I don’t usually interject my personal opinion on my news post. I believe that news should be about the facts and not the facts as I see them. As I see more and more people use the claim “immigrants are stealing our jobs” as their reason for supporting Arizona’s version of immigration reform, Read More
Thanks to ALL of the Generous Supporters of the 2010 AIDS Walk!
05/18/2010 By Leave a Comment
All of the supporters for the 2010 walk are listed below. Thank you ALL for the donations for such a great cause. You all have great hearts! -Lance Amanda Rivera Ana Atristain Angelica Betancourth Arielle Rios Carmen Tammy del Valle-Izurieta Daniel Gergely Donna Blancero Edwin Roman Eileen Horansky Eileen Rivera-de la Hoz Elijah Respeto Erin Read More
Facebook Privacy: Change Your Settings
05/15/2010 By 1 Comment
Written by: Libby Julia In light of continued concerns over account privacy, the social networking giant Facebook, is launching new security features. Some of the changes are already available and others will be launched over the coming days and weeks. The changes include the following: · E-mail or text message when your account is accessed Read More
Being Latino: One year later
05/10/2010 By 6 Comments
On May 9th 2009 I was thinking of a way to try and connect Latinos of all backgrounds with a $0.00 budget. I happened to be on Facebook checking on what was happening with my friends then all of a sudden it hit me. *DING* Why not try to use Facebook in some way Read More
The Latina Factor
03/29/2010 By 4 Comments
The other night I was invited out to an event that Revolucion Hispanic BrandMakers invited me out to called “The Latina Factor”. The event was centralized around recognizing the buying potential that Latinas have, which has been ignored by many marketers for MANY years. The event was great and started off with some really Read More
The Rum War
03/18/2010 By 1 Comment
Looks like Puerto Rico will be marshalling all its forces to go to war afterall, but not against the United States, I mean, let’s be real here, folks. But against the U.S. Virgin Islands. Yes, you heard me right, folks. Puerto Rico and Bacardi are seeking congressional help to prevent the makers of Captain Morgan Read More
Using Facebook to Stop the Raping, Kidnapping, Beheadings and More in Juarez
02/23/2010 By Leave a Comment
I’ve stressed over and over that Facebook has so much more functionality other than serving as a platform for mindless activity. The people Juarez, Mexico know that Facebook is a valuable tool and they are using this tool to help stop the gruesome crimes that occur on a regular basis in the world’s most Read More
Sewing a page
02/09/2010 By Leave a Comment
In my familia, I would not be surprised if one of the females were thrown out for not knowing how to sew. You laugh, and it is a funny idea, but we all sew in some way or another. My grandmothers made clothes for the children and my paternal grandmother started her own dress Read More
Latino does not always equal Mexican
02/06/2010 By
I think I may be beating a dead horse, or going overboard with this one. I was looking at a local Hispanic Chamber of Commerce website, trying to decide if I wanted to join it and really liking what I saw. The chamber had a lot of demographic data on Hispanic owned businesses, and Read More
Our voice for future generations
02/05/2010 By Leave a Comment
In January of 2009, Tony Hernandez, CEO and Co-Founder of the Latino Broadcasting Company – a minority owned nationally syndicated radio network – created The Immigrant Archive Project (IAP). The IAP is the first comprehensive oral history project on Latino immigrants in the United States and an initiative that gives voiceless Latinos a face Read More