Posted by HispanicPro on November 19, 2009 at 10:25am
UNITED STATES HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Detroit-area high school junior and seniors will hone their entrepreneurship skills and learn to turn hobbies into profitable ventures at the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USCHCC) Foundation Regional BizFest competition. The Detroit BizFest is part of a series of entrepreneurial training camps in partnership with Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company.
“Education is a top
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Hispanics who have distinguished themselves in different fields such as music, politics, technology, banking, business and education were honored at the 8th Annual Latino Trendsetter Awards Gala, presented by Defining Trends Magazine at U.N. headquarters in New York.
Legendary musician and composer Willie Colon, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and author and activist Laura Posada, wife of the New York Yankees’ Jorge Posada, were among the recipients at Monday night’s event.
Other honor
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Oregon's public universities are trying to attract more Latino students.
In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12 percent of the 12th-grade class, but less than 6 percent of freshmen in the university system.
The Oregonian newspaper reports that Western Oregon University in Monmouth is a leader in the recruitment effort. Since 2004, Latino enrollment has risen by 73 percent to 451 students, the biggest percentage increase in the university system.
John Minahan, Western's president, says the univers
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The purchasing power of Hispanics is growing at a rate nearly three times as fast as that of the general population in Arizona and nationwide, said an Arizona State University business expert who has studied the market for 14 years.
Even though Hispanic spending is slowing because of the downturn in the economy, overall, it continues to grow because the number of Hispanics is rising and they are rapidly approaching a majority status in many parts of the country, said Loui Olivas, professor emer
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Outrageous, incredible, unbelievable.
We’ve heard these words quite a lot from reproductive rights groups and pro-choice advocates, still in shock over the U.S. House of Representatives’ decision to pass an amendment banning most abortions from all public and privately funded health plans in the insurance exchange. The idea that women would have to plan for an unplanned pregnancy is ludicrous and simply a red herring as anti-choice advocates attempt to make Roe null and void.
The National Lati
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Latina women from Harvard, local universities, and the surrounding community, in addition to others interested in issues facing Latinas, convened Saturday to discuss common concerns and learn skills for professional advancement at Latinas Unidas’ third annual day-long conference.
The gathering, newly dubbed the Latina Empowerment and Development (LEAD) Conference, brought together around 70 to 80 participants to meet others with similar interests and hear speeches from successful Latina women i
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Founding CNN anchor Lou Dobbs announced his resignation from the network Nov. 11, despite the fact that his contract didn't expire for two more years. Latino advocacy groups are not only cheering the move but taking credit for it. That's because they campaigned for Dobbs to be removed from the network for misrepresenting immigrants and Hispanics generally.
Dobbs, for example, was forced to apologize after characterizing the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as "an organization that is interest
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Get ready, South Florida: Montoya Mania is headed to Homestead.
Noisemakers, Colombian flags and loud, celebratory singing -- all trademarks of a big-time soccer match.
But NASCAR? Never before.
Yet that's what the organizers of next Sunday's Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway are expecting when Juan Pablo Montoya returns home to close out the 2009 Sprint Cup Series season.
``We expect a whole new atmosphere, which is great,'' said speedway president Curtis Gray. ``We've never seen intere
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On Monday, UC Davis faculty, staff, and students are coming together to protest higher student fees and slashed funding for existing programs, including funding for Latina research.
At a time when Latinas make up nearly 40 percent of California"s population, the University Office of the President is cutting Latina research funding nearly 100 percent.
"Both health care and education are incredibly important to Latinos," said Lorena Oropeza, acting director of the Chicana/Latina Research Center
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The Illinois Student Assistance Commission launched the 12th year of enrollment for the College Illinois!® 529 Prepaid Tuition Program on Sunday, November 1.
The new, year-round enrollment means the program never closes, and parents can time their prepaid purchase to coincide conveniently with their personal financial cycle. Now is the best time to purchase a contract because new pricing discounts make buying early less expensive, and the current pricing period ends November 30.
