Inspiring the Latino Community

The presence of Latino leaders in all levels of government is necessary in order to have advocates who will represent the needs of the Latino community. Although the Latino population is on the rise and quickly becoming one of the largest ethnic minorities in the United States, the ethnic and racial backgrounds of leaders in government positions are not reflective of our nation’s diversity. Leadership can be developed within the Latino community by individuals who are active participants, have strong roots in their community, and

The television show, George Lopez, is a series in which Latinos make up the entire cast of the family. It takes place in the present day Los Angeles and focuses on a family and their daily lifestyle. This is one of two television shows that are directed to the English speaking population that has the Latino minority as the main ethnicity of the cast.

Throughout this first chapter of Latino Americans the key points in my opinion were the following. Starting with the origin story of the Americas, the book mentions there might not be a definitive starting point because there “500 nations in North America before a European ship ever dropped anchor off the Eastern Seaboard” (Suarez 3). The book from this point on chronologically starts narrating, first about 55 years before Protestant refugees from Mayflower ever stepped on American soil, a Spanish sailor Pedro Menendez de Aviles forced French protestants from their Florida coast settlement to then stablish St. Augustine. From this point the book continues to tell the stories of Juan de Oñate, from witnessing the founding of Santa Fe, the oldest capital of North America, to exploring more than half a dozen of American states, he is one of the most fundamental conquistadors who is the least

George Lopez was born and raised in Mission Hills, California, and was abandoned by his father when he was two years old. George and his mother then moved into the home of his maternal

George Lopez was born on April 23, 1961 in Mission Hills, California. George Lopez is 55 years old and live in the Mission Hills in Los Angeles.

Mexican American empowerment was the goal of The Chicano Movement of the 1960s, it was a civil rights movement extending the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. During this movement there were three goals that were achieved, which was land was restored, education reforms were gained and the rights for farm workers. . Latinos lacked influence in the national political arena prior to the 1960’s but that changed when the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) were diligent in working to get John F. Kennedy elected president in 1960, which in turn established Latinos as a significant voting bloc. Once in office Kennedy had shown his gratitude towards the Latino community by addressing their concerns of the Hispanic community

I was born in Inglewood, CA son of two immigrant parents. As a young boy, I always knew the importance of education, it was engrained in me by my mother and father. They both grew up in Mexico where they both loved school until their economic hardships forced them to come to the U.S. and work. I was the first generation in my family to go to college and will be the first to pursue a graduate degree.

Freshman year during my lunch period, I had decided to participate in technology squad to assist those unfamiliar with software applications such as PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, and Google Docs. Also I was responsible to assign laptops out to students who needed them. When I heard of EMT Club, I automatically joined because I wanted to learn more on what it takes to become an EMT. I handed out candy grams to raise money for the ambulance corps and got to listen to current medical technicians that provided an overview of their responsibilities. In addition I attended a first aid class and got certified, so I can lend a helping hand in an emergency. Outside of school in the Fair Lawn Jewish Center Religious School, I helped students learn the hebrew alphabet and planned activities that would keep them engaged.

The 1965-1980 the Mexican Americans, were over the discrimination and the poor life conditions. They looked to find a new way of living from building a Chicano identity. The Pride and Prejudice action stated through a few farm workers named Ceasar Chavez and Dolores Huerta who protested on Sacramento for fair pay and justified working conditions. The level headed discussion over undocumented outsiders erupts, with a backfire that in the long run incorporates calls for fixed fringes, English-just laws and endeavors to mark undocumented workers as a deplete on open assets. All the while, the Latino impact is blasting in

The Indiana Latino Institute celebrates the Hispanic Heritage Month that begins September 15 and concludes on October 15. Each annual celebration is filled with diverse events throughout the month. The “Orange-ing” of the canal was the first of many events for the Indiana Latino Institute as part of their month-long celebration. The event included Zumba to Despacito, lunch from local food trucks, and promotional booths, including a partnership with the American Red Cross of Indiana to gather donations for hurricane relief in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Florida, and Texas.

Imagine all your life you been surrounded with people that have the same characteristic as you. You didn't even know that you been separated into a group in which you classify in depending where you live, the color of your skin and income level. All my life I have been surrounded with latinos, the group I belong to at school, where I live, and daily activities i do. I didn't even know my race impacted my life until I went to college and explored places out of my comfort zone. Throughout history people have been separated into a specific group based on the color of their skin and how they physically look. These groups were separated into a dominant and nondominant group, which were whites the dominant group and minorities (african americans, asians, mexicans etc…) the non dominant group, but as times passes by minorities start to rebel to have equal dominance as whites. Now we have more freedom and power in this world. I am going to share experience I had when I was growing up that impacted my life being the race I am.

Maria Isabel Trevino was born on January 31, 1976 in Los Aldamas, Nuevo Leon: she lived here for two months subsequent to when she was born. One day her dad, Benito Resendez, and mom, Andrea Resendez, and her older brother, Abel Resendez, crossed her in the car illegally because they needed to go to California to work in the fields and the process for her citizenship had just begun and there

The questions that Latino leaders should ask themselves are: What do we as a society want to do with our lives? Accomplish our goals, reach our dreams, exert what we desire, or be one more sheep in the herd? We need to be intelligent enough to avoid choosing the pathway that is exercised by the majority of immigrants in this country. As a matter of fact, a large portion of immigrants forget their culture, their roots, their family; they forget everything in order to “stand out” in any foreign country they migrate to. We have to ask ourselves if we want a change, or if we are going to permit that the majority of the Latin-American nations continue to be considered as third world countries. Do we want to continue being governed by corrupt leaders, liars, who only care about money, themselves, and only take advantage of “their” people? We have to ask ourselves if we are going to keep permitting corruptors to continue expanding, or whether someone is going to speak up for his people, his country, and for his family, someone who not only cares about money, nor just oneself, someone who actually cares about his community.

The most pervasive issue in my community is Latinos going downhill in pride and education. The reason for this is that upper classes such as Asians are above Latinos while Hispanics and African Americans are at the bottom. What addresses this are poverty and lack of education from family status. Hispanic students need to be more up there on top where Asian students are, which I mean doctors and lawyers that are high paying jobs. In order for Latinos to do well in school then there needs to be change in America and we need to be more recognized to succeed. There needs to be more awareness of the Hispanic populations to see their own issues and know what can be changed. I will educate Latinos to stay in school and then they will see how much progress they have made for themselves. A bachelor’s degree looks a lot better than having a high school diploma or no diploma at all.

A key component to this study has been the involvement and advocacy in the community by the promotoras who work with Revision in Westwood. Promotoras are community members who work to promote civic advancement through the propagation of information to the people of their respective neighborhoods. This arrangement is common in Latino communities and often the role is assumed by women who are respected and active in the improvement of their neighborhoods. Promotoras usually are responsible for sharing specialized information normally not within the territory of their expertise (67). Because of this, education and training for the promotoras is often necessary to help them better understand the content they will be distributing. This model has been very effective for a number of communities. There are many documented case