News (Noticias) for Connecticut
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November 24, 2009
Junot Díaz, author of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” will host a reading and book signing at Connecticut College Dec. 2.
Hartford Fire Chief to Retire-City Promotes 1st Latino Chief – Edward Casares, Jr.
November 20, 2009
Black, Hispanic Parents Say They Don’t Feel Welcome In Schools – Hartford, Connecticut
November 19, 2009
The New Britain Human Resources Agency will host the grand opening of the new Las Perlas Hispanas Senior Center Friday. – Connecticut
November 11, 2009
Hartford-based Hispanic newspaper Identidad Latina has named a UConn Master’s candidate “Student of the Year” in their fifth-annual Latino de Oro Awards. – Robert Cruz
November 5, 2009
An immigrants’ rights group has launched a campaign to educate workers about their rights and encourage local employers to treat them fairly. – Connecticut
November 2, 2009
Few people have done more to advance the cause of Hispanics in the region than Rosa Correa, the former chairwoman of the Bridgeport Housing Authority.
October 30, 2009
Ten New Haven residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing federal agents of violating their rights during an immigration raid they say was in retaliation for a city program that provided ID cards to foreigners in the country illegally — the first of its kind in the nation.
October 28, 2009
Immigrants sue feds over 2007 raid – Residents allege 2007 immigration raids in New Haven were unconstitutional
October 26, 2009
800 students thriving in dual-language curriculum at DiLoreto Magnet School – New Britian, CT
October 7, 2009
SBA reaches out to Hispanic community – Loan programs that may help survive economic downturn discussed in Stamford, Connecticut
September 29, 2009
Leading experts, professionals and immigrants to discuss undocumented immigration at Connecticut College’s three-day conference
September 22, 2009
Since 2003, retention rates for Hispanic and black students across the Connecticut higher education system have each grown by 8%, and students of color comprise 17.4% of the student body, an increase of nearly 16% from four years ago.
September 15, 2009
The Latina Army’s Looking for Young Latinas – Empowering young latina women to succeed – Connecticut
September 14, 2009
Is Latino Affairs Commission A Soap Opera? – Twelve months of turmoil have plagued the state’s Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, and it won’t let up. – Connecticut
September 11, 2009
UNDOCUMENTED HISPANIC MIGRATION CONFERENCE – CONNECTICUT COLLEGE – OCTOBER 16-18, 2009
September 8, 2009
Stacking the shelves to draw in Latinos – New Britain Public Library
Watch the outrage/heckling – Bishop Emilio Alvarez of Stamford, Connecticutt asks a question in Spanish at a health care town hall of Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) who was born in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. – Shocking the reaction of the crowd. (must watch)
August 21, 2009
March in East Haven, Connecticut, protests police harassment of Latino community
July 16, 2009
New Haven’s Civil Service Commission, a focus of the Supreme Court reverse discrimination ruling for firefighters, has approved a police promotion list that does not include any Hispanics.
June 29, 2009
White firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.
June 25, 2009
Sotomayor Ruling Exposes Racial Split in Firehouses
June 19, 2009
“Women Who Dare” Founder Diane Alverio honored for Leadership
June 15, 2009
The Latino Scholarship Fund awarded $50,000 to 26 Danbury, New Milford and Newtown high school seniors Sunday.
No Longer Letting Scores Separate Pupils – (interesting article about Stamford, Connecticut) – the longstanding system for tracking children by academic ability for more effective teaching evolved into an uncomfortable caste system in which students were largely segregated by race and socioeconomic background, both inside and outside classrooms.
June 11, 2009
Drug treatment program for Latinos wins national recognition – Proyecto Nueva Vida [Project New Life] in Bridgeport, Connecticut
June 1, 2009
Dover police recruit Latino officers – Connecticut
May 30, 2009
New Bedford factory in 2007 immigration raid to close
March 24, 2009
Some East Haven residents and Latino community gathered at a senior center wanting a chance to clear the air. Recent accusations of racial profiling by some East Haven police officers had some people wanting answers.
March 21, 2009
Latino groups decry lack of state funding – Connecticut – Latino state agencies receive less than 1 percent of the state budget, according to the Office of Fiscal Analysis.
