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Campaign seeks to connect with ‘Our Families’
Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR — “I still don’t want to accept this,” a visibly emotional Helen Joo says in Korean. “I have to choose because when I think about it as a parent, if I don’t accept my child, then what will happen to him? If I think about that even [...]
‘Creative computer geek’ pursues his love affair with movies
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — When Leopoldo Marino isn’t engaged in his high-tech job designing computer networks for Daimler Trucks North America, he’s likely making movies. Short movies. Experimental movies. And now he has something much, much bigger in the works. Marino has come a long way — geographically and creatively [...]
Wanted: Your opinions and priorities
Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR — Metro, the regional government for Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties, is seeking the opinions of all residents of the region via an online research panel called Opt In, available at www.optinpanel.org. Problem is, they’ve yet to hear from many people of color. Only a very small [...]
CAPACES building in Woodburn first of its kind in the nation
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Woodburn, OR — The future of the design of small office buildings in the U.S. will likely be strongly influenced by the CAPACES Leadership Institute building now taking shape adjacent to the Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) headquarters on Young Street in Woodburn. Combining virtually every advance [...]
Is China to blame for collapse of Blue Heron Paper Company?
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Oregon City, OR — On either side of the river at Willamette Falls, rows of industrial plants monopolize the river’s banks. On the west side, steam rises from the rooftop pipes. On the east side the pipes emit nothing. The empty steel hulks on the east bank formerly housed [...]
Merkley outlines solutions to education, jobs, foreclosure problems
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — With the United States facing the greatest number of crippling problems since the Great Depression, identifying the most urgent ones becomes a matter of perspective. During a 30-minute interview in late October, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., sat down in his 14th-floor suite in Portland to discuss [...]
Latino issues receive support at CAUSA community meeting
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — The first blossoms of the 2012 election unfolded at the auditorium of Rigler School in Northeast Portland in early October. A handful of candidates attended, each promising the crowd of about 250 to support four different issues. Provided the focus at the CAUSA-sponsored event, the four [...]
Miracle Theatre stretches Day of the Dead into 3-week celebration
Portland, OR — Didn’t get enough Day of the Dead at the beginning of the month? Miracle Theatre Group is stretching its annual celebration, which includes the bilingual play ¡VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN! and an accompanying “ofrendas” exhibit, through Nov. 13. Through song and dance, this year’s play honors “las adelitas,” the women who placed themselves [...]
Healthy kids learn better
Lillian Shirley, RN, MPH, MPA Multnomah County Health Department Director Ask any young school-aged child what their favorite part of the school day is, and more often than not, you will hear these answers: recess, lunch, and gym class. They like math, reading, and science too, but they talk about the times that they [...]