Connecticut + Connecticut Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

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

September 23, 2007

Hispanic Center leader ‘excited’ about new job – Eva Colon – Hispanic Center of Greater Danbury – Connecticut

September 20, 2007

Business initiative targets growing Latino community – Connecticut

September 19, 2007

Comic Puts Newspaper Editor On Hot Seat – Central Connecticut State University’s student paper

September 16, 2007

State plans first Latino voting summit – Connecticut

September 15, 2007

Race, Ethnicity Shaping Campaign – Hartford, Connecticut

September 9, 2007

Rarely Seen Elegant Side of Mexican Cooking – Avenida – Greenwich, Connecticut

September 7, 2007

Latino studies conference set for Oct. 11-12 – University of Connecticut

August 22, 2007

Judge John R. Downey’s nomination to the Appellate Court ran aground Tuesday over his comments about illegal immigrants – Connecticut

August 20, 2007

Peruvians In Connecticut Think Of Home

August 13, 2007

Immigrant advocacy groups sue over New Haven raids – Connecticut

State addresses high number of black and Hispanics in foster care – Connecticut

July 26, 2007

New Haven does the job Congress refuses to do

July 25, 2007

Protests as U.S. city gives illegal immigrants IDs – New Haven, Connecticut

July 23, 2007

New Haven to begin offering IDs to illegal immigrants – Connecticut

July 1, 2007

Leader of Hispanic church welcomes all, including undocumented – New Haven, Connecticut

June 26, 2007

Migrant workers in area trafficking case feel at home in New Haven – Connecticut

Rell vetoes in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrant kids – Connecticut

June 24, 2007

Hispanic leaders opening voter registration drive – Waterbury, Connecticut

June 17, 2007

1,000-Plus Voices Call For “Justicia Ahora!” – New Haven

June 12, 2007

Feds Haven’t Scared All Immigrants From Signing Up – New Haven, Connecticut

St. Joseph College Offers Bilingual Credentials Program – Connecticut

New Haven officials urge federal agents to stop raids targeting illegal immigrants – Connecticut

June 11, 2007

Latino Art Market Heats up in Fair Haven

June 5, 2007

New Haven approves ID cards for illegal immigrants, others – Connecticut

May 1, 2007

Immigration groups ready New Haven rally – Connecticut

City preparing components of municipal ID card for documented, undocumented residents – New Haven, Connecticut

April 30, 2007

Speaking To Rich Latinos, In English – Meriden paper switches tack, and language – Fusión Connecticut’s first English language paper targeting Hispanics

April 8, 2007

Teen Data Find Racial Differences – Study: White, Black, Hispanic Students Don’t Face Same Behavior Problems – Connecticut

April 3, 2007

Former Miss Cuba Jessica Mayorga steps in as Mayor’s spokesperson – New Haven, Connecticut

Protest At Immigration Hearing – Hartford, Connecticut

April 2, 2007

Hispanic Center gets $30,000 – Danbury, Connecticut

March 22, 2007

Immigration helping avoid population drops, new Census figures show – Fairfield County, Connecticut

Hispanic Center shake-up – Danbury, Connecticut

March 14, 2007

Latino parents learn to help their children succeed – Danbury, Connecticut

March 5, 2007

New Haven Welcomes a Booming Population of Immigrants, Legal or Not

February 28, 2007

Grant to fund health care outreach to Hispanic women – Eastern Connecticut

Grant to fund health care outreach to Hispanic women – Eastern Connecticut

February 12, 2007

Program encourages Hispanic students to aim higher – Stamford, Connecticut

January 31, 2007

Jewish and Hispanic communities bond – New Haven, Connecticut

January 29, 2007

Clinic offering mental health help for Hispanics to open in Norwalk – Bridgeport, Connecticut

January 24, 2007

Fear No Weevil: Classes Bridge Language Barrier – Connecticut

January 19, 2007

New Puerto Rican, Latino Studies director, Guillermo Irizarry, hopes to expand program – University of Connecticut

January 18, 2007

Frank Graziano, professor and expert on Latin American religious cultures, to speak about his new book on Feb. 15 – Connecticut College

January 16, 2007

WPRX is back in New Britain – The first wholly owned Puerto Rican station in Connecticut

January 12, 2007

Lawmakers seek to funding for Hispanic blood drive outreach – Connecticut

January 11, 2007

Rotary clubs help bring water to Guatemalan village – Connecticut

January 3, 2007

Will the feds ever act on immigration reform?

January 2, 2007

Needy Eastern Connecticut children may not have Three Kings Day presents

Immigration isnt just a Danbury issue – This is the second day in a series looking at immigration and its impact on greater Danbury, Connecticut

December 28, 2006

New Group Fights For Hispanic Veterans – Connecticut

December 22, 2006

Hispanic center debuts in grand style – Bridgeport, Connecticut

December 20, 2006

Mayor Pledges Immigrant ID Cards, Take 2 – New Haven, Connecticut

December 19, 2006

Minority groups pressure Rell to keep minority commissioners – Connecticut

December 18, 2006

Child brides: Citys youngest newlyweds are often Hispanic – Stamford, Connecticut

A coupling of cultures: In Guatemalan town, Stamford is babys first word – Connecticut

December 15, 2006

Police institute new policy for illegal immigrants – New Haven, Connecticut

Yale students sue federal officials over immigration raid – Danbury, Connecticut

December 13, 2006

New report says Connecticut Latinos facing health crisis

December 12, 2006

Perez Charts A “Year of the Youth” – New Haven, Connecticut

December 6, 2006

Hispanic group suing labor union – Connecticut

January 9, 2006

”Casa Latino” Arrives in Danbury! Connecticut