SAN DIEGO -- Dear U.S. Census Bureau, I know you mean well and only want to give Americans a snapshot of what their country looks like. But please, hold off on releasing more figures about the phenomenal growth of the Hispanic population.
Most Hispanics I talk to around the country are excited because their community is becoming more prominent. But they're also nervous because they realize that population figures scare the daylights out of many Anglos, who respond by pushing repressive and repugnant ideas -- from Arizona-style immigration laws to a ban on ethnic studies to shredding the 14th Amendment by denying citizenship to the U.S.-born children of illegal immigrants.
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Sunday, April 3, 2011
President declares March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day
FRESNO, Calif. -- President Barack Obama has declared March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day, honoring the late farmworker activist on his birthday.
Obama signed the proclamation Wednesday, saying that "Chavez's legacy provides lessons from which all Americans can learn."
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Obama signed the proclamation Wednesday, saying that "Chavez's legacy provides lessons from which all Americans can learn."
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Domestic Workers Call for Protections
Latina domestic workers are calling on state legislators to enact fair labor laws. A group of women demonstrated Wednesday in front of the Women's Building in San Francisco's Mission District to mark International Domestic Workers’ Day, singing and chanting in favor of worker protections
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San Mateo County now half Asian and Hispanic but many city, county leaders are still white men
Asian and Hispanic residents are replacing whites across San Mateo County, but you wouldn't know that by looking at the people in positions of power around the Peninsula.
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Tulare to vote on district elections for council
Voters in Tulare will decide next year if the city should elect council members by district instead of citywide.
The Tulare City Council on Monday agreed to put the question before voters in June 2012. The measure will include proposed district boundaries for five council seats.
The council's decision settles a lawsuit by a civil rights group challenging Tulare's at-large voting system, which elects candidates who win the most votes citywide.
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The Tulare City Council on Monday agreed to put the question before voters in June 2012. The measure will include proposed district boundaries for five council seats.
The council's decision settles a lawsuit by a civil rights group challenging Tulare's at-large voting system, which elects candidates who win the most votes citywide.
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Hispanic Republicans tone down immigration talk
By JAY ROOT Associated Press
Posted: 02/02/2011 01:56:39 AM PST
AUSTIN, Texas—As a Republican, Rep. Aaron Pena is expected to take a hard line on immigration. But as a Latino who represents a heavily Hispanic district along the U.S.-Mexico border, the South Texas lawyer finds some of the anti-immigrant proposals in the Legislature to be unfair and unnecessarily harsh.
Pena is among a handful of new Latino Republicans in the Texas Legislature, and they are taking a careful walk through the minefield of hot-button immigration and cultural wedge issues that are sure to spark debate, and possibly legal reforms, in the Texas Legislature this year.
Several of them are scheduled to meet as a group Wednesday with Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is helping lead a Latino outreach effort, aides said. Abbott's eventual advice on the legality of some of the immigration bills could be a key factor in what happens to them in the Legislature.
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By JAY ROOT Associated Press
Posted: 02/02/2011 01:56:39 AM PST
AUSTIN, Texas—As a Republican, Rep. Aaron Pena is expected to take a hard line on immigration. But as a Latino who represents a heavily Hispanic district along the U.S.-Mexico border, the South Texas lawyer finds some of the anti-immigrant proposals in the Legislature to be unfair and unnecessarily harsh.
Pena is among a handful of new Latino Republicans in the Texas Legislature, and they are taking a careful walk through the minefield of hot-button immigration and cultural wedge issues that are sure to spark debate, and possibly legal reforms, in the Texas Legislature this year.
Several of them are scheduled to meet as a group Wednesday with Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is helping lead a Latino outreach effort, aides said. Abbott's eventual advice on the legality of some of the immigration bills could be a key factor in what happens to them in the Legislature.
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Latino mayoral candidates could split Chicago vote
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press
Posted: 01/11/2011 02:07:14 PM PST
CHICAGO—In a city with a long history of voting along ethnic lines, the two prominent Latinos running for Chicago mayor don't see a reason to unify around a consensus candidate as several African-Americans who once eyed the job have done.
Gery Chico and Miguel del Valle don't even see themselves as direct rivals—reflecting the fractured nature of the city's Hispanic population and their different approaches in a campaign that has a chance of producing Chicago's first Latino mayor. How strongly they run could have a big impact on a tough race with two more widely known candidates, former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun.
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By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press
Posted: 01/11/2011 02:07:14 PM PST
CHICAGO—In a city with a long history of voting along ethnic lines, the two prominent Latinos running for Chicago mayor don't see a reason to unify around a consensus candidate as several African-Americans who once eyed the job have done.
Gery Chico and Miguel del Valle don't even see themselves as direct rivals—reflecting the fractured nature of the city's Hispanic population and their different approaches in a campaign that has a chance of producing Chicago's first Latino mayor. How strongly they run could have a big impact on a tough race with two more widely known candidates, former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun.
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Oakley Union's newest trustee aims to bridge to cultural differences
By Rowena Coetsee
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 03/23/2011 02:41:38 PM PDT
OAKLEY -- The newest board member of the elementary school district here says he wants to contribute to its efforts to recognize different cultures.
Arthur Fernandez, 42, was sworn into office earlier this month in the Oakley Union Elementary School District, where he will serve the rest of his predecessor's four-year term that ends December 2012.
Andrew Coffman resigned last month after being elected in November, citing the requirements of his job.
Fernandez, an 11-year Oakley resident, has two daughters in the district, and has been active in their schools along with his wife, Lidia.
He works as a probation supervisor at Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility in Byron.
Fernandez said he was the only father active in the Parent Teacher Student Association last year at O'Hara Park Middle School, where his older daughter is an eighth-grader. He also helped organize a day of activities celebrating this area's cultures.
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By Rowena Coetsee
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 03/23/2011 02:41:38 PM PDT
OAKLEY -- The newest board member of the elementary school district here says he wants to contribute to its efforts to recognize different cultures.
Arthur Fernandez, 42, was sworn into office earlier this month in the Oakley Union Elementary School District, where he will serve the rest of his predecessor's four-year term that ends December 2012.
Andrew Coffman resigned last month after being elected in November, citing the requirements of his job.
Fernandez, an 11-year Oakley resident, has two daughters in the district, and has been active in their schools along with his wife, Lidia.
He works as a probation supervisor at Orin Allen Youth Rehabilitation Facility in Byron.
Fernandez said he was the only father active in the Parent Teacher Student Association last year at O'Hara Park Middle School, where his older daughter is an eighth-grader. He also helped organize a day of activities celebrating this area's cultures.
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