The "Reality of Disparity in Media and Entertainment" panel will feature high-powered experts in the fields of electronic and print media and film and focus on the under-representation and underutilization of Latinos throughout the media and entertainment industries. Alex Nogales, President of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, will provide the background that statistically documents the disparities. Syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette will focus on the print media
Dr. José M. Hernández
After applying numerous times over a period of 12 years, Dr. Hernández was finally selected by NASA for its astronaut training program in 2004, which he completed in 2006. In June 2008 he was one of seven astronauts selected to train for a mission to the International Space Station. As a Mission Specialist 2 and the crew's flight engineer, Dr. Hernández was the primary robotics operator and navigation computer expert. On August 28, 2009, his lifelong dream was finally fulf
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My name is Cesar Lopez, President of Best Networks Inc, a Computer Consulting Company in Chicago, Illinois.
Why is it taking us so long to make stuff cleaner? – Green that is!
Recently in Chicago February 2nd 2011, we experienced perhaps the first of many Snow blizzards. In some areas snow piled as high as 3 feet high. The entire state was paralyzed with the awesome power of the "snow". According to Chicago City’s Officials Estimates, the snow blizzard buried about 1,500 cars in our l
My name is Cesar Lopez, President of Best Networks Inc, a Computer Consulting Company in Chicago, Illinois.
Let me start with a disclaimer; like all of you I get my information from all kinds of sources,
magazines, the internet, Technical Podcast I subscribe, Vendors for the products we sell, implement and support. Most of the information is subjective and therefore is open to criticism – let’s talk about it! It is important if we ought to understand and make sense of it all.
I'll be giving you
“Latina women are the decision makers and influencers of over 80% of all purchases made in U.S. Hispanic households,” according to Jackie Bird, CEO, Redbean Society, LLC, previewing her presentation, “Latina Shoppers Unveiled! The Segmentation of Shopping Behavior Among Latinas” for the 7th annual M2W(R) – The Marketing to Women Conference, April 13 & 14, 2011 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
“Latina women are a very powerful group as they control the $1.4 Trillion buying power of Hispanic hous
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Illinois RNHA Members Host Convention in Dixon – New Executive Board Is Elected
Illinois – The Illinois Republican National Hispanic Assembly’s (RNHA) bi-annual convention took place this weekend at the Loveland Community House in Dixon. The group was addressed by State Representative Robert Pritchard, State Senator Tim Bivins, Former Mayor of DeKalb Greg Sparrow, ILGOP C
Last week Google hosted its first marketing forum dedicated to the U.S. Hispanic market. Braving the streets of New York after almost 20 inches of snow had fallen, several hundred professionals showed up, and that's because when Google talks, people listen.
"The idea was to communicate Google's commitment to this audience and to share best practices in the US Hispanic digital space," said Mark Lopez, who left Hispanic portal Terra.com last November to head up this new "specialist" team for Goog
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Enrique G Perez Candidate for Alderman in the 2nd Ward of Chicago It’s time for REAL LEADERSHIP & EFFECTIVE CONSTITUENT SERVICE’S in Chicago’s 2nd Ward Awarded Chicago Magazine’s 2010 Best Citizen, Founder of the Printers Row Presidents & Publisher of “Enrique’s Community Updates” Enrique: • Led the effort that voted out ineffective incumbent LSC members at his local school, • Organized a January 2010 political forum that drew 50+ candidates for his neighborhood • Was the |
As of March 2010, 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States, virtually unchanged from a year earlier, according to new estimates from the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center. This stability in 2010 follows a two-year decline from the peak of 12 million in 2007 to 11.1 million in 2009 that was the first significant reversal in a two-decade pattern of growth. Unauthorized immigrants were 3.7% of the nation's population in 2010.
The number of unau
Progreso Financiero, an innovative and socially minded financial institution dedicated to the economic advancement of lower-income Hispanic families, today announced that its founder and CEO, James Gutierrez, has been named to the Consumer Advisory Council. In this role, he will represent the perspective of consumers and innovators in serving the unbanked and advise the Federal Reserve Board on issues relevant to lower-income individuals and their economic advancement.
“It is an honor to be se
Childhood obesity and depression is more common among Hispanics and African Americans than other children, experts say, and that is due to personal habits as well as cultural and economic factors.
In a public health forum this week, Richard Carmona, the former Surgeon General, urged public health officials to work with minority communities, which have the largest number of public health problems .
About 27 percent of Hispanic boys were obese, compared with about 17 percent of White boys, accor
