The Nubian & El Latino News - 8 OCT 22

Rising for a Better Tomorrow

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION

Wadner Gedeon, last July, obtained a certified Doctor of Education degree from the American College of Education University. Gedeon is the current principal at Mott Elementary School in the Trenton School District. On the day of his graduation, he was happy and grateful: “I want to thank my wife for

Los miembros de la familia Muñoz hicieron una pausa para posar a la cámara, mientras caminaban de prisa para llegar a tiempo al parque de Trenton donde se celebró en septiembre su cultura, su música y sus tradiciones.

La mayoría de las familias que deciden abandonar su patria natal no es por falta de cariño a la tierra que los vio nacer; al contrario ese amor y cariño que traen se agranda aún más cuando ya están en este país. Muchas familias Latinas con esfuerzo y dedicación alcanzan el

Pastor Mark Broach and First Lady Jennifer Broach

The Nubian News & El Latino News celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

By Al Alatunji

TRENTON- September 15th to October 15th is National Hispanic Heritage Month. The month-long celebration recognizes the valuable contributions made by residents of Hispanic descent to all aspects of American life, including leadership in public service, sports, business, the arts, science, technology, educa tion and civil and human rights.

Hispanic Heritage Month, which was first observed in 1968, begins each year on September 15th. Sep tember 15th was chosen as the start ing point for the celebration of His panic Heritage Month because it is the anniversary of the independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatema la, Honduras and Nicaragua. In ad dition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on Septem ber 16 and September 18.

Hispanics have had a profound and positive influence in the US through

their strong commitment to family, faith, hard work and service. His panics have shaped and enhanced US society with centuries-old tra ditions that reflect the multiethnic and multicultural customs of their communities.

Hispanic Heritage Month provides a special opportunity for educators, schools, as well as public and private institutions to focus on the many Hispanic Americans whose lives and works have shaped the history and fabric of American society. The land and countries where Spanish and Portuguese are the primary language in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America was originally inhabited by various ingenious In dians groups. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish and Portuguese colonists from Spain and Portu gal brutally overran the indigenous subjugating them to European con quest. Within a few years of the bru tal conquest Spanish and Portuguese colonists brought African slaves to work the conquered lands.

There were 11.2 million Africans who survived the Middle Passage and landed in the New World, and of that 11.2 million, only 450,000 came to the US. All the rest went south of Miami as it were. Bra zil got almost 5 million Africans. Brazil has the second largest Black population — Black being defined by people of African descent in the way that it is defined in the US. It is second only to Nigeria. Other His panic countries with largest African populations today include Domin ican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.

Approximately one hundred years prior to African slaves being brought to the colonial US in 1619, African were brought to the Caribbean and South American as slaves. This mix of indigenous, Europeans and Afri cans developed the rich history and culture of what is called Hispanic culture. The African influence in was significant and can be found in the customs, music, religion and other aspects of Hispanic culture.

Such popular dances and music as merengue, rumba, salsa, samba was heavily influenced by African dance movements and African music. Var ious foods and food dishes were transported from African by Afri can slaves. Santeria with its seven African gods is a series of religious practices of Bantu origins, brought by slaves to Cuba from Central Af rica and practiced to this day in the Spanish Caribbean and US.

Today, 57.5 million people are clas sified as Hispanic representing 18% of the American population. There are 1,730.000 Hispanics in New Jersey 19% of the total state popu lation. The city of Trenton is home to 30,992 Hispanics representing 37.2% of the city’s total population (2020). The Nubian News recogniz es and appreciates the contributions and achievements of the Hispanic community and celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month.

A question for the Trenton Board of Education

By Al Alatunji

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TRENTON- Here is a question for the Trenton Board of Education: Are Trenton schools properly educating its English learning students? According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the Trenton Public Schools District has 15,694 students attending its 21 public schools. Of those students 47 percent are Black and 38 percent are Hispanic/Latinx.

Eleven percent of all students attending Trenton public schools are classified by the center’s data as speaking “English less than well.” That would indicate that of the 15,694 in Trenton public schools 1,451 students as required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 need adequate language services. That federal civil rights law requires schools to remove any language barriers that limit students’ access to instruction.

The federal law also requires that such services are available at any schools the students attend and that their progress is monitored. In addition, it would require the school district to ensure that it hires and retains enough qualified teachers to

provide the needed language services. My esteemed members of the Trenton Board of Education, is this happening? Or are Trenton public schools in viola tion of the federal law as it relates to the district’s English language program?

Has the district under-identified stu dents who require language support including not just Hispanic/Latinx stu dents but also French and Creole speak ing Haitian-American students as well as students or their parents who are Af rican born? Does the district’s language practices leave some English learners with little or no language services and remove others from language programs before they were fluent in English? Is the Trenton Board prepared to embrace its obligation to meet the language needs of its English learners and resolve any seri ous violations of the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974?

