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Hispanics Lose Key Democratic Member – Senator Chris Dodd from Connecticut, often called a friend of the Latino community, has announced his retirement from the Senate

Almost half the Latinos living in Connecticut are under 25 years old

Connecticut 2020: The Decade of the Latino Boom – (almost comical that 70%+ are ‘furious’ in poll on page)

Latino lawmakers on Tuesday criticized Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell for proposing a 25 percent cut to important programs that help the minority group.

West Hartford – Author Julia Alvarez Visits With Students At Kingswood-Oxford

Dropout Rate Up; Blacks, Hispanics Twice as Likely to Quit in Connecticut

Hispanic groups extend a charitable hand – Stamford, Connecticut

Junot Díaz, author of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” will host a reading and book signing at Connecticut College Dec. 2.

Hartford Fire Chief to Retire-City Promotes 1st Latino Chief – Edward Casares, Jr.

Black, Hispanic Parents Say They Don’t Feel Welcome In Schools – Hartford, Connecticut

The New Britain Human Resources Agency will host the grand opening of the new Las Perlas Hispanas Senior Center Friday. – Connecticut

Hartford-based Hispanic newspaper Identidad Latina has named a UConn Master’s candidate “Student of the Year” in their fifth-annual Latino de Oro Awards. – Robert Cruz

An immigrants’ rights group has launched a campaign to educate workers about their rights and encourage local employers to treat them fairly. – Connecticut

Few people have done more to advance the cause of Hispanics in the region than Rosa Correa, the former chairwoman of the Bridgeport Housing Authority.

Ten New Haven residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing federal agents of violating their rights during an immigration raid they say was in retaliation for a city program that provided ID cards to foreigners in the country illegally — the first of its kind in the nation.

Immigrants sue feds over 2007 raid – Residents allege 2007 immigration raids in New Haven were unconstitutional

800 students thriving in dual-language curriculum at DiLoreto Magnet School – New Britian, CT

SBA reaches out to Hispanic community – Loan programs that may help survive economic downturn discussed in Stamford, Connecticut

Leading experts, professionals and immigrants to discuss undocumented immigration at Connecticut College’s three-day conference

Since 2003, retention rates for Hispanic and black students across the Connecticut higher education system have each grown by 8%, and students of color comprise 17.4% of the student body, an increase of nearly 16% from four years ago.

The Latina Army’s Looking for Young Latinas – Empowering young latina women to succeed – Connecticut

Is Latino Affairs Commission A Soap Opera? – Twelve months of turmoil have plagued the state’s Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission, and it won’t let up. – Connecticut

UNDOCUMENTED HISPANIC MIGRATION CONFERENCE – CONNECTICUT COLLEGE – OCTOBER 16-18, 2009

Stacking the shelves to draw in Latinos – New Britain Public Library

Watch the outrage/heckling – Bishop Emilio Alvarez of Stamford, Connecticutt asks a question in Spanish at a health care town hall of Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) who was born in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. – Shocking the reaction of the crowd. (must watch)

March in East Haven, Connecticut, protests police harassment of Latino community

New Haven’s Civil Service Commission, a focus of the Supreme Court reverse discrimination ruling for firefighters, has approved a police promotion list that does not include any Hispanics.

White firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

Sotomayor Ruling Exposes Racial Split in Firehouses

“Women Who Dare” Founder Diane Alverio honored for Leadership

The Latino Scholarship Fund awarded $50,000 to 26 Danbury, New Milford and Newtown high school seniors Sunday.

No Longer Letting Scores Separate Pupils – (interesting article about Stamford, Connecticut) – the longstanding system for tracking children by academic ability for more effective teaching evolved into an uncomfortable caste system in which students were largely segregated by race and socioeconomic background, both inside and outside classrooms.

Drug treatment program for Latinos wins national recognition – Proyecto Nueva Vida [Project New Life] in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Dover police recruit Latino officers – Connecticut

New Bedford factory in 2007 immigration raid to close

Some East Haven residents and Latino community gathered at a senior center wanting a chance to clear the air. Recent accusations of racial profiling by some East Haven police officers had some people wanting answers.

Latino groups decry lack of state funding – Connecticut – Latino state agencies receive less than 1 percent of the state budget, according to the Office of Fiscal Analysis.

