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Mexican Director, Bill Melendez dies at age 91.  Known best for directing the 1965 Classic, A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS as well as his skills as an animator for Warner Bros.  An activist and a former President of the Cartoonists guild his death is truly a loss for the Latino Community.

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Chicago Public Schools agreed, and in 2005, opened 15 third-shift preschool classes in six schools: Barry, Belmont-Cragin, Falconer, Hanson Park, Lloyd and Schubert. The programs begin at 2:30 or 3 p.m. and end after 5 p.m.

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During more than a decade of attending school in North Forest, Christian Perez, a first-generation American, had one teacher who looked like him.

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Alberta has become home to increasing populations of people from Latin America. The Latinos have brought a rich cultural tradition of music, dance, food, and much more that has added a little spice and colour to the province’s rich cultural fabric. Calgary’s Latino community has celebrated that rich heritage since 1995 with the popular Expo [...]

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PORTLAND, Ore. - The Hispanic population in Oregon continues to grow, according to the latest census numbers.
New data indicates Latinos are the fastest growing group in Oregon.

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Over the last 15 years of my life, where I have been an activist and blogger working with and writing about immigrant issues, being told to go back where I came from (Queens, NYC) and being threatened is nothing new. But given the current political climate being a Latina and being an outspoken advocate for [...]

The race to the podium just got a little spicier.

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In Part One I say that in a perfect world minorities would have as much access to the fine arts – and the training to participate in them – as the average Caucasian.

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