Does the district have enough bilingual teachers? If not, what is the district doing to try to hire and retain more bilingual teachers? Would the Board not only welcome federal investigators to come to the district to investigate if

the district is following the law but be willing to request such an investiga tion? How about the governing body of Trenton which should be held ac countable for the educational oppor tunities, successes and failures of its public-school students, all its students? Would the current governing body and the new governing body after the November election not only welcome federal investigators but request in vestigators to review the district’s En glish language services? Would they encourage such an investigation to en sure that Trenton public schools were in compliance with the federal law and all Trenton students including those with limited English proficiency have equal access to educational opportu nities? Then there are the city’s charter schools. Are they offering enough lan guage services to attract students with limited English proficiency? Or have charter schools been more interested in getting higher school marks to justify their existence thereby being selective in which students they accept into their schools? Trenton Board of Education, inquiring minds would like answers to these questions.

IAT Awards more than $50,000 to Trenton Grassroots Projects

advantage of career opportunities in the city and region.

• Lora Productions – TCHS Cre ative Lab: Josue Lora, a Trenton res ident who runs a highly successful audio-visual recording studio in the city, will offer a free course for 30 students from Trenton Central High School, leading them in writing, per forming, and recording an original song, as well as filming an original music video, and learning about the recording industry. Lora is a TCHS graduate who benefited from similar mentorship while a student; it is his fourth year offering this free lab as a way of inspiring other young Trento nians to pursue their dreams.

• Global Youth Transformation Initia tive, Inc. – The Trenton Service Learn ing Project is an after-school program for middle school students in Trenton, which introduces participants to the steps of service-learning: assess the needs in their community as a group; build out a project that they choose; and present what they learned.

zalez delivers healthy food to families in need and provides food, household items, clothing and toys throughout the city at community events. Gladys has been doing this work for years on her own, and I Am Trenton’s grant will support her ability to deliver items to families who are homebound or lack transportation.

• FlyKickz --Connecting through Art & Sole/Soul is a two-part sneaker customizing workshop that will teach par ticipants the basics of sneaker customiza tion while building creative and emotional connections between participants.

• Black Cannabis – Providing educa tion materials and raising awareness among high school students regarding career opportunities in the cannabis industry.

• Latino Merchants Association of New Jersey – Assisting with capacity build ing for minority-owned businesses which will help build long-term resil ience in the community.

Editorial

TRENTON– I Am Trenton Commu nity Foundation is proud to announce awards totaling more than $50,000 to 19 grassroots community programs building resilience in the face of chal lenges, challenging structural inequal ity and enhancing the lives of Trenton residents through its Citywide grant program. I Am Trenton Community Foundation is an all-volunteer non profit putting resources where they matter most—in local projects run by residents. Since 2010, IAT has invest ed more than $400,000 in more than 200 projects. “We are so excited to help support these programs,” said IAT Board President Raj Manimaran. This year’s grantees include:

• Eric Bullock - The Culture is K.E.Y. Summer Enrichment & School Prep Program aims to ensure that stu dents are academically, socially and emotionally prepared to thrive. Pro grams focus on self-expression, engi neering, arts, music and yoga, as well as field trips and meals.

• Vonzella’s Crown – Von's Sea soned Seniors brings Trenton senior citizens and youth together through intergenerational art, health, and well ness programming.

• Jersey Divas --the Youth Book Club is a weekly academic activity that will guide 30 Trenton youth in, indepen

dent reading, teaching them to apply meaning across texts, create analytical pieces of writing, and love reading for reading’s sake. Each participant will also be guided in conceptualizing, outlining, writing, editing, and proof reading an original book of their own, which will be published at the end of the program.

• Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF) -- the stu dents in the FUTURO youth mentor ing program will present a Poetry Slam for the Trenton community in spring 2023 about their experiences as fir stand second-generation immigrants.

• TDI Connect -- PC Refurbishment Program: Our grant will enable TDI Connect to acquire the components they need to refurbish and upgrade do nated PCs that they will then donate to groups and individuals in Trenton.

• Academy One Garden -- The Little Sprouts Program will provide a struc tured learning and recreational expe rience for our garden members in ele mentary and middle schools.

• Dress for Success will create a Career Academy within Trenton Central High School, which will provide free career clothing and accessories to female stu dents as well as career mentoring and job preparedness workshops. The in tent of the space is to give young wom en from Trenton all they need to take

• Kindersmile Foundation – the Com munity Oral Health Center in Trenton to provide needed access to oral health ed ucation and dental care to underserved and uninsured children and adults.

• Play Soccer Nonprofit International -- The Trenton Youth Soccer League provides a free, fun, safe, equal oppor tunity for school children, youth and families to access and participate in a City-wide recreational program.

