By John Philip Wyllie
A couple of years
ago, Erin Martinez Montoya could have used a good genealogist.
Her inability to provide documentation of her Mexican ancestry
caused her to miss out on the greatest single women's sporting
event of all time: the 1999 Women's World Cup. Fortunately for
Montoya, she is getting a chance this year to display her abilities
on a soccer field in another history-making event: the inaugural
season of the women's professional soccer league or WUSA.
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Hispanic Leaders Fight to Correct Census Undercount
By Yvette tenBerge
Hispanic organizations and Latino leaders joined this week
in condemning United States Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans
for his decision to allow state governments to use unadjusted
Census 2000 data in their redistricting processes, a move that
could cost Californians billions of dollars in federal funds.
Hispanics seek increased representation, and
Republicans are very eager to help
By Eduardo Porter
NEW YORK April 2, 2001 — More than 80% of the Hispanics
in Congress and in state legislatures are Democrats, so those
attending a recent seminar for Latino officials took notice here
when a Republican National Committee representative waltzed up
to the podium and offered to help elect more of them.
NAHJ Está Alarmada que el Porcentaje de
Periodistas Hispanos que Trabajaron en
Diarios Bajó Ligeramente Durante 2000
WASHINGTON — La National Association of Hispanic
Journalists (Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Hispanos)
está alarmada que el porcentaje de periodistas latinos
que trabajaron en diarios en inglés bajó ligeramente
durante 2000, según la encuesta anual de salas de redacción
de la American Society of Newspaper Editors (Sociedad Americana
de Editores de Periódicos) publicada el 3 de abril.
Breaking Rank With Latino Allies, USHCC Endorses
Bush Tax Plan
By James E. Garcia
WASHINGTON — In an era of sea changes for the Latino
community, the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is starting to
make waves.
Workers and Unions on the Tamaulipas Border
By Greg Bloom
Alma was employed in a Reynosa maquiladora for three years
soldering electronic components with lead-based material until
she fell sick with lung disease and could no longer continue working.
It took her three months to recover during which time she received
no compensation for what she considered to be a work-related ailment.
When she went back to her union to get a new job she was placed
at a different company—again in soldering. Believing that
she would die from continued exposure to the fumes that resulted
from her work she made the difficult decision to permanently quit
the maquiladoras.
Noticias de México...
El Presidente llama al pueblo de México a no dejarse
engañar con información falsa
Miente quien diga que la reforma grava a los pobres, advierte
Fox
Analizar con "racionalidad e inteligencia" la propuesta
de reforma hacendaria, pidió el presidente Vicente Fox
uesada a los dirigentes, diputados y senadores de todos los partidos
políticos; al pueblo de México, en tanto, solicitó
confianza y no dejarse engañar ni permitir que se le sorprenda
con "información falsa" sobre la iniciativa.
Jorge Burgos, March "Citizen of the Month"
Last summer, Jorge was attending a friend's barbecue when the
host emerged from the house holding her infant son frantically
calling for help. The child was not breathing Jorge immediately
grabbed the child and began administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
while another partygoer called an ambulance. After spending several
days in intensive care, the child was released. Doctors determined
that without Jorge's actions, the child would not have survived.
Conference to Convene Experts to Address Diversity
in Healthcare
Meeting the health care needs of an ethnically and culturally
diverse society and correcting disparities in healthcare delivery
will be discussed at a national conference, "Enhancing Diversity
in Healthcare Delivery and Education: Needs and Strategies,"
scheduled May 3-5 at Shelter Pointe Hotel and Marina in San Diego.
New Organization Addresses Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Needs of
Latino Community
As the health care needs of the emerging and growing U.S.
Latino population begin to receive the attention of policy and
decision-makers, mental health and substance abuse realities of
Latinos are still lagging in visibility and importance as other
diseases are.
Verizon Grant Helps Bring Long-Distance, Online
Tutoring to Gompers
Secondary School
Middle school students at Gompers Secondary School in
the San Diego Unified School District can now see, hear and talk
with tutors online while doing their after-school math and science
assignments.
