http://www.hispanictips.com A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos Fri, 16 May 2008 15:43:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/16/did-you-know-one-out-of-every-four-children-under-the-age-of-18-years-in-the-united-states-are-hispanic/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/16/did-you-know-one-out-of-every-four-children-under-the-age-of-18-years-in-the-united-states-are-hispanic/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 14:48:38 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/16/did-you-know-one-out-of-every-four-children-under-the-age-of-18-years-in-the-united-states-are-hispanic/ "One out of every four children under the age of 18 years in the United States are Hispanic" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/16/did-you-know-one-out-of-every-four-children-under-the-age-of-18-years-in-the-united-states-are-hispanic/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/rialto-unified-holds-latino-male-youth-summit-california/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/rialto-unified-holds-latino-male-youth-summit-california/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 15:17:29 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/rialto-unified-holds-latino-male-youth-summit-california/ "Educators and business professionals hope to use their own stories of struggle and success to motivate male Latino students at Rialto Unified School District's inaugural Latino Male Youth Summit.

The Saturday event, to be held at Wilmer Amina Carter High School, will include workshops and panel discussions on navigating high school and preparing for college.

Speakers will include Rep. Joe Baca, D-Rialto; state Deputy Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Anthony Monreal; and San Bernardino City Unified School District Superintendent Arturo Delgado. The keynote speaker will be Manny Medrano, journalist and legal correspondent for ABC News." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/rialto-unified-holds-latino-male-youth-summit-california/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/ushcc-foundation-sparks-business-dreams-of-miami-youth/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/ushcc-foundation-sparks-business-dreams-of-miami-youth/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 17:13:21 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/ushcc-foundation-sparks-business-dreams-of-miami-youth/ "Three bright aspiring Miami entrepreneurs garnered the opportunity to train and compete at the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) Foundation Regional BizFest in Sacramento, CA in September. These three students were part of an introduction to business training funded by Ford Motor Company Fund. The USHCC Foundation holds similar trainings throughout the year and throughout the country to help Latino youth turn their entrepreneurial ideas into profitable business ventures through hands-on practical business training.

Held April 28-May 2, 2008 in Miami in partnership with the Cuban American National Council (CNC), the course featured 25 students representing the Little Havana and Hialeah Institutes, managed by the CNC. During the three-day program, participating students developed a viable business idea and a detailed executive summary on their idea. The executive summaries were then evaluated by a panel of judges and the three strongest ideas were given the opportunity to train and compete at the upcoming Regional BizFest in Sacramento taking place during the USHCC 29th Annual National Convention and Business Expo. The three finalists are Tasharia Spivey, Keishla Torres and Roberto Garcia all from Little Havana Institute.

"We are proud to have these talented young adults join us in Sacramento, they truly are outstanding aspiring entrepreneurs," said Shana Mosher, Senior Director of Program Operations. "Not only was this an opportunity for bright Latino and minority youth to learn the essential steps of opening their own business but with the collaboration of local community based organizations like the CNC, it helps open their eyes to the resources and support services that are available to them in their own community."

"Education is a top priority for Ford Motor Company Fund. We are proud to support USHCC Foundation because of the innovative programming it provides Hispanic youth," said Jim Vella, president, Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services. "We also are pleased to see a partnership form between the USHCC Foundation and the CNC, both organizations with which Ford Motor Company Fund has longstanding relationships."
" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/ushcc-foundation-sparks-business-dreams-of-miami-youth/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/locke-high-school-in-south-los-angeles-locked-down-after-huge-brawl-between-rival-groups-of-black-and-latino-students-up-600-involved/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/locke-high-school-in-south-los-angeles-locked-down-after-huge-brawl-between-rival-groups-of-black-and-latino-students-up-600-involved/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 16:12:45 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/locke-high-school-in-south-los-angeles-locked-down-after-huge-brawl-between-rival-groups-of-black-and-latino-students-up-600-involved/ "A fight between rival groups of black and Latino students at Locke High School quickly escalated into a campus-wide melee Friday, with as many as 600 students brawling until police restored calm with billy clubs.

