tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-359684492009-10-26T13:27:51.812-07:00The blog companion to the Hispanic American Village, the free community and careers site for Latinos/Latinos, part of the IMDiversity.com Multicultural Villages network. UNDER CONSTRUCTIONDiversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11561253435823952867noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-80027865336415424072009-10-22T04:58:00.000-07:002009-10-26T13:27:51.836-07:002009-10-26T13:27:51.836-07:00While CNN makes nicey nice to the community with their 2-part Latino in America series, they have yet to put their ear to the ground and hear the increasing rumbling to dump Latino-abuser Lou Dobbs. ...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/-q8H3R1wI6U" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/10/heats-on-cnn-not-to-have-it-both-ways.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-78139793343938357192009-10-16T11:26:00.000-07:002009-10-16T11:43:42.595-07:002009-10-16T11:43:42.595-07:00Testimonials Aim to Inspire Hope and Debunk Myths in Response to Latino AIDS Crisis LOS ANGELES, CA -- October 15, 2009 -- Univision Communications Inc. and the Kaiser Family Foundation today...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/975B23Hmwcs" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/10/univision-and-kaiser-foundation-mark.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-37309108876829203842009-10-09T04:49:00.000-07:002009-10-12T14:27:10.593-07:002009-10-12T14:27:10.593-07:00A marked increase in Latinos aged 16 to 25 attending school and/or being part of the US work force between the years 1970 and 2007 highlight the Pew Center's report on young Latinos' growing...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/VfxaM0M7vvw" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/10/encouraging-news-changing-pathways-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-91902430369804523582009-09-25T04:30:00.000-07:002009-09-25T04:32:14.864-07:002009-09-25T04:32:14.864-07:00Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – One In Three Would Migrate Facing a variety of national problems, Mexicans overwhelmingly are dissatisfied with the direction of their country. Large...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/16y01qAdKyQ" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/09/pew-center-report-on-mexicos-gaze-north.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-44088065226770874432009-09-02T12:58:00.000-07:002009-09-02T13:00:49.879-07:002009-09-02T13:00:49.879-07:00For those of you who have been following the radar-slipping, deteriorating events surrounding the recent coup in Honduras, here's an article from the Women's Media Center that visits the situation...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/x81NeLSO2cg" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/09/military-coup-reverses-honduran-womens.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-21123759065546293692009-08-08T16:07:00.001-07:002009-08-10T08:48:08.427-07:002009-08-10T08:48:08.427-07:00It was great Friday night seeing Toto la Momposina and her merry Tambores at the Queens Theatre in the Park, and it’s been great to see the Queens Latino Cultural Festival back in the groove this...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/5XQTWpoZMtk" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-girl-totos-back-in-town.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-90335263407809281502009-07-29T07:12:00.000-07:002009-07-29T07:21:13.037-07:002009-07-29T07:21:13.037-07:00Women's Media Center contributor, Sharmeen Gangat, worries that immigrants, currently faced with great disparities in health coverage between themselves and the native born, will fall by the wayside...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/X1GtJ2V0POc" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/07/will-healthcare-reform-be-fair-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-40938167840057638922009-07-20T04:39:00.000-07:002009-07-20T04:50:20.038-07:002009-07-20T04:50:20.038-07:00Now that the US, thanks to the nomination of Nuyorican, Sonia Sotomayor, to the Supreme Court, knows that Puerto Rico is a territory of the US and that Puerto Ricans are born citizens just like the...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/_DmAdnWfq0I" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/07/pews-profile-of-puerto-ricans.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-82761901018118083312009-07-14T08:05:00.000-07:002009-07-14T08:24:04.090-07:002009-07-14T08:24:04.090-07:00Women's giving has exceeded overall philanthropy by more tha 10% The Women's Media Center has offered up yet another article of inspiration and information for women. Women's philanthropy supports...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/2RWbRlbVajk" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/07/whats-behind-rise-of-womens.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-47355022723689727902009-07-13T15:05:00.000-07:002009-07-13T15:08:43.400-07:002009-07-13T15:08:43.400-07:00Since the announcement of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, some in the media have engaged in sexist and racist attacks against her. Attacks have been overt and blatant. Some...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/YAT-bCUnloE" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/07/media-justice-for-sotomayor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-54535929383004394672009-06-17T15:24:00.000-07:002009-06-17T15:26:06.290-07:002009-06-17T15:26:06.290-07:00Following IMDiversity's recent migration to a new jobs database and job tools format at http://jobsearch.imdiversity.com, the editors have begun to restore a number of previously popular jobs...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/xw6UzWib8rE" height="1" width="1"/>Diversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11561253435823952867noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/06/hispanic-american-village-jobs-center.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-60712828311660480562009-06-13T03:32:00.000-07:002009-06-13T03:33:55.052-07:002009-06-13T03:33:55.052-07:00The Media Consortium, the Insight Center MC Contact: Tracy Van Slyke tracy@themediaconsortium.com America's most glaring economic injustice is the racial wealth gap: families of color have only 15...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/m-0oCOY0G6Y" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/06/journalist-webinar-briefing-closing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-44006524764237328362009-06-01T20:52:00.001-07:002009-06-02T07:05:14.639-07:002009-06-02T07:05:14.639-07:00Hispanics now make up 22% of all children under the age of 18 in the United States, with only 11% foreign born and 56% the offspring of one or more foreign-born parent. And the Census Bureau...