Politicians need to expand conversations with Hispanic community
Politicians need to expand conversations with Hispanic community R RALEIGH -- North Carolina's Hispanic community is about more than just driver's licenses and in-state tuition.But that's what the current debate about Hispanics in the state has been reduced to.Recent census data indicates Hispanics account for 50 percent of the population growth experienced last year in the United States. Childbirth is the leading cause of the exploding Hispanic...
Mayor Lauds Hispanic Community's Role in Tulsa, Okla.
May 19 Mayor Bill LaFortune wants to see the Hispanic community continue its interweaving with the fabric of the city. Already, several initiatives between the Hispanic community and the city are evident in areas of public safety and education, among others."I appreciate the growth of the Hispanic community. I encourage it. I think it's fantastic for our city, and I'm proud of it," LaFortune said.As the guest speaker Wednesday at the...
Service agencies struggle to help Hispanic community
Getting services to the Hispanic community isn't easy. Language and culture are the biggest barriers. And just a few years ago it was hard to prove the services were even needed, said Christine Sergent, the nutrition program director at Dutchess County's Cornell Cooperative Extension in Millbrook.But the Hispanic population in Dutchess County nearly doubled in the 1990s, reaching more than 18,000 people by 2000. And many Hispanics are new immigrants with relatively...
Hispanic community focuses on education
The Hispanic community's attitude toward education differs from the attitude of the general community. As a result, Hispanic children as a group undervalue education. Too many do not complete high school. Too few go to college. If Hispanics in Lancaster and nationwide want to improve their life prospects, they must first change their attitude toward education. Many educators have recognized this, but getting the Hispanic community to acknowledge the problem has...
Hispanic Community: SMALL LIKELIHOOD SEEN OF HISPANIC ADVANCES
The District's Hispanic community deserves a bigger share of city services, contracts and jobs, but that will be hard to deliver during a time of shrinking resources, city, business and labor officials said yesterday That economic reality means that gains for one group in many cases will have to come at the expense of others, and the political reality is that Hispanics, with 5,000 registered voters, make up less than 2 percent of the city's electorate.The D.C. Latino...