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Ohio Latino Fest, Cleveland Ohio

Posted by News on September 27, 2010 at 12:52pm


As part of National Hispanic Heritage Month, on Saturday, October 2nd the first annual Ohio Latino Fest will kick off at Nautica Pavilion in Cleveland, Ohio at 12 noon. This year we will bring salsa’s greatest salsa performer, Gilberto Santa Rosa direct from Puerto Rico. We expect between 8,000 to 10,000 Latinos from across the State of Ohio. Latino Fest is a two-part festival. The first part will be a free event open to the public in a festival setting with food, artwork, local artists, family
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Latino entrepreneurs launching new businesses

Posted by News on September 27, 2010 at 10:22am
After 22 years at Apple ending as a project manager, Margie Sanchez decided to forge her own Steve Jobs experience, launching a company called California Solar Screens.Sanchez believes the San Jose company she founded in 2009, which manufactures and installs window screens that block sunlight and heat to conserve energy in summer and winter, can grow from a few part-time and contract employees to become "humongous."

"It's possible, and it's doable, and I have every aspiration for growth," she sa
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DREAM Act dies with rejection of defense bill

Posted by News on September 21, 2010 at 10:05pm
The chance for hundreds of thousands of young people to legally remain in the U.S. evaporated Tuesday when Republicans blocked a defense spending bill in the Senate.Democrats failed to get a single Republican to help them reach the 60 votes needed to move forward on the defense bill and attach the DREAM Act as an amendment. The vote was 56-43. Arkansas Democratic Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor voted with Republicans. Majority Leader Harry Reid also voted to block the bill in a procedural m
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Somethig new and needed!

Posted by Papi Perez on September 21, 2010 at 2:00pm

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Something new and need!




Gluten is the elastic, rubbery protein present in wheat, rye, barley, and to a lesser degree, in oats. It binds the dough in foods such as bread and other baked goods. It contributes to the spongy consistency. Rice and maize do not contain gluten. (Most brown sauces like soy, hoisin, or oyster, contain wheat/gluten. Our fish sauce, which is used to make the house sauce is gluten-
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Scouts reach out to county Latinas

Posted by News on September 17, 2010 at 4:45pm


Toward the end of the latest meeting of Girl Scout Troop 4073, based in Tracy, volunteer leader Claudia Flores asked in Spanish whether the girls wanted to hold their next meeting right away, or whether they preferred to wait until they had better settled into the routines of a new school year.Alejandra Fernandez, 10, was for right away."I want to earn more patches," she said.

Over the summer, the Girl Scouts of the USA launched a new campaign in hopes of drawing new members to its nearly 100-
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Lets come together

Posted by Papi Perez on September 14, 2010 at 7:17pm

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Lets come together


Alderman Sandi Jackson & Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.

in conjunction with

Painters District Council 14

invites the 7th Ward & 2nd Congressional District to the

‘A Chicken In Every Pot’

JOBS RALLY & CHICKEN GIVE-A-WAY

Monday, September 20, 2010 @ 9 AM

8555 S. Green Bay Ave. (Former USX Site)

Chicago, IL

Special invited guests include: Governor Pat Quinn, Treas
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Designer Robert Rodriguez Designs Exclusive Shirt to Benefit MANA

Posted by News on September 14, 2010 at 12:08pm


MANA, a National Latina Organization and the United States' oldest and largest Pan-Latina women's organization announced today that Cuban-American Los Angeles-based designer Robert Rodriguez has teamed up with Nordstrom to design a limited-edition shirt that will be sold exclusively at the fashion specialty retailer from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

The shirt, which will feature a draped silhouette, a black lace overlay, and feather embellishment on one sho
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Latinos predict big impact on mayoral race

Posted by News on September 14, 2010 at 11:26am


Neighborhood political groups will have a big impact on who will be the next mayor of Chicago. Those organizations are already discussing their strategy for the next election. From a distance, they appeared to be ten friends having a
late breakfast in a Southwest Side Mexican restaurant. But the meeting among Latino grassroots political organizers was about the 2011 Chicago mayor's race. "Whoever is going to be mayor is going to be someone who's going to have to relate to the entire community i
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CHCI, Telemundo Announce Partnership to Promote Education, American Dream for Latinos

Posted by News on September 14, 2010 at 11:15am


The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) today announced its new strategic media partnership with Spanish-language broadcast network Telemundo. In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Telemundo will roll out an exclusive public service announcement (PSA) campaign co-branded by CHCI, focused around CHCI’s theme of “Celebrating History, Heritage and the American Dream.” The campaign will air from September 19, 2010 to October 15, 2010.

