HispanicTips » North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Program to help immigrants get official Mexican passports - Raleigh, North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/20/program-to-help-immigrants-get-official-mexican-passports-raleigh-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/20/program-to-help-immigrants-get-official-mexican-passports-raleigh-north-carolina/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:08:22 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/20/program-to-help-immigrants-get-official-mexican-passports-raleigh-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/20/program-to-help-immigrants-get-official-mexican-passports-raleigh-north-carolina/feed/ Renowned Hispanic theologian speaking at Pfeiffer convocation - Dr. Justo Gonzalez - North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/19/renowned-hispanic-theologian-speaking-at-pfeiffer-convocation-dr-justo-gonzalez-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/19/renowned-hispanic-theologian-speaking-at-pfeiffer-convocation-dr-justo-gonzalez-north-carolina/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:58:28 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/19/renowned-hispanic-theologian-speaking-at-pfeiffer-convocation-dr-justo-gonzalez-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/19/renowned-hispanic-theologian-speaking-at-pfeiffer-convocation-dr-justo-gonzalez-north-carolina/feed/ Fear of police may have kept slain Hispanic from reporting earlier robbery - North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/fear-of-police-may-have-kept-slain-hispanic-from-reporting-earlier-robbery-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/fear-of-police-may-have-kept-slain-hispanic-from-reporting-earlier-robbery-north-carolina/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:02:12 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/fear-of-police-may-have-kept-slain-hispanic-from-reporting-earlier-robbery-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/fear-of-police-may-have-kept-slain-hispanic-from-reporting-earlier-robbery-north-carolina/feed/ North Carolina’s community colleges will remain closed to illegal immigrants, at least until officials can review how other states handle the issue. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/north-carolinas-community-colleges-will-remain-closed-to-illegal-immigrants-at-least-until-officials-can-review-how-other-states-handle-the-issue/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/north-carolinas-community-colleges-will-remain-closed-to-illegal-immigrants-at-least-until-officials-can-review-how-other-states-handle-the-issue/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:01:08 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/north-carolinas-community-colleges-will-remain-closed-to-illegal-immigrants-at-least-until-officials-can-review-how-other-states-handle-the-issue/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/north-carolinas-community-colleges-will-remain-closed-to-illegal-immigrants-at-least-until-officials-can-review-how-other-states-handle-the-issue/feed/ Immigration march, vigil in Asheville, North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/immigration-march-vigil-in-asheville-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/immigration-march-vigil-in-asheville-north-carolina/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:20:22 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/immigration-march-vigil-in-asheville-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/17/immigration-march-vigil-in-asheville-north-carolina/feed/ Cuban-American Storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy Speaks Sept. 15 - University of North Carolina at Greensboro http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/cuban-american-storyteller-carmen-agra-deedy-speaks-sept-15-university-of-north-carolina-at-greensboro/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/cuban-american-storyteller-carmen-agra-deedy-speaks-sept-15-university-of-north-carolina-at-greensboro/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:36:45 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/cuban-american-storyteller-carmen-agra-deedy-speaks-sept-15-university-of-north-carolina-at-greensboro/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/cuban-american-storyteller-carmen-agra-deedy-speaks-sept-15-university-of-north-carolina-at-greensboro/feed/ Fifty-seven workers rounded up in Western North Carolina’s largest immigration raid face deportation in a complicated legal process, and they likely will have little representation, immigration experts and advocates said Wednesday. