News (Noticias) for Ohio

The Cincinnati chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs has today announced the official lineup of panel speakers for its inaugural Executive Perspective event, sponsored by Accenture. Five of the six featured speakers are Cincinnati area executives. This year’s topic is: “Developing a High Performance Mindset,” at the program which will be held August 7 at the Westin hotel.

Presenters include:
· Steve Aguilar, VP of operations for the Mid-America Zone of State Farm
· Miguel Alemañy, Director of worldwide research and development, Procter & Gamble
· Mark G. Contreras, Senior VP of newspapers, E. W. Scripps Company
· Tillie Hidalgo Lima, CEO Best Upon Request
· Nelson Rosario, GM, international programs, General Electric Aviation
· Jay Zerbe, utility industry managing partner, Accenture

Each of the speakers is invited to deliver a brief presentation related to the event’s topic, followed by a question-answer session and networking opportunity.

“This event provides not only NSHMBA members but, since the event is open to the public, the larger community with an opportunity for personal development by listening to Hispanic executives talk about the things that have brought them success,” Cincinnati NSHMBA president Gema Bahns said. “Even more importantly, it provides Greater Cincinnati with a positive picture of Hispanics in general. We are elated to be working with Accenture in order to present Executive Perspective and look forward to working with them for years to come.”

The NSHMBA Executive Perspective panel discussion will be held Thursday, August 7 in the Taft Room of the Cincinnati Westin, 21 East Fifth St. downtown. The event will be from 6-9pm and will include refreshments. Business dress is preferred. The cost for the event is free to the public, and reservations can be made online at cincinnati.nshmba.org/home.asp. Questions can be directed to Glenna Anderson, VP Corporate Relations at recruiting@cincinnati.nshmba.org.

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About The National Society for Hispanic MBAs

The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) was created in 1988 as a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization. Widely known as the “Premier Hispanic Organization,” NSHMBA serves 32 chapters and 7,000 members in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. It exists to foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development. NSHMBA works to prepare Hispanics for leadership positions throughout the U.S. so that they can provide the cultural awareness and sensitivity vital in the management of the nation’s diverse workforce. More information can be accessed at: www.nshmba.org.

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LULAC, which stands for the League of United Latin American Citizens announced that it will hold it’s 2011 convention in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, Orlando and Dallas were contending for the conference.”*

Anastacio Pagan was nowhere to be seen at the Puerto Rican Parade & Latino Fest on Friday night. You won’t see him there today or Sunday either.

He’s 88 — too weak after battling pneumonia in a hospital bed to safely enjoy this weekend’s events, said his daughter, Natividad Pagan. She wants to bring the festival to him, though.”*

On the eve of the 2004 presidential election, the Republican Party threatened to challenge the qualifications of 35,000 registered voters in Ohio, and went to court to secure their right to do so. For the most part, this turned out to be a smokescreen, or what Steven Rosenfeld has aptly called a “perfect football fake.” Not only did it force the Democratic Party to send its own voting rights advocates to inner-city polling places to defend the challenged voters, but it served as a distraction that allowed other methods of voter disenfranchisement to escape detection.”*

The Cincinnati chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBAs has today announced that Best Upon Request CEO Tillie Hidalgo Lima will be speaking at the upcoming installment of its Power Breakfast speaker series on Thursday, June 26 at The Banker’s Club downtown.

Angered by a new admission fee, fewer hours and short notice of the changes at this year’s city-run Festival Latino, Latino leaders are considering starting their own event.

The New Americans Initiative and the city’s Recreation and Parks Department, which runs the festival, met yesterday with about 20 Latino leaders. Latino leaders expressed disappointment that community input was not sought before the changes. “*

Spanish Harlem’s Own

Zon del Barrio

opens for Puerto Rico’s

Friday, June 20, 2008
5 - 11 p.m.
Columbus, Ohio
Downtown  Genoa Park
Food- Marketplace – Dance
For ticket information: 614.645.3800

Tickets are also available at all Ticketmaster outlets and www.ticketmaster.com. To purchase tickets by phone, please call (614) 431-3600 or (614) 469-0939. Additional service fees apply to tickets purchased through Ticketmaster or by phone.

Guests are encouraged to bring blankets for lawn seating. Coolers, chairs, tents, pets, and umbrellas are not permitted.
* Friday admission is FREE for children 10 and under

If rain location is necessary, the concert will be moved to the
Palace Theater (34 W. Broad Street). Palace Theater will also be general admission seating.

New York, NY –June 18, 2008 – Hispanic Magazine calls “Spanish Harlem’s Zon del Barrio, an outfit steeped in nostalgia while exploding into the future.”  Featuring Fania All Star legend, Yomo Toro and Cortijo alum, singer/songwriter Sammy Ayala, ZDB brings it’s foot-stomping Latin dance drive from the streets of Spanish Harlem to Global Stages. Zon del Barrio’s debut CD, Cortijo’s Tribe / La Tribu de Cortijo, has been rated among the top ten of 2007 by Radio France, Venezuela’s El Magazine de la Salsa, Cali, Colombia and South Florida’s radio stations.

A high octane dance band, Zon del Barrio is an innovative and dynamic New York Latin music band that brings the dance music from the streets of Latin New York to the stage.  From the plena (popular during the turn of the last century) to the saucy strains of salsa amid the back beat of reggaeton laced with jazz, Zon del Barrio brings the beat of the streets to the hearts of dancers everywhere.

An intergenerational band whose members range from 16 to 75, Zon del Barrio was founded and is led by Latin music historian, writer, composer and musician Aurora Flores with musical director David Fernandez. Zon del Barrio’s Cortijo’s Tribe: La Tribu de Cortijo features two masters of Afro-Puerto Rican music, Yomo Toro, the King of the cuatro (the national 10-stringed guitar of the island) and an original member of Cortijo y Su Combo: Sammy Ayala.

