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Latina Bloggers Clean-up at #Latism11 Awards!
November 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
Image: conference.latism.org Ummm…who’s excited!? I couldn’t make it to the Latism conference, but there are so many amazing things that I know I would have loved! Delores Huerta anyone!?? Wow…disappointed to miss out, but next year brings another opportunity to meet some amazing bloggers, activists and entrepreneurs! But, another exciting element to the [...]
EDÚCATE: Navigating the College Admissions Process
October 20, 2011 By 7 Comments
I started college late. If you want to know the truth, I was 23 when I finally attempted my formal education and I needed tons of encouragement to even put a foot into that admissions office. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to go to college, but over time, I had learned that college [...]
“Black in Latin America”: Dominicans vs. Haitians?
April 26, 2011 By 5 Comments
A lot of people are talking about Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s PBS series, “Black in Latin America” and it’s portrayal of Dominicans. I have to agree that the story is pretty one-sided, so I can understand the upset that has come about following the documentary. Throughout the film, Gates makes references to Dominicans as [...]
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is a “bigot”?
April 25, 2011 By 10 Comments
Today I saw this comment on the Being Latino Facebook page under their post about Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s “Black in Latin America” special: NALs: I find many of the responses made by Dominicans concerning the lack of mention of the Taino cultural/genetic component quite amusing. Not amusing in the sense an [...]
The Key to Higher Education Lies in the Hands of Latino Parents
March 3, 2011 By 6 Comments
While in college I had the opportunity to volunteer with a program called the Hispanic Youth Career Conference. The HYCC board was founded in an effort to recruit an underrepresented population of students to the college, Latinos. Despite our nearness to passing the Dream Act, which would allow undocumented resident youth to attend college and [...]
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