• Freedom Skate Park, New Jersey’s only indoor skate park, will provide free skateboards, helmets, and lessons on the basics of skating to 25 Trenton youth in October.

• Trenton Puerto Rican Community and Friends Organization – Puerto Rico Through the Senses will be a se ries of events highlighting Puerto Ri can culture, each of which will feature a complementary curated conversation on cultural history. The goal is to edu cate the Trenton community about the valuable roles Puerto Ricans play in the US, and in Trenton.

• Reinas y Diamantes – the Little Di amond Chef Program provides free summer educational activities for chil dren and youth, including tutoring in math and reading, health and nutri tion, and art.

• Gladys Gonzalez – Luz, Esperanza y Vida: Trenton resident Gladys Gon

• Trenton Makes Athletic Center –Sports training at pop-up events open to the community, with the goal of rais ing awareness of the need for compet itive sports for Trenton youth. In addi tion, IAT has partnered with Isles, Inc. to provide support for two additional projects, using Neighborhood Revital ization Tax Credit (NRTC) funds for the Old Trenton neighborhood.

• Trenton Community A-TEAM –“Equality: The heART of Trenton” combines reflections on social justice with community-engaged public art. Each TCAT artist will paint a piece on a large panel that expresses their experiences with and feelings about structural inequality. The creation process will be open to the Trenton community, to engage with the art ists and create their own art pieces speaking to equity and social justice themes.

• Trenton Free Public Library – “Be ing your own best advocate - Teen Edition” is a series of monthly work shops for – and on topics request ed by – Trenton youth ages 13-18. Topics will include financial literacy, career and college readiness, and in creased self-confidence. IAT seeks to engage all Trenton communities in the Citywide Grants program.

To learn more about I Am Trenton and our work, please visit www.iam trenton.org.

Trenton elections, not ready for primetime

By Al Alatunji

TRENTON- It is a little less than one month until the Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Trenton municipal elec tion. Candidates for city council and mayor will have their names on the ballot for voters to select who will serve the residents of Trenton for the next four years.

Earlier this year, in a column entitled “Trenton Elections: Time for a Do Over,” the challenge was thrown out to individuals who might be consid ering a run for municipal office that if they were going to run them they needed to be serious or not run at all. That what Trenton needed was not the same old tired, unproductive and unsophisticated campaigns that have been waged in the past. The article maintained that how candidates ran their campaigns would reflect how they would serve. Trenton residents needed candidates to come correct or not come at all. There is just a little less than a month before election day. So far many of the candidates who have thrown their names out that they were running have done nothing more than that.

Many of the candidates fail to have a campaign website so voters can read about their platforms. Some have websites but nothing more than their picture and their name. Others do not have the contact informa tion for voters and others to contact them. Some have incorrect contact information on their websites. Some have information on their Facebook pages announcing their candidacy but again no information on how to contact them. Many have neither. It is an embarrassment and a disgrace. More important, it is unfair to the voters and the residents of Trenton. If a person is running for municipal office and has not raised a dime so they can communicate with the vot ers, how serious are they really about their campaign? How serious are they about the voters and residents of Trenton, Is it just about their ego?

Trenton already has a surplus of elected officeholders with oversized ego. It does not need any more. The truth of the matter is that the over whelming majority of individuals who have thrown their names out that they are candidates have less than $500, if that, in their campaign

accounts. Mr. and Ms. Candidate: Do you really think you will be able to explain who you are and why Tren ton voters should vote for you with out campaign dollars to inform them about you and your platform? Un fortunately, sophisticated, issue-ori ented campaigns are currently not being offered to Trenton voters and residents. They deserve better. Tren ton voters and residents need serious people, running serious, well-funded campaigns to present their proposals.

Campaigns that highlight and detail their visions on how they are pre pared to make Trenton a better place. Candidates who present well thought out position papers on their plans for a better tomorrow. Sophisticat ed campaigns where ideas are float ed and platforms are offered. Voters and residents of Trenton will be able to determine prior to the successful candidates taking office how they will serve in office by the way they run their campaigns. They need to see time and resources invested into smartly run campaigns. They do not need individuals with oversized egos just swinging from the hip. They do not need candidates who spend their

time making personality attacks. They need to see candidates who offer solid proposals to reinvigorate Trenton.

Trenton voters and residents need candidates who will present detailed, bold solutions and approaches, to improve Trenton public schools. Saying that you are running to im prove Trenton public schools and not have one clue what that takes means you are not ready for primetime. You say that you want to see crime and gun violence reduced. Gun vi olence which is taking the lives of Black and Latinx youth and others. But you don’t have a plan to stop that crime and gun violence. Then all you are doing is offering empty campaign rhetoric. It is irresponsi ble and unconscionable. So, you say that you support the economic rede velopment of Trenton’s downtown but have no, no idea of how you are going to do it. Just means that you have not really thought about it. It also means that you do not really care about it. Do the voters and res idents of Trenton a favor and get the hell out of the race because you are not ready for primetime.