March 14, 2009
Latino business leaders and residents spoke out on Thursday about what they describe as a pattern of racial profiling, harassment and intimidation by police officers in the town of East Haven. – Connecticut
March 11, 2009
Domestic violence forum in Dover aimed at Latinos – ‘Bottom line: Break the silence,’ detective tells audience of 120
March 4, 2009
Stamford Hispanic leaders look to increase government participation Leaders want to ’spark involvement’ in Stamford government
January 28, 2009
Latino Barbers Want State to Offer Spanish Licensing Exam – Connecticut
Immigration Judge Michael Straus recently issued a split decision in court challenges brought by 17 immigrants who charged that their arrests last year by federal agents were unconstitutional. Straus, in an oral ruling, found that six of the 17 immigrants have made a prima facie case that constitutional violations took place – Connecticut
December 17, 2008
Governor Rell today announced that she has nominated Amalia Vazquez Bzdyra of Wallingford to be a Commissioner of the Department of Public Utility Control. Vazquez Bzdyra has extensive public and private sector experience and has served in all three branches of Connecticut government.
December 8, 2008
Finding a Voice to Match the Pressing Medical Needs of Hispanics
Adolfo Carrion Jr. revealed in New Haven Friday night that he’s being nominated for a top post in the incoming Obama administraiton. – said he received a call that day from President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition team informing that he will be nominated for a Cabinet post. He mentioned that he had been discussing four departments with the team: Housing and Urban Development (HUD), transportation, small business, and education. But he was already reported to be a finalist for one of those slots, director of HUD
November 19, 2008
La Radio WRYM 840 AM cumple 40 años – Connecticut
November 18, 2008
Homeopathic practice finds niche among Hispanics
November 10, 2008
The only executive director of the state’s Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission is leaving his job after 13 years. Fernando Betancourt’s departure follows a dispute with the commission. – Connecticut
November 6, 2008
Lawyers representing a group of immigrants facing deportation are aggressively challenging the tactics used by federal immigration agents in raids last summer in New Haven.
November 3, 2008
Hartford’s New Schools: Burns Academy of Latino Studies – Hartford’s Burns Academy Focuses On Global Economic Future
October 20, 2008
Ecuador abre consulados en Queens, Connecticut
October 17, 2008
State Senator Edwin Gomes (D-Bridgeport) announced today that the Senate Democrats have unveiled a new Spanish-language Web site designed to help Spanish-speaking residents – including the tens of thousands in Bridgeport – to better navigate Connecticut’s home-heating aid assistance programs
October 6, 2008
Latino Commission’s Treatment Of Betancourt An Embarrassment – Connecticut
October 1, 2008
The state’s Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission board has rescinded its vote to fire its executive director, but plans to revisit the issue. – Fernando Betancourt in Connecticut
September 25, 2008
Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s office has been receiving hate calls and e-mails about the Mexican flag on the New Haven Green. The calls and e-mails have spread messages of bigotry, hate and intolerance toward the Latino immigrant community, according to a news release from DeStefano’s office. – Connecticut
September 22, 2008
The job status of Connecticut’s only director of the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission is in doubt.
September 16, 2008
Erika Arias today begins a new job, anchoring the new 11pm news on Tribune’s WTIC-Fox 61 in Hartford
September 15, 2008
University of Connecticut celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
September 8, 2008
A college push for Hispanic teens Maria Gonzalez helps teens excel with an after school program. – Connecticut
August 10, 2008
William Perez hired as East Hartford Fire Chief – Connecticut
August 7, 2008
Hispanics are on pace to outnumber black people in Hartford and New Haven counties for the first time in history, according to new population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. – Connecticut
July 28, 2008
When she won the Ms. Latina USA title in 2006, Sandra Colon became the first Connecticut resident since Dorothy Hann in 1933 to win a national beauty title. Despite the 73-year gap between national pageant winners, Colon won her title in relative obscurity.
