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Hispanic Women's Corporation Scholarship Benefit Luncheon Honorees

LATINA POWER

Inspire!  Educate!  Elevate!

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Hispanic Women's Corporation

26th National Professional Development and Leadership Institutes

October 6 & 7, 2011

Phoenix Convention Center SOUTH

Phoenix Arizona

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National HWC Honorary Chair and Keynote Speaker

Daniel Hernandez, Jr.

University of Arizona Student and

Intern for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords 

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National HWC Latina Leadership Award

Erika Tatiana Camacho, Ph.D. 

Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Arizona State University

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National HWC Lorraine Lee Latina Leadership Award 

Dulce Matuz

President of the Arizona Dream Act Coalition  

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National HWC Fine Arts Award

Mayda del Valle

Poet and Performer 

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National Youth Leadership Award

Yarel Ramos

Mun2 Host of Reventon

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HWC will honor our scholars at the luncheon.   It is imperative that we continue to financially support the undergraduate and graduate education of our deserving scholars. HWC counts on your continued support to make these academic dreams come true.

Register today   

www.hispanicwomen.org

CPLC Reveals the Winners of the 13th Annual Esperanza Latino Teacher Awards

(HISPANIC TIMES WIRE) -Phoenix- Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (CPLC) has recognized talented educators in the Maricopa County area since 1998.  For the first time, CPLC expanded the Esperanza Latino Teacher Awards to a statewide recognition award program. Nominations of teachers from across Arizona whom have devoted their lives to serve their community and to help future generations find a path to success were evaluated. CPLC is proud and excited to announce, that after a careful review and a rigorous selection process, the following extraordinary educators were selected as the 2011 Esperanza Latino Teacher Award recipients:

• Richard Alvarez, Payson High School- Payson, AZ
• Juan Carbajal, Rosemarie Rivera Elementary School- Tucson, AZ
• Sofía P. Gámez, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Elementary School- Nogales, AZ
• Irma Regalado, Peoria High School- Peoria, AZ

Their peers, community and business leaders will pay tribute to these fine educators on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at the 13^th Annual Esperanza Latino Teacher Awards Ceremony, presented by SRP and Cox Communications, at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown. This event continues to be the only awards program in Arizona that specifically recognizes Latino teachers.

“This is certainly an important milestone on our quest to bring the well-deserved recognition to the work of Latino teachers in Arizona,” said Edmundo Hidalgo, President and CEO of CPLC. “After 13 years, we are proud to have the opportunity to honor excellent educators who serve communities throughout Arizona.”

With the gracious support of our sponsors, CPLC will be awarding a special stipend to each of the four honorees and a cash donation of $2,500 to their respective schools. In addition, each teacher will receive a 50% scholarship towards a masters or doctoral program at Argosy University and other prizes.

Throughout the history of the awards program, CPLC has recognized over 95 outstanding Latino educators willing to go the extra mile to make a difference, not only in their classrooms, but also within the communities they serve.

To learn how to support this program and for sponsorship opportunities for the event, please contact Priscilla Valencia at events@cplc.org or call (602) 257-0700.

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Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (CPLC) is a statewide community development corporation committed to building stronger, healthier communities as a lead advocate, coalition builder and direct service provider. The organization promotes positive change and self-sufficiency to enhance the quality of life for the benefit of those we serve.

 

 

Debate in Arizona on How to Teach History to the Youth: As Patriots or with a Latino Perspective

Educators and education activists in Arizona are looking at standard American history curriculum and finding something very different missing – that of American exceptionalism.

The need as some see it to get students in Arizona excited about patriotic holidays and special "Red, White and Blue" events such as "Constitution Week," has prompted some to plan for a charter school that specializes on teaching U.S. history from the vantage point of a proud history.

While this is going on, others want to train teachers in Phoenix to teach history in a way that is more relevant to the district’s majority Latino population – not by creating separate Mexican American studies classes, but by incorporating more of Arizona’s story into the larger American narrative.

Recently, state superintendent, John Huppenthal, banned Tucson's Mexican American Studies program stating that it was promoting hatred towards white people.   With this in the background, Arizona teachers wishing to promote Hispanic American influence in Arizona as well as the country as a whole, are positioning their history offering as an elective and not as an alternative to American history.

Two seperate camps with stated "good intentions" to teach kids history are lining up in Arizona to hotly debate and take action on teaching kids their perspective on history.  Whether its patriotic or Latino focused, one thing is for sure.........Arizona is once again in the national forefront of another "thought control" issue that is sure to raise both the passion and the ire of Americans throughout all of the United States.

