The first study to measure the economic impact of Southeast Michigan's Hispanic community finds that Hispanics contribute $14.5 billion to the regional economy and support more than 180,000 jobs.
The study, released Thursday at the annual Hispanic Business Expo and Economic Summit at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, shows Hispanics as an "incredibly vital economic cog" in Southeast Michigan, said Fred Feliciano, president of the Hispanic Business Alliance.
"I'm very excited about it," said Belda Garza, a project manager in Metro Detroit who attended the expo. "We've always known Hispanics really contribute to economic growth, but we've never had anything in writing." READ FULL STORYRead more…
They use lipstick as a beauty accessory and a political weapon. At home, they're the boss. They keep in touch via Facebook. When they call to ask for your vote, in English or Spanish, you hear their children in the background. They say what matters this election are education, taxes, health care, immigration reform and "values." READ FULL STORYRead more…
In the 2004 U.S. presidential elections 70 percent of Asian American, 69 percent of Latina, and 40 percent of African American registered women voters did not cast a ballot. READ FULL STORYRead more…
St. John’s Eye Specialists have joined EyeCare America’s national campaign to raise Hispanics’ awareness of eye disease risk factors, according to a St. John’s news release.
St. John’ Eye Specialists have volunteered to offer care for EyeCare America patients, the news release said.
According to the National Americans Eye Health and Eye Disease Survey, 76 percent of Hispanics did not know that their ethnicity was a risk factor for vision loss and blindness. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Local Artists Converge for First Event at Burger King Studio
Part art gallery, part think tank: the new Burger King Studio at 1904 W. North Avenue will launch this Friday, October 24 (7-9 p.m.) to present a unique social laboratory that highlights the work of local artists in an interactive and engaging studio space featuring three installations over the span of 6 weekends. The studio is a partnership between Burger King and cutting edge artists and designers that take the “Have it Your Way” spirit out of the store and into the world. Join artists/designers Charlie Owens, Veggiesomething, Angel D’Amico, Blutt and Risk as they contribute artwork elements that can be remixed and printed as one-of-a-kind t-shirts. The second installation opens November 7 during which six artist/designers will create a custom set of hand painted Nike Dunks and a companion custom Burger King crown. Friday, November 27 will feature the third and final installation with the studio transformed into a one-of-a kind skate park, filled with the work of six designers scattered across ramps, skate decks and posters. More information available at: http://burgerkingstudio.comRead more…
"I want to do it right," San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom told El Mensajero when asked why he decided to delay granting municipal IDs to city residents, regardless of their immigration status.
In an interview held the day after a San Francisco Supreme Court judge found that the ID cards did not violate federal or state laws, Newsom said the decision didn’t surprise him. He said he knew they would win the case against the lawsuit filed by The Immigration Reform Law Institute that sought to prevent the cards from being issued. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Vice presidential hopeful Joe Biden peddled a middle-class and patriotic message to low- and middle-income voters in Colorado on Tuesday afternoon, calling for an economic overhaul and an end to negative campaigning so both sides can focus on helping Americans.
Before a largely Latino crowd at Adams City High School, Biden talked about the vitality of small businesses, accessible health insurance and his Republican opponent John McCain, who he said would run the country like President Bush.
"If it looks like a Bush, if it sounds like a Bush, if it votes like a Bush, it is a Bush economic philosophy," he said. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Eddie `Piolin' Sotelo uses his top Spanish-language show to inspire fans to vote.
"Despiertese!" Wake up! It's 4 a.m., and Spanish-language talk-show host Eddie Sotelo is jump-starting his listeners - janitors pushing brooms in dark office buildings, truckers on the road, fast-food cooks flipping sausages for the breakfast rush.
Most Americans have never heard of the small-framed Sotelo, known as "Piolin," or Tweety Bird. But the loyalty of his listeners, many of them immigrants like himself, has helped propel his syndicated show, "Piolin por la Manana," to the No. 1 morning radio slot, regardless of language, in markets from Los Angeles to Phoenix, Dallas, Las Vegas and Chicago, according to Arbitron. READ FULL STORYRead more…
National and local Hispanic pastors urged Latinos Tuesday to choose values over the economy and vote for Sen. John McCain for president.
