http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/09/03/tigers-ordonez-collects-teams-clemente-award/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/09/03/tigers-ordonez-collects-teams-clemente-award/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:44:04 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/09/03/tigers-ordonez-collects-teams-clemente-award/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/09/03/tigers-ordonez-collects-teams-clemente-award/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/28/grand-rapids-will-be-the-first-stop-of-a-multi-city-tour-in-conjunction-with-the-latin-grammys-michigan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/28/grand-rapids-will-be-the-first-stop-of-a-multi-city-tour-in-conjunction-with-the-latin-grammys-michigan/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:32:51 +0000 Tomas 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http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/students-protest-violent-speech-at-michigan-state-university-latino-group-wants-ban-on-certain-speakers/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/students-protest-violent-speech-at-michigan-state-university-latino-group-wants-ban-on-certain-speakers/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:09:54 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/students-protest-violent-speech-at-michigan-state-university-latino-group-wants-ban-on-certain-speakers/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/students-protest-violent-speech-at-michigan-state-university-latino-group-wants-ban-on-certain-speakers/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/free-clinic-offers-extended-evening-hours-translation-for-spanish-speakers-battle-creek-michigan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/free-clinic-offers-extended-evening-hours-translation-for-spanish-speakers-battle-creek-michigan/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:27:06 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/free-clinic-offers-extended-evening-hours-translation-for-spanish-speakers-battle-creek-michigan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/free-clinic-offers-extended-evening-hours-translation-for-spanish-speakers-battle-creek-michigan/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/tigers-honor-latinos-contributions-event-commemorates-heritage-with-fiesta-tigres-night/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/tigers-honor-latinos-contributions-event-commemorates-heritage-with-fiesta-tigres-night/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:12:21 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/tigers-honor-latinos-contributions-event-commemorates-heritage-with-fiesta-tigres-night/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/tigers-honor-latinos-contributions-event-commemorates-heritage-with-fiesta-tigres-night/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/from-2000-to-2007-ottawa-county%e2%80%99s-population-grew-877-from-238314-to-259206-the-county%e2%80%99s-overall-hispanic-population-grew-from-16692-to-20804-an-increase-of-2463-michigan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/from-2000-to-2007-ottawa-county%e2%80%99s-population-grew-877-from-238314-to-259206-the-county%e2%80%99s-overall-hispanic-population-grew-from-16692-to-20804-an-increase-of-2463-michigan/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:15:24 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/from-2000-to-2007-ottawa-county%e2%80%99s-population-grew-877-from-238314-to-259206-the-county%e2%80%99s-overall-hispanic-population-grew-from-16692-to-20804-an-increase-of-2463-michigan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/from-2000-to-2007-ottawa-county%e2%80%99s-population-grew-877-from-238314-to-259206-the-county%e2%80%99s-overall-hispanic-population-grew-from-16692-to-20804-an-increase-of-2463-michigan/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/detroit-station-to-offer-first-spanish-language-baseball-presentation/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/detroit-station-to-offer-first-spanish-language-baseball-presentation/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:32:26 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/detroit-station-to-offer-first-spanish-language-baseball-presentation/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/06/detroit-station-to-offer-first-spanish-language-baseball-presentation/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/21/michigan-state-attracts-immokalee-students-to-migrant-program-michigan-state-university-college-assistance-migrant-program-camp/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/21/michigan-state-attracts-immokalee-students-to-migrant-program-michigan-state-university-college-assistance-migrant-program-camp/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:38:36 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/21/michigan-state-attracts-immokalee-students-to-migrant-program-michigan-state-university-college-assistance-migrant-program-camp/ "Jessica, a 2008 graduate of Immokalee High School, left last week for Michigan State University. She and several of her classmates will attend Michigan State in East Lansing through a program designed specifically for migrant students.

The Michigan State University College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) was initiated in 2000 and is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The program is one of 45 in the nation and accepts 50 students to the program each year." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/21/michigan-state-attracts-immokalee-students-to-migrant-program-michigan-state-university-college-assistance-migrant-program-camp/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/market-not-complaining-arreola-family-completes-1st-year-in-downtown-ypsilanti-michigan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/market-not-complaining-arreola-family-completes-1st-year-in-downtown-ypsilanti-michigan/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:14:27 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/market-not-complaining-arreola-family-completes-1st-year-in-downtown-ypsilanti-michigan/ "Nicolas Arreola measures success by the smiles on his customers' faces.

His Mexican market in downtown Ypsilanti - the only grocery store in the city - draws customers from Canton, Saline and Ann Arbor.

"We see new faces every day,'' said Arreola, who is celebrating a first year of success in Ypsilanti this month. "It's good for business.'' " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/market-not-complaining-arreola-family-completes-1st-year-in-downtown-ypsilanti-michigan/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/saranacs-henry-sanchez-seeks-us-congressional-seat-michigan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/saranacs-henry-sanchez-seeks-us-congressional-seat-michigan/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:10:19 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/saranacs-henry-sanchez-seeks-us-congressional-seat-michigan/ "Henry Sanchez, a 61-year-old resident of Saranac, is hoping to bring his experience to Washington by running for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District seat for the U.S. Congress on the Democratic ticket.