To read an article on this issue, click here.

Arizona Higher Education Awards Recognize Champions For Latino Educators

(HISPANIC TIMES WIRE) - The Victoria Foundation will host the Second Annual Arizona Higher Education Awards, an awards presentation breakfast honoring champions of higher education in Arizona's Latino community. This year, the Foundation recognizes five outstanding leaders whose tireless work has helped to improve the status of Arizona Latinos in higher education.

The breakfast is being held at the Ritz Carlton Phoenix.

As the first community development foundation to focus on Arizona's Latino community, The Victoria Foundation promotes lifelong education as a critical means to improve the lives of Latino individuals as well as the community at large.

Through their varied accomplishments, the honorees of the Arizona Higher Education Awards exemplify some of the Foundation's core values - promoting Latinos in higher education and providing greater opportunities for Latino students

To vist the Victoria Foundation website, click here.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month on the UA Campus

(HISPANIC TIMES WIRE) - The University of Arizona joins others around the U.S. in celebrating the National Hispanic Heritage Month with films, music, artistic expression and athletic events, all paying tribute to generations of Hispanic Americans.

At the UA, Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs, the Office of Access and Inclusion, Arizona Athletics, Arizona State Museum and the School of Music are offering a variety of events to share the stories, background and culture of the Hispanic population.

The kick-off event will be held on Friday, Sept. 16 on the UA Mall with music from A Son y Sol, a Tucson band that will be performing a blend of Latin American music. The event is sponsored by Chicano/Hispano Student Affairs, the Office of Access and Inclusion and a Student Services Fee Grant.

To read the full UANews article, click here.

Association of Latino Administrators & Superintendents (ALAS) Will Host 2011 Summit On Hispanic Education

The Association of Latino Adminsitrations & Superintendents (ALAS) will host the 2011 Summit on Hispanic Education on October 12 - 15 in San Francisco, California. 

The mission of ALAS is to provide leadership at the national level that assures every school in America effectively serves the educational needs of all students with an emphasis on Latino Youth by building capacity, promoting best practices, and transforming educational institutions.

According to the ALAS summit brochure, the summit is different than a traditional conference, seminar, or workshop.  It offers a structured but freeflowing forum for teams at the local, state, national, and international level to explore and debate a myriad of timely issues.  Attendees can also take advantage of the following benefits:

• Nationally recognized keynote speakers
• Web-based survey of participants will assist in determining breakout topics
• Roundtable discussions with your peers from federal agencies, national organizations, state government, school districts, and  technology vendors will be facilitated
• Insightful panel presentations, case studies, and small group breakout discussions with dedicated time for you and your team members to caucus and plan

To download the 2011 ALAS Summit Brochure, click here.  To visit the ALAS official website, click here.

More on ALAS: ALAS not only serves as an acronym for the Association of Latino Administrators & Superintendents but was intentionally selected as a word in the Spanish language that means wings. It is the hope of the organization that the Association will generate wings to success for Latino educators.

Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards Reception - Arizona Region

Tonight, Thursday, May 14, the ASU Center for Community Development & Civil Rights will once again host this year's Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards (Arizona Region) at the downtown Phoenix ASU campus.

The event will celebrate Latino leadership in the classroom and the community by honoring the significant achievements of Arizona youth.

The ASU downtown Phoenix campus is located at 411 North Central Avenue and the reception begins at 6:00pm with the ceremony at 7:00pm. RSVPs can be mailed to RSVPPhoenix@hispanicheritage.org.

Sharp Growth in Suburban Minority Enrollment Yields Modest Gains in School Diversity

The student population of America's suburban public schools has shot up by 3.4 million in the past decade and a half, and virtually all of this increase (99%) has been due to the enrollment of new Latino, black, and Asian students, according to an analysis of the most recent public school data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.  Once a largely white enclave, suburban school districts in 2007 educated a student population that was 41.4% non-white, up from 28% in 1993.
 
Despite the sharp rise in the racial and ethnic diversity of suburban district enrollments overall, there has been only a modest increase in the racial and ethnic diversity of student populations at the level of the individual suburban school.  For example, in 2007, the typical white suburban student attended a school which had a 75% white student body; in 1993, this same figure had been 83%.
 
When it comes to changes in the geographic locus of minority education, the suburbs are where most of the action has been over the past decade and a half.  In 1993 city school districts educated a majority of the nation's minority students.  That is no longer the case.  The movement of minority students into suburban schools has had the overall effect of slightly reducing levels of ethnic and racial segregation throughout the nation's 93,430 public schools.
 
