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What the White House Hispanic Education Initiative Means for Us

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 10/19/2010 - 17:30 | 0 Comments

On Tuesday afternoon, President Obama signed an executive order renewing a major initiative to help combat the massive education gap that plagues the Latino community. For Obama, who has been criticized for not paying enough attention to Hispanic high-school and college drop-out rates, it couldn’t come at a better time. Democrats are facing tough mid-term...

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LIVE STREAM: President Obama Signs White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics

By Mariela Rosario | 10/19/2010 - 13:15 | 0 Comments

President Obama will sign an Executive Order into law today at 1:50PM that will renew the administration's commitment to education for Latinos. The signing of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics follows a week-long National Education Summit and Call to Action hosted by the U.S. Department of Education which...

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Is Shakira the New Bono?
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Is Shakira the New Bono?

By Mariela Rosario | 10/18/2010 - 17:45 | 1 Comment

It's no secret that Shakira is a huge philanthropist. She has her own foundation Pies Descalzos, founded in 1995. She regularly works with America Latina en Accion Solidaria or ALAS foundation alongside Latin American leaders and presidents and...

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$60 Million Awarded to Schools with Large Hispanic Populations
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$60 Million Awarded to Schools with Large Hispanic Populations

By Mariela Rosario | 10/04/2010 - 10:30 | 0 Comments

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently announced 99 new grants totaling $60.1 million awarded to colleges that enroll a high percentage of Latino students. "We can meet President Obama's goal of having the highest college graduation rate in the world by 2020 only if we dramatically boost college completion rates among students of all races,...

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Latina View: Obama Fails the Education Test... By Ignoring Latinos

By Galina Espinoza | 10/01/2010 - 10:04 | 2 Comments

All I kept thinking this week every time I heard the phrase “Education Nation” bandied about was: What nation are they talking about?

The nation I live in has 50 million Hispanics, compromising 17% of the U.S. population—second in size only to the number of white Americans.
 
And yet when President Barack Obama sat down with the Today show’s...

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Senator Menendez Hopeful about New Immigration Reform Bill
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Senator Menendez Hopeful about New Immigration Reform Bill

By Mariela Rosario | 10/01/2010 - 09:22 | 0 Comments

Senator Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey) introduced a new immigration reform bill that has many supporters hopeful to see a change within the system sooner rather than later. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 was filed just as Congress prepares to break until after the November 2 elections.

Introducing the bill yesterday at...

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Obama Promises Support for the DREAM Act

By Mariela Rosario | 09/16/2010 - 15:30 | 3 Comments

Last night at the Congressional Hispanic Institute Awards gala, President Barack Obama addressed the gathered crowd of Latino community leaders, celebrities and politicians and pledged to support the DREAM act:

"The Senate is going to have a chance to do the right thing over the next few weeks when Senator Reid...

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President Obama to Deliver Remarks at Congressional Hispanic Institute Awards

By Mariela Rosario | 09/15/2010 - 17:00 | 0 Comments

President Barack Obama will address the Congressional Hispanic Institute this evening at the 33rd Annual Awards Gala, being held at Washington Convention Center in the nation's capital. Eva Longoria...

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