Latino Leaders Network » Media Coverage http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org Mickey Ibarra, Founder and Chairman Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:36:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 President of National Council of La Raza calls for 2011 All-Star game to move http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/president-of-national-council-of-la-raza-calls-for-2011-all-star-game-to-move/ http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/president-of-national-council-of-la-raza-calls-for-2011-all-star-game-to-move/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:15:45 +0000 admin http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/?p=459 When a host of individuals and organizations called for Major League Baseball’s 2011 All-Star Game to be moved from Phoenix in protest of Arizona’s new racial profiling law, MLB commissioner Bud Selig flubbed his response. Read more by clicking MurguiaESPN-OpEd.

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]]> http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/nosotros/feed/ 0 Un astronauta hispano “aterriza” en Washington http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/un-astronauta-hispano-aterriza-en-washington/ http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/un-astronauta-hispano-aterriza-en-washington/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 17:39:17 +0000 admin http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/?p=427 El astronauta mexicoamericano, Jose Moreno Hernandez, “aterrizo” en Washington DC el lunes 1 para recibir un premio de manos del Latino Leaders Network. Hernandez es el noveno astronauta latino y cuarto mexicano.

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]]> http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/un-astronauta-hispano-aterriza-en-washington/feed/ 0 Promoting Diversity on the Hill, Congress Falls Short http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/promoting-diversity-on-the-hill-congress-falls-short/ http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/promoting-diversity-on-the-hill-congress-falls-short/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:03:23 +0000 admin http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/?p=398 Mickey Ibarra
The Hill

America is becoming more diverse each year. According to the most recent Census data from 2000, the numbers of Latinos and Asians in the United States will triple over the next half-century. By the close of 2010, it is estimated that minorities will number more than 110 million out of a total population of 309 million. Latinos represent an estimated 15% of the American population…

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]]> http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/promoting-diversity-on-the-hill-congress-falls-short/feed/ 0 Parents’ help sought to cut Latina teen-pregnancy rates http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/parents-help-sought-to-cut-latina-teen-pregnancy-rates-2/ http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/coverage/parents-help-sought-to-cut-latina-teen-pregnancy-rates-2/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 04:40:58 +0000 admin http://www.latinoleadersnetwork.org/?p=288 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 Latina teens will get pregnant before they turn 20, the coalition reported, which is nearly twice the national average and the highest pregnancy rate of any U.S. ethnic or racial group.

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