The strategic partnership will also provide sch
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Latino "hidden history" helps complete Monrovia's story

Posted by News on September 9, 2010 at 10:05am


There's a certain irony in having the city's first celebration of its Latino heritage at the former Monrovia Plunge, which has been the Monrovia Historical Museum since 1992. And it's not lost on Jimmy O'Balles, Henry Olivas and Ralph Walker.

When the vintage 1925 building opened as part of the municipal swimming pool complex, the three organizers - two Latino, one African American - could have gone swimming only on the "colored days" that traditionally came before the water was changed. Times
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Group and Solo Shows at Woman Made Gallery

Posted by 1gyrak9cept5n on September 1, 2010 at 12:04pm
Woman Made Gallery is proud to present After Adelita: Myths, Heroes, and Revolutionaries, curated by Amy Galpin. The exhibition and accompanying catalog is funded by 3Arts, an organization supporting Chicago artists, and it includes work by Carla Avila, Adriana Baltazar, Esperanza Gama, Maria Gaspar, Judithe Hernández, Patricia Peña, Jenny Priego, and Diana Solís. Other exhibitions on display include Seeing in a New Way, sculptures by Constance DeMuth Berg, and Sugar, paintings by Laura Kina. Ot
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Fed Study: Immigrants Don’t Steal American Jobs

Posted by News on August 31, 2010 at 11:36pm
One of the major complaints against immigration — both legal and illegal — is that non-Americans take jobs that could be occupied by citizens during a time of high unemployment. But immigrants actually boost incomes and productivity over time, according to a paper released Monday by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. The study’s author found immigration has no “significant” effect on the number of jobs available to U.S.-born workers.

The main reason, economist Giovanni Peri argues, is th
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United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Announces Next Generation of Leadership

Posted by News on August 31, 2010 at 11:31pm


Nina Vaca, a nationally recognized business leader and Founder, Chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Pinnacle Technical Resources, has been named Chair of the Board of Directors of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC). The USHCC also appointed Jeanette Prenger, Founder and President of ECCO Select Corporation, as Vice Chair. For the first time in the history of the USHCC, these two critical, leadership positions will be held by two women.The USHCC makes this announcement just week
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Women, Hispanics, African Americans Use the Most Cell Phone Minutes, Says Nielsen Study

Posted by News on August 30, 2010 at 11:08am


A recent study by Nielsen looked at a year of phone bills from 60,000 people and discovered that women, Hispanics and African Americans text and talk the most out of everybody. Nielsen reports that African-Americans use the most voice minutes – on average over 1,300 per month. The next in line for the title of 'most chatty' are Hispanics, with 826 minutes a month. Asians and Pacific Islanders use 692 minutes on average, while white people use roughly 647 minutes per month.

Looking at it from a
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Education Investments: A Sure Thing in Shaky Times

Posted by News on August 30, 2010 at 10:28am
The cliché is true. "Education is the gateway to opportunity" has been said so many times that it's almost an empty expression. But it's still very true. Earning an education is the greatest investment a person can make, and adhering to that axiom has paid off for millions of Americans, including myself. As individuals, as a community and as a country -- we can all agree that keeping Americans equipped with knowledge and skills is of the highest importance.

But, today, what once was a path to p
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Location, nearby developments drive minority-owned firms

Posted by News on August 27, 2010 at 10:53am
Northwest Austin is an economic hub that encourages minority-owned businesses perhaps more so than any other area of Greater Austin because of its proximity to The University of Texas, development in Round Rock and Cedar Park, a blend of affordable and upscale housing and a diverse and growing workforce.Ryan Robinson, City of Austin demographer, said cities that are not as culturally diverse as Austin are not as sustainable and integrating diversity into Austin’s social fabric has become a regio
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Getting More Hispanics To The Top

Posted by News on August 23, 2010 at 3:32pm
With the economic future more uncertain than ever, it is critical that our pool of potential leaders be as large and varied as possible. But it isn't at the moment. Hispanics are greatly underrepresented. They compose nearly 16% of the total U.S. population and will account for more 60% of population growth over the next 40 years. They are younger than the general population, with an average age of 27.4 compared with 36.8 for the population as a whole.

Thus the future of our country's prosperity
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Latinas and the High Cost of Birth Control

Posted by News on August 23, 2010 at 3:24pm

After Jersey Garcia welcomed her first baby earlier this year in a planned pregnancy, she was shocked to learn that, despite having health insurance through her employer, she couldn't afford to resume her birth control. The IUD had been her reliable form of birth control for years, but she was told she must pay $800 in fees beyond what her health
insurance covers. Switching to the birth control pill was also not affordable; the pill will cost her up to $480 per year in insurance co-payments.


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