A Blueprint to Save Black and Latinx Lives in Trenton

By Al Alatunji

TRENTON- Thoughts and prayers are not enough. It is beyond time to have a sane ap proach to guns in Trenton. There is a sick ness in this city, and country. Gun violence in Trenton is a public health crisis. No soon er is one press conference over with a vic tim’s family asking for justice, then another one is arranged by other families, activists, city officials, prosecutors and police.

The deaths of Black and Latinx babies, youth and adults will continue until Black and Latinx folks truly are prepared to stop the slaughter. It will continue until Blacks and Latinxs declare in righteous indignation that enough is enough. Until then continue to buy plastic flowers, candles, stuffed toys, balloons and hang bed sheets on fences and buildings to the newly deceased in salutes to failure. In recognition that Black and Latinx lives are worthless and do not matter.

If Trenton’s Black and Latinx communities are serious about gun violence and are truly tired of the insanity, stupidity and madness over running the city’s streets then here is a blueprint to save lives and stop the madness. First and foremost, the residents of Trenton must insist that elected officials who repre sent them must be willing to declare a war on guns in Trenton. These elected officials must be committed as a united front to make the entire city of Trenton a gun free zone. The united governing body would declare a state

of emergency as the result of the public health crisis. This would not be an empty slogan but a comprehensive strategy to eliminate guns in Trenton. It will take commitment and there will be sacrifice and inconvenience. Neverthe less, the residents of Trenton must be willing to accept such inconveniences and sacrifices.

Eliminating guns from Trenton cannot be a political issue. All elected officials representing Trenton must wholeheartedly support the plan of action to save Black and Latinx lives. The blueprint requires that all streets which allow access from neighboring towns - Hamilton, Ewing, Lawrence and Bordentown - have 24/7 365 days police manned checkpoints. All vehi cles, including motorcycles and buses, private and public, with no exceptions are stopped and thoroughly checked for guns. Any guns found are confiscated. All passengers entering Trenton by train would be subject to stop and search regardless of race, gender or age. State employees and others coming into Trenton to work will just have to leave earlier and be subject to having their vehicles like everyone else checked for guns. This would not be a random checkpoint operation in which law enforcement would randomly stop vehicles. All vehicles regardless of color, sex or age of the drive and/or passengers would be stopped and checked for guns. People may feel incon venienced by the checkpoints, but their safety will be enhanced which is far more important than their inconvenience.

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Pastor Lewandowski might be driving a vehicle, it does not matter, everyone would be stopped. Failure by law enforcement to stop and check a vehicle would be grounds for severe disciplinary action against that officer or officers. The area from Prospect Street to Clinton Avenue and the Delaware River to Hanover Street containing State buildings and offices would be considered the State Capital Complex District and the governing body of Trenton would inform the Governor and State Legislature that Trenton police officers would no longer be patrolling and/or servicing that area. The State police would be responsible for pa trolling the State Capital Complex District, freeing up Trenton police to patrol and monitor activities in the neighborhoods.

Presumably, Governor Phil Murphy and Act ing Attorney General Platkin will not have a problem with State police taking over pa trolling the State Capital Complex District if it helps reduce gun violence and gun deaths in Trenton. That is unless their press releases and public pronouncements concerning gun vio lence and gun deaths were just press releases and public pronouncements. Trenton police would be under strict orders to stop and search all individuals, regardless of race, gender or age walking on Trenton streets. These stops and searches would not be random but mandatory 24/7 365 days without exception. Some might find such measures excessive and extreme. Tell that to a mother or father as they mourn the dearth of their child due to gun violence.

Under this blueprint, police officers will not be sitting in police stations trading war stories but out on the street fighting a real war. Police officers in cars and on foot would be a pres ence not an after the fact. They would be out there preventing gun violence before it could happen. There would be an outcry by repre sentatives of the ACLU and other civil liberty groups, liberal judges, as well as the so-called progressives decrying such tactics as they sip their cocktails in their $1,000 designer shoes and $2,500 designer suits before heading back to the comfort of their gated communi ties. But they are not the ones who are bury ing their sons and daughters, cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, mothers and fathers due to gun violence. In addition, every public building, schools, house of worship, commu nity centers, etc., would be required to install metal detector equipment and/or security at all entrances. Unfortunately, there is a need for such a requirement to allow people who want to worship their religion without fear of some crazed lunatic with a gun sending them to meet their maker earlier than they were expecting. There is something drastically wrong when parents and grandparents have to wonder when they send their child off to school if that child will return home or end up in a morgue victim of gun violence. Tren ton is under siege by guns and mercenaries of death. To take back the city from mercenaries of death there needs to be bold, courageous action, out of the box thinking and most im portant a genuine commitment to save Black, Latinx and other lives.

