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Oct 4, 12 •
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By Kate Chester, Portland Community College Oaxaca City, Mexico — “Good morning, class. My name is Ita. Welcome to Spanish A-2. Over the next two weeks we will learn the present and past tenses, along with commands and how to use direct...
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Sep 25, 12 •
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By Ivonne Rivero, El Hispanic News Hillsboro, OR — Over 25 Latino small business owners learned about the importance of recycling to save money and resources during a seminar Sept. 18 at the Virginia Garcia Clinic in Hillsboro. The seminar was...
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Sep 7, 12 •
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By Richard Jones, El Hispanic News Salem, OR — On Monday, Sept. 10, Salem will have a new elementary school — “new” as in “like no other.” On Aug. 28, a grand opening celebration took place at César E. Chávez Elementary School in...
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Aug 2, 12 •
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Reviewed by Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Book Worm Written by Gaby Rodríguez with Jenna Glatzer, c.2012, Simon & Schuster; $17.99/ $19.99 Canada; 218 pages You weren’t really sick at all. You felt fine, in fact, but you said you had a headache,...
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Jul 6, 12 •
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By Ivonne Rivero, El Hispanic News Guest Writer In Portland, and throughout Oregon, there is a growing interest in food — real and slow food — and this trend has not gone unnoticed by audiences hungry for new recipes or by Latino...
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Jul 5, 12 •
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By Olga Sanchez, El Hispanic News Latino artists from as far away as Eugene joined artists from Woodburn, Portland, Beaverton, Hillsboro, and Vancouver at the Latino Artists eXchange 2012, held at El Centro Milagro on June 16th. Writers,...
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May 3, 12 •
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By Renee Ambacher Student Guest Columnist I didn’t spend my spring break with my family, and I didn’t spend it tanning on a beach; instead, I took my head and my heart on a trip and spent a week learning about the immigration issues facing...
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May 3, 12 •
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By Lillian Shirley, RN, MPH, MPA Multnomah County Health Department Director Ismael García remembers the day in sixth grade that his mother sat him down at their kitchen table in Northeast Portland to talk about sex. He was going to start a sexuality...
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Apr 19, 12 •
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Beaverton, OR — Portland Community College’s annual celebration of Hispanic culture April 23-27, with a week-long schedule of workshops, speakers, and entertainment. With the theme, “Unidos tenemos el poder,” or “United we have the power,” Semana...
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Apr 5, 12 •
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Richard Jones El Hispanic News Monmouth, OR — Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch does not measure wealth in terms of bank balances and material possessions. Instead, she told 1,700 Latino students at the 22nd César E. Chávez Leadership Conference, real wealth...