Zon del Barrio is a play on words for the musical genre of “son” found in all the “barrio zon”es of Latino communities world wide. Bringing dance style classic Afro-Antillian music from the barrios, Zon del Barrio bring its energizing, foot stomping, funk based classic salsa (Afro-Cuban), plena, bomba & boogalu to their “live” performances.

“Representin’ on 5″ Aurora & Zon del Barrio were the houseband for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade on Sunday, June 8th where the band’s music was showcased to millions of New Yorkers and over the television and airwaves.

YouTube - Cortijo’s Tribe, Zon del Barrio, Sammy Ayala en Carnaval
Zon del Barrio pays tribute to Cortijo & Maelo in this concert featuring Sammy Ayala In this finale, Zon del Barrio .

MySpaceTV Videos: Carnaval w/Zon del Barrio: Severa by Zon del Barrio
Carnaval w/Zon del Barrio: Severa by Zon del Barrio Watch it on MySpace Videos.

Upcoming Performances:

Sunday, June 29th: Zon del Barrio will be taking the mainstage of the Boston Puerto Rican Day Parade in Franklin Park, Massachusettes where they will be joined by Sammy Ayala, Yomo Toro and 20 dancers from Danza Fiesta’s theatrical dance troupe.

Visit our websites at: www.zondelbarrio.com
Where History Becomes Music &
oldskool gets a new beat

www.youtube.com/aurorazdb

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Board of Directors has granted Adelante, The Latino Resource Center, $35,000 for the predevelopment of a community service center with retail space in Toledo. The design for the project is based on Latino culture and the development takes place within an existing structure owned by Adelante at 520 Broadway St., according to a press release. “*

This year’s Festival Latino will be in a smaller venue with reduced hours and, for the first time, an admission price.

The June 20-21 festival will be held at Genoa Park on the west bank of the Scioto River from 5 to 11 each night. It began at 11 a.m. in previous years.

Admission will be $1 the first day but $30 the second night when a major concert is scheduled.”*

A large Hispanic subculture has emerged in the United States, and it continues to grow. Even in Clinton County, there is a small Spanish-speaking population. However, most community members do not interact with Hispanics on a regular basis. This is not true for Chris Cartwright, who is a missionary pastor to the Hispanic population of central and southern Ohio.

Cartwright is a missionary through the American Baptist Association, and he is sponsored by Calvary Baptist Church in Milford. Currently, Cartwright operates two Hispanic missions, one in Wilmington on East Locust Street and another in Milford. His work includes preaching three services a week, teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) classes, providing translation services, distributing cassettes and ministry information and conducting an Internet radio program.”*

When his family first moved to Middletown from Puerto Rico, John Cordero struggled with school and was one of few Hispanic students.

“Before I got off the bus, I would start crying,” he said. “Elementary was kind of a lonely time. I didn’t have anybody to turn to except my parents and my grandfather.”

Eight years later, John is graduating with honors and has formed a group at Middletown High School, Latinos Unidos, dedicated to helping other Hispanic students succeed in school.”*

In the next few months, Messer, program director at Casa Amiga, is hoping to create a documentary and a photography exhibit to help bring those images home. She said she wants to let residents see the story about the journey many illegal migrant workers take to get to the United Sates, and eventually places like Clark County.

“You get to learn a lot of the psyche about how this is really affecting people and how difficult it is,” Messer said.

The project, called “A Journey of Hope,” will ideally show perspectives from all sides of the issue, from the migrants themselves to border patrol employees in the U.S., she said.”*

A House committee at the Ohio Capitol voted Tuesday to support a bill that generally forces the Ohio government to use English in official actions and proceedings.

Even though it’s been tried through these channels before and failed, opponents of the bill are worried that the latest version may pass.

That’s because it has the backing of a powerful House speaker.”*

“We wanted to provide options for parents and families into Mansfield city and we want to start it early,” Nash said. “We visited a Spanish immersion in Indianapolis. They have a wonderful program there. Indianapolis has many, many magnet schools and they’re all doing very well. They run between 70 and 85 percent free-and-reduced lunch and they run 75 to 80 percent minority.”

Martin said as students progress, the next grade will be added to the program, until the school is operating K to 12.

“We’re trying to make it a total Spanish immersion,” the superintendent said. “The teachers will be speaking Spanish. The kids will be speaking Spanish. We won’t understand what they’re saying, but they’ll understand it.”"*

Representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union and the state’s Latino Affairs Commission urged lawmakers to quash legislation that would require public agencies to conduct business and keep records in English.

The bill, they said, is unnecessary, threatens civil and human rights of non-English-speaking citizens and would deter residents from learning other languages.

“The denial of services to American citizens with limited English proficiency is already happening,” said Ezra C. Escudero, director of the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission, which advises the governor and lawmakers on issues facing Hispanic residents. “… There is no need for English only legislation like House Bill 477. State agencies are already in compliance with its proposals, and the vast majority of Ohioans only speak English.”"*

More than 700 students from northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan are expected to attend the University of Toledo’s Latino Youth Summit tomorrow.”*

He is one of about 8,000 immigrants of Hispanic or Latino origin who reside in Butler County. The group is one of the largest growing minorities here. At Van Buren, nearly 90 of the 425 students are Hispanic or Latino.

Public schools across the county are employing English as a Second Language tutors to help students like Roberto, who enroll with limited English skills. Their ability to speak, read and write English may not be at their grade level.

The ESL program, which serves 498 students in the Hamilton School District, costs the school district $650,000 a year, with $410,000 of that coming from its general fund.”*