The troubled campus in South Los Angeles was locked down after the fight broke out at 12:55 p.m., as students returned from lunch to their fifth-period classes. Overwhelmed school officials called Los Angeles police for help, but students and faculty said it took about half an hour before dozens of officers, many in riot gear, restored order." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/locke-high-school-in-south-los-angeles-locked-down-after-huge-brawl-between-rival-groups-of-black-and-latino-students-up-600-involved/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/are-immigration-authorities-going-after-school-children-now-if-true-then-its-hard-to-imagine-the-cruelty-that-resides-in-these-peoples-hearts/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/are-immigration-authorities-going-after-school-children-now-if-true-then-its-hard-to-imagine-the-cruelty-that-resides-in-these-peoples-hearts/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 16:30:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/are-immigration-authorities-going-after-school-children-now-if-true-then-its-hard-to-imagine-the-cruelty-that-resides-in-these-peoples-hearts/ "Berkeley High senior Chase Stern said he was taking an Advanced Placement test May 6, when he noticed that his classmates were fidgeting in their seats and seemed distracted.

He soon found out that the Latino students were receiving text messages and phone calls from family members, warning them that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were nearby, and that they should be cautious and find their way home because family members could not pick them up.

Scores of undocumented parents began to panic as early as 7: 30 a.m. May 6, as word got around that ICE vehicles were parked near schools in East Oakland and South Berkeley." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/are-immigration-authorities-going-after-school-children-now-if-true-then-its-hard-to-imagine-the-cruelty-that-resides-in-these-peoples-hearts/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/berkeley-students-protest-ice-raids-california/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/berkeley-students-protest-ice-raids-california/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 16:27:10 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/berkeley-students-protest-ice-raids-california/ "Two dozen students from Berkeley High School protested raids by immigration agents, donning brown armbands on Thursday to show solidarity with the Latino community that is most often the target of immigration crackdowns.

The protest came a day after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided homes in Berkeley and Oakland and arrested suspected illegal immigrants. The raids touched off rumors that swirled around Berkeley and Oakland schools that ICE agents were going on campus to detain students who were in the country illegally.

" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/berkeley-students-protest-ice-raids-california/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/hispanics-discipline-not-racist-state-says-elementary-students-made-to-eat-on-floor-somehow-only-hispanics-didnt-get-trays-new-jersey/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/hispanics-discipline-not-racist-state-says-elementary-students-made-to-eat-on-floor-somehow-only-hispanics-didnt-get-trays-new-jersey/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 16:01:51 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/hispanics-discipline-not-racist-state-says-elementary-students-made-to-eat-on-floor-somehow-only-hispanics-didnt-get-trays-new-jersey/ "A state Department of Education investigation into allegations that a black vice principal forced Hispanic fifth-graders to eat on the floor has determined that the incidents occurred, but they were not racist acts." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/08/hispanics-discipline-not-racist-state-says-elementary-students-made-to-eat-on-floor-somehow-only-hispanics-didnt-get-trays-new-jersey/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/07/el-teatro-celebrates-the-common-threads-in-cultural-differences-colorado/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/07/el-teatro-celebrates-the-common-threads-in-cultural-differences-colorado/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 17:15:53 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/07/el-teatro-celebrates-the-common-threads-in-cultural-differences-colorado/ "Blanca and Yessenia Soto sometimes still feel the stares as they walk into stores. It hasn't been unusual, simply by virtue of their brown skin, for the teenage sisters to be followed down the aisles.

Butting up against racial stereotypes, economic hardship and occasional hostility is part of life for many whose skin color advertises an ethnic heritage. For children, especially, the experiences are penetrating and painful.

