Latina News

Grant will be used to help young Latinas

by The Oregonian

Thursday June 25, 2009, 1:02 AM

Adelante Chicas, the youth program of Adelante Mujeres, will receive a $135,000 grant from United Way of the Columbia-Willamette.

The money will be used to continue the focus on community leadership, empowerment and academic success for young Latinas.

Adelante Chicas serves girls and teens in fourth through 12th grades in the Forest Grove School District. According to program officials, a new partnership with Bienestar, a housing and family advocacy organization, will expand services to young women in Hillsboro.

On the Web:adelantemujeres.org.

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Latina TV

from Extra: Two Languages Una Voz

ABC 7 to Broadcast Program on Influential Latinas

Journalist Theresa Gutíerrez presents ‘The Ñ Beat: Breaking Barriers’

ABC 7 Chicago presents “The Ñ Beat: Breaking Barriers,” a half-hour special profiling five “Latina power brokers,” women who are among the most influential policy makers and business leaders in the country.

Hosted by Theresa Gutiérrez, with special contributions by ABC 7’s John García and Stacey Baca, “The Ñ Beat” will air June 27 at 6 p.m. with an encore presentation on July 5 at 11:30 a.m. “The Ñ Beat” is an Emmy Award winning program produced by Edgar Vargas that celebrates the accomplishments of Chicago’s Latino community.

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Latina Magazine Article

From Latina.Com
Mexican Men Go From Macho to Metrosexual
by Shani Saxon-Parrish

Plenty of Mexican men have discovered that being a man’s man and looking well put together do not have to be mutually exclusive. Estée Lauder’s Marc Latiere’s tells WWD that Mexican sales of top beauty products for men (including Biotherm, Clinique Skin Supplies for Men, Aramis Lab Series and Clarins Men) have increased 20 to 25 percent annually over the last five years. BDF Mexico’s Diego Ferrández went on to say that Mexico is a Latin American “forerunner” in the men’s market.

Wow! We think this is a step in the right direction. We’re all for men smelling good and practicing good grooming-as long as they don’t spend more time in the bathroom than we do.

What do you think? Are you turned on or off by a man who knows his way around the beauty department?

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Latina Woman

From Colors NW
From Puerto Rico to Harlem: An Afro-Latina’s Sojourn

by Emily Woo Yamasaki

Francisca Montero, of the Harlem-based New York City community chapter of Radical Women (RW), is a revolutionary feminist and unionist. Here she tells her story about growing up in the Dominican Republic, becoming a political organizer and transitioning to America.

Latina News

Exhibit at Veterans Museum features Latinos, Latinas of World War II

Perham Enterprise Bulletin
Published Friday, June 12, 2009

World War II was a turning point for the United States, and the war had an impact on U.S. Latinos just as much as other groups.

It has been estimated that anywhere from 250,000 to as many as 750,000 Latinos and Latinas served in the armed forces during World War II.

After the war, more Latinos, including veterans, took active political roles to press for crucial improvements. WWII veteran Joe Bernal, whose story is featured in the exhibit, served first in the Texas House and later in the Texas Senate. Bernal was the primary author of a bill that expunged state statues supporting racial segregation and of another that created the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1969.

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Latina News

from Tampa Bay Business Journal

Hispanic Professional Women’s Association names new president

Tampa Bay Business Journal - by Rober Yaniz, Jr.

Maria Pierre has been selected to serve a one-year term as president of the Hispanic Professional Women’s Association of Tampa Bay Inc. She has been a member of the Tampa nonprofit organization since 2007.

As president, Pierre aims to increase membership with an upcoming event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the HPWA in March. She hopes the event will bring back old members and presidents and “reinvigorate the association,” Pierre said.

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Latina Health News

From My SA News:

Latinas more likely to take their lives

By Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje - Express-News

The call came from out of the blue. Come to the hospital quickly, said a friend of Crystal Trinidad, then 14.

Lupe Morin, Crystal’s grandmother, rushed to the ER, where she found her granddaughter lying in bed, her wrists already bandaged. She had gouged them earlier with a sharp object, trying to commit suicide.

“That’s when I discovered everything that was going on,” Morin said. “Crystal was tired of seeing her mother depressed, of moving from house to house. She was frustrated they never had a home where they could settle down. They were very poor, and my daughter Letty couldn’t hold down a job because of major depression. My granddaughter felt that there was nothing in this world for her.”

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Latino News

PHILADELPHIA, June 5 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Esperanza, the largest Hispanic faith-based Evangelical network in the United States, committed to strengthening the Latino community, is hosting the 8th annual National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference, June 17-19, 2009 in Washington, D.C. These unique events bring together over 750 national Hispanic spiritual and community leaders to the nation's capital where they join in celebration and prayer for our country, our political leaders, and our communities, and advocate for the needs of Hispanics in the United States.

Details here...

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Latina You Should Know

From Latina Style: Peggy Llewellyn Flying on Two Wheels

On this sunny but cool March day at the National Hot Rod Association Spring Nationals in Houston, Texas the thunderous motors from the zooming bikes on the slick black race track make the 35-year-old Peggy Llewellyn (loo-ellen) say, “Oh, I want to be out there so bad.”

Although, lamenting the fact that she did not expect the chill in the air and was under dressed, the pure passion this Pro Stock Motorcycle drag racer and native Texan has for this sport counters the chill and burns within.

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