The report also examines the changes since 1993 in individual suburban school districts.  It lists the suburban school districts that have had the fastest growth in minority enrollment, as well as those with the highest levels of racial/ethnic segregation.

The report, "The Rapid Growth and Changing Complexion of Suburban Public Schools,"  authored by Richard Fry, Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center, is available at the Pew Hispanic Center's website, www.pewhispanic.org.

ALPFA/HCF Scholarship Program Continues to Accept Applications

The Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA) offers scholarships to students, in the U.S. or Puerto Rico, who are pursuing degrees in finance, accounting or business related fields.

 

The purpose of these scholarships is to encourage those students who have demonstrated academic excellence to continue pursuing their professional careers. Over the past 3 years, ALPFA has awarded students over $457,000 in scholarship money.

 

ALPFA currently partners with the Hispanic College Fund (HCF). They manage the administrative portion of the ALPFA scholarship program. Applications come from all over the country and are solicited through the HCF and through ALPFA. All applications are graded under the direction of HCF and the top candidates are forwarded to ALPFA who selects the actual recipients.

 

Freshman through seniors are eligible; however, please note that Freshmen who apply need to be already enrolled in college and have college curriculum (transcript-verifiable GPA) under their belts.  Community college students that plan to transfer to a 4 yr. college/university for Fall ‘09 are also eligible.

 

The top 50 students selected will be invited to attend ALPFA’s National Convention in Boston, Masachusetts (August 8 - 12, 2009) with all expenses paid for - convention registration, airfare, and lodging.  Preference is given to those applicants who are current ALPFA student members. 

ALPFA's Annual Scholarship Program runs from December 15, 2008 through March 15, 2009.  For more information contact Geraldine Contreras, Director of Student Affairs at 213-243-0004.

1st Annual AGUILA Youth Leadership Institute Golf Tournament

The AGUILA Youth Leadership Institute presents its 1st Annual Golf Tournament scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2009 to be held at the AGUILA Golf Course in Laveen. 

The tournament has been a vision for many individuals working together to increase Latina/Latino college graduates.  It serves to validate the commitment to community, families and to the drive and determination of the youth. 

The funds raised from this event provide program services and scholarships to youth who have a dream of a college education, of service to community and to each other thus resulting in a positive impact in our world.

Sponsoring or participating in the event aligns you with the education of a stronger workforce, an educated consumer, and a civic-minded leader that will contribute to our economic growth, schools, and communities in which we live.

You are invited to join in this special event in making a difference for our youth. For additional information on the AGUILA Youth Leadership Institute and its Golf Tournament click here.

RBG Golf Classic in Support of Latino Students

 

The 2^nd Annual RBG Golf Classic is taking place once again on Friday, February 13, 2009 at the Coldwater Golf Club in Avondale.

All proceeds will be used to provide scholarships to Latino students in the Metro Phoenix area who wish to pursue a career in the construction industry.

  

The RBG Construction Company Scholarship Fund is now a non-profit organization, and upon request, they can provide you with a W-9 for tax purposes.

  

To acquire additional information on the event contact Joanne R. Mauller, Executive Assistant for RBG Construction Company, LLC at (623) 937-8892 ext. 108 or (623) 937-2350 FAX.

 

 

 

 

The ASU Hispanic Mother Daughter Program

The ASU Hispanic Mother Daughter Program (HMDP) raises educational and career aspirations of Hispanic women. HMDP increases the number of first-generation Hispanic women who complete a bachelor’s degree by directly involving mothers in the educational process of their daughters.

Counselors and teachers encourage their seventh grade students who meet the criteria to apply to the program. With school administrators, HMDP selects 100 teams of seventh-grade Latina students and their mothers from schools with pre-established partnerships with ASU. Students and mothers selected for the program attend workshops and events throughout the students' eighth grade and high school years.  Students in the program also receive one-on-one school visits from HMDP advisors.

Benefits
• Connect to Arizona State University and its resources
• Obtain information regarding enrichment programs, employment, internships, and scholarships
• Achieve academic excellence
• Receive academic advocacy and support
• Network with Latina/o professionals
• Establish a closer mother and daughter relationship

Eligibility Requirements
• Attend school within one of the participating districts
• First generation university bound
• Currently enrolled in 7th grade
• Performing at 7th grade level in English and math
• Students must be proficient in the English language
• 2.75 GPA or above in English/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies

For more information visit their website by clicking here.

State Farm Insurance Initiative Empowers Latinos

State Farm Insurance is empowering Latino students, teachers and administrators today to help solve the high school drop-out rate.