Latino business leaders and residents spoke out on Thursday about what they describe as a pattern of racial profiling, harassment and intimidation by police officers in the town of East Haven. – Connecticut

Domestic violence forum in Dover aimed at Latinos – ‘Bottom line: Break the silence,’ detective tells audience of 120

Stamford Hispanic leaders look to increase government participation Leaders want to ’spark involvement’ in Stamford government

Latino Barbers Want State to Offer Spanish Licensing Exam – Connecticut

Immigration Judge Michael Straus recently issued a split decision in court challenges brought by 17 immigrants who charged that their arrests last year by federal agents were unconstitutional. Straus, in an oral ruling, found that six of the 17 immigrants have made a prima facie case that constitutional violations took place – Connecticut

Governor Rell today announced that she has nominated Amalia Vazquez Bzdyra of Wallingford to be a Commissioner of the Department of Public Utility Control. Vazquez Bzdyra has extensive public and private sector experience and has served in all three branches of Connecticut government.

Finding a Voice to Match the Pressing Medical Needs of Hispanics

Adolfo Carrion Jr. revealed in New Haven Friday night that he’s being nominated for a top post in the incoming Obama administraiton. – said he received a call that day from President-Elect Barack Obama’s transition team informing that he will be nominated for a Cabinet post. He mentioned that he had been discussing four departments with the team: Housing and Urban Development (HUD), transportation, small business, and education. But he was already reported to be a finalist for one of those slots, director of HUD

La Radio WRYM 840 AM cumple 40 años – Connecticut

Homeopathic practice finds niche among Hispanics

The only executive director of the state’s Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission is leaving his job after 13 years. Fernando Betancourt’s departure follows a dispute with the commission. – Connecticut

Lawyers representing a group of immigrants facing deportation are aggressively challenging the tactics used by federal immigration agents in raids last summer in New Haven.

Hartford’s New Schools: Burns Academy of Latino Studies – Hartford’s Burns Academy Focuses On Global Economic Future

Ecuador abre consulados en Queens, Connecticut

State Senator Edwin Gomes (D-Bridgeport) announced today that the Senate Democrats have unveiled a new Spanish-language Web site designed to help Spanish-speaking residents – including the tens of thousands in Bridgeport – to better navigate Connecticut’s home-heating aid assistance programs

Latino Commission’s Treatment Of Betancourt An Embarrassment – Connecticut

The state’s Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission board has rescinded its vote to fire its executive director, but plans to revisit the issue. – Fernando Betancourt in Connecticut

Mayor John DeStefano Jr.’s office has been receiving hate calls and e-mails about the Mexican flag on the New Haven Green. The calls and e-mails have spread messages of bigotry, hate and intolerance toward the Latino immigrant community, according to a news release from DeStefano’s office. – Connecticut

The job status of Connecticut’s only director of the Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission is in doubt.

Erika Arias today begins a new job, anchoring the new 11pm news on Tribune’s WTIC-Fox 61 in Hartford

University of Connecticut celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

A college push for Hispanic teens Maria Gonzalez helps teens excel with an after school program. – Connecticut

William Perez hired as East Hartford Fire Chief – Connecticut

Hispanics are on pace to outnumber black people in Hartford and New Haven counties for the first time in history, according to new population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. – Connecticut

When she won the Ms. Latina USA title in 2006, Sandra Colon became the first Connecticut resident since Dorothy Hann in 1933 to win a national beauty title. Despite the 73-year gap between national pageant winners, Colon won her title in relative obscurity.

The New Haven program that sparked protests and gained national attention is entering its second year. To date, about 6,000 people have signed up for the Elm City Residents Card program. – Connecticut

Connecticut gets a local Spanish-language station

Local Spanish-language paper aims for growth – El Sol in Stamford, Connecticut

Hispanic service agency faces bleak future – New London, Connecticut

Did You Know? Connecticut election officials and Hispanic organizations are kicking off a statewide effort to register at least 10,000 new Latino voters.

Video of Hit & Run incident where the victim is Latino in Hartfort, Connecticut – (the worst part is that nobody helped)

Latino chamber holds grand opening in Waterbury – Connecticut

Danbury Councilwoman: Hispanic Center move ‘racially motivated’ – Connecticut

Danbury congregation joins sanctuary movement – Connecticut

Program helps Latinos teach kids to read – Bridgeport, Connecticut

Dr. Daisy Cocco DeFilippis New Naugatuck Valley Community College President – Connecticut

Danbury church joins movement to help illegal immigrants – Connecticut