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Picture this. You are a parent walking down the street with your child, maybe you’re on your way to buy ice cream, maybe you’re just on the way to your neighborhood park. A tour bus pulls up to the curb and you hear the amplified voice of a tour guide talking about how bad your Read More
A dozen Spanish-speaking custodial workers, at the Auraria Higher Education Center in Denver, have filed formal grievances with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC) against their employer, claiming that the school is practicing national origin discrimination because their employer has failed to communicate with them in their native language resulting in unfair working conditions. Workers who Read More
Elizabeth Fortune, 37, and Samantha Knox, 25, may be years apart but after both were diagnosed with cancer last year, the two found their connection to be extremely powerful. Both women met online on Ihadcancer.com, a website that works as a virtual community bringing cancer patients, survivors and their families together. The site was created Read More
Latino education is the central focus of a new initiative launched by food giant General Mills, which aims to increase parent participation in the daily education of Latino children in the U.S. The company’s Box Tops program is partnering with the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) on a project called Committed Parents: Supporting Your Read More
When we were younger, we were taught that America is what is called a “melting pot” meaning that although it is full of different cultures, the cultures live together and blend, maybe either borrowing from each other or assimilating. Makes sense, right? If one is exposed to other cultures, they may find things they like Read More
It is said that motherhood can be a scary moment in the life of many women and even more when you feel outside your comfort zone. This is the way Carla Curiel, a Dominican “Echada pa’lante” woman, felt when she got pregnant with her twin daughters, Adriana and Emilia, after marrying the Venezuelan-American love of her Read More
Living in Los Angeles as a Latina interested in arts and entertainment, opportunities to connect with communication, film and media executives who understand the multifaceted Latino consumer are few and far between. I know I’m preaching to the choir but with over 50 million of us in the U.S., our power in the marketplace should Read More
I remember being a couple of weeks into my first grade experience in a school in Florida. My parents had moved there from Puerto Rico so that my dad could take a low-level position in a local telephone company. I did not understand the English language. Actually, had never heard anyone speak it before I Read More
The right to minimum wage, overtime, and collectively bargain were denied to farm workers in the 1930s. I read agricultural growers were lobbying for more visas and lower wages under immigration reform. I find it difficult to remain hopeful that farm workers and their children will have the same labor rights and protections granted non-agriculture. Read More
Recently, Disney filed for a new patent, and you might be interested to know what the patent was for. Apparently Disney was hoping to secure the rights to the phrase Día de los Muertos. The patent seemed to be in preparation for an upcoming film about the holiday, which as of yet is still untitled. Read More