MALDEF Honors Life of Richard Chavez

MALDEF Honors the Life of Richard E. Chavez, Farmworker Justice Advocate and Civil Rights Hero (Nov. 12, 1929 – July 27, 2011) Community mourns loss of iconic United Farm Worker leader, brother to Cesar Chavez, and partner-in-life to Dolores Huerta LOS ANGELES, CA - The civil rights community has suffered a major and heartbreaking loss; Richard [...]

SALEF 16th Annual Awards and Scholarship Banquet – 10/21/11

Cityhood for East L.A. Community Meetings 7/29, 7/30

Forward this message Dear Cityhood Supporter, As you know, East LA’s Comprehensive Fiscal Analysis (CFA) was released earlier this month. This week you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions about this study from the consultants who prepared it! Needless to say, this document is long overdue to determine the overall health of our local economy [...]

Beating the Odds: High School ‘Dropouts’ Earn Diploma At East LA Program Facing Big Cuts

By Gloria Angelina Castillo, EGP Staff Writer Published by Eastern Group Publications, Inc. http://egpnews.com/?p=29897 July 21, 2011 While the 2011 season for pomp and circumstance has already wrapped up at Los Angeles area schools, not until last week did nearly three-dozen students at an East Los Angeles-based academy finally received their diplomas. It was a [...]

Apply to the LOFT Actionable Leadership Summit, September 14-15 in Washington, DC

LOFT Actionable Leadership Summit September 14 & 15, 2011 Washington, D.C.—Capitol Hill The 2011 LOFT Actionable Leadership Summit aims to train and equip young Latino/Hispanic college students to lead in the face of the most imminent challenges confronting the next generation. Hosted by the Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the Latinos on the Fast Track program, this inaugural [...]

Telenovela Superstars William Levy and Maite Perroni to Host the 25th Hispanic Heritage Awards

TELENOVELA SUPERSTARS WILLIAM LEVY AND MAITE PERRONI TO HOST THE 25TH HISPANIC HERITAGE AWARDS Awards ceremony will take place September 15th, 2011 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, DC WASHINGTON, D.C., JUNE 28, 2011 – The Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) announced today that superstars William Levy and Maite Perroni, Mexican telenovelas’ sweethearts will [...]