DELANO, Calif. -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and farmworker union leaders dedicated a National Historic Landmark plaque Monday to commemorate the land and buildings where the United Farm Workers of America was founded in the mid-1960s.
Salazar joined the family of Cesar Chavez, the late founder of the farmworker union, current UFW leaders, farmworkers and area schoolchildren in Delano, a small city 30 miles north of Bakersfield, to honor the site known as "Forty Acres," which had hosted some of the most momentous events shaping Chavez's movement.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Latino support for Obama plunging
n the last presidential election, Barack Obama marketed himself to Latino voters as a kinder and gentler response to the immigration policies of George W. Bush.
For example, Obama was on his high horse in July 2008 when he schmoozed the National Council of La Raza at its annual conference. He told the group that things had gone astray under Bush "when communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids, when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing."
Latinos fell for the sales pitch, handing over two-thirds of their votes to Obama even though he had a history of showing little interest in their concerns.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_17372299?IADID=Search-www.sgvtribune.com-www.sgvtribune.com
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For example, Obama was on his high horse in July 2008 when he schmoozed the National Council of La Raza at its annual conference. He told the group that things had gone astray under Bush "when communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids, when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing."
Latinos fell for the sales pitch, handing over two-thirds of their votes to Obama even though he had a history of showing little interest in their concerns.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_17372299?IADID=Search-www.sgvtribune.com-www.sgvtribune.com
jennie
Obama pledges to bring the great outdoors back to urban youths
Seven months ago, San Gabriel Valley-area community leaders and environmentalists sent a message to President Barack Obama: We need more parks, we need more exercise and we need your help.
He has finally responded.
Obama announced last week a widespread effort to bring greater outdoor opportunities to Americans, particularly to urban youth, and reinvigorate efforts to conserve the nation's natural resources. He proposed increasing funding for conservation efforts, overhauling the way the nation's public lands are managed, and developing a conservation service corps for young people to work on public lands.
"These days, our lives are only getting more complicated, more busy, and we're glued to our phones and our computers for hours on end ... Cars and buses shuttle us from one place to another. We see our kids spending more and more time on the couch. For a lot of folks, it's easy to go days without stepping on a single blade of grass," Obama said announcing the initiative.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_17445716
jennie
He has finally responded.
Obama announced last week a widespread effort to bring greater outdoor opportunities to Americans, particularly to urban youth, and reinvigorate efforts to conserve the nation's natural resources. He proposed increasing funding for conservation efforts, overhauling the way the nation's public lands are managed, and developing a conservation service corps for young people to work on public lands.
"These days, our lives are only getting more complicated, more busy, and we're glued to our phones and our computers for hours on end ... Cars and buses shuttle us from one place to another. We see our kids spending more and more time on the couch. For a lot of folks, it's easy to go days without stepping on a single blade of grass," Obama said announcing the initiative.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_17445716
jennie
Program to help county foster children graduate high school announced
EL MONTE - One foster child slipped through the cracks in the education system when he told school officials he was being home schooled. But his "teacher" was really his 82-year-old, Spanish-speaking grandmother.
Another child kept running away from his foster home and visiting his plumber brother in Lake Elsinore, who happened to have a bullet lodged in his skull.
Needless to say, neither of the boys was racking up credits in high school.
Now a team led by County Supervisor Gloria Molina is rolling out a program meant to plug the cracks for foster children in high school.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_17431432
jennie
Another child kept running away from his foster home and visiting his plumber brother in Lake Elsinore, who happened to have a bullet lodged in his skull.
Needless to say, neither of the boys was racking up credits in high school.
Now a team led by County Supervisor Gloria Molina is rolling out a program meant to plug the cracks for foster children in high school.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_17431432
jennie
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