San Francisco Women's Centers (SFWC) have helped to guide the lives of girls and women in need of safe spaces that provide advocacy for social justice, gender equality and self-determination for decades. Edificio de Mujeres (The Women's Building) is one of those facilities, and annually assists 20,000 women with needs related to the arts, education, community involvement, and social services.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of a traumatizing and sad day for The United States of America. Half a century ago; on Nov. 22, 1963, President John. F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas, Texas. He left a nation destruct, as he was the most beloved leader this country had ever seen. He brought order and fairness to a time when the U.S. was fighting for equality and prosperity. The assassination of John F. Kennedy has been a moment that nobody has ever forgotten, but he's legacy and his spirit will always be happily remembered.
Latino American men and boys face unique challenges in the United States. Discrimination and disparities are commonplace, as well as tribulations regarding health, poverty, education and well-being.
Undocumented immigrants who are a little more than slightly tech-savvy have an unlikely savior in Mark Zuckerberg, who has vowed to "hack" immigration reform with his latest hiring policy.
The University of Texas chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas will have to find another way to vent their frustrations against the issue of undocumented Latino immigrants, as officials have canceled their controversial "Catch An Illegal Immigrant" game after the vociferous public outcry.
When exceedingly high drop-out rates peaked as educational achievements were at an all-time low among Puerto Rican and Latino youth, a group formed with the mission of offering the community opportunities that would promote development, encourage empowerment, educational advancement, and deliverance from poverty. ASPIRA, which means “aspire” in Spanish, is the name of the organization, founded by Dr. Antonia Pantoja and a group of Puerto Rican educators and professionals in 1961.
When there was a need for an HIV prevention program, leadership direction, and LGBTQ fellowship for the youth in the South Bronx and Western Queens, the Latino Youth in Action was created - and it stepped up to the plate.
Forty percent of the United States homeless populations are under the age of 18, and Hispanics make up 20 percent of the total homeless population. So, with approximately 640,000 homeless in a given year, that means around 51,200 Latino youths experience homelessness on a yearly basis.
Growing up in the age of instant gratification and over-sexualized social media that promotes unrealistic perceptions of beauty, can be a disastrous formula for any young female, especially an impressionable Latina.
The largest Hispanic-owned business in the United States was founded by a working class man who emigrated from Cuba to the United States in 1959. That man, Jorge Mas Canosa, was recruited by an underground utility construction firm in 1969 by the name of Church & Tower, which he would later purchase. Under his guidance, Church & Tower joined forces with a construction company Burnup & Sims in 1994, and together the two companies, now one, assumed the name MasTec.
When you combine innovative tech gurus like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Dropbox's Drew Houston, Microsoft's Bill Gates and LinkedIn's Reid Hoffman with creative thinkers who are passionate and directly affected by immigration reform in the U.S., you have a powerful formula geared towards change.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has been on a roll lately -- he's implemented a "revenge porn" law to protect online victims from their exes, he's tackling the war on drugs with his more lenient stance on nonviolent drug offenders and he's allowed undocumented immigrants who have law licenses to practice law in California -- further expanding immigrants' rights.
Celebrity Latinas in the limelight have spoken out about domestic violence in the past, and many have gained strength and continue in their efforts to help other women in need.
The Graduate Center at CUNY conducted a study 23 years ago, then, again in 2010, which shows that the number of Latinas who graduate from college has doubled.
Spanish-language TV heavyweight Telemundo is reaching out to disadvantaged youth in Los Angeles, Calif. in the hopes of inspiring the next generation of TV broadcasters.