Unlike a colle
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National Hispanic Business Association (NHBA) to Merge with the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) creating an organization with over 14,000 members nation-wide.
The National Board of Directors of the National Hispanic Business Association (NHBA) approved the merger of NHBA with the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA). The historic merger will create one of the largest professional organizations for Latinos in the areas of fin
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Today the American Heart Association unveils its Go Red Por Tu Corazon heart health awareness initiative at the 10th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards to educate Hispanic women about their threat of heart disease and to empower them to make life-saving choices for themselves and their families.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Hispanic women and, according to the American Heart Association, Hispanic women are likely to develop heart disease ten years earlier than Caucasian women.
"Go Red Por Tu
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In a city long known for ethnic ghettos and virtual walls between segregated neighborhoods, Sue Choe is something of a trailblazer. The Korean-American is hustling to learn Spanish.
"Bienvenido a mi tienda," Choe proudly welcomes visitors into her Koreatown Laundromat, over the rumbling of dryers.
The businesswoman's cultural leap is not only an acknowledgment of how fast many neighborhoods are turning Latino. It's part of an urgent attempt by Korean-American leaders to quell escalating tensi
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Denny’s (NASDAQ: DENN) has announced that through its partnership with the Hispanic College Fund, Inc. (HCF), it has awarded the Denny’s Single Parent Scholarship to 30 Hispanic students across the country.
“The Denny’s Single Parent Scholarship initiative is providing much needed financial support to individuals who strive to better their future and that of their children through higher education,” said Idalia Fernandez, president of the
Hispanic College Fund. “We are very pleased to partner w
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Jesse Gutierrez is proud of his accomplishments in his 11 years as the executive director of Nevada Hispanic Services, especially the founding of the Mariposa Academy of Language and Learning charter school, which has been a lifeline for many children in poorer neighborhoods.
But he is also a bit tired of being Reno's lightning rod for everything Hispanic.
That fatigue is one of the reasons he retired recently, ending a successful but sometimes controversial run as the leader of the largest n
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Approximately 5,000 Hispanic students, professionals, corporate leaders, educators and community leaders are expected to attend the largest Hispanic technical conference in the nation, the 2009 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Conference in Washington, D.C., taking place from Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2009. The registration numbers surpassed 2008 numbers, which were the largest in the organization's history.
SHPE will kick off its conference with the grand opening of its new offices in
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Posted by Eduardo Diaz on November 6, 2009 at 11:02pm
New York City sends its condolences to soldier Francheska Velez's family. She was one of those killed in the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, November 5, 2009. Velez, 21, of Chicago, who was pregnant and returning home from a deployment in Iraq. She wrote poetry and loved dancing. "She was a very happy girl and sweet," said her father, Juan Guillermo Velez.Our hearts and prayers go out to you...Que Dios les bendiga y les de fuerza. Eduardo Diaz
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For those of you that specified that you will be attending....in the event you were not aware, there is a $125.00 fundraising fee.Please contact Miersa Cuevas, Executive Director of the Chamber to confirm your attendance. She is finalizing the count this weekend.The Chamber's number is 773-486-1331.Thank you,Dolly Rosario
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Like me, you might have wondered what all the rest of America's wise Latinas have been up to now that Justice Sotomayor has assumed her position on the U.S. Supreme Court. Well it seems that the Facebook site, "Wise Latinas Linked" is organizing busybodies to subtract every last trace of whimsy from Halloween celebrations this year.
Apparently the discount retailer Target was offering a space alien costume for this Halloween season featuring a Star Wars creature look-alike in an orange jumpsui
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A Texas woman was given a ticket for being a non-english speaking driver, but after she got a lawyer, she found out there was no such law for ordinary drivers -- only commercial truck drivers have to speak English.
Dallas police Chief David Kunkle said he was surprised and stunned when he learned his men had written such a ticket. Records show officers have written 38 similar tickets over the last three years.
Brenda Mondragon said it shook up her mother, Ernestina Mondragon.
"So, I basicall
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