Cerrando
la Brecha Digital: La Nueva Campaña ConnectNet/Conectado,
Hace Uso
de Herramientas Divertidas y Cautivadoras, Para Conectar a la
Juventud Con la
Computadora y la Internet
Washington, D.C. — Hoy día, una incomparable coalición
de bibliotecas, fundaciones, organizaciones no lucrativas, y compañías
de los medios de comunicación e Internet han lanzado la
campaña Connect-Net/Conectado, la campaña
nacional más comprensiva para ayudar a cerrar la brecha
digital. Capacitación en el uso de computadoras, significa
oportunidad económica para nuestra próxima generación.
HACU and IBM Form An Alliance to Narrow Educational
Achievement Gap;
Better Prepare Hispanics for Careers in the Computer Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. April 4 - - The Hispanic Association of
Colleges and Universities (HACU) and IBM today announced an alliance
designed to recruit and better prepare Hispanic students for a
variety of careers in the computer industry.
Sweetwater District Convenes Prop. BB Bond Oversight
Committee
The Sweetwater District Board of Trustees has appointed
a nine-member advisory panel to monitor the implementation of
Proposition BB, Sweetwater's $187 million school bond passed last
November. The oversight committee includes residents from every
district community as well as representatives from the San Diego
County Taxpayers Association, the local development industry and
postsecondary education.
Cal State San Marcos Student Receives Leadership
Award
Ramon Nava, a senior at California State University San
Marcos, has received the Region II Student Leadership Award from
the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA). Nava, a
double major in Liberal Studies and Spanish who lives in Escondido,
received his award Feb. 24th at an awards luncheon in Los Angeles.
Entries Sought From High School Artists for
Congressional Art Competition
Congressman Bob Filner is encouraging all high school art students
in his district to pick up their paint brushes, sketch pads or
cameras and begin creating a winning work of art to enter in the
50th District's Congressional Art Competition —An Artistic
Discovery 2001.
Pacific Bell Foundation Seeks Applications
for Community Enrichment Program
Grants
For the first time in the San Diego area, the Pacific
Bell Foundation is making available $350,000 to community groups
who develop innovative programs that use new technology for educational,
economic and community development issues.
SDCHCC Offers Scholarships to San Diego County
Hispanic Students
The San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (SDCHCC)
is pleased to announce the awarding of scholarships to San Diego
County Hispanic students. Applications for the program are now
available to 2001 graduating Hispanic high school students and
continuing college students who need financial assistance.
U.S. Bank Crea Equipo Comunitario Bilingüe
Equipo identificará las necesidades bancarias de la
comunidad hispana en el área
Sur de la Bahía en San Diego
U.S. Bank, ha creado un equipo en el área sur de la
bahía de San Diego que identificará las necesidades
de servicios bancarios que se requieren en esa zona. El equipo
tendrá sus oficinas en la esquina de la calle 3ra
y Oxford en Chula Vista y es completamente bilingüe. Con
una participación activa ofrecerá una información
completa y detallada sobre los productos bancarios en el sur de
la bahía.
Women's Hall of Fame: Giving Local Latinas the
Chance to Be Counted
By Yvette tenBerge
Members of four, local women's organizations met on Friday,
March 30 to launch the formation of the San Diego Women's Hall
of Fame and to announce their hopes that the community will participate
in nominating the first five women to be inducted.
Community
Notes:
12th Annual San Diego Urban League Career Fair
More than 100 employers expect to attract some 4,000 potential
employees to fill executive, management, professional, technical,
administrative, clerical, trade and apprenticeship openings across
the county.
Coca-Cola Comienza la Búsqueda de Estadounidenses
Que Sean Fuente de
Inspiración Para Que Porten la Llama Olímpica
¿Quienes son fuente de inspiración? Tal
vez sea un maestro que le enseñó a no darse nunca
por vencido, o un padre que simplemente lo inspira compartiendo
su sabiduría y su bondad. Coca-Cola le brinda la oportunidad
de demostrar su aprecio por esa persona especial de su vida nominándola
para que lleve la Llama Olímpica —uno de los símbolos
que representan la mayor fuente de inspiración en todo
el mundo.
