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Hispanic y Latino News :: November 19th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

TOP Ten reasons you should watch Lopez tonight not Conan

Latina activist Lorraine Lee namesake of trail near Tucson – Saturday dedication to honor deceased officer in Chicanos por la Causa

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 12th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Love for a Lost Brother – The Chicano music world mourns the loss of another one of it’s own…Pete Perez

TOP Ten reasons Latino Sammy Sosa went from Black to White

National Hispanic Media Coalition Media Policy Priorities

Eva Longoria Parker to Be Honored at MALDEF 35th Annual Los Angeles Awards Gala

Hispanic y Latino News :: November 5th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

A top Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) official confirmed that officers were conducting a training exercise at CSUN that involved members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan (MEChA) earlier this semester. – Members said they were targeted and profiled by LAPD officers during their first meeting on Sept. 2. & that they were followed, harassed and intimidated by “undercover police officers” during a ceremony to welcome first-time freshmen to their organization.

Moving Beyond Borders from University of Illinois Press – examines the life and accomplishments of Julian Samora, the first Mexican American sociologist in the United States and the founding father of the discipline of Latino studies

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 28th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Newworldprints.com and the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Open Exhibition of Jose Guadalupe Posada and Manuel Manilla Prints

LOPEZ TONIGHT Kicks Off Late-Night Party With Guests Ellen DeGeneres, Eva Longoria Parker and Kobe Bryant When New TBS Series Debuts Monday, Nov. 9

What is a Chicana/Chicano? Woman and Man in the Street Edition, San Diego – (scroll down to watch the video – funny)

88 students earn honors for research as SACNAS conference concludes

Leaders in Science Research, Mentoring, and Teaching honored by SACNAS

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 14th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

1969: Chicano Movement Rising – Notes on Raza history in East LA, Oct 14 at Cal State LA

Lucha Libre SANTO Poster Exhibit AND Teatro Chicano Invade Laredo, Texas!

The University of Texas at El Paso is pleased to announce that Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Ph. D, chair for the Department of Chemistry, has been honored with the 2009 Distinguished Scientist Award by SACNAS, the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Eva Longoria Parker Confirmed for In Performance at the White House: Fiesta Latina

All About the Lopez Tonight Show

PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA HOST ‘IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE: FIESTA LATINA’ DURING NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH — PBS Music Special to Feature Latino Performers Marc Anthony, Jimmy Smits, George Lopez, Gloria Estefan and More, Airs October 15

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 5th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Rancho Cucamonga crowd sees many sides of Edward James Olmos – An audience of nearly 500 got to see him as a stand-up comedian, a Chicano activist, an avid reader and a lover of East L.A

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 2nd, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

TOP 10 Reasons the ALMA and Latin Grammys Exclude Chicano Bands

Rice University’s mathematician Richard Tapia receives Hispanic Heritage Award

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 29th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Dallas to host national conference of minority students and professionals in science – SACNAS – Advancing Hispanics/Chicanos & Native Americans in Science

Angela de Hoyos, grande dame of Chicano poetry, dies in San Antonio

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 28th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Contemporary Chicano Art Exhibit on Display at ETS – New Jersey

Hispanic Heritage Foundation Presents the 23rd Annual Hispanic Heritage Awards on Capitol Hill to Honor Latino Leaders

‘Housewives’ actress Eva Longoria back to school – will enroll in a master’s program in Chicano studies and political science.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 21st, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Noted Chicano artist Gabriel S. Gaytán and his son, Gabriel Itzai, will unveil their new mural, “El Corazón de El Paso,” during the Lincoln Park Car Show from noon to 5 p.m. today in the park. – El Paso

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 17th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Members of the Chicano/Latino Studies program will converge at noon today outside College of Social Science Dean Marietta Baba’s office to address concerns about students’ treatment by the program’s faculty members and administration. – Michigan State University

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 10th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Manhattan College will host the premiere of the film The Chicano Wave/La Onda Chicana, a documentary which explores the evolution of Mexican-American music.

US Census 2009 Hispanic Fact Sheet :: Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 – Oct. 15

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 18th, 2009

1st National Online Chicana and Chicano Conference, Aug. 29

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 14th, 2009

George Lopez on Sotomayor and Republicans – George Lopez’s new HBO Stand-up “Tall, Dark, and Chicano”

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 10th, 2009

George Lopez Delivers Comedy Gold with “Tall, Dark & Chicano”

George Lopez riffs on modern parenting, President Barack Obama and the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice in his live HBO standup special, “George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano.”

TOP Ten reasons you should watch George Lopez August 8 HBO

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: August 3rd, 2009

Chicano Music Festival and Auction in Denver – August 6th-9th

In Memoriam: Mario F. Vazquez -vNovember 25, 1946-July 10, 2009

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 14th, 2009

Tyrone Guzman, Latino leader and visionary in the Twin Cities – The Little Canada resident and St. Paul native was an enthusiastic community advocate, who turned Centro Cultural Chicano into a vibrant social service agency.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: July 9th, 2009 (10 days worth)

Ricardo Mario Aguirre of Renton, a Chicano/Latino social activist, star Husky football player and coach and successful business owner in the insurance industry died last Friday.

