Eye Openers + Youth Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 18, 2009
Experts warned on Tuesday that the rise in health problems due to obesity among Mexican children, which is considered to be an epidemic, threatens “for the first time” to reduce life expectancy rates in the country.
November 16, 2009
Oregon universities try to recruit more Latino students – In 2007, Latinos made up nearly 12% of the 12th-grade class and less than 6% of freshmen in the university system. About 20% of first-graders that year were Latino.
November 10, 2009
Undocumented students mobilize to win legal status
November 5, 2009
In Mexico, fears of a ‘lost generation’ – Violence among young soars as drug cartels recruit more minors
A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.
November 4, 2009
Half of American kids will live in households receiving food stamps before age 20, according to a study reported Monday in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
October 17, 2009
CULTURAL DIVIDE: Migrant students find hard time fitting in – Every year, migrant workers and their families travel from Texas to Manchester’s DuRussel Potato Farm to harvest vegetables, living in housing provided by the farm personnel. – Minnesota
October 15, 2009
Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens to Unite in Hato Rey on October 15 – National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School Students
October 9, 2009
Scholarship Program Aims To Keep Hispanic Students In School in Kansas City – (video) – About 50% of Hispanic students in the school district will drop out
Unequal access: Hispanic children rarely get top-notch care for brain tumors
October 7, 2009
Killings in Cuidad Juárez: Girl, 9, among 35 homicides in first 4 days of October
October 2, 2009
Concern grows as search for Tenn. infant continues – Yair Anthony Carillo
September 21, 2009
Parents Rent Children to Pornographers for a Few Cents in Peru
September 17, 2009
Guatemalan army stole children for adoption, report says
September 14, 2009
English-only test leaves some Oregon children behind
August 25, 2009
In 2008, Mexican consulates located along the southern U.S. border handled the repatriation of 17,772 unaccompanied minors, 83% of them boys.
June 25, 2009
15 year old Texan Javier Fernández-Han Invents Algae-Powered Energy System
June 22, 2009
Salinas Students Respond To Comments – Students’ Citizen Status, Scholarships Draw Attention – Leticia Garcia-Romo and Hector Rojas
June 19, 2009
Child sex tourism continues to grow in Mexican northern border cities like Tijuana and Juárez, according to a U.S. State Department report.
June 11, 2009
80 Million Strong Coalition & Voto Latino: Hispanic Youth Are Being Disproportionately Affected by the Economic Crisis
June 1, 2009
Hispanic children in US at greater risk for obesity than other ethnic/racial groups
May 31, 2009
For Latino parents, raising autistic child has complex barriers
May 29, 2009
Colorado is updating the way it counts Latinos in schools. The state now categorizes students as either Latino or white, not both.
Peru: Freezing Temperatures in Puno Result in 133 Children Deaths
January 28, 2009
Hispanic students account for the largest jump in enrollment in Oklahoma schools this year. The number of Hispanic students statewide increased 3,461 over the 2007-08 school year and now account for 67,652 of the 644,777 students enrolled overall.
January 21, 2009
Illegal street racing still popular and deadly among Latino youths
December 21, 2008
Una cuarta parte de las y los jornaleros migrantes mexicanos son niñas y niños menores de catorce años. Así lo informaron las organizaciones Ririki Intervención Social e Infancia en Movimiento, en boletín de prensa, en el marco del Día Internacional del Migrante, a conmemorarse este próximo jueves 18 de diciembre.
December 12, 2008
Esteban Núñez, son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, is arraigned on murder charges in Superior Court in San Diego, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Núñez and three of his friends and are accused of stabbing to death a 22-year-old student and injuring three other men on the San Diego State University campus.
December 10, 2008
California’s Latinos and blacks still lag in university eligibility – New report finds that the groups are doing better on meeting application requirements for UC and CSU but still trail whites and Asians.
December 9, 2008
New Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise In Protecting Children In Africa
A new study finds that certain brain functions of some low-income 9- and 10-year-olds pale in comparison with those of wealthy children and that the difference is almost equivalent to the damage from a stroke.
November 19, 2008
Cuba won’t let our kids leave, medical workers say – Former Cuban doctors are contemplating taking their quest to get their kids out of Cuba to an international court.
November 18, 2008
The American Civil Liberties Union and its Connecticut chapter also allege that minority students in the two towns are arrested at rates much higher than the percentages of blacks and Hispanics in the school populations. – East Hartford and West Hartford
November 17, 2008
Politics of Humanity: ICE’s and Border Patrol’s Child Abuse Policy
October 28, 2008
Alcohol advertising is heavier around schools with 20 percent or more Hispanic students than near schools with a smaller Hispanic population, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education and the University of Florida’s College of Medicine.
October 6, 2008
Children are aware white males have monopolized the US presidency, and most attribute the trend to racial prejudice, according to a study published Sunday.
September 27, 2008
Los galanes de las quinceañeras van a la escuela
September 23, 2008
Figures newly released by the U.S. Census Bureau show that nearly two-thirds of all children living in the San Joaquin Valley are Hispanic.
