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Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: October 27th, 2009 Edition :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Passage of Hate Crimes Bill Signals a New Day for Justice, Says NCLR

“BROWNSVILLE BRED…Growing Up Elaine” – A New York Latina’s Memoir and Coming of Age Story set in the 1980’s Brownsville Brooklyn Projects

Rep. Crowley and Members of Congress to President: We Need Immigration Reform Now

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

Mexican Illegal Immigrant (Mario Vera) Badly Beaten In Brooklyn – Devastated Wife Asks For Witnesses To Come Forward; Woodhull Hospital Under Fire Over Initial Treatment – (yet another apparent hate crime called “bias attack” – $12k reward for info) + video

YVCC Organiza “Tú y WSU” Para Promocionar la Enseñanza Superior – Yakima

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

Forget falafel and jerk chicken on wheels. The winners of the fifth annual Vendy Award, granted to the best of the best food vendors in New York City, are Fernando and Yolanda Martínez, the husband and wife owners of Country Boys Taco truck in Red Hook, Brooklyn. (video)

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 30th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Peter W. Davidson of Brooklyn, described as “an experienced dealmaker and executive in the private sector,” has been named to a key post in the state’s economic development agency – will be executive director, the No. 2 person, at the Empire State Development Corp., or ESD – Many of his businesses have been geared toward the Hispanic community, including El Diario/La Prensa.

Hispanic y Latino News/Info :: September 24th, 2009 :: 5 Minutes to Empowerment

Brooklyn family keeps Latino-Jewish traditions alive – Moshe and Chanaleah Nunez are Latino Jews who were raised in Christian homes

Internationally acclaimed artistsSet to Perform in El Barrio For Freedom CD Release Party – Yomo Toro, Roy Brown, Zon del Barrio, Siete Nueve & The Welfare Poets take a musical stand for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners

HITN-TV and HACU Announce the Launch Of College Admissions 411

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

SBS, MOIA Report Successful First Fair for Hispanic Business Owners – NYC

Job Lead: Inflight Editor for Mexican Airline in Brooklyn

AVENTURA’s The Last Is The #1 Latin Album In America For The Second Week.

Hispanic y Latino News for Wednesday June 3rd, 2009

Saturday, June 13 at 8:00 – A screening of Persona Non Grata on the roof of the Old American Can Factory in Brooklyn

Mega Films Releases First English-Language Feature Film

Hispanic National Bar Association Issues List of Hispanic American Jurists and Statement Concerning a Hispanic Appointment to the United States Supreme Court

10TH ANNUAL LAMC ANNOUNCES CENTRAL PARK AND PROSPECT PARK LINEUPS – NYC

A One-Hour Special Profile Of LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Will Air Wednesday, April 8th (9PM EST) on MTV Tr3s’ “ReMexa de Noche”

10th ANNUAL LATIN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES PANEL TOPICS

Ralph Mercado, a Brooklyn native whose promotional skills helped spread the popularity of salsa music worldwide, died Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center. He was 57 and had been diagnosed with cancer two years ago.

News Summaries for February 1st, 2009

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand met with Latino lawmakers Sunday in Brooklyn in an effort to explain some of her positions on immigration

News Summary for January 21st, 2009

Bilingual Electro-Alternative Brooklyn’s Zigmat blends cultures and prepares to go international

Top 15 Hispanic/Latino Media Stories of 2008 (random order – culled from Top Stories of 2008)

Another Perceived Hate Crime Murder Prompts Latino Leaders to Call for Passage of Hate Crimes Bill

National civil rights group brings international charges against U.S. for violating human rights of Latinos

News Summaries for Monday – December 15th, 2008

Brooklyn congresswoman Nydia Velazquez has taken herself out of contention as a potential successor for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A rally cry for Latino immigrant killed in hate crime – Jose Sucuzhanay

Moen Partners with Prominent Nonprofit in Support of Affordable Housing for Hispanic Community

Blogante News Summary for October 20th, 2008

Obama exclusive: 2 to 1 Hispanic support – The motherlode is the Hispanic vote in the United States, estimated to represent one out of every eight in the next election. So much depends on where Hispanics stand. To gauge their support in the Nov. 4 election, I interviewed Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush, Executive Editor of El Diario/La Prensa located in Brooklyn, New York which is the fastest-growing Spanish-language daily in the U.S.

