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Top news stories personally selected by the publishers for their relevance to the Hispanic-American community.
September 2008 - Posts
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The fastest-growing segment of U.S. home buyers is also among those facing the greatest risk of foreclosure, two top federal housing officials told a group of Hispanic real-estate professionals meeting in Phoenix this week. Read More...
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A state campaign aimed at reducing substance abuse among young Latinos has kicked off at a west Phoenix school. The campaign, sponsored by the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, Students Against Destructive Decisions and the Phoenix Union High School Read More...
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Stay on top of breaking news! Sign up for Channel 7 News e-mail alerts. Bringing all communities in Arkansas together--that was the goal of a Latino summit this past weekend. Read More...
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BabySpot.com announced today the launch of BabySpotLatino.com, a new social networking site for Latino parents and their families, which successfully debuted on the #1 Hispanic morning show, Univision's Despierta America on Thursday, September 25th at Read More...
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MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin's Latino population has been increasing 7 percent every year since 2000. When Dora Zuniga and her family migrated to Rio Hondo, Texas, from rural Mexico, education was part of their American dream. Read More...
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Don't bank on it: The Wall Street mess has officially hit the rarefied world of City Hall receptions, with Mayor Gavin Newsom due to appear at an event tonight with executives of a bank that no longer exists. The Hispanic Heritage Foundation has organized Read More...
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No Related Stories at this time! SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Sept. 29 -- Hispanic Business Inc. has announced the recipients of the 2008 EOY Winner's Circle Scholarships, to be awarded at Hispanic Business' annual EOY event honoring entrepreneurial excellence Read More...
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Dionicio Morales, a former labor organizer whose efforts to help his community resulted in the creation of one of the nation's largest Latino social service providers, has died. He was 89. Read More...
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Representatives from the Wells Fargo Foundation announced Thursday, September 25, a new grant for $250,000 to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation (USHCC Foundation) to continue efforts to build the capacity of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce. Read More...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 29, 2008 - The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) Foundation presented Ford Motor Company Fund with its President's Award on September 27, during the USHCC 2008 Awards Dinner Gala, held at the Sacramento Convention Read More...
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Dionicio Morales, a former labor organizer whose efforts to help his community resulted in the creation of one of the nation's largest Latino social service providers, has died. He was 89. Read comments Read More...
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Coors Light Lideres has partnered with the Alameda County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to recognize emerging leaders in the Hispanic community. Ten individuals, selected for their leadership and their desire to make a difference in their communities, Read More...
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OAKLAND, Calif.----Coors Light Lideres has partnered with the Alameda County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to recognize emerging leaders in the Hispanic community. Ten individuals, selected for their leadership and their desire to make a difference in Read More...
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American Latino TV and LatiNation, the nationally syndicated TV programs for U.S.-born Hispanics, announced today that both shows will debut their new seasons in a record number of cities beginning this weekend, October 4th through 5th. Read More...
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The National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) on Drug Abuse will hold its eighth annual conference, "Community, Behavioral and Molecular Sciences in Addictive Disorders," October 1-3, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Nora Volkow , director Read More...
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By ANNA FERGUSONThe Brunswick NewsWhile the number of immigrants living in Brunswick and the Golden Isles rose last year, the director of a social services agency for Hispanic newcomers says the influx appears to be slowing. Read More...
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Dionicio Morales, an early giant of Eastside activism who came out of the agricultural fields of Moorpark to create the nation's largest Latino human services provider, has died. He was 89. Read More...
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Latin music pulsed across the parking lot of Frederick Community College on Sunday afternoon, announcing the fourth annual Festival Latino de Frederick Read More...
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Hundreds attended the Hispanic Heritage Family Day festivities at the Memorial Art Gallery on Sunday. Read More...
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Early in April, a group of high-power Republican Latinos sat down with GOP Senate candidate Bob Schaffer and pressed him to reach out to the state's Latino voters. Read More...
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Hispanic culture is on display at the Memorial Art Gallery as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. Sunday's family day featured food, music, dance and more. Exhibits from more than 20 different Spanish speaking countries were on display. Read More...
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When Alba Herrera saw the growth in Freehold's Latino population, she saw possibilities."I started thinking, there's going to be opportunities here," said Herrera, who opened the Timber Nickel One Stop Shop convenience store on East Main Street about Read More...
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Anne Arundel Community College will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with events through Oct. 15. Read More...
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East Columbia Briefs The east Columbia library, 6600 Cradlerock Way, will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month this week with a Hispanic Family Festival. Read More...
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Rockford's annual RAMBA Hispanic event. It's the largest latino heritage festival in northern Illinois. Read More...
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A local college is helping Hispanic residents celebrate their culture. Finger Lakes Community College hosted the Brooklyn-based Latino Heritage Museum's traveling exhibit, "Success Runs in My Race." Read More...
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TRACY - The Tracy Hispanic Business Group presents "Music at the Vineyard" from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at Ramon Rios Winery, 8458 W. Linne Road, Tracy. The event will feature Latin rock, oldies and funk music by local entertainers the Latin Essence Band. Read More...
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A national Latino voter registration group hasn't even met one-quarter of its original goal to sign up 25,000 Rio Grande Valley residents for voting by the Nov. 4 election. Read More...
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Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., was standing in front of the Ford Center, where the debate will start in an hour and a half. I walked up and asked him if Republicans are going to be hurt by the Latino vote. Read More...
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The local hip-hop label, Arapnaphobia Records, has changed its role from the entertainment to the coordinators of Wichita's annual festival honoring Hispanic heritage. Read More...