September 17, 2008
In Tangle of Young Lips, a Sex Rebellion in Chile – Parties in Chile encourage teenagers to “poncear,” or make out with as many people as they can
MEChA has changed over past 40 years – Latino student group chapter working from inside – Oxnard College
Joe Arpaio’s Prisoners Spend “Millions” on Canteen Purchases: So, Um, Where’s the Dough, Joe?
August 26, 2008
Black and Hispanic children were about eight and three times, respectively, more likely than white children to have a parent in prison
August 17, 2008
Alcohol Industry Targets Latino Teens
August 11, 2008
Latino kids in need of foster homes – There are 3 times more Latinos waiting for temporary homes in Arizona
August 10, 2008
Army Recruiter Threatens High School Student with Jail Time – The recruiter, Sergeant Glenn Marquette, warned 18-year-old Irving Gonzalez that he would be sent to jail if he decided to go to college instead of joining the military, even though Gonzalez had signed a non-binding contract that left him free to change his mind before basic training. – Houston
August 6, 2008
The recent shooting death of an 11-year-old El Paso boy during a vacation trip in Mexico has renewed questions about whether it’s safe to travel south of the border.
July 24, 2008
DNA tests for the first time have confirmed that a baby was stolen from her mother and adopted for profit in Guatemala.
July 23, 2008
Latina Students Shine – Summer Institute for Latino Public Policy in Washington, D.C.
July 16, 2008
Why do Asian students generally get higher marks than Latinos? Lincoln High students have candid ideas. – Los Angeles
July 10, 2008
More kids caught in Mexico drug-war crossfire
Children Charged In Puerto Rican Flag Burning – South Carolina
June 25, 2008
Study Says Youth Are Swimming in Alcohol Ads
June 23, 2008
U.S. immigration courts declare 13-year-old must be separated from his only parent and deported back to El Salvador alone (Latina Lista)
June 18, 2008
Most Hispanic students say college too costly – Indiana
June 12, 2008
National Council of La Raza – THOUGH TEEN MORTALITY RATES DECREASED, CHILDREN IN PUERTO RICO STILL FACE GREATER RISKS THAN CHILDREN ON THE MAINLAND U.S.
June 11, 2008
Children in non-English-speaking households experience multiple health disparities, researcher concludes – Dr. Glenn Flores
June 10, 2008
Fed Official (J. Robert Flores of OJJDP): Golf Helps End City Gang Crime – Former Staffer Tells ABC News Anti-Crime Funds Given to Programs With The “Right” Connections. – (saw this last night on ABC’s Nightline – he is appearing before The House Committee on Government Oversight today)
June 9, 2008
U.S.-born children feel effects of immigration raids – Federal agents say they try to act humanely when a parent is arrested, but advocates charge that youngsters are often traumatized and are sometimes left without supervision.
June 2, 2008
Teen Pregnancy Higher Among Minnesota’s Latinas
May 29, 2008
Judge Orders Second Trial for Twelve-Year-Old Hispanic Boy – Durham, North Carolina
May 12, 2008
Locke High School in South Los Angeles locked down after huge brawl – (between rival groups of black and Latino students – up 600 involved)
May 8, 2008
Are Immigration Authorities Going After School Children Now? – If true, then it’s hard to imagine the cruelty that resides in these people’s hearts
Hispanics’ discipline not racist, state says – (elementary students made to eat on floor & somehow only Hispanics didn’t get trays) – New Jersey
May 5, 2008
A Mexican Orphanage in Need
McHenry County College swears in 1st all-Hispanic student executive board – Illinois
Brewers target Latino kids in bid to gain market
April 28, 2008
Son of Elvira Arellano returns to Chicago for May 1 immigration rallies – (I still have to say that the utilization of a child for this cause disturbs me)
April 22, 2008
Hispanic students report bullying because of race – in Oklahoma since the state’s anti-illegal immigrant law started
March 22, 2008
Venezuela Students Seeking to Create a New Society – Cato Institute hears three perspectives of the student movement
February 26, 2008
Durham’s Latino suicide trend not found in local school districts – Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City school systems – North Carolina
February 4, 2008
Durham’s Latino students at higher suicide risk, study says – North Carolina
January 17, 2008
Officials deport president of Palomar College MEChA club – Paola Oropeza
January 8, 2008
University of North Carolina responds to growing hispanic population – (now 4% of undergrads)
January 2, 2008
News: Group aims to recruit Minuteman youth – Southern California
December 28, 2007
Tulsa ICE Officials Use 16-year-old Son as Bait to Trap Undocumented Family (Latina Lista)
December 10, 2007
Slot Machines for Children to be Banned in Peru
November 14, 2007
Latinos Pack Washington Hall for Summit – Event Draws Almost 500 Students to Centralia College – Washington State
November 11, 2007
Class teaches Spanish to native speakers – Winston-Salem, North Carolina
October 28, 2007
Kids of illegal immigrants live in fear but pursue American dream
October 23, 2007
Organization in Peru Feeds Nearly 20 Thousand Children Daily