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/fifty-seven-workers-rounded-up-in-western-north-carolina%e2%80%99s-largest-immigration-raid-face-deportation-in-a-complicated-legal-process-and-they-likely-will-have-little-representation-immigratio/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/fifty-seven-workers-rounded-up-in-western-north-carolina%e2%80%99s-largest-immigration-raid-face-deportation-in-a-complicated-legal-process-and-they-likely-will-have-little-representation-immigratio/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:08:57 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/fifty-seven-workers-rounded-up-in-western-north-carolina%e2%80%99s-largest-immigration-raid-face-deportation-in-a-complicated-legal-process-and-they-likely-will-have-little-representation-immigratio/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/fifty-seven-workers-rounded-up-in-western-north-carolina%e2%80%99s-largest-immigration-raid-face-deportation-in-a-complicated-legal-process-and-they-likely-will-have-little-representation-immigratio/feed/ Carolinas lead nation in Hispanic growth - South Carolina ranks first in Latino per capita growth from 2006 to 2007 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/carolinas-lead-nation-in-hispanic-growth-south-carolina-ranks-first-in-latino-per-capita-growth-from-2006-to-2007/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/carolinas-lead-nation-in-hispanic-growth-south-carolina-ranks-first-in-latino-per-capita-growth-from-2006-to-2007/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:04:53 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/carolinas-lead-nation-in-hispanic-growth-south-carolina-ranks-first-in-latino-per-capita-growth-from-2006-to-2007/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/14/carolinas-lead-nation-in-hispanic-growth-south-carolina-ranks-first-in-latino-per-capita-growth-from-2006-to-2007/feed/ Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement this morning raided a Woodfin manufacturing plant, arresting 57 people on charges related to immigration violations. - North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/12/agents-with-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-this-morning-raided-a-woodfin-manufacturing-plant-arresting-57-people-on-charges-related-to-immigration-violations-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/12/agents-with-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-this-morning-raided-a-woodfin-manufacturing-plant-arresting-57-people-on-charges-related-to-immigration-violations-north-carolina/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:09:51 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/12/agents-with-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-this-morning-raided-a-woodfin-manufacturing-plant-arresting-57-people-on-charges-related-to-immigration-violations-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/12/agents-with-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-this-morning-raided-a-woodfin-manufacturing-plant-arresting-57-people-on-charges-related-to-immigration-violations-north-carolina/feed/ Gov. Mike Easley has appointed Yasmin Wurts Metivier of Apex to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs. - North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/gov-mike-easley-has-appointed-yasmin-wurts-metivier-of-apex-to-the-governor%e2%80%99s-advisory-council-on-hispaniclatino-affairs-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/gov-mike-easley-has-appointed-yasmin-wurts-metivier-of-apex-to-the-governor%e2%80%99s-advisory-council-on-hispaniclatino-affairs-north-carolina/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:36:00 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/gov-mike-easley-has-appointed-yasmin-wurts-metivier-of-apex-to-the-governor%e2%80%99s-advisory-council-on-hispaniclatino-affairs-north-carolina/ "Gov. Mike Easley has appointed Yasmin Wurts Metivier of Apex to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs.

Metivier is the president of Panoltia, Inc. She is the advisor to the Institute of Mexicans Abroad and is the host of Open-Net, an English-Spanish website. She is a member of the N.C. Society of Hispanic Professionals. Metivier was awarded the Latino Diamante Award for Business in 2002 and was featured in “Women Extraordinaire in N.C.” by Business Leader Magazine in 2002. She received her Bachelors degree in business and her Masters degree in marketing from ISEC University in Mexico City.