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/jbYk78gsc64" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/06/pew-on-latino-kids-demographics.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-63846594380986720022009-05-31T19:03:00.001-07:002009-06-01T20:48:59.601-07:002009-06-01T20:48:59.601-07:00You'll be more able to pick up yet a third, or fourth, or fifth, and so on, language. Plus, you'll find it easier to increase your vocabulary and understandings of your native tongue. So reports a...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/eGOTB-jfZEM" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/05/dont-let-your-spanish-slip.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-22558185724732706822009-04-26T15:17:00.000-07:002009-04-26T15:38:48.176-07:002009-04-26T15:38:48.176-07:00New Routes to Community Health is using immigrant-made media to improve immigrants lives. Immigrant organizations and media makers have formed partnerships in 8 US cities to improve the health of...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/rJP9Z65jTEA" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-project-by-immigrants-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-78683103653878437972009-04-11T16:17:00.000-07:002009-04-11T16:39:45.368-07:002009-04-11T16:39:45.368-07:00Our partner, New America Media, reports, thanks to HispanicBusiness, that there's been steady progress for Latina advancement since 2002, showing a rise from 20 to 23 of those with management or...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/2DxaOEMPvJE" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/04/latinas-movin-up-slowly-but-surely.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-12686561447760495012009-03-16T03:41:00.000-07:002009-03-16T03:53:08.705-07:002009-03-16T03:53:08.705-07:00Hector Tobar offers a sensitive overview of the Latino community's growth over the years in California, and, by extension, the country. Tobar, while guatemalteco, is forever labeled "Mexican," a...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/JzUdcFsVdIo" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/03/lovely-piece-on-latino-identity-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-60564945260972192182009-03-04T09:04:00.000-08:002009-03-04T09:06:16.445-08:002009-03-04T09:06:16.445-08:00CLEVELAND CLINIC TO HOST THE SECOND ANNUAL ASPIRING PHYSICIANS AND RESEARCH SCIENTISTS CONFERENCE Conference Focuses on African American and Hispanic College Students Interested in Science and...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/yY-MmF_cs-4" height="1" width="1"/>Diversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11561253435823952867noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/03/ohio-event-aspiring-physicians-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-29460133300678593052009-02-18T05:46:00.000-08:002009-02-18T05:49:37.881-08:002009-02-18T05:49:37.881-08:00African-American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian students who are high school seniors, or college freshmen, sophomores or juniors are among those who can now apply for a scholarship from the...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/zYsaWTHTE1U" height="1" width="1"/>Diversityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11561253435823952867noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/02/scholarship-deadline-march-1-chemistry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-79943053189203772712009-02-15T08:39:00.000-08:002009-02-15T08:45:28.058-08:002009-02-15T08:45:28.058-08:00Here's an article from Hispanic Business suggesting that there's work, and good pay, if you can ply your bilingualism. Court interpreters, paralegals, nurses, social workers, etc. It's not a...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/WlMtpbF4Ens" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/02/bilingual-youe-got-leg-up-in-surviving.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-25582232634547223882009-02-12T08:40:00.000-08:002009-02-12T08:46:16.799-08:002009-02-12T08:46:16.799-08:00I’m in Guatemala for a week, visiting a friend, staying mostly in Antigua, a jewel of colonial grace and comfort. Antigua is arguably the most prosperous of Guatemala’s cities. It is top-heavy with...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/wrtZJPybCck" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com1http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/02/im-in-guatemala-for-week-visiting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-53879292431100202652009-01-15T15:18:00.000-08:002009-01-15T18:50:21.054-08:002009-01-15T18:50:21.054-08:00With the economy is such a mess and Latinos losing jobs at a faster pace than non-Hispanic whites, concerns about immigration and reform have taken a back seat for Latinos to the more burning issues...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/F8xO2iuPfZk" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/01/pew-center-study-finds-immigration-has.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-52139259091670282552009-01-12T04:21:00.000-08:002009-01-15T18:49:07.856-08:002009-01-15T18:49:07.856-08:00Rumors are rife once again that Chairman Fidel will soon no longer be with us. They are more credible now as he never regained his health after surgery about two years ago. So, now, more than ever,...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/nsOi8NvwMPw" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-there-anyone-out-there-who-still.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-35761107486155735212009-01-09T04:53:00.000-08:002009-01-09T04:59:25.383-08:002009-01-09T04:59:25.383-08:00From the LA Times on Solis' inbred solidarity with unionism founded in her working class roots, of which she is unabashedly proud.<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/Hd2n7nKSrxk" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2009/01/hilda-solis-liking-her-even-more.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35968449.post-37578245382376057422008-12-28T12:29:00.001-08:002008-12-28T12:29:49.160-08:002008-12-28T12:29:49.160-08:00With unemployment figures skyrocketing and businesses biting the dust, the picture painted is of a long-term crisis and much hardship if not anxiety for many of us. The promise of at least a partial...<br/> <br/> More...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HispanicAmerican/~4/q2tDMm-VjVI" height="1" width="1"/>amorosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05572093273639115490noreply@blogger.com0http://hispanicamericanvillage.blogspot.com/2008/12/job-hunting-career-change-may-be-in.html