“I think there's a lot that has to be accomplished,” Sanchez said." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/23/saranacs-henry-sanchez-seeks-us-congressional-seat-michigan/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/03/cuban-native-makes-sock-monkeys-for-love-as-well-as-money-dulce-vandyken-in-michigan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/03/cuban-native-makes-sock-monkeys-for-love-as-well-as-money-dulce-vandyken-in-michigan/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:51:04 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/03/cuban-native-makes-sock-monkeys-for-love-as-well-as-money-dulce-vandyken-in-michigan/ "One of Dulce VanDyken's earliest craft memories dates back to her childhood in Cuba, watching her mother sew custom brassieres.

"I used to sit under her sewing machine and pick up all her brassiere scraps," she said, recalling how she would then move to her own sewing area across the room and make little bras for Barbie dolls.

"I used to sell them to the neighborhood kids for a quarter," she said, laughing." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/03/cuban-native-makes-sock-monkeys-for-love-as-well-as-money-dulce-vandyken-in-michigan/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/02/jane-c-garcia-activist-ensures-latinos-have-strong-voice-detroit/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/02/jane-c-garcia-activist-ensures-latinos-have-strong-voice-detroit/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:48:25 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/02/jane-c-garcia-activist-ensures-latinos-have-strong-voice-detroit/ "At age 19, Jane Garcia, who at the time was a beautician and mother of three, decided it was time to join the fight for Latinos to get their voices heard.

Forty years later, the southwest Detroit native can look back on a career that's challenged and changed the city's Catholic Church, the public school system, the state's political parties, federal, state and city government and corporations." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/02/jane-c-garcia-activist-ensures-latinos-have-strong-voice-detroit/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/28/tigers-ivan-rodriguez-still-going-strong/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/28/tigers-ivan-rodriguez-still-going-strong/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 15:14:41 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/28/tigers-ivan-rodriguez-still-going-strong/ "Detroit Tigers catcher Ivan Rodriguez is in the final season of his five-year, $50 million contract. Some speculate that, at 36, this could be the final season for an almost certain first-ballot Hall of Famer.

"Is this going to be my last year?" Rodriguez said. "I don't think so. Anybody who says that is not telling the truth."" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/28/tigers-ivan-rodriguez-still-going-strong/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/21/latina-leadership-conference-coming-to-detroit/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/21/latina-leadership-conference-coming-to-detroit/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 14:14:41 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/21/latina-leadership-conference-coming-to-detroit/ "The National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) will host the Latina Empowerment Conference at the Detroit Marriott, at the Renaissance Center, from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM on May 30, 2008. It follows on the heels of a successful women’s business expo presented by Cleveland’s Hispanic Business Association on May 16.



According to organizers, the Latina Empowerment Conference provides leadership training, inspiration and motivation to Latinas. The half-day event concentrates on leadership and professional development, networking, knowledge, and inspiration. " HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/21/latina-leadership-conference-coming-to-detroit/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/19/lakeshore-latino-outreach-center-forms-holland-michigan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/19/lakeshore-latino-outreach-center-forms-holland-michigan/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 15:47:09 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/19/lakeshore-latino-outreach-center-forms-holland-michigan/ "A founder of one of Holland's oldest Hispanic assistance programs said a new nonprofit organization has been formed to offer more community outreach.

The Lakeshore Latino Outreach Center does not want to cross paths with other efforts, Lupita Reyes said. Instead, it wants to help streamline help among Holland's poorest." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/19/lakeshore-latino-outreach-center-forms-holland-michigan/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/carl-levin-tells-grand-rapids-hispanic-caucus-that-odds-are-against-hillary-clinton/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/carl-levin-tells-grand-rapids-hispanic-caucus-that-odds-are-against-hillary-clinton/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 15:47:56 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/carl-levin-tells-grand-rapids-hispanic-caucus-that-odds-are-against-hillary-clinton/ "While conceding Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the Democratic Party's nomination for president are fading, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin on Saturday stopped short of calling for her to withdraw from the race.

"The odds are against her," Levin said. But he added, "It's not over until one of the candidates says it's over, but that's not the situation."

More certain is that the Democratic National Committee will seat Michigan's delegation at the convention in Denver this August, predicted Levin, a member of a committee proposing a compromise on how the delegates should be divided between Clinton and Barack Obama." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/12/carl-levin-tells-grand-rapids-hispanic-caucus-that-odds-are-against-hillary-clinton/feed/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/martha-gonzalez-cortes-core-of-a-center-ceo-of-the-hispanic-center-of-western-michigan/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/martha-gonzalez-cortes-core-of-a-center-ceo-of-the-hispanic-center-of-western-michigan/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 14:15:42 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/martha-gonzalez-cortes-core-of-a-center-ceo-of-the-hispanic-center-of-western-michigan/ "Gonzalez-Cortes, 35, is chief executive officer of the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan.

She took over the agency in February -- for the second time. She was executive director from 2000 to 2003, then left for Lansing to be state director of the Office of Migrant Affairs, coordinating services for nearly 50,000 migrants like her parents, Jose and Maria Gonzalez.

She has spent her adult life advocating for people who live the migrant life she knows so well, starting out as a health aide and outreach worker in camps. She offered legal assistance, helping workers file claims for minimum-wage violations and fighting unfair housing." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/05/martha-gonzalez-cortes-core-of-a-center-ceo-of-the-hispanic-center-of-western-michigan/feed/