By Richard Jones, El Hispanic News Salem — Five years after cutting off driver licenses for those living in Oregon without immigration documents, Oregon’s legislators went back to work and created a means to allow undocumented immigrants to drive on the streets and highways of the state. Oregon Senate Bill 833 will create [...]
That’s right, it’s time to celebrate Mexico’s victory in the Battle of Puebla. While the grocery stores and television ads would have folks in the U.S. believe it’s all about beer and tortilla chips, there’s real history and a real sense of culture and community behind el Cinco de Mayo. Luckily, we not only have [...]
On April 8 Gov. John Kitzhaber signed a proclamation declaring April 26 Cesar Chavez Community Service Day in Oregon. In a release, Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs Chair Andrea Cano said the day not only honors the civil rights leader, but also commemorates the individuals and groups “working together to assure a quality of [...]
By Richard Jones, El Hispanic News
By Julie Cortez, El Hispanic News If comedy is hard, try hustling for laughs while belting out arias. Oh, and you’re going to have to pass muster as a Shakespearean actor at the same time. And wear a fat suit. “You have a body over your body that you don’t feel,” says bass baritone [...]
By Alberto Moreno, El Hispanic News In 1977 we arrived in this country. My sister and I. After travelling on Coyote’s back for thousands of miles across uncharted territories. Unknown to us at the time another voyager had also begun its own journey, its own tentative improbable migration across a different frontier. On the [...]
By Richard Jones, El Hispanic News Hillsboro, OR — Blocks away from the Tom Hughes Civic Central Plaza in Hillsboro, one could hear the Elvis Presley sound-alike belting out the King’s hits. En español, no less. Foods and crafts awaited the crowd. Hillsboro’s ninth annual Latino Cultural Fiesta was in high gear. And, [...]
By Julie Cortez, El Hispanic News Robin Castro and John Halseth were married once — for a very short time. The brevity of their union was not caused by infidelity, or youthful haste, or disregard for the hard work needed to make a marriage last. Together almost 18 years, Castro and Halseth are, [...]
On April 2, Gov. John Kitzhaber signed House Bill 2787, also known as the Tuition Equity bill, into law. The bill, which was passed by the Oregon House in February and the Oregon Senate in March, allows undocumented youth to pay in-state tuition if they have lived in the U.S. for five years, attended [...]
By Carmen Rubio, Latino Network Last year, Latino Network’s board of directors and staff chose to support water fluoridation because we see it as a basic public health service and a social justice issue. Nearly 100 percent of the families we work with live in poverty. Access to basic human services such as dental [...]
