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Latino Lion Still Roaring
That old lion of Latino affairs in Nebraska, Marty Ramirez, 73, still has plenty of roar left in him. Though retired from a long career as a University of Nebraska-Lincoln counselor and psychologist, he remains active as a voice for disenfranchised peoples. He holds workshops for Nebraska Appleseed and advises individuals and organizations on […]
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Latino Lion Still Roaring
That old lion of Latino affairs in Nebraska, Marty Ramirez, 73, still has plenty of roar left in him. Though retired from a long career as a University of Nebraska-Lincoln counselor and psychologist, he remains active as a voice for disenfranchised peoples. He holds workshops for Nebraska Appleseed and advises individuals and organizations on […]
A life in music
Mariachi captivated veteran music teacher Rosemary Flores as a girl when visiting her maternal grandparents in Kansas City, Her grandfather played vinyl records on a Victrola featuring traditional Mexican sounds. “I fell in love with that style of music,” she said. At school in South Omaha the only child studied classical violin. “I […]
Sergio Sosa: Unstoppable social justice defender
Sergio Sosa’s eyes don’t stop shining when he talks about social justice. He’s been working his entire life as an organizer and has seen “a Latino community that returns home as if arriving from a war, with damaged bodies, some of them mutilated, unable to work again due to work-related accidents.” He has not, however, […]
Nueva Visita del Consulado de Guatemala
Nuevamente la comunidad guatemalteca que radica en la periferia de Fremont se verá beneficiada con la próxima visita del Consulado General de Guatemala en Denver. La visita es llamada “consulado móvil” y busca acercarse a todos los guatemaltecos de esta zona que no pueden visitar las oficinas generales de dicha dependencia gubernamental. En […]
Javier Saldana’s family-community ties extend across Nebraska and down to Mexico Army soldier and UNO administrator feels bound to serve
Javier Saldana, 29, found his calling in Columbus, Nebraska, where as a high school student he served on the Junior City Council. He took service to a whole new level as a U.S. Army enlistee. He did two war-time deployments and today serves fellow war veterans as acting director of the Office of Military and […]
Former corporate manager has reinvented herself as an entrepreneur and mentor
Asked once what single word best describes her, entrepreneur Diva Mejias answered: “Determination.” “Exactly. You have to have the will to do it,” said the owner of DM Financial Services and Complete Tax Solutions. The petite double minority rose through the ranks in the white, male-dominated corporate culture of United Parcel Service before taking […]
Mujeres con cancer de mama serán consentidas por profesionales de la belleza.
En la ciudad de Omaha ha surgido una idea fenomenal: Hacer lucir hermosas a todas aquellas mujeres que luchas contra el cancer de mama. “Sabemos que todas las mujeres son hermosas, pero en este mes de sensibilización sobre el cáncer de mama, queremos decirle a todas ellas guerreras que esta luchando contra esa […]
Medios de comunicación Latinos se mantienen posicionados en EE.UU.
Los medios de comunicación de habla hispana en los Estados Unidos han tenido que posicionarse con mucho esfuerzo en un gran mercado en el que el idioma inglés es dominante y la población de latinos actual en el país es de casi 18%, según expresa Joaquín Blaya, empresario y pionero en medios en español en […]
