Georgia’s Latino Bashing Misses The Mark
Georgia’s Latino Bashing Misses The Mark
By Jerry Gonzalez, Executive Director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) & the GALEO Latino Community Development Fund Latinos are a growing portion of Georgia’s school population, in some places, […]
Georgia HS Students Face Suspension For Protesting Anti-Immigrant Law
Students from a Georgia high school face suspension after participating in a pro-immigration demonstration. According to cbsAtlanta.com, the kids left their classrooms and took to the streets to protest the […]
News Taco To Go: DREAM Act, Guadalupe And Gays
San Diego’s Sufring Guadalupe To Be Torn Down Will Democrats Pass The DREAM Act This Time? Prolly Not Why Is It Ok To Be Gay As Long As We Don’t Talk About […]
Will Democrats Pass The DREAM Act This Time? Prolly Not
Do you remember the disappointment you felt when the DREAM Act didn’t pass? I do, it was a heavy kind of disappointment, the kind you know will last for a […]
What is a College Degree Worth to Latinos?
I spent a day recently at Lowell Middle School, in San Antonio’s south side, talking to 6th, 7th and 8th graders about what I do for a living – or […]
Bien Hecho: Latina Student Overcomes Mother’s Death
Two years ago 18 year-old Estefania Anaya lost her mother when she took her own life. Today, she’s the valedictorian of her private school in El Paso, Texas and recently won […]
People Marrying Later, Tías Everywhere Weep
Census figures indicate that people are increasingly marrying later in their lives, which if your family is anything like mine, means that tías and abuelitas across the country are beginning […]
Texas Groups Promote Education For Latino Kids
A few different groups in Texas have selected today, May 20, as a day where statewide attention will be paid to the future — students — and in Texas that […]
Education Rights Groups Call For Admitting More Latinos To US Universities
A group of Latino higher education advocates wants to take affirmative action and turn it up a couple of notches. The group met at the Higher Education for Latinos Conference in Phoenix, […]
President’s Commission On Latino Education Gets To Work This Month
After 18 months of community hearings and 7 months of preparation, President Obama’s Advisory Commission on Hispanic Education will officially get to work this month. Here’s what we know about the Commission’s work so far, as […]