Encienda
Una Vela
Mons. Jim Lisante
Usted Es Quien Elige
El comienzo de cada año parece ser el tiempo indicado
para mirar hacia adelante. Pero muchas veces la gente mira también
hacia atrás —hacia recuerdos felices y también
experiencias no tan felices.
Editorial
Spy Plane Caper Classic Keystone Cops
The U.S. Navy's spy-plane pratfalls near China's coastal
waters are at best humorous. At its worse, dangerous to our nation's
health. Could this kind of caper have been approved by the Commander
in Chief of the Pacific Fleet and, by extension, the Pentagon?
Commentary
The British Are Here, The British Are Here!
By Raoul Lowery Contreras
In Arkansas, newspaper columnist Paul Greenberg was fired
by the "liberal" station management from his local Public
Broadcasting radio station for doing "conservative"
commentaries. I call this the "Greenberg problem."
Comentario
La Película "Traffic" y
Vicente Fox
By Lourdes M. Davis
Si se comparan las críticas recibidas por la película
"Traffic" en México, con las críticas
recibidas en los Estados Unidos, se podría llegar a la
conclusión de que se trata de dos películas completamente
diferentes. Sin embargo, estamos hablando de la misma película,
pero simplemente los críticos presentan su punto de vista
de acuerdo con su propio entendimiento y creencias.
Comentario
El Sueño de Timothy Mc Veigh
Por Pablo Padula
El próximo 16 de Mayo Timothy Mc Veigh va a cumplir
su sueño dorado, y el más perverso de todos: transformarse
en un martir de su causa. Ese es, sin duda, el máximo galardón
que se le puede entregar a un asesino fanático como él.
TEZOZOMOC SPEAKS
Este Indio is LISTO (ready) to tackle the enemies of "Mother
Earth".
Duke Energy, of North Carolina, (President G.W. Bush's friends) was forced to abandon a hydropower Dam on the Macal River in the small country of Beliz, by outraged "tree huggers", from Canada and the U.S. Duke Energy saw no problem in destroying a major river, rain forest, and thousands of endangered species.
Festival de Danza Contemporánea en San
Diego State University
Por Paco Zavala.
La noche del día 7 del presente mes de Abril a las
8.00 pm., la Universidad San Diego State, presentará ante
el público al Grupo de Danza "Minerva Tapia"
compuesto de seis miembros, con nuevos montajes y con nuevas coreografías,
saltará al escenario este grupo con el fin de deleitar
al respetable asistente en esta noche.
Symposium Examining Challenges of Migrant Labor
to be Held April 17 as Part of
Month-Long Cesar Chavez Celebration at UCSD
A symposium examining the challenges facing migrant farm
workers and their struggle for equitable working conditions will
be held April 17 in Deutz Conference Room of Copley International
Conference Center at the University of California, San Diego.
Rosas
del Desierto Con Soraya y Sting
Por: Paco Zavala
Indudablemente que una de las más apasionantes de las
artes es la música, arrastra en su trayectoria y proyección
un torrente de emociones y pasiones contenidas muchas de las veces,
otras desbocadas y exteriorizadas, con una pasión y una
entrega arrebatadora.
Calendar of Events...
by Berenice Cisneros
Michael Jordan to The Max
A 45-minute giant-screen IMAX film that celebrates the personal
attributes that have made Michael Jordan more than a basketball
champion, but also a hero who trascends borders, cultures, age
and gender. Michael Jordan to The Max will open April 6
and will continue through the summer at the Reuben H. Fleet Science
Center in Balboa Park.
En Escenarios
Por Arnoldo Varona
Además de su prolongado idilio, en estos días
de abril, la feliz pareja formada por el cantante Luis Miguel
y la diva Mariah Carey tienen mucho que celebrar.
Bullfight
World...
by Lyn Sherwood
Two Ears Cut In 2nd Tijuana
Corrida
Well, with the Mexico City season over, bullfighting now moves
to the frontiers and certain interior plazas, such as Aguascalientes.
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