The council advises the governor on issues relating to the Hispanic/Latino community in North Carolina, supports state efforts toward the improvement of race and ethnic relations and provides a forum for discussion of issues concerning the Hispanic/Latino community. The advisory council has 28 members serving at the pleasure of the governor. The governor appoints 15 members. The secretary of the Department of Administration, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the secretary of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, the secretary of Revenue, the commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, the chairman of the Employment Security Commission, the commissioner of the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the commissioner of Labor, the superintendent of Public Instruction, the Honorary Consul of Mexico, the secretary of Commerce, a member of the governor’s legal counsel and the attorney general also serve on the board. " Blogante News from HispanicTips.com - THE BEST HISPANIC - LATINO NEWS
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Hispanic workers across the state chose to stay home Friday instead of braving DUI checkpoints http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/businesses-across-north-carolina-felt-the-economic-punch-from-the-booze-it-and-lose-it-drunk-driving-campaign-hispanic-workers-across-the-state-chose-to-stay-home-friday-instead-of-braving-dui-c/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/businesses-across-north-carolina-felt-the-economic-punch-from-the-booze-it-and-lose-it-drunk-driving-campaign-hispanic-workers-across-the-state-chose-to-stay-home-friday-instead-of-braving-dui-c/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:04:37 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/businesses-across-north-carolina-felt-the-economic-punch-from-the-booze-it-and-lose-it-drunk-driving-campaign-hispanic-workers-across-the-state-chose-to-stay-home-friday-instead-of-braving-dui-c/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/11/businesses-across-north-carolina-felt-the-economic-punch-from-the-booze-it-and-lose-it-drunk-driving-campaign-hispanic-workers-across-the-state-chose-to-stay-home-friday-instead-of-braving-dui-c/feed/ Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center will soon begin researching how a lack of trust in formal medicine is contributing to disproportionately higher mortality rates in Latino HIV patients than in white HIV patients across the country. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/researchers-at-wake-forest-university-baptist-medical-center-will-soon-begin-researching-how-a-lack-of-trust-in-formal-medicine-is-contributing-to-disproportionately-higher-mortality-rates-in-latino-h/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/researchers-at-wake-forest-university-baptist-medical-center-will-soon-begin-researching-how-a-lack-of-trust-in-formal-medicine-is-contributing-to-disproportionately-higher-mortality-rates-in-latino-h/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:05:48 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/researchers-at-wake-forest-university-baptist-medical-center-will-soon-begin-researching-how-a-lack-of-trust-in-formal-medicine-is-contributing-to-disproportionately-higher-mortality-rates-in-latino-h/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/researchers-at-wake-forest-university-baptist-medical-center-will-soon-begin-researching-how-a-lack-of-trust-in-formal-medicine-is-contributing-to-disproportionately-higher-mortality-rates-in-latino-h/feed/ Juvencio Rocha Peralta, founder and president of the Association of Mexicans in North Carolina (AMEXCAN), has been awarded the Defender of Justice Award in Grassroots Empowerment/Community Capacity Building by the North Carolina Justice Center. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/juvencio-rocha-peralta-founder-and-president-of-the-association-of-mexicans-in-north-carolina-amexcan-has-been-awarded-the-defender-of-justice-award-in-grassroots-empowermentcommunity-capacity-bu/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/juvencio-rocha-peralta-founder-and-president-of-the-association-of-mexicans-in-north-carolina-amexcan-has-been-awarded-the-defender-of-justice-award-in-grassroots-empowermentcommunity-capacity-bu/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:56:29 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/juvencio-rocha-peralta-founder-and-president-of-the-association-of-mexicans-in-north-carolina-amexcan-has-been-awarded-the-defender-of-justice-award-in-grassroots-empowermentcommunity-capacity-bu/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/10/juvencio-rocha-peralta-founder-and-president-of-the-association-of-mexicans-in-north-carolina-amexcan-has-been-awarded-the-defender-of-justice-award-in-grassroots-empowermentcommunity-capacity-bu/feed/ Reports of robberies targeting Hispanic immigrants have declined sharply in Durham since January, when an abrupt rise led to heightened safety awareness across the city. - Durham, North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/reports-of-robberies-targeting-hispanic-immigrants-have-declined-sharply-in-durham-since-january-when-an-abrupt-rise-led-to-heightened-safety-awareness-across-the-city-durham-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/reports-of-robberies-targeting-hispanic-immigrants-have-declined-sharply-in-durham-since-january-when-an-abrupt-rise-led-to-heightened-safety-awareness-across-the-city-durham-north-carolina/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:20:04 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/reports-of-robberies-targeting-hispanic-immigrants-have-declined-sharply-in-durham-since-january-when-an-abrupt-rise-led-to-heightened-safety-awareness-across-the-city-durham-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/reports-of-robberies-targeting-hispanic-immigrants-have-declined-sharply-in-durham-since-january-when-an-abrupt-rise-led-to-heightened-safety-awareness-across-the-city-durham-north-carolina/feed/ Raid rumors roil undocumented community - Burlington, North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/raid-rumors-roil-undocumented-community-burlington-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/raid-rumors-roil-undocumented-community-burlington-north-carolina/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:59:41 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/raid-rumors-roil-undocumented-community-burlington-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/raid-rumors-roil-undocumented-community-burlington-north-carolina/feed/ Forsyth County’s Hispanic population grew 8 percent last year and accounted for almost 40 percent of the county’s population growth, new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show. But some local Hispanics said yesterday that the jobs Hispanics have held in the local economy are becoming harder to find, causing some workers to leave or consider leaving. - North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/forsyth-countys-hispanic-population-grew-8-percent-last-year-and-accounted-for-almost-40-percent-of-the-countys-population-growth-new-estimates-from-the-us-census-bureau-show-but-some-local-h/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/forsyth-countys-hispanic-population-grew-8-percent-last-year-and-accounted-for-almost-40-percent-of-the-countys-population-growth-new-estimates-from-the-us-census-bureau-show-but-some-local-h/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:30:56 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/forsyth-countys-hispanic-population-grew-8-percent-last-year-and-accounted-for-almost-40-percent-of-the-countys-population-growth-new-estimates-from-the-us-census-bureau-show-but-some-local-h/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/forsyth-countys-hispanic-population-grew-8-percent-last-year-and-accounted-for-almost-40-percent-of-the-countys-population-growth-new-estimates-from-the-us-census-bureau-show-but-some-local-h/feed/ Hispanic females posted the biggest population gain in Durham County in 2007 - North Carolina http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/hispanic-females-posted-the-biggest-population-gain-in-durham-county-in-2007-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/hispanic-females-posted-the-biggest-population-gain-in-durham-county-in-2007-north-carolina/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:19:56 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/hispanic-females-posted-the-biggest-population-gain-in-durham-county-in-2007-north-carolina/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/hispanic-females-posted-the-biggest-population-gain-in-durham-county-in-2007-north-carolina/feed/ North Carolina’s Hispanic population is continuing its rapid expansion, according to U.S. Census numbers released today. The Hispanic population grew by nearly 8 percent in the year that ended July 1, 2007, while the state’s population as a whole grew by only 2.2 percent, the data show. http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/north-carolinas-hispanic-population-is-continuing-its-rapid-expansion-according-to-us-census-numbers-released-today-the-hispanic-population-grew-by-nearly-8-percent-in-the-year-that-ended-july/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/north-carolinas-hispanic-population-is-continuing-its-rapid-expansion-according-to-us-census-numbers-released-today-the-hispanic-population-grew-by-nearly-8-percent-in-the-year-that-ended-july/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:10:56 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/north-carolinas-hispanic-population-is-continuing-its-rapid-expansion-according-to-us-census-numbers-released-today-the-hispanic-population-grew-by-nearly-8-percent-in-the-year-that-ended-july/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/07/north-carolinas-hispanic-population-is-continuing-its-rapid-expansion-according-to-us-census-numbers-released-today-the-hispanic-population-grew-by-nearly-8-percent-in-the-year-that-ended-july/feed/ Sixth Branch Of Latino Credit Union Opens In Winston-Salem - Latino Community Credit Union http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/05/sixth-branch-of-latino-credit-union-opens-in-winston-salem-latino-community-credit-union/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/05/sixth-branch-of-latino-credit-union-opens-in-winston-salem-latino-community-credit-union/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:50:03 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/05/sixth-branch-of-latino-credit-union-opens-in-winston-salem-latino-community-credit-union/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/08/05/sixth-branch-of-latino-credit-union-opens-in-winston-salem-latino-community-credit-union/feed/ North Carolina colleges can admit illegal immigrants, Homeland Security tells state’s Attorney General http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/28/north-carolina-colleges-can-admit-illegal-immigrants-homeland-security-tells-states-attorney-general/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/28/north-carolina-colleges-can-admit-illegal-immigrants-homeland-security-tells-states-attorney-general/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:09:05 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/28/north-carolina-colleges-can-admit-illegal-immigrants-homeland-security-tells-states-attorney-general/ Blogante News from HispanicTips.com - The Most Relevant Hispanic y Latino News :: Trusted, Comprehensive & Useful]]> http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/07/28/north-carolina-colleges-can-admit-illegal-immigrants-homeland-security-tells-states-attorney-general/feed/