Blogante Headlines + Oregon Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
April 10, 2008
Oregon’s Dropout Rate Continues to Climb – (except for Hispanics YET the graduation rate is only 63.7%)
April 8, 2008
Oregon’s ‘Little Mexico’ serves as example of diversity – The increasing Latino population of Woodburn constitutes more than 50 percent of its total population
March 11, 2008
Riding the bilingual bus – Phoenix-Talent staff learn ways to make Hispanic students feel more welcome – Oregon
February 21, 2008
Money shortages doom service for Latino students – The Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement started in 1983 to close this week
February 13, 2008
War Between Rival Hispanic Bakeries – Willamette, Oregon
February 6, 2008
Support for Latinas’ next generation – Life skills – The Adelante Chicas program will focus on helping girls live in a culture unfamiliar to their parents – Oregon
January 28, 2008
Oregon business group counters anti-illegal immigrant campaigns
January 23, 2008
Oregon employers launch immigrant-rights coalition
January 17, 2008
Hispanic activists come to listen, learn and press ahead on agendas – Olympia, Washington
January 14, 2008
Driver’s license legislation incites debate at Capitol – Oregon
January 2, 2008
Hispanic groups seek delay of new license requirements – Oregon
December 9, 2007
Tigard playwright creates a modern-day nativity story – ‘In from the Cold’ is a multi-cultural story of forgiveness – Oregon
Move to honor Chavez hits a roadblock – In Portland, Ore., naming a street after the activist proves difficult. A series of hostile meetings ends in an impasse.
November 27, 2007
Model citizen or no, illegal alien about to be deported – Alejandra Trujillo – Oregon
November 13, 2007
Legislators ‘Go After’ Undocumented Immigrant Families in Oregon
October 26, 2007
Mayor Potter storms out of street-renaming meeting – (Cesar Chavez related) – Portland, Oregon
October 23, 2007
Stephanie Lopez’s post-World Cup goal: NCAA title for Portland
September 20, 2007
Mexican curriculum in Oregon schools stirs debate
Screen dreams – The first Portland Latin American Film Festival aims to boost Latino arts efforts in the area
September 18, 2007
Springfield High School high school moves toward forming mariachi band – Oregon
September 16, 2007
Did You Know? State figures from 2004-2005 show that 73 percent of white non-Hispanic women in Oregon 40 or older had had a mammogram the past two years, while 66 percent of Latinas in the same age group had
August 29, 2007
Farmworkers union sues feds – Group (PCUN) aims to halt higher application fees for noncitizens – Oregon
