Jasmine Rocha learned a valuable budgetary lesson when planning her quinceañera, the 15th birthday celebration that represents a rite of passage from childhood to womanhood for Latinas.
"It was very hard because sometimes the stuff that I wanted, it wasn't able to come through," said the teen from Dallas, Texas.
Jasmine's mother, Grace Grimaldo, sometimes has a tough time even paying the family's phone bill, but balked at the suggestion that her daughter's quinceañera was not a financial nece
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While teenage Latinas have three times as many babies as their non-Hispanic counterparts nationwide, Utah's birthrate among young Hispanic women is almost four times the statewide average.
A study released Wednesday by the Utah Department of Health shows that 6.6 percent of local Latinas ages 15-17 give birth, compared with just 1.8 percent of the general population in that age group. READ FULL STORYRead more…
With the unemployment rate of the Hispanic population in the United States nearing 10 percent, now is the time to start thinking about sectors that are defying the dismal trends.
Carlos Sanchez, a manager with the Hispanic-bilingual job site Saludos.com, said even though this is the worst economy he has seen in 40 years, there are a few bright spots.
But finding them, he adds, might take some sacrifice on the part of job seekers.
"There are amazing opportunities out there for people who have
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The Washington Attorney General's Office is alerting residents about a phone scam in which Spanish-speaking callers claim to be representatives of an insurance company. In some cases, the callers also provide the names of actual insurance companies and/or agents.
Hispanic residents from Seattle to Yakima have reported receiving phone calls from Spanish-speaking callers who claim to be from "the insurance company." The female callers ask for bank account information they claim is needed to proce
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Published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS), the findings demonstrate that blacks and Asians with terminal cancer use end-of-life services less frequently than do whites and Hispanics.
According to senior author Ellen McCarthy, PhD, of BIDMC's Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, the researchers studied the records of 41,000 terminal cancer patients over age 65. All received their health insurance coverage through Medicare. After accoun
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A six-year, $61 million multicenter study is seeking to gather data on the health of Hispanics to expand current research on the group, the Miami Herald reports. The Hispanic Community Health Study -- funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -- will take place at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine and three other field centers in San Diego, the Bronx in New York City and Chicago. The University of North Carolina will serve as the data coordinating center. READ FULRead more…
Melanoma may be more common in whites, but a study suggests that skin cancer is deadlier in blacks and Hispanics because of late diagnosis, reports the Associated Press.
According to a study by the University of Miami, blacks are more than three times as likely as whites to be diagnosed with melanoma after it has reached a late stage. Hispanics are nearly twice as likely as whites to be diagnosed in the late stage. READ FULL STORYRead more…
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The Chicago Community Trust Announces New Fellows
The Trust Fellowship offers professional development opportunities for both emerging and experienced leaders in the not-for-profit and public sector.
January 27, 2009, Chicago – The Chicago Community Trust, metropolitan Chicago’s community foundation, today named eight Trust Fellows – five emerging leaders and three experienced leaders – for 2009. All Fellows were selected for th
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Facing yawning budget gaps, California's public universities are shifting thousands of applicants into a community college system already swamped by newly unemployed adults and students priced out of other schools.
By holding down enrollment, the shift would help balance budgets at UC and CSU campuses. But officials say the move seems likely to worsen problems at the state's 110 two-year campuses, many of which already face budget shortfalls that have them chopping courses, laying off part-tim
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A new study shows immigrants, Latinos and Asians are a political and economic powerhouse in Florida.
Research done by the Immigration Policy Center shows that Latinos in Florida bring in over $100 million in consumer purchasing and own 1-in-6 businesses.
The study also shows Florida's Immigrant workers pay an estimated annual average of 20 billion dollars in taxes and Asian owned businesses generate roughly $11.2 billion in sales annually. READ FULL STORYRead more…
When it comes to closing the achievement gap, Palo Alto schools Superintendent Kevin Skelly says educators are deluding themselves. And he dares to say what's become almost unspeakable publicly:
"It's just not possible for the average kid who comes to this country in seventh or eighth grade, or even third grade, without a word of English and parents with little formal education, to match the achievement levels of kids whose mom has a Ph.D. in English from Stanford and can afford to stay home an
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The military and Congress want the ranks to roughly mirror the racial and ethnic makeup of America. But the services can’t seem to recruit enough Hispanics — even though that community tends to view the military positively.
A new study by the Rand Corp. think tank says that’s because Hispanics, more than other racial and ethnic groups, typically come up short in high school graduation rates, test scores and in meeting military weight standards. READ FULL STORYRead more…
For the last three years, Lourdes Iglesias has seen scores of clients come through the doors of Hispanics United of Buffalo — all eager to work, most unprepared to do so.
The community outreach organization hopes a recent $50,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo will change that by funding an employment center to fill job preparedness and English language gaps in the Spanish-speaking population. READ FULL STORYRead more…
New York's new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, who has drawn fire from Hispanics over her views on immigration and gun control, says she's willing to listen and perhaps even change her positions on some subjects - but isn't ready to make any commitments.
"We need to recognize the heritage that the immigrant community has provided to this country and put policies in place that will reflect that core value," Gillibrand, who recently assumed Hillary Clinton's old Senate seat, said after a two-hour m
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Ramsey County commissioners Tuesday deadlocked on a $5.1 million politically and racially charged contract over services to poor families.
The issue surrounds the Minnesota Family Investment Program, a welfare-to-work initiative that doles out money — local and federal dollars — to several private agencies charged with shepherding families from public assistance into the work force.
The program serves more black residents than any other racial or ethnic group, and the St. Paul Urban League has
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Hey, elephants, who's in charge of your political strategy these days? Anybody?
Yesterday you couldn't find a single vote to join with a popular President to begin digging out of the economic mineshaft your man Bush left us in.
Meanwhile, at least one of your geniuses is still blocking a vote on Labor Department nominee Hilda Solis, one of the most talented and impressive Latinas in American politics, supposedly because you didn't like her answers on the Employee Free Choice Act. READ FULL STORead more…
In the two decades ending in 2007, the number of white, non-Hispanic K-12 students grew by 6 percent, while the number of Hispanic students soared by 372 percent. Yet Latino students continue to languish near the bottom in the rankings for high-school achievement and college attendance, in a system that often isn't geared to meet their needs. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Congress gave final approval on Tuesday to a civil rights bill providing women, blacks and Hispanics with powerful new tools to challenge pay discrimination in the workplace. It is likely to be the first significant legislation signed by President Obama. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Forget counting sheep, ditch the sleeping pills and don't bother with a glass of warm milk, a good remedy for women who can't sleep is a happy marriage.
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have found that women who are happy with their husbands or partners have less trouble sleeping than their single, unattached counterparts. READ FULL STORYRead more…
A new national trade magazine for business owners and vendors in the Hispanic food industry will launch this spring from its base in the Triad.
Hispanic Marketing Consultants Inc., based in Winston-Salem, plans to publish 40,000 copies of its first issue of Abasto in May to distribute to Hispanic restaurant and shop owners, food distributors and other vendors. READ FULL STORYRead more…