El Teatro, a Northridge High School theater company, has put those stories in the spotlight." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/07/el-teatro-celebrates-the-common-threads-in-cultural-differences-colorado/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/07/experts-discuss-myths-about-latino-kids/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/07/experts-discuss-myths-about-latino-kids/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 14:11:26 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/07/experts-discuss-myths-about-latino-kids/ "New census data shows that about a quarter of children younger than five in the U.S. are of Hispanic decent. Pedro Noguera, professor of education at New York University; and Jeffrey Passel, from the Pew Hispanic Center, discuss the rising number of Latino children and what it means for America." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/07/experts-discuss-myths-about-latino-kids/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/06/700-plus-expected-at-university-of-toledos-latino-youth-summit-ohio/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/06/700-plus-expected-at-university-of-toledos-latino-youth-summit-ohio/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 16:16:20 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/06/700-plus-expected-at-university-of-toledos-latino-youth-summit-ohio/ "More than 700 students from northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan are expected to attend the University of Toledo's Latino Youth Summit tomorrow." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/06/700-plus-expected-at-university-of-toledos-latino-youth-summit-ohio/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/a-mexican-orphanage-in-need/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/a-mexican-orphanage-in-need/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 16:26:00 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/a-mexican-orphanage-in-need/ "My name is Marisa Godoy. When I was 23 I opened an all eco-friendly (green), high quality, privately funded orphanage in Mexico with a small staff of other twenty-somethings. In the last 5 years, we have taken in all the children in the central state of Morelos that have been lost in the government's broken orphanage system because they are either above the preferred age for adoption, are mentally/emotionally/physically handicapped, or have siblings who have no chance of being adopted as a family.

We are now opening a school to meet the needs of the severely impoverished children in the surrounding communities as well as our orphaned children. The community children who need this school have not only been going without an education, they also do not have water for bathing/washing and are all extremely malnourished. In our "Ixaya" School, these children can receive everything they need to flourish and break the cycle of extreme poverty, illness, abuse, alcoholism and ignorance - just like in our orphanage - yet they will be day students who will go home at night to sleep with their families. Lives can be transformed and dreams realized!
" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/a-mexican-orphanage-in-need/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/uw-milwaukee-students-participate-in-immigrant-rights-march-30000-strong-in-milwaukee/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/uw-milwaukee-students-participate-in-immigrant-rights-march-30000-strong-in-milwaukee/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 15:35:35 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/uw-milwaukee-students-participate-in-immigrant-rights-march-30000-strong-in-milwaukee/ "University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students participated in the “Day Without Latinos” immigrant rights march, which took place on Milwaukee’s south side at 11 a.m. on May 1.

The march of 30,000 people, organized by Voces de la Frontera, included the help of The Progressive Students of Milwaukee and the Latino Student Union at UWM, whom organized a bus from the student union, of which 50 students attended.

“I’m excited so many student organizations were involved and more students were involved in this year’s march,” said Veronica Sotelo, Vice President of the Latino Student Union at UWM." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/uw-milwaukee-students-participate-in-immigrant-rights-march-30000-strong-in-milwaukee/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/mchenry-county-college-swears-in-1st-all-hispanic-student-executive-board-illinois/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/mchenry-county-college-swears-in-1st-all-hispanic-student-executive-board-illinois/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 14:55:26 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/mchenry-county-college-swears-in-1st-all-hispanic-student-executive-board-illinois/ "Anthony “Tony” Guerrero’s eyes grew large as he listened to Sonia Reising rattle off his new responsibilities.

Laid out, they could seem a little daunting: Develop expectations and goals for his other team members; determine the dates and times of a year’s worth of meetings; establish monthly goals for the coming year; participate in at least one community service activity.

But Guerrero took a deep breath, glanced around at his hand-selected teammates on the new McHenry County College Student Senate executive board, and squared his shoulders." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/mchenry-county-college-swears-in-1st-all-hispanic-student-executive-board-illinois/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/brewers-target-latino-kids-in-bid-to-gain-market/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/brewers-target-latino-kids-in-bid-to-gain-market/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 14:03:45 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/brewers-target-latino-kids-in-bid-to-gain-market/ "The last few years have seen brewers focusing huge financial resources to move their products into Latino hands. Miller Brewing Co. signed a three-year, $100 million advertising deal with Univision Communications in 2004. Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors created vice presidential posts to head up their Latino marketing efforts.

More young people are seeing alcohol ads today than ever before. Among all racial groups, youth exposure to alcohol ads on television jumped 48 percent from 2001 to 2005, according to the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University.

Alarmingly for Latinos, more alcohol advertising is being aimed at our youth than at other young people." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/brewers-target-latino-kids-in-bid-to-gain-market/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/mariachi-students-colorado-symphony-orchestra-to-team-up-denver/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/mariachi-students-colorado-symphony-orchestra-to-team-up-denver/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 15:52:31 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/mariachi-students-colorado-symphony-orchestra-to-team-up-denver/ "Triumphant horns and singing violins competed with school bells and intercom announcements Wednesday in Bryant-Webster school as the student mariachi group prepared for its biggest performance ever.