"We believe that there are more important things than money and our economy," said Gilberto Velez, chairman of the board of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. "The Latino community is very well known for their principles and their morals." READ FULL STORYRead more…
The San Francisco Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (SFHCC) and the San Francisco Business Times have honored Comcast's Lorena Hernandez, Regional Director of Communications for Comcast California, as one of the top Latino leaders in the Bay Area. Hernandez was recognized for her community efforts as part of the 4th Annual Latino Business Leadership Awards. READ FULL STORYRead more…
A new study confirms that discrimination is a stress factor that is related to obesity, but surprisingly, this is most true among ethnic white groups and not blacks or Hispanics.
"We wanted to determine whether feeling discriminated against was linked with having excess tummy fat in adults," says Haslyn Hunte, an assistant professor of health and kinesiology at Purdue University who led this study as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar. "We did find such a link – but not where we expected. Feelings of discrimination were associated with excess stomach fat among ethnic whites – Italians, Jews, Irish and Polish Americans in Chicago – but not among other whites, blacks or Hispanics. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Antonio Vasquez was just 60 when Alzheimer’s disease derailed him.
He lost his job at a Queens bakery because he kept burning chocolate chip cookies, forgetting he had put them in the oven. Then he got lost going to job interviews, walking his neighborhood in circles.
Teresa Mojica of Philadelphia was 59 when she got Alzheimer’s, making her so argumentative and delusional that she sometimes hits her husband. And Ida J. Lawrence was 57 when she started misplacing things and making mistakes in her Boston dental school job. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Hispanics from Mexico integrate consistently with all ethnic groups over generations in the United States, researchers said.
"Hispanics in 2003 became the largest minority group in the U.S.," lead author John Iceland of the Pennsylvania State University said in a statement. "We were interested in finding the role of race and nativity in their residential patterns."
While previous studies suggest that residential segregation between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites is lower than that between African-Americans and non-Hispanic whites, comparisons among Hispanic subgroups are hard to tease out. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Democrats will hold rallies in seven cities this weekend in what they call an unprecedented effort to get Hispanics to vote early for Barack Obama.
"If Latinos get out there and vote and vote early for this ticket, our voice will resonate," Denise Maes, chairwoman of the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, said at a Monday news conference.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and California Democratic congressmen Xavier Becerra and Joe Baca will be among Obama surrogates at rallies Saturday in Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Pueblo, Commerce City, Aurora and Longmont. The effort is part of an initiative called "Viva el Voto!". READ FULL STORYRead more…
Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to die in U.S. emergency rooms after a trauma than white patients are, researchers report.
Moreover, uninsured ER patients are more likely to die compared with insured patients, according to the study in the October issue of the Archives of Surgery. READ FULL STORYRead more…
This Election Day, California voters will enter the ballot booth and decide whether pregnant teenage girls should have stronger parental involvement prior to an abortion. Supporting a new mainstream policy will safeguard the emotional and physical health of young Latinas in our community.
At issue is Proposition 4, the statewide ballot initiative that seeks to provide common-sense parental notification before the termination of a minor’s pregnancy. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Over the past three decades, the income disparity between Latino and non-Hispanic white students entering four-year colleges and universities has increased fourfold, with the difference in median household income growing from $7,986 in 1975 to $32,965 in 2006, according to a new UCLA report on Latino college students. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Latinitas, ( www.latinitas magazine.org ) the first digital magazine made for and by Hispanic girls, knows firsthand the effects of abstinence only sex-education, being America’s sub-group that experiences the highest level of teen pregnancy than any other community in the United States. READ FULL STORYRead more…
They came to the bookstore by the hundreds Saturday morning to see Eduardo Verástegui, a Mexican actor they admire for both his looks and his message of faith. Mexican soap opera and film star Eduardo Verástegui poses for a photo with fan Rachel Cantu, 94, during a book and DVD signing event Saturday in Sacramento. The star is a devout Catholic. READ FULL STORYRead more…
Tu Voto Si Cuenta is the slogan for a statewide effort to get Connecticut's Latino residents who are U.S. citizens to vote.The English translation is: Your vote does count."It's a nonpartisan campaign," said Valeriano Ramos, director of constituent services for Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz and state coordinator for Tu Voto Si Cuenta. READ FULL STORYRead more…