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ImpreMedia, the #1 Hispanic news and information company in the U.S. in online and print, and MySpace, the world's premier social network, today announced that they will again team up to offer Spanish-language coverage of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Read More...
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NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES----ImpreMedia, the #1 Hispanic news and information company in the U.S. in online and print, and MySpace, the world’s premier social network, today announced that they will again team up to offer Spanish-language coverage of the Read More...
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In celebration of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 29th Annual National Convention, Microsoft Corp. today announced its partnership with the National Hispanic Business Information Clearinghouse as part of the company's commitment to advance Hispanic Read More...
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A coalition of Spanish-language media and community organizations kicked off a massive voter registration drive Thursday, aiming to register nearly one million Hispanic voters. Read More...
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' once-surging Latino student growth rate has slowed dramatically this school term, newly released figures show. CMS added 1,138 Latino students this school year, representing more than half of the school system's total enrollment Read More...
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The local hip-hop label, Arapnaphobia Records, has changed its role from the entertainment to the coordinators of Wichita's annual festival honoring Hispanic heritage. This year's festival, La Mera Fiesta, or the Main Event, got rescheduled for Saturday Read More...
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Artists from Spain, Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico are among those represented in "Encounters/Encuentros: Tradition and Innovation in the Art of Spain and Latin America," an exhibit at Valparaiso University's Brauer Museum of Art. The exhibit is part of Read More...
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The number of people registering to vote keeps going up. The Hispanic community is one group that has had a high amount of newly registered voters. Read More...
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A coalition of Spanish-language media and community organizations kicked off a massive voter registration drive Thursday aimed at putting nearly one million voter registration forms in the hands of potential Hispanic voters. Read More...
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A coalition of Spanish-language media and community organizations kicked off a massive voter registration drive aimed at putting nearly one million voter registration forms in the hands of potential Hispanic voters. Read More...
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A coalition of Spanish-language media and community organizations aim to register one million Hispanic voters. Read More...
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Thu, Sep 25, 2008 (12:36 p.m.) A coalition of Spanish-language media and community organizations kicked off a massive voter registration drive Thursday, aiming to register nearly one million Hispanic voters. Read More...
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A coalition of Spanish-language media and community organizations kicked off a massive voter registration drive Thursday, aiming to register nearly one million Hispanic voters. Hispanics have long been seen as a potentially powerful voting force, but Read More...
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A coalition of Spanish-language media and community organizations kicked off a massive voter registration drive Thursday aimed at putting nearly one million voter registration forms in the hands of potential Hispanic voters. Read More...
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A coalition of Spanish-language media and community organizations kicked off a massive voter registration drive Thursday, aiming to register nearly one million Hispanic voters. Read More...
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Azteca America, a Grupo Salinas Company, and the University of Denver Latino Center presented yesterday evening on Capitol Hill a report entitled "The State of Latinos 2008: Defining an Agenda for the Future." Read More...
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Starting today, Armstrong Atlantic State University celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a weeklong festival of cultural events; there will be internationally-recognized music and dance troupes, food, crafts and even a quirky little film about a dog Read More...
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To celebrate the university’s Hispanic Heritage Month Semana de Cultura, the Ollimpaxqui Ballet Company will perform and teach dance at 7 tonight in the University Center Rosebud Theater. Read More...
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FREEHOLD — For the first time ever the Latino Festival of western Monmouth County will be held in downtown Freehold on Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month. The festival will be held in the Monmouth County Hall Read More...
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FREEHOLD — For the first time ever the Latino Festival of western Monmouth County will be held in downtown Freehold on Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The event coincides with Hispanic Heritage Month. The festival will be held in the Monmouth County Hall Read More...
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A Sept. 23 poll shows Barack Obama ahead in Colorado by a narrow margin but with strong support among Hispanic voters. Both parties are campaigning hard to get the Hispanic vote – Democrats are trying to get out the vote, while Republicans are appealing Read More...
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Azteca America, a Grupo Salinas Company, and the University of Denver Latino Center presented yesterday evening on Capitol Hill a report entitled "The State of Latinos 2008: Defining an Agenda for the Future." Read More...
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Is there such a thing? No, the following execs are filling that role. Everyone knows by now that the Hispanic demo is a growing one, but how do marketers go about addressing it? Read More...
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This award is available to high school seniors who have at least a 2.0 GPA, are of Hispanic/Latino descent, and have demonstrated leadership in school, community, and/or other service organizations that promote, enhance or strengthen diversity. Financial Read More...
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NEW YORK----impreMedia, along with its sponsors – including such marketing powerhouses as 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Albertsons, Bud Light & Clamato Chelada, Infiniti, Mervyns, Royal Caribbean International and Staples – today announced that it has launched a Read More...
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The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will be holding it's 29th annual convention in Sacramento this week. Read More...
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IF YOU GO What: Junot Diaz lecture Where: Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse III When: Today, 7 p.m. How much: Free A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was in its beginning stages in 1997 while its author, Junot Diaz, taught at Syracuse University. Diaz Read More...
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The first-ever meeting of the state’s Hispanic Chamber of Commerce outside the Indianapolis area drew a crowd of a few dozen people to the student center Tuesday at Indiana Wesleyan University. Read More...
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Latinos are now the largest minority in the U.S., and a growing voter bloc. In WYPR's series of reports on the coming election, Bob Costantini spotlights the Hispanic community and efforts to reach out to them: Read More...
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