Meet Yazminelly Gonzalez At Large Council Candidate

By Al Alatunji

TNN: For our readers who might not know you, who is Yazminelly Gonzalez?

First, I want to thank The Nubian News for giving me the opportunity to intro duce who I am and my candidacy for a At Large Council seat. In many ways Trenton is a news desert and the resi dents of Trenton deserve better. I com mend The Nubian News for providing Trenton area residents with news re garding Black and Latinx issues which otherwise goes unreported.

I once saw a poster which stated that a person is more than their resume. I am proud of my resume but who I am goes beyond my resume. It goes to my hopes, my dreams and my beliefs. That is my essence. I dream of a Trenton where people of all races, ages, gender, religions come together to make Tren ton a better place. A “Beloved Commu nity” as Dr. Martin Luther King talk ed about. A place where we love our neighbors as we love ourselves. A place where any child can dream big dreams and feel and believe those dreams can happen. That is who I am.

I am a child of God who has served this community in many ways and is now looking to serve the community in a different capacity. I am a lifelong Trenton resident who graduated from Trenton Central High School in 1998 and my favorite Historical Black Col lege and University, The University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2002. After college I returned to Trenton where I have been educating students with disabilities for the last 20 years. I have taught Preschoolers with autism, middle school students, and am cur rently teaching life skill abilities to our 9th graders at Trenton Ninth Grade Academy. I also help to provide home instruction to students not able to at tend school physically. I was also the former Junior Varsity Coach for TCH School Cheer team from 2011-2021.

I currently serve as the Assistant Lead for the Outreach ministry at Change Church, Co-Chair for the Social ac tion committee of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, secretary of the Marco Dillard Scholarship committee, Vice President of The Trenton United Fam ily Foundation (TUFF), treasurer for the Puerto Rican Parade of Trenton, and committee member of the Clara’s Heart Foundation. I so have the hon or of serving on the Trenton Literacy Movement board and Old Barracks Museum. I have served our commu

nity through several initiatives over the last 15 years. I have dedicated time to coordinating clothing drives, feed ing families in need, providing school supplies to children, teaching our se nior citizens how to use modern tech nology, providing mental health coun seling to people in need.

TNN: You are a candidate for Council At Large, why?

I am running for City Council At Large because the stakes are just too high not to. My parents instilled in my brother and I an understanding that because God has blessed us we have the responsibility to pass that bless ing on. In particular, my parents en couraged us to advocate for those who cannot advocate for themselves. For our seniors who are in the twilight of their lives; for the children who are in the dawn of their lives and for those who need an advocate to speak and fight on their behalf. Currently, there is a disconnect between City Council and the Community and I feel I have a direct connection with our people. I believe our city needs fresh leadership who have the ability to work collabo ratively with one another to make de cisions that can help create sustainable growth for our city. I am that person who can work with others, who can put my personal feelings aside, and exemplify professionalism. City coun cil should resemble the makeup of this city and currently we have No one on council who represents the Spanish speaking community which is almost half of the makeup of Trenton. Prayer fully, that will change in November if allowed the opportunity to become the first Latina Council woman in Trenton. Trenton deserves people who genuinely care about everyone in this city, not about themselves, I am a voice for all.

TNN: What do you see are the top is sues facing Trenton residents?

I believe the top issues facing Trenton residents are lack of jobs investments, public safety, housing, sex trafficking, and cleanliness. The next governing body, whether I am elected or not, must be able to come together commit ted to improving the city’s economy, public safety measures, housing, and the cleanliness of the city. We must be sure to allocate the funds appropriate ly so that these areas have the resourc es to help combat some of these issues. By coming together devoted to creat ing a better city for our children, and our children’s children we will be able

to demonstrate progression in all ar eas. I am committed to making this happen. The issues that plague our city will not be fixed overnight but if we plan for sustainable growth that prioritizes socio-economic di

versity and affordable housing we can help to provide more opportu nities for our residents which will in return help to reduce some of the crime and foster a more thriving city for us all.

En Contacto con la Comunidad

Estudiantes de Rider University participaron en el programa de Becados del Gobernador

Redacción

LAWRENCEVILLE- Los estudiantes participantes en el programa “ Gover nor’s Hispanic Fellows” recibieron una combinación de experiencia práctica e instrucción tradicional en el aula ori entada hacia el liderazgo y el desarrollo profesional. Los participantes también recibieron seminarios de capacitación en liderazgo profesional.

