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Por el Diputado Esteban Torres Uno de los debates más fuertes entre los candidatos para la presidencia este año es el de la inmigración. Sus plataformas tienen el potencial de afectar la vida de millones de familias en Estados Unidos e interesan en particular a la comunidad latina. ¿Cuál...
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By Raul Ray, Esq. On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced executive actions that would expand the existing DACA program and create a new program to allow parents of U.S. citizens and permanent residents to remain in the U.S. and work without fear of deportation. Under the expanded DACA...
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Hilbert Morales / EL OBSERVADOR Many in the Chicano-Latino-Hispanic Silicon Valley communities do not know much about the diversity in their community. Also, many public policy decision-makers treat “Hispanics” as a homogeneous population. Nothing could be further from the reality being experienced by the individuals who make up that cohort...
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Hilbert Morales / EL OBSERVADOR Turnaround Scholarships provides financial rewards to ‘at-risk’ high school seniors who have made admirable changes in their lives, allowing them to graduate and go on to attend college or other accredited training programs. This program is funded by Kiwanis Clubs of Willow Glen, Almaden Valley...
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Jenny Manrique /Especial para El Observador DeAndre, Liberty y Ayanna llegaron a la adultez sin darse cuenta. Pasaron sus años de niñez en hogares sustitutos, casas de crianza, orfanatos, y como no, la calle. Con frecuencia se preguntaron dónde estaban sus padres o por qué no había un adulto...
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Suzanne Potter/ California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – If you have a credit card or a job, have ever seen a doctor or needed a nursing home, you’ve probably signed an arbitration agreement that requires you to give up the right to sue, and go through mediation in the event...
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Hilbert Morales / EL OBSERVADOR Santa Clara University was the venue for first LATINO ECUCATION SUMMIT: SILICON VALLEY on Saturday, April 30, 2016. The local Chicano-Latino-Hispanic community needs to know about this ‘first time ever’ event which took nine months to plan and implement. Implementation was done by Ed Alvarez,...
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Hilbert Morales / EL OBSERVADOR During the morning session of The Latino Education Summit: Silicon Valley held on April 30, 2016 at the Santa Clara University campus, M.C. Esau Herrera surprised the audience by introducing Actor Edward James Olmos. Olmos immediately established rapport with his audience by speaking in both...
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Suzanne Potter / California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – More than two dozen California progressive organizations announced Wednesday they’re forming a new coalition called the “Building the California Dream Alliance.” The groups advocate for many different issues ranging from gender equity, environmental justice, workers’ rights, immigrant rights, health care and...
