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The White House announced Tuesday the creation of a commission to focus on boosting Hispanic academic achievement just as a report showed that college graduation rates among young Americans, especially Latinos, were stagnating.
According to the American Council on Education, a Washington lobbying group, today's 25- to 34-year-olds are no better educated than their baby-boomer predecessors. About 37.5% of them held at least a two-year college degree in 2008, almost identical to the 37% of 45- t
The documentary "Latinos Living the American Dream" produced and directed by Eva Longoria Parker in partnership with the Pepsi YO SUMO initiative will premiere today at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. The documentary highlights the accomplishments and impact that Hispanics have in shaping the landscape of the United States. The feature is a culmination of Pepsi's YO SUMO (I Add Up/I Count) movement which encourages Latinos to go beyond being counted and show how they add value to
"Casa de Esperanza is proud to be Verizon's national Latino domestic violence partner and to help r
The ad was widely seen as an effort to hurt the campaign of incumbent Sen. Harry Reid, a Democrat, who is working hard to turn out Latino voters. Mr. de Posoda, who has long worked with
President Obama is focusing on the education of Hispanics. Tuesday he signed an executive order to help educate both children and adult Latinos. The Hispanic vote is key in the upcoming election. But the White House says helping give Hispanics the best education possible is key to the future of our country. In forty years there will be more Latino
children in U.S. public schools than Caucasian students.
Dr. Tessa Martinez Pollack, president of Our Lady of the Lake University, looked on as Presi
The Nueva Latina Star Awards by Verizon and the first Arte Hispanidad Award were presented
CHICAGO— Once again, over five hundred of Chicago’s leaders and professionals gathered at the
6th VIVE LA HISPANIDAD, to celebrate the end of the Hispanic Heritage Month festivities. The event took place on Friday, October 8th at the beautiful Galleria Marchetti where the program was emceed by Telemundo News Anchor Tsi Tsi Ki Felix and NBC 5 Reporter Anthony Ponce. Proceeds benefited the non-profit organ
Boundless Readers™ and National-Louis University announced today that they will partner to bring The National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) “The Big Read” to Chicago for the second consecutive year. Like last year, The Big Read 2010, Chicago Style will target Chicago’s Latino community. The Big Read 2010, Chicago Style is made possible by a grant from NEA. Chicago-based Boundless Readers was awarded the highly selective grant for a second consecutive year.
The Big Read 2010, Chicago Style focus
Gilberto Cardenas, Ph.D., assistant provost and director of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, inaugurated Tuesday the Americo Paredes Commemorative Lecture at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College. The lecture aims to bring to campus distinguished scholars or others who have made significant contributions to the study or development of the border region.
In the morning Cardenas addressed students, before speaking at 6 p.m. for the main
In the morning Cardenas addressed students, before speaking at 6 p.m. for the main
According to the Commission, OCHLA’s Distinguished Hi
As a major player in the Atlanta market, Wells Fargo is dedicated to participating in community affairs.
With operations around the world, Wells Fargo has offered a range of financial services to custo
"In the 17 years since I started this business
The number of Hispanic owned businesses is on the rise across the United States especially where their population is growing. In Los Angeles, 21 percent of all businesses are Hispanic-owned, ranking it fifth among the nation's largest cities.
Texas is ranked third nationally, and North Dakota has the fewest number when it comes to the number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the nation. New Mexico had the highest concentration of Hispanic-owned businesses at 23.6 percent of all firms, followed b
In this city's Greektown, home to generations of Greek families, you are just as likely to see Latino-owned bakeries, grocery stores and restaurants as Greek coffee houses. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese started its first bilingual English and Spanish program this year to attract more Hispanic families. And City Hall set up a commission two years ago to determine the education, job, public health and social needs of the growing Hispanic population, which increased 45% to 16,000 in 2008 from 11,
Announcing the initiative at its first Education Summit, HSF plans to
So, all the shrieking by the race hustlers and the Obama admin
Alderman Michael Zalewski and the 23rd Ward appear to be heading for a major aldermanic challenge in February 2011. Zalewski will bechallenged by community activist and independent democrat Anna Goral.Goral, a successful business woman “kicked” off her aldermanic campaign in middle of August by distributing 20,000 door hangersthroughout the 23rd ward. A member of Garfield Ridge Chamber ofCommerce, Garfield Ridge Civic League, United Association of Midway,vice president of Polish American Chamber