Nanci Menchu es una las estudiantes escogidas, actualmente curso el último año de su bachillerato con una doble especialización en gestión y dirección de recursos humanos y liderazgo con una especialización en español. Hizo una pasantía en Bristol Myers Squibb a través del programa con su unidad de Seguridad del Paciente Mundial. Ella vio esto como una oportunidad para crecer profesionalmente y desafiarse a sí misma.

“Como estudiante latina de primera generación, sé que quiero tener éxito, pero nunca tuve un mentor que se pare ciera a mí y que entendiera las luchas por las que pasé como primeriza. estudi ante de generación.” Manifestó. Menchu es presidenta del Consejo de Liderazgo de Mujeres de Gail Bierenbaum y secre taria de la Organización de Estudiantes Latinoamericanos (LASO). “Aunque fue un programa intensivo de ocho sema nas, fue increíble”, afirmó. “Nos presen taron a muchos profesionales latinos/ as diferentes en diferentes industrias y empresas. Estaba muy emocionada de

haber sido aceptada en el programa”.

Karla López-Rosa, es otra de las estudi antes que participo de este programa. Lopez-Rosa cursa también el último año con especialización en ciencias políticas y especialización en seguridad nacional y español, hizo una pasantía en la Cruz Roja de Nueva Jersey durante el programa de ocho semanas. “Creo que la tutoría es un gran aspecto de cómo crecemos como individuos. Estoy agra decida de haber sido seleccionada para ser parte de un programa que quiere ayudar a los líderes hispanos/latinos del mañana”. afirmó López-Rosa.

Acerca de su motivación para unirse al programa, López-Rosa mencionó su pasión por aprender más sobre la inmi gración y su efecto específicamente en la comunidad hispana/latina. La beca se basó en su experiencia previa como pasante en el verano de 2021 con el Fon do Latinoamericano de Educación y Defensa Legal en Trenton. “Mi papel en la organización me impactó personal mente porque pude ver cómo era para las familias inmigrantes su necesidad de atención médica, educación y asistencia legal”, agregó López-Rosa, presidenta del club de ciencias políticas de Rider.

Juan Molina, también fue favorecido con esta beca, él es estudiante de último año con especialización en finanzas con especialización en análisis de negocios, también hizo una pasantía en Bristol Myers Squibb dentro de su unidad de Seguridad del Paciente Mundial. Allí

pudo poner en práctica sus habilidades financieras investigando y analizando posibles oportunidades de inversión para la compañía farmacéutica multi nacional.

Molina es un líder de equipo dentro de Bonner Community Scholars y un en lace con la junta de finanzas de la Aso ciación de Gobierno Estudiantil. “Esta

increíble oportunidad me brindó lid erazgo y experiencia laboral de primer nivel, al mismo tiempo que me rodeó de hispanos exitosos y otras personas que estuvieron allí para ayudarme a cultivar mi propio crecimiento”, afirmó. El pro grama está abierto a todos los residentes de Nueva Jersey de ascendencia latinx que estén inscritos en un programa uni versitario de dos o cuatro años.

2022 Candidates - Trenton City Municipal Election

East Ward

Ophelia M. Adderley Joseph A. Harrison Sonya A. Wilkins

South Ward

Jenna Figueroa Kettenburg Damian Malave Evangeline A. Ugorji

North Ward

Divine Allah

Merkle Cherry

Algernon Ward

Jennifer Williams

West Ward

Atalaya Armstrong

Frisby Mary Horne

At-Large

Clifton Anderson

Bethea

Jasi Edwards

Feliciano

Gonzalez

Manuel

Ranallo

Ronquillo

Terry-Wilson

Mayor

Cherie Garrette

Gusciora

McBride

M. Vaughn

Tampa Bay Rays Start All Latinx Team

the nine starting players for the Rays. “I think the Latinos are really putting a stamp on the game of baseball.”

Diaz was joined by Randy Arozarena, Wander Franco, Harold Ramirez, Man uel Margot, David Peralta, Isaac Paredes, Rene Pinto and Jose Siri. All nine Rays starters, as well as base coaches Chris Prieto and Rodney Linares, wore No. 21 to honor Clemente. No. 21 was the num ber that Roberto Clemente wore on his uniform when playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The players posed for a photo on the field after the game.

TORONTO- In a historic first, the Tampa Bay Rays of the American League put an all Latinx team of base ball players to start a Major League Baseball game. The game was played on September 15, 2022 against the To ronto Blue Jays which was also the day that Major League Baseball designated as Roberto Clemente Day.

It is also the official start of Hispan ic Heritage Month which runs from

September 15 to October 15 each year. Robert Clemente, the late Hall of Fame outfielder from Puerto Rico, was a twotime World Series winner and National League MVP. Clemente played 18 sea sons with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Rays’ nine starters are from five His panic/Latinx countries: Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. “Very happy, especially on a day like today,” said Yandy Diaz, one of

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TORONTO- Algo histórico, los Rays de Tampa Bay de la Liga Americana pusieron a un equipo completo de ju gadores latinos de béisbol para comenzar un juego de Grandes Ligas. El partido se jugó el 15 de septiembre de 2022 contra los Toronto Blue Jays, que también fue el día que Major League Baseball designado como el Día de Roberto Clemente.