National Council of La Raza Elects New Board Chair and Welcomes Four New Members to Board of Directors

Hispanic y Latino News :: June 19th, 2009

Minnesota’s Legislature’s Chicano Latino Affairs Council has named an interim executive director to replace Rogelio Munoz, who resigned abruptly last week, citing internal conflicts with the small agency’s board of directors.

Hispanic y Latino News : June 18th, 2009

The 21st Century Chicano Activist Convention in Dallas – August 21st-23rd, 2009

Hispanic y Latino News :: June 16th, 2009

Review: Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art: Artists, Works, Culture, and Education / Holden Caulfield missing.

Hispanic y Latino News :: June 11th, 2009

Dr. Filipe de Ortego y Gasca, considered the founder of Chicano literary history, will teach a course on Chicano studies this summer at Western New Mexico University.

2 Valley credit unions with Latino ties merge – The Chicanos Por La Causa Federal Credit Union, with one branch and five employees, became a part of MariSol Federal Credit Union effective June 1. – Arizona

Hispanic y Latino News for Friday June 5th, 2009

Five Reasons It’s Great to be a Chicano in Denver

Eventos Sin Fronteras Spanish-English Newspaper now online – Minnesota

A title bout between two Eastsides in Los Angeles – The protest is no mere issue of semantics. It’s a threat to their community’s identity, the Eastsiders said. They argue that the term Eastside is synonymous, in California and beyond, with the Chicano movement; home to working-class immigrants and the city’s first Latino mayor in more than a century

San Jose’s Chicano theater troupe Teatro Visió marks 25 years of community creativity

MAYDAY 2009: List of Marches and Actions – Primero de Mayo 2009: Lista de Marchas y Acciones – (Many thanks to Aurora for compiling this list of 91 events in 26 states)

UC Santa Barbara Sociologist Named Outstanding Latina Faculty in Higher Education, Elected President of Scholarly Association – Denise Segura

NUEVO PLAN DE AZTLAN: ROADMAP TO PEACE AND JUSTICE THROUGHOUT OUR AMERICAS

Ground-breaking Study on Hate Speech to be Revealed

News Summary – January 23rd-26th, 2009

Did the New Yorker rip off a drawing done last year by Lalo Alcaraz, iconic Chicano cartoonist and author of the syndicated comic La Cucaracha (click through to see)

R.I.P. – Some of the gente we lost in 2008 – Hispanic/Latino deaths in 2008

News Summaries for Friday – December 12th, 2008 – includes Business & Entertainment

Chicano Rock on the Small Screen – CHICANO ROCK! THE SOUNDS OF EAST LOS ANGELES – TV documentary filled with intimate first person story-telling, rare film and photos, and ever-changing and exuberant music

My Abuelita was One Talented Mujer – Multi-Cultural Chicano musical history in Southern California with classical music Indianist composer and Chicana pianists in LA

News Summaries for Tuesday – December 9th, 2008 – includes Business & Entertainment

Review: The Chicano/ Latino Literary Prize. An Anthology of Prize-Winning Fiction, Poetry, and Drama

News Summary for Tuesday – November 18th, 2008

Chicano Mexicano Prison Project Promotes Art Among Hispanic Prisoners – Inmates learn to express themselves artistically — and send a message about what is happening in prison

News Summary – November 4th – 6th, 2008

Bilingual Latino Literature conference to feature public readings by acclaimed writers, poets – UCSC campus November 6-8

Luis Valdez is the creator of Broadway’s “Zoot Suit,” the writer and director of Hollywood’s “La Bamba” and, more broadly, the father of Chicano theater. For Valdez, art, entertainment and social action are part of the same ball of wax.

News Summary for October 28th – November 3rd, 2008

The many faces of Chicanos: Collection doesn’t pretend everyone has the same story – Rigoberto González’ “Men without Bliss” (University of Oklahoma Press, $24.95).

Income gap between whites, Latinos has grown at universities – Advancing in Higher Education: A Portrait Of Latina/o College Freshmen At Four Year Institutions, 1975–2006

The Chicano Movement Through Music and Fine Arts – Emmy Award Winner Hector A. Gonzalez spreads the word in Texas

New volume collects works of Chicano writer, artist and Renaissance man :: José Antonio Burciaga – “The Last Supper of Chicano Heroes,” edited by Mimi R. Gladstein and Daniel Chacón (University of Texas at El Paso)

National Hispanic Heritage Month Begins With Lecture Series – University of Wyoming

News Summary for Monday – September 8th, 2008

Chicanos Por La Causa has launched a voter education program targeting Tucson’s Hispanic community.

Obama Campaign Announces Colorado Latino Advisory Council

U.S. Census Bureau issues Facts for Features in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month 2008: Sept. 15 – Oct. 15

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