July 24, 2008
The New Haven program that sparked protests and gained national attention is entering its second year. To date, about 6,000 people have signed up for the Elm City Residents Card program. – Connecticut
July 22, 2008
Connecticut gets a local Spanish-language station
July 21, 2008
Local Spanish-language paper aims for growth – El Sol in Stamford, Connecticut
July 17, 2008
Hispanic service agency faces bleak future – New London, Connecticut
June 11, 2008
Did You Know? Connecticut election officials and Hispanic organizations are kicking off a statewide effort to register at least 10,000 new Latino voters.
June 9, 2008
Video of Hit & Run incident where the victim is Latino in Hartfort, Connecticut – (the worst part is that nobody helped)
June 5, 2008
Latino chamber holds grand opening in Waterbury – Connecticut
Danbury Councilwoman: Hispanic Center move ‘racially motivated’ – Connecticut
May 28, 2008
Danbury congregation joins sanctuary movement – Connecticut
May 27, 2008
Program helps Latinos teach kids to read – Bridgeport, Connecticut
May 21, 2008
Dr. Daisy Cocco DeFilippis New Naugatuck Valley Community College President – Connecticut
May 20, 2008
Danbury church joins movement to help illegal immigrants – Connecticut
May 6, 2008
Connecticut Latino Chamber expanding into Waterbury
May 5, 2008
Wave of Hispanic, Haitian immigration brings changes – Stamford, Connecticut
April 29, 2008
State short on black, Latino jurists – Connecticut
April 2, 2008
Latino Ed Panel: Test Mania Doesn’t Help – Connecticut
March 28, 2008
Study: It’s ‘Getting Tough’ For Hispanics – Connecticut
March 20, 2008
Proportion Of Minorities Lower At UConn – Black, Hispanic Students Likelier To Attend Community Schools, Report Says
March 6, 2008
Poet Guillermo Rebollo-Gill At University of Connecticut
March 5, 2008
University of Connecticut dentist seeks to promote oral health for Latinos
February 28, 2008
Alleged Puerto Rican militant pleads not guilty to 1983 Connecticut robbery
February 18, 2008
Advocates alarmed by Rell plan to cut Medicaid interpreter funds – Connecticut
February 13, 2008
Puerto Rican May Be Extradited to Connecticut
February 7, 2008
Council approves ICE plan – Danbury, Connecticut
February 6, 2008
Council to vote on ICE partnership – Danbury, Connecticut
January 23, 2008
Grammy-Nominated ‘Peru Negro’ Performs Jan.30 & 31 at Yale
January 14, 2008
New Haven Police Department Chief Francisco Ortiz to extend tenure – Connecticut
January 10, 2008
Businessmen grill Murphy on Danbury immigration – Connecticut
January 8, 2008
Danbury’s slippery road to ICE pact – Connecticut
January 4, 2008
Danbury delays decision on ICE – Connecticut
$10,000 grant for Hispanic cancer care outreach in Bridgeport – Connecticut
December 5, 2007
Workers Sue Over English-only Policy in Deep River, Connecticut
December 3, 2007
Author reveals his ’secret life’ writing poetry – John Phillip Santos
November 26, 2007
Spanish-Speaking Workers Challenge English-Only Policy at Sheet Metal Factory – Connecticut
November 25, 2007
Program provides help for Spanish-speaking parents – Connecticut
November 14, 2007
Taxpayers footing the bills for illegal immigrants – Danbury Hospital – Connecticut – (Yes, this is important but it is only part of the equation. It is like balancing your checkbook without every including your deposits)
November 5, 2007
Immigration at center of Connecticut race
November 4, 2007
Education professor wins grant to promote math instruction in Spanish – University of Connecticut
October 30, 2007
“Pirate” Prevails, Opens Spanish Station – New Haven, Connecticut
October 24, 2007
City Looks To Grow With Hispanic Population – Willimantic, Connecticut
October 17, 2007
Chief Grilled by Black and Hispanic Alders – New Haven, Connecticut
October 16, 2007
New Haven man fights for Hispanic radio station – Hipolito Cuevas – Connecticut
October 10, 2007
Day laborers gather at traffic island to learn English – Stamford, Connecticut
October 3, 2007
Immigrants tipping congressional scales – (very interesting report)
September 26, 2007
Danbury sued over immigration enforcement – Connecticut
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