También es el inicio oficial del Mes de la Herencia Hispana, que se extiende del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre de cada

año. Robert Clemente, el difunto jardin ero del Salón de la Fama de Puerto Rico, fue dos veces ganador de la Serie Mun dial y Jugador Más Valioso de la Liga Nacional. Clemente jugó 18 temporadas con los Piratas de Pittsburgh. Los nueve titulares de los Rays son de cinco países hispanos/latinos: Colombia, Cuba, Méx ico, Venezuela y República Dominicana.

“Muy feliz, especialmente en un día como hoy”, dijo Yandy Díaz, uno de los nueve jugadores titulares de los Rays. “Creo que los latinos realmente están poniendo un sello en el juego de béisbol”.

Díaz estuvo acompañado por Randy Arozarena, Wander Franco, Harold Ramírez, Manuel Margot, David Per alta, Isaac Paredes, René Pinto y José Siri. Los nueve abridores de los Rays, así como los entrenadores de base Chris Prieto y Rodney Linares, usaron el número 21 en honor a Clemente. El número 21 fue el número que Roberto Clemente lució en su uniforme cuando jugaba para los Piratas de Pittsburgh. Los jugadores posaron para una foto en el campo después del partido.

Rangel: Ni siquiera firmó el comunicado

Por Carlos Avila

TRENTON- Esta es la carta que su puestamente la Junta Directiva de Comerciantes Guatemaltecos de Tren ton hizo pública, para responder a las críticas que recibieron tras difundirse en las redes sociales un comentario vergonzoso del ‘líder’ de dicha asoci ación hacia las señoritas bastoneras e integrantes de la banda Punta de Lan za, durante su participación en el pop ular Desfile Guatemalteco, que se real izó el domingo 18 de septiembre 2022. Con motivo de la celebración del Día de la Independencia de Guatemala y otros países en Trenton.

“Dando un seguimiento al comen tario irrespetuoso y ofensivo de Estuardo Arriola, se le pidió a su agrupación que él diera una disculpa pública. Emitieron un comunicado que deja mucho que desear”, mani festó Oscar Rangel uno de los miem bros de la banda que en su momento se sintió indignado al escuchar un audio con estas frases: “Están muy lentos estos. A estos les voy a sacar

el otro año yo. No valen la pena”. Sin duda comentarios denigrantes de una persona que más bien debería apoyar a la banda su participación, con becas económicas y recursos que permita su progreso y desen volvimiento. Los integrantes de la banda han señalado reiteradamente que todos los gastos que realizan lo hacen personalmente. Ni siquiera la ciudad les da permiso para usar al gún sitio para realizar sus ensayos.

Con respecto a este mismo tema, algunos miembros de la comunidad se quejaron que hay directivos que llegan a ser presidentes de las asoci aciones que se forman en la ciudad y se quedan como presidentes por años y años sin que ningún estatuto les prohíba su permanencia fija.

“Lastimosamente muchos dirigen tes, no sólo de Guatemala, sino de otros países, se adueñan de sus pues tos y se les olvida que fueron asig nados temporalmente” advirtió Ga briela una lectora que opinó a cerca este incidente en las redes locales.

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Tras celebrar el Día de Independencia, lo encontraron muerto en el baño de casa

Por Carlos Avila

TRENTON- El joven guatemalteco Abel Esquivel (38) fue encontrado muerto, en el baño de una casa, hab rían estado celebrando todo el Dia de la Independencia de Guatemala entre ami gos hasta horas de la madrugada: “Parece que después del festival gua temalteco Abel se fue a un bar local a echarse unos tragos y ahí habría teni do una discusión con otras personas. En esa barra él ha tenido una amiga, novia o no sé qué mismo es” dijo Francisco tío de Abel, único familiar cercano que vive en Maryland y que vino a Trenton para ayudar al difun to sobrino a enviar su cuerpo hacia Guatemala, donde sus padres esperan para darle el último adiós. También se conoció que Francisco fue hasta el domicilio de la señora que trabaja en el bar y ahí ella le entregó el celular y la billetera que tenía de Abel. Dijo que en la billetera no había dinero, solamente una ID y que en el celu lar había mensajes que no eran muy agradables. Se conoció también que el cuerpo ya sin vida de Abel mostra

ba golpes en el rostro, lo cual abre una interrogante: ¿Cómo murió Abel?