Through a $3 million education grant to the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), State Farm will help NCLR in their goals to promote excellence in students, increase Latino graduation rates, and close the achievement gap nationwide.

Approximately 2.9 million Latinos are enrolled in U.S. high schools-- representing 17% of all secondary public school students-- and are less likely than their non-Hispanic peers to complete high school.

The Society of Hispanic Professionals Engineers Held its National Conference in Phoenix

The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers hosted its largest ever national conference in Phoenix on Nov. 12 – 16.   It was considered to be the nation’s largest technical conference for Hispanics, with more than 5,000 attendees.  In attendance where professionals, students, educators, corporate representatives and community leaders from throughout the United States.

 

The event consisted of a multitude of activities targeted to those pursuing or now working in science, technology, engineering and math fields. More than 300 corporations, government agencies and academic exhibitors where in attendance to meet up with thousands of sought-after Hispanic students, engineers and technical talent.

 

A key attraction to SHPE is the organization’s focus on wanting to influence the increase of Hispanic engineers in top management positions across the nation.  It sees itself as the source for quality Hispanic engineers and technical talent covering a spectrum that serves middle school children all the way up to experienced engineering executives.

 

For more information on SHPE, click here.  

The ASU Hispanic Mother Daughter Program

The ASU Hispanic Mother Daughter Program's 25th Anniversary luncheon will be held Friday, October 24, at the Phoenix Convention Center. Tickets are $50 per seat and $500 per table.  Please contact Debbie Garcia (480.965.5838) for tickets, to purchase a table or for more information.  HMDP is a pre-college educational outreach program for young women and their mothers, designed to raise their educational and career aspirations. It is known nationally as one of the most successful university outreach programs. Proceeds from the event will directly benefit the participants, the program and its services.

National Latino Technology Achiever Awards

The Latinos in Science & Technology Association (LISTA) Emerging Technology Leadership Summit will be hosted at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Miami on October 30th, 2008. The event includes a series of education, professional development and mind share for the Latino community and corporate executives.  The Summit was developed for the small business owner, intermediate to advanced technology professionals, analysts and executives who want to benefit from ground-breaking information, techniques and technology employed by individuals who've proven successful in these endeavors.  Presenters are industry leaders who will share insights, opinions, best-practices and real life stories.  For more information click here.

Rio Salado College offers free, self-paced classes

Rio Salado College will hold “Super Registrations!” Aug. 25-28 for students interested in taking GED, Adult Basic Education or English Language Acquisition for Adults (ELAA) classes.

Open enrollment for these Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs will be held at eight locations scattered across the Phoenix Metro area. 

Classes are free and are self-paced for adults interested in earning their GED, learning English or improving their basic skills in math, reading or writing. More than 775,000 Arizona residents ages 18 and older do not possess a high school diploma, according to the 2000 U.S. Census. 

Rio Salado’s ABE program serves 9,000 students a year in 20 locations around the Valley.

For exact dates and times to register at the eight sites, call the ABE hotline at 480-517-8110. To learn more about Rio Salado’s ABE program visit www.riosalado.edu/abe/.

University of Phoenix and LULAC Offer Full-Tuition Scholarships

The University of Phoenix and the LULAC  have partnered to award 25 scholarships to exceptional members of the Hispanic community who have demostrated a commitment to their local communities through leadership, volunteerism and/or professional development opportunities.  The annual program will empower 25 individuals to complete a degree program, of their choice, through the University of Phoenix. The recipients will receive a full tuition scholarship to attend the University of Phoenix and achieve their higher-education goals.  The deadline for application has been extended to August 25th.  Please contact Andrea Diaz at 480-557-2048 or email at mailto:andrea.diaz@phoenix.edu.  The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the oldest Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States.

What tool do I use to find Hispanic-owned Businesses?

Anyone can become easily frustrated when surfing the internet to find Hispanic-owned businesses.  Such is the case when looking for a central online Hispanic resource that can effectively and efficienly take you to where you want to go.  However, the power of the internet is flexing its muscles once again in the form of "Las Paginas Latinas" which is an internet driven directory.  Utilizing new media technology, Las Paginas Latinas is currently in multiple States and has a very active presence in Arizona.  For more information click here.

Latinos Increasingly Going Online

The online generation was often spoken about in terms of the generation of the future. Today, the online generation has arrived and Hispanic Americans are a major part of its growth, and according to multiple studies, will eventually dominate its future.  With an exploding population number, Hispanics are increasingly going online and participating in the digital world as much as any other group, and in some areas, leading it.  For the rest of the article click here.