Voters are being pulled hard from both directions in South Texas (2/25/2008)
The number of people speaking Spanish at home in the U.S. has increased from 30.5 million in 2004 to 34.0 million in 2006 (11/29/2007)
Guadalupe Perez Gonzales filed suit in a Waco district court Wednesday against Joe Rodriguez and the chamber (11/29/2007)
Latino community leaders see this as the time to act if they want to head off gangs becoming so organized they actually claim specific Salem neighborhoods (11/28/2007)
The Patriots drew a 7.5 rating among Hispanic viewers, surpassing ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" (11/28/2007)
In recent weeks the worry about illegal immigration has slightly edged out terrorism for fourth place (11/28/2007)
There are 11,621 firefighters in NYC, but just 666 of them are Hispanic, 337 are black and 75 Asian-American (11/28/2007)
While the immigration debate in Congress ended months ago, the immigrant jokes haven't (11/28/2007)
Nearly 9 percent of Hispanic high school students dropped out of high school in the 2005-06 school year (11/27/2007)
Venezuela seems likely to start an extraordinary experiment in centralized, oil-fueled socialism (11/17/2007)
Marilyn Martinez dies at 52 (11/13/2007)
Three guns linked to Pancho Villa were auctioned for nearly $29,000 (11/12/2007)
Juan Luis Guerra was the big winner at the eighth annual Latin Grammy Awards (11/09/2007)
Last year, blacks were 2.3 times more likely, and Hispanics twice as likely, to get high-cost loans as whites (11/04/2007)
"The Democrats clearly do not want to antagonize Hispanic voters" (11/01/2007)
Maybe Mr. Gold was working the wrong market (10/30/2007)
Democratic strategists know that the Latino vote is their future (10/29/2007)
The B & H photo and electronics equipment store has agreed to pay $4.3 million to settle a discrimination case (10/17/2007)
"For blacks, especially, it mimics the 50s-style suburban movement, most pronounced for married couples with children, owners and the upwardly mobile" (10/17/2007)
Disparities in Mortgages by Race (10/15/2007)
"Mr. McPherson knows what he likes and he works extremely hard to make ABC's shows better" (10/07/2007)
We would like to find fugitive aliens at 100 percent of the locations we go to, but it's not an exact science (9/21/2007)
"The Republican candidates need to understand that they are doing a great disservice to our country" (9/10/2007)
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Three of Salem's leading Hispanic action groups tonight will host the first of two community forums aimed at tackling the city's youth gang problem. The forum is at McKay High School in northeast Salem. It will be in Spanish, and directed toward Latino families and communities affected by gang violence, said Levi Herrera, director of the Mano a Mano Family Center. The second forum, also at McKay, will be in English and will focus on community-wide initiatives to keep gangs from becoming more prevalent and violent. It will be held Dec. 5. Leading local law enforcement officials have agreed to attend, Herrera said. They include the Marion County district attorney and sheriff, the police chiefs from Salem and Keizer and leaders from the Marion County juvenile department. "We're trying to reach to the Latino community first," Herrera said. "What we have found in working with the Latino community, most of the time they're unaware of the resources available to help them." The forums are hosted by Mano a Mano, Latinos Unidos Siempre and the Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality. They are hoping at least 150 people attend each forum. Police are concerned that some recent events, including a shootout on a residential street in Keizer involving a hail of bullets, mark a potential resurgence in gang activity. Herrera said community leaders see this as the time to act if they want to head off gangs becoming so organized they actually claim specific Salem neighborhoods. "You still have gang members who live on the same street but they're from different gangs. We still have time," he said. "We really see the next five years as a critical time where Salem can get in there and start helping those kids, showing them other options." |
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