Los amigos que se comunicaron con este medio ponderan que Abel era un joven muy respetuoso y amigable. Abel deja 3 hijos huérfanos y a su es posa Patricia Gonzales sola frente a un futuro incierto pues él era quien mantenía económicamente el hogar allá en el pueblo de “El Naranjo” Pe ten- Guatemala, frontera con México.

La muerte de este joven evidente mente está relacionada con exceso de alcohol, demuestra una vez más que muchos jóvenes de nuestra co munidad, no tienen precaución ni limites cuando de beber se trata.

Francisco tío del joven fallecido manifestó que pedir ayuda al Con sulado Guatemalteco no da resulta do “ He llamado varias veces pero nadie responde” señaló.

Por su parte agradeció a los miem bros de la Asociación de Salcajences Unidos, ellos le han ayudado con el trámite de la funeraria y el envío del cuerpo hacia Guatemala.

Trenton Puerto Rican Community Event Contacto con la comunidad

Maritza Raimundi-Petroski (right): to be able to celebrate the culture and traditions of my beloved island, while at the same time helping to raise funds in support of those affect ed by Hurricane Fiona, fills me with great pride. En la diáspora todos dec

La familia de AutoBoys se reunió en la South Clinton Ave. para celebrar el Día de la Independencia de Guatemala.

Un poco sobre Tim y Tony’s Auto Body

HAMILTON- Tim Mulryne (65) se caracteriza por ser una persona am able y sonriente, es propietario del taller de reparación de carros “To ny’s Auto Body” en Hamilton, NJ. Tim aprendió de su padre y su tío el oficio de carrocería.

Desde muy joven se dio cuenta que le gustaba usar las herramientas y la paciencia para arreglar los vehícu los estropeados por los choques. En 1998, abrió su propio taller en el 1266 Cedar Lane en Hamilton, cum pliendo de este modo, un sueño que había tenido desde que comenzó en este oficio. Sin embargo, en su vida no todo ha sido color de rosa. En el año 2011 los médicos le detec taron una rara enfermedad conocida como ‘Buerger’ que afecta los vasos sanguíneos en los brazos y piernas, generalmente por fumar mucho cigarrillo. Tim señaló que los dedos de sus pies en ese tiempo se pusieron morados y tenía rastros de gangrena. Los médicos recomendaron a tiem po que convenía amputarle la pier na, para que la enfermedad no se extendiera al resto del cuerpo.

Policías de NJ fueron a Puerto Rico para ayudar en la recuperación tras el paso del huracán Fiona

Por Carlos Avila

TRENTON– Luego que el huracán Fiona provocara grandes destrozos en el suroeste de Puerto Rico que recién estaba tratando de recuperarse de ter remotos y otras tormentas naturales nuevamente su infraestructura se vio fuertemente afectada tras el paso de esta tormenta de categoría 1 que toco tierra el pasado mes de septiembre.

La ayuda a nivel nacional e internacio nal no se hizo esperar. Desde Nueva Jersey el gobernador Phil Murphy per mitió el despliegue de policías estatales hacia la Isla del Encanto para ayudar en los esfuerzos de recuperación tras el daño ocasionado por el huracán Fiona.

En este contexto, la asambleísta An gélica Jiménez (D-Bergen, Hudson) emitió la siguiente declaración: “Nue va Jersey ha apoyado a Puerto Rico antes en los tiempos difíciles poste

Así fue, en noviembre del 2011 se quedó sin su pierda derecha: “Esa fue una época terrible de mi vida. Pensé que ya no podría volver a tra bajar”, indicó.

Ahora una década después nos cuen ta que ya se acostumbró a vivir así y que su vida está llena de amor. Se moviliza en una silla de ruedas que se le ve bastante usada, recorriendo de un lado a otro dentro de su mis mo taller, lugar donde siempre se entabla grandes conversaciones con sus clientes y amigos.

Tim está orgulloso de sus hijos, nietos y nietas: “Mis nietos son una mara villa, me hacen reír tanto que ni me acuerdo de los problemas de la vida. Son 4 hijos y 9 nietos los que tengo” manifiesta mientras describe las car acterísticas de cada uno de ellos, en las fotos que las tiene pegadas en la pared de su taller. Confiesa que a pesar que no tiene las mismas fuerzas de hace unos años, aun no piensa retirarse: “no pienso retirarme porque aquí está mi vida, aquí voy a estar hasta cuando Dios lo permita”, afirmó.

riores al huracán María y los terre motos durante 2020. Esta vez no será diferente. Dijo que estaba orgullosa de que el estado de NJ haya respondido una vez más al llamado para ayudar con los esfuerzos de recuperación en Puerto Rico. “Puerto Rico y su gente son resilientes e ingeniosos. Sé que se recuperarán de esto. Mis oraciones es tán con las familias afectadas por esta tormenta, en la isla y aquí en Nueva Jersey”, manifestó Jiménez a través de un comunicado de prensa.

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