MillerCoors Unveils 2008 Hispanic Community Lideres Advertising Campaign

Thirty Premier Restaurants and Ten Wine Retailers to Host Third Annual Salud! Chilean Wine Fest in New York

Blogante News Summary for Sunday – August 10th, 2008

De Brooklyn a Beijing, por México – Francisco Bautista es uno de los tres atletas mexicanos que participarán en la Maratón Olímpica

Blogante News Summary for Thursday – August 7th, 2008

Blogante Essentials for Thursday – August 7th, 2008

Brooklyn ‘mamitas’ shine at photo exhibit

Raid on Brooklyn cock-fighting facility

Blogante News Summary for Monday – August 4th, 2008

Blogante Essentials for Monday – August 4th, 2008

Rapid growth for Spanish-speaking television news – On an evening its rivals were preoccupied with Christie Brinkley’s divorce and the capture of a Brooklyn murder suspect, New York’s WXTV led its local news with a story about graffiti saying “Get out of the USA” painted near a Peruvian restaurant on Long Island.

Avaya IP Technology Enables Leading Hispanic Market Newspaper Publisher to Improve Contact Center and Customer Service Operations

RENEW International’s Sr. Veronica Mendez to Participate in Latinos and the Future of Catholicism Panel

Author Jerry A. Rodríguez dies at 46

Being Hispanic, Poor, and Conservative

The Guantanamization of Immigrant Detention « Of América

Hip Hop Artist Johnny Prez Launches Music Label

Guiding Hands Help Immigrant Artists Connect – New York

Jobs Program Helps Minorities Break In to Film Business – NYC

Salsa dancing gets youth cred

An ‘amores perros’ concert for embattled Puerto Rico’s stray dogs

Capital Profile: Pedro Caban – Vice Provost for Diversity and Educational Equity, State University of New York. Heads the new Office of Diversity and Educational Equity.

To Omar Minaya, racial divide on Mets sounds altogether wrong

Annette Maldonado is Hispanic administrator in the Okaloosa County School District – Florida

‘Sangre de Mi Sangre:’ Family fortunes – Armando Hernández in “Sangre de Mi Sangre,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance

Xenon Pictures Acquires ‘Amexicano’

Highly acclaimed journalist Ray Suarez to address UMass Dartmouth undergraduates

LATIN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC CONFERENCE (LAMC) ANNOUNCES ARTIST LINEUP AND PANEL SCHEDULE

FSN Houston Teams with Astros to Produce Spanish-Language Telecasts

Time Warner Cable of New York & New Jersey Introduces Business Class Website En Espanol and Web Content En Espanol for Residential Consumers

NYC Soccer Tacos Survive Rules Crackdown

LAMC Discounted Early Registration Now Open

Azúcar! Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz at the New World Theater

Blogante News for Thursday – March 6th, 2008

El Diario crossing over to Brooklyn – (marking its 95th anniversary this year!!!)

9TH ANNUAL LATIN ALTERNATIVE MUSIC CONFERENCE (LAMC) SET TO RETURN TO NEW YORK CITY JULY 8TH- 12TH , 2008

What Hillary’s Victory May Mean for NY Latinos

Official Serie del Caribe Site, eBeisbol.com, Announces Mets Spring Training Hopeful Nelson Figueroa Voted MVP by Fans

NYC Latinos Torn Between Clinton And Obama

Puerto Rican Independence Movement under Attack in New York and San Juan

Brooklyn To Celebrate Three Kings Day

Unheralded heights: St. Francis AD Irma Garcia is Division I pioneer – New York City

Hofstra debate reflects Long Island torn on immigration

Latino poet shines spotlight on Lawrence – Martin Espada – Massachusetts

Pennsylvania House asks MLB to retire Clemente’s No. 21

Ballet Folklórico de México – New York

Arturo O’Farrill – Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra – His Latin Beat Goes On, in a New Home

Brooklyn Photographer Captures Inner Strength Of Latino “Superheroes” – Dulce Pinzon

Rosie Perez talks stereotypes, gives lesson on history – The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Renowned Latino Author Martin Espada to Visit University of Central Florida on Oct. 11, 2007

Many Latinos In City Work To Send Funds Home – New York City

Birthday: Esai Morales was born on October 1, 1962

A Spanish-Language Store Is Forced to Close Its Books – Librerí Lectorum – New York City

ESPN and Time Warner Cable Announce Digital Basic Distribution for ESPN Deportes in New York and New Jersey

MANU CHAO’S LA RADIOLINA DEBUTS AT #1 ON ITUNES LATINO AND THE TOP 10 OF AMAZON.COM AS CRITICAL PRAISE AND RADIO SUPPORT POUR IN; ALBUM IS ALSO THE #16 OVERALL TITLE ON ITUNES

Dominicans stake their claim in New York City

Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez Secures $2.6 Million for Community Projects – Brooklyn

A Successful Plan for Racial Balance Now Finds Its Future Uncertain – White Plains, New York

Major Latino Organizations Speak Out: The “War’ Against Ken Burns / PBS – “The War’ is not over – Why the Latino community can’t let this matter rest

Dancing Away the Heartache, Tacos Included

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