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Oregon legislators get bad grades on equity report card
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Salem, OR — How good was the Oregon Legislature in 2011? If you were to look at the Oregon Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity, the answer would be pretty poor. The “report card” was drafted by a coalition of seven organizations that represent minority groups. The coalition considered 23 [...]
Mercado Latino still in search of perfect location
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — A spirit of optimism filled the room at the January organizing meeting for Portland’s proposed Mercado Latino. Considering the pros and cons of seven operating procedures for the market, 22 voting members passionately debated the issues before casting their votes. Nathan Teske of Hacienda CDC served as [...]
Report reveals ‘unsettling’ disparities for Latinos in Multnomah County
Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR — From income and homeownership levels to high school graduation rates, Latinos continue to lag far behind whites in Multnomah County, and in some cases the gap is becoming even wider. Those are among the findings of “The Latino Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile,” a report [...]
Bilingual exhibit explores bittersweet nature of Bracero Program
Julie Cortez El Hispanic News Portland, OR —The good, the bad, and the in-between of this nation’s largest guest-worker program will be on display during “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964,” a bilingual exhibition coming to the Oregon History Museum at the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) Feb. 18-April 1. The exhibition opens with a “Family [...]
Federal agency simplifies reunification process for some immigrant families
Richard Jones El Hispanic News Portland, OR — The first week of 2012 brought a shift in immigration policy that will help bring some families together by speeding up access to green cards to spouses of U.S. citizens. Alejandro Mayorkas, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced “a regulatory change that would reduce [...]
Multnomah County holds immunization clinics to help students stay in school
Lillian Shirley, RN, MPH, MPA Multnomah County Health Department Director February 15 is School Exclusion Day. Exclusion day is when local public schools, pre-schools, Head Start programs, kindergartens, private schools, and other children’s facilities will begin denying admission to students who do not have their required vaccines up to date. Families will receive letters stating [...]
Opinion: Where the Occupy Movement must go from here
Rich Cohen Guest opinion The unprecedented Occupy Movement has given the American people a voice for their grievances and for their hopes and in doing so now have that voice on our side. The power elites are becoming rattled and fighting back knowing that the moral force behind our cause is now taking root in [...]
Community Column: I have a dream
Alberto Moreno Community columnist Last month, on a cold January morning, we as a country, as a state, as a people, celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. Each year we are brought together as one global community to remember his legacy, to remember his dream. In one of the most celebrated and prophetic [...]
Column: Dignity and Justice require no green card or visa
Diego Conde Attorney-at-Law I have dedicated this column to the discussion of legal topics that affect our Hispanic community. One of the questions that more frequently arises is the access to justice for undocumented people in Oregon. In 2006, 12 million people were estimated to be in the United States without proper documentation or authorization. [...]