"Aleluya, Aleluya: El Señor ha resucitado". Hoy celebramos de un modo singular el anuncio de la Pascua de la Resurección. Cristo, clavado en la Cruz y muerto, ha resucitado para vencer la maldad, el pecado, la muerte y el sufrimiento. Desde ese domingo de Resurrección estamos invitados a considerar al mundo de manera nueva. En realidad la Verdad de Dios ha vencido la maldad, ignorancia y miedo del ser humano.
Los primeros Apóstoles predicaron a Cristo Resucitado. También nosotros debemos enfocar nuestras vidas, deseos y ambiciones desde esa realidad y vivir intensamente la Resurrección de Cristo. Todo lo ordinario de la VIDA como el trabajo, la familia, el recreo, la comunidad, la justicia, la fe, la paz y la alegría deben verse de otra manera con los ojos puestos en la Resurrección. Todo debe elevarse para unir nuestra débil vida a la vida maravillosa de Jesús Resucitado.
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The League of Women Voters of California File
Lawsuit Challenging Prop 21
On Thursday, April 20th, the League of Women Voters, children's
Advocacy Institute, Coleman Advocates for Youth, and Peter Bull,
taxpayer and private citizen, filed a lawsuit in the California
Supreme Court stating that Proposition 21 —the so called
Juvenile Justice Initiative— violates the single-subject
rule of the California Constitution. The petitioners are asking
the Court to issue an immediate stay to prevent Proposition 21
from being implemented. The Juvenile Crime Initiative was passed
by voters on March 7, 2000.
Protesters May Be White With Orange Hair - But
Movement's Base Broadens to
Immigrants and Youth of Color
EDITOR'S NOTE: Images of young people with outrageously colored
hair dominate coverage of the weekend's protests against globalization.
But a reporter on the ground finds a striking number of young
people of color, immigrants, and others with first-hand knowledge
— and strong personal feelings — about what they are
protesting.
By Mary Jo McConahay
College Students Oppose Racial Preferences
4 to 1 say political correctness and grade inflation harms
their education
NEW YORK - One of the nation's most controversial issues is
not at all controversial among America's college students. Four
out of 5 say colleges should not use racial preferences in admissions
decisions, a new survey conducted by Zogby International finds.
Colombia's Child War Veterans In Need of Rescue
By Howard Lafranchi
BOGOTA -- At an age when most girls are experimenting with
lipstick, 11-year-old Gloria Martnez was learning how to make
mortars in the jungles of Putumayo. And then there's Fernando,
who, at 16, left his poor mountain home to join Colombian rebels
for the money and the adrenaline rush.
Noticias de México...
Penas más Severas por Secuestros, y Violaciones, Demanda
Ciudadana
Perseguir y castigar con todo el rigor de la ley el secuestro
de personas y el robo de infantes, así como aplicar penas
más severas al delito de violación y al desperdicio
o desviación de recursos públicos, son algunas de
las demandas de los ciudadanos que participan en los foros sobre
seguridad pública que organiza la Fundación Colosio,
y donde destaca la conveniencia de crear una Secretaría
de Seguridad Pública como dependencia del Gobierno Federal.
Local Community Newspapers May Play Pivotal Role
in 2000 Campaign
By Jerome De Herrera
As the two major presidential campaigns begin plotting their
strategies to attract the Latino vote, there is a growing feeling
among party professionals that community newspapers that serve
the Hispanic community may be key to the campaigns.
Two Hilltop High Students Win Top Honors At
National Japan Bowl
In their first attempt ever in a Japanese language and
culture competition, two Hilltop High students took first place
at the National Japan Bowl in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.
Local Accounting Firm Awards College Scholarship
Calderon, Jaham & Osborn Certified Public Accountants
and Consultants is proud to announce that Susan Garcia of Scripps
Ranch High School has been awarded the firm's first annual college
scholarship.
Major grant boosts Chicano/Latino Research Center
and Latin American and Latino studies
By Jennifer McNulty
Who would guess that pop music superstar Ricky Martin embodies
a phenomenon that is shaking up the intellectual roots of Latin
American studies. But the fact that Martin is a hit with audiences
in his native Puerto Rico, across Latin America, and in the United
States is a shining example of the way in which traditional social
and cultural borders are becoming blurred.
AT&T Foundation's $100,000 Contribution
Aims to Educate Hispanics on College Financial Aid Resources
Roberto Cruz, AT&T Corporate Affairs director, recently
presented a $100,000 grant from the AT&T Foundation to Sara
Martinez-Tucker, president and CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship
Fund in support of HSF's "Technology for Education."
Leadership Alliance Presents 7th Annual Diversity
Conference, May 3-6 in San Diego
Affirmative action after Proposition 209, multiracial identity,
and controlling sexual and racial harassment in the workplace
are just a few of the issues to be addressed at the seventh annual
Leadership Alliance National Conference on Diversity, "Collaborations:
Students, Institutions, Communities, and Industry," which
will be held May 3 through 6 at the Doubletree Hotel in Mission
Valley.
Campaña Estatal Para la Prevención
del SIDA Recibe un "Levantón"
Los Angeles — El primer carro tipo "lowrider" para
la prevención del SIDA auspiciado por el estado fue develado
hoy por el Departamento de Salud de California, Oficina del SIDA
en La Plaza de la Raza en el Este de Los Angeles, iniciando así
un recorrido a través de California.