The all-student group, Mariachi Juvenil, will perform two songs tonight with the Colorado Symphony at Boettcher Hall in a free concert to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

"I'm excited, but I'm nervous," said Elizabeth Nuñez, a 13-year-old seventh-grader who plays violin. "I just hope it comes out all right."" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/mariachi-students-colorado-symphony-orchestra-to-team-up-denver/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/immigration-rally-to-support-tomato-pickers-riverside-california/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/immigration-rally-to-support-tomato-pickers-riverside-california/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 15:38:34 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/immigration-rally-to-support-tomato-pickers-riverside-california/ "A group of student activists plan to protest outside a local restaurant Thursday to draw attention to the treatment of tomato pickers, then march on the Riverside County Sheriff's Department to denounce recent federal immigration enforcement actions in the county.

Two- to three-dozen members of the UC Riverside chapter of MEChA plan to gather around 5 p.m. outside a Burger King at 2167 University Ave., where they will call for a boycott of the restaurant chain and Chipotle Mexican Grill over the wages paid to tomato pickers, said UCR MEChA spokesman Omar Aguiar." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/immigration-rally-to-support-tomato-pickers-riverside-california/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/nearly-25-percent-of-children-younger-than-5-are-latino-census-says/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/nearly-25-percent-of-children-younger-than-5-are-latino-census-says/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 13:21:02 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/nearly-25-percent-of-children-younger-than-5-are-latino-census-says/ "The increase from almost one in five in 2000 has broad implications for governments, communities and schools nationwide, suggesting that the meteoric rise in the Hispanic population that demographers forecast for mid-century will occur even sooner among younger generations.

"Hispanics have both a larger proportion of people in their child-bearing years and tend to have slightly more children," said Jeffrey S. Passel, senior demographer at the Pew Hispanic Center and co-author of a recent study predicting that the Latino population will double from 15 percent today to 30 percent by 2050.

"So this means that in five years, a quarter of the 5- to 9-year-olds will be Hispanic, and in 10 years a quarter of the 10- to 14-year-olds will be Hispanic. It's just going to move up through the age distribution with each successive cohort being slightly more Hispanic," Passel said." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/01/nearly-25-percent-of-children-younger-than-5-are-latino-census-says/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/13-year-old-enjoys-sharing-her-culture-through-mexican-dance/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/13-year-old-enjoys-sharing-her-culture-through-mexican-dance/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:57:51 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/13-year-old-enjoys-sharing-her-culture-through-mexican-dance/ "Brenda Estrada, 13, embraces the exhilarating beat of Mexican folkloric dance.

The vivacious seventh-grader practices the traditional dances of Jalisco, Sinaloa and Veracruz, all states in Mexico, at least four nights a week in her family’s trailer home.

“I want to share my culture with others,” she said. “I try to get as much time in dancing as I can on my break and still have to come and eat.”" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/13-year-old-enjoys-sharing-her-culture-through-mexican-dance/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/la-raza-youth-leadership-conference-a-new-generation-of-leaders-sterling-colorado/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/la-raza-youth-leadership-conference-a-new-generation-of-leaders-sterling-colorado/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:18:00 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/la-raza-youth-leadership-conference-a-new-generation-of-leaders-sterling-colorado/ "With almost 1,700 middle and high school students in attendance, there almost weren’t enough chairs for everyone at the 17th annual La Raza Youth Leadership Conference this year." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/la-raza-youth-leadership-conference-a-new-generation-of-leaders-sterling-colorado/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/group-offers-latino-students-scholarships-harrisonburg-virginia/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/group-offers-latino-students-scholarships-harrisonburg-virginia/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:42:09 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/group-offers-latino-students-scholarships-harrisonburg-virginia/ "A newly formed organization that encourages local teens to further their education is now offering scholarships to Latino students.

The Promise Group is a nonprofit volunteer organization that provides academic support to young adults and their families in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/30/group-offers-latino-students-scholarships-harrisonburg-virginia/feed/