news. In fact, conventional thinking in the news industry is the worse the headline, the bigger the attraction. Unfortunately, it works. Yet, there should always be a time where we can…

General, Immigration, Media, Palabra Final, Youth

Undocumented students challenge USA TODAY’s usage of “illegal students”

Dec 18, 2009, 12:49 PM 19

LatinaLista — Looking back on this past decade, there are certain words that will forever mark this time in history: “going green,” “GOOGLE,” “Facebook,” “Twitter” — and “illegal immigrants.” Since the whole immigration debate erupted several years ago, the…

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…

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