Corrales-Diaz Named to Auto Club Board of
Directors
Susan Corrales-Diaz, president and chief executive officer of
Systems Integrated in San Diego, has been elected to serve on
the board of directors of the Automobile Club of Southern California.
International Community Foundation to Grant
Over $50,000 to Baja California Nonprofits to Celebrate "International
Children's Day"
The International Community Foundation (ICF) will celebrate
International Children's Day by granting over $50,000 to
Baja California nonprofit organizations which provide services
and direct benefit to children during a celebration event scheduled
at the Tijuana Cultural Center on Saturday, April 29th
at 10:00 a.m.
La
International Community Foundation Celebrará el Día
del Niño Otorgando Más de $50,000
La International Community Foundation (ICF) celebrará
el Día Internacional del Niño al otorgar
más de $50,000 dólares a organizaciones no-gubernamentales
en Baja California que proveen servicios y beneficios directamente
a niños. La celebración tendrá lugar en el
Centro Cultural Tijuana, el Sábado 29 de abril a las 10:00
a.m.
Encienda
Una Vela
Padre Thomas J. McSweeney, Director of The Christophers
¡Paz! ¡Shalom!
Alguna veces oímos anécdotas que nos
resultan inolvidables, y ésta precisamente me ha afectado
de esa manera. Se acababa de presentar la premiere de una de las
composiciones musicales más hermosas del creador Deems
Taylor.
4th Annual 4th Council District High School
Oratorical Contest Awards Ceremony
Winners in the 4th Annual 4th Council District High School
Oratorical Contest will be announced at the Awards Ceremony scheduled
Saturday, April 29, 2000, 6:30 p.m. at the Jacobs Center (5160
Federal Blvd., San Diego). Students from Gompers, Lincoln, Morse,
SCPA and Mt. Everest Academy are competing for top honors in this
speech competition.
Your Old Eyeglasses Are The Gift of Sight
You may have the gift of sight, out of sight. New Eyes
For The Needy asks people to check their desks and bureaus
for unwanted glasses, jewelry, watches and hearing aids that are
too valuable to throw away but are no longer of use. Those old
glasses and other items will find a second life through New
Eyes For The Needy and can mean the gift of sight to someone
else.
Local Schools to Take Advantage of Program that
Provides Vision Screenings For Underserved Children
Every year, an estimated 200,000 children in the United
States become permanently blind as a result of undetected vision
impairment. Many of these cases could be prevented if children
had access to adequate optical screenings.
Campamento SCAMP—Un Campamento para Niños
que Sufren del Asma
Plazo de Aplicación es Martes, el 16 de Mayo
Los jóvenes que sufren de asma moderado o severo
ahora tienen la oportunidad de disfrutar y jugar al aire libre
por una semana completa en el campamento SCAMP, presentado por
El American Lung Association los condados de San Diego y el de
Imperial.
Community Notes:
CCC Sets April 28 Grand Opening Celebration in National City
The California Conservations Corps' San Diego Service District
will celebrate the grand opening of its new facility in National
City on Friday, April 28..
EDITORIAL
Freedom of the Press Endangered in the Philippines
Filipino Editors expect reporters assigned to Malacañang
(The Presidential Palace) to file "exciting stories"
every day, according to a recent editorial published in the Manila
Times, the premier newspaper in this Island country.
Commentary
Checkpoints...Papers and the Courts
By Raoul Lowery Contreras
Is it possible that the expensive charade played out every
day throughout the American Southwest may be coming to an inglorious
end? The charade is the ersatz imitation of roaming patrols and
checkpoints made famous by the Nazi Gestapo of Germany. At this
time and in this place, however, the patrols and checkers are
United States officers of the Border Patrol.
OPINION
President Must Address Veterans' Side of
Nuclear Nightmare
By Alan G. Lance, Sr.
President Clinton says he wants to "right the wrongs
of the past" committed against factory workers who built
America's nuclear arsenal. To each civilian bomb maker suffering
from cancers related to radioactive exposure, the administration
offers either a lump sum payment of $100,000 or a medical treatment
and job retraining package.
Commentary
Vieques Movement Charts New Course In U.S.-Puerto
Rico Relations
By Victor M. Rodriguez Dominguez
Over the last century the island of Vieques has represented
U.S. colonial policy at its crudest. As part of the Puerto Rican
archipelago, Vieques is an emblem of both the struggle for democracy
in Puerto Rico and the contradictions of U.S.-Puerto Rico relations.
Avisos Politicos......
From the desk of Loretta Sanchez (D) Congresswoman, "The
Bush campaign is allowing Pete Wilson to send out negative messages
attacking Democrats. This state has been deeply harmed by PROPOSITIONS
187 and 209. Wilson is now using his divisive tactics to smear
the Democratic candidates. "Pete Wilson has absolutely
no integrity."
Poet's Corner Calendar
of Events..
by Berenice Cisneros
Nostalgia Buffs Will Get a Kick Out of This...
The Singer's Workshop will sing their way through the 1950s
hitting the highest points of the American Hit Parade at a special
program on April 26 at the Chula Vista Civic Center Library, 365
F St. The group performs their rendition of the `50s complete
with costumes and hairstyles of the day beginning at 7:30 p.m.
in the library auditorium. This is one in a series of Cultural
Programs sponsored by the friends of the Library. All programs
are free and open to the public. For more info. call (619)691-5069
and press 3.
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