The Latino Leaders Network develops ongoing opportunities for "Bringing Leaders Together" to establish relationships and dialogue on issues important to the Latino community.
Grace Chung
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — A coalition of Latino organizations said Tuesday that teen pregnancies in their community wouldn’t drop without more help from parents.
“To say that we are in a crisis is an understatement,” said Amy Hinojosa, the director of leadership initiatives at MANA, a national Latina organization that’s a coalition participant.
More than half of [...]
Por Milagros Meléndez-Vela
El Tiempo Latino
Una de cada dos adolescentes latinas en Estados Unidos quedan embarazadas antes de los 20 años, según un estudio publicado el martes 19 por la Campaña Nacional para Prevenir Embarazos en Adolescentes.
Las cifras —según activistas y políticos hispanos— reflejan un problema de salud pública que no es atendido en su magnitud.
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Por Elvira Valenzuela Crocker – Hispanic Link
Latino News and Opinion
09:30 | 05/20/09
The Latino Leaders Network was launched in the nation’s capital five years ago by advocate and business leader Mickey Ibarra to establish relationships and dialogue among Hispanic movers and shakers of all political stripes on issues of particular importance to the community.
Its quarterly Leadership [...]
By Grace Chung
McClatchy Newspapers
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
A coalition of Latino organizations said Tuesday that teen pregnancies in their community wouldn’t drop without more help from parents.
“To say that we are in a crisis is an understatement,” said Amy Hinojosa, the director of leadership initiatives at MANA, a national Latina organization that’s a coalition participant.
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In Memory of Latino Leaders Network Board member, Raul Rubio...
Raul Lorenzo Rubio was born September 5, 1960 in Laredo, Texas.
Raul began his journey in southern Texas. Because he couldn't travel overseas as a young man, he explored Mexico. Mexico was his Europe for a time, those wonderful travels fostering his interest in still-broader exploration.