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Volume 30 • Issue 10•March 11 - March 17, 2010
Entretenimiento
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Deportes •Sports
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Comunidad •Community
Lo Mejor del Fútbol
Feria de Quinceañeras y Bodas 2010
Las 12 méxicanas más exitosas
Marchando por América
Gente presiona por una pronta reforma migratoria
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l 21 de marzo, personas en todo el país estarán marchando para demandar una reforma migratoria inmediata que resuelva la situación de millones de trabajadores indocumentados en EE.UU.
Erika Jurado
By Edie R. Lambert
Señora binacional de la ley
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esde los 14 años, Erika Jurado era conocida como “abogada” por sus compañeros de clase. Ellos le otorgaron page 2a>
Marching for America
Varias organizaciones a lo largo de toda la nación, celebridades y gente en general están organizando una marcha en Washington, D.C. para presionar al People pushes for a promptly Congreso para que apruebe una reforma. Actualmente existen más de 12 millones de immigration reform trabajadores indocumentados. De acuerdo con By Lilia Garcia Jimenez Rob Paral en su estudio, “Inmigración Mexicana n March 21, people across america en el Medio-oeste”, la inmigración en el medioare marching to demand a promptly page 2a>
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immigration reform that solves the situation of million of undocumented workers in the U.S. Several organizations across the country, celebrities, and people in general are organizing a march in Washington, D.C. to push the Congress to approve a reform. C u r re n t l y there are more of 12 million of undocupage 2a> mented work-
Binational mistress of law
t age 14, erika Jurado became known a as “abogada” (“lawyer”) by her Celebrando a las mujeres classmates. They conferred the designation they felt she’d earned in a campaign challenging what they considered an inappropriate and dictatorial decision by an instructor. It occurred as Jurado’s middle school classmates planned their Christmas party. When their instructor imposed his choice of venue over that chosen unanimously by the students, they rebelled. Using her thoughtful, well-crafted arguments and led by Jurado, the students took their case to the school’s highest authority. They won the right to choose the setting for their Christmas party. “That’s where I got my first taste of defending people’s rights, and I liked it,” Jurado admitted. “I decided then to study law.” The only attorney in her family, Jurado qualified for a professional license to practice law in Mexico after successfully completing five years of study and subsequently spent three years earning a juris doctorate degree at the Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kan. Jurado began practicing law locally, immediately upon passing the Kansas bar exam in 2007, exactly a decade after
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Jeanne Crane - Smith
By Alan Hoskins
Premio educativo hispano cautiva a Jeanne
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ara vez, Jeanne Crane-Smith se queda sin palabras. Una excepción ocurrió cuando la Colaborativa Hispana del área metropolitana de Kansas City la honró recientemente con su Reconocimiento en la Educación Superior 2010. “Los primeros dos días,estabarealmente un tanto aturdida”, comentó Jeanne, Directora de Trabajadores Emergentes del Colegio Comunitario de Kansas City, Kan. page 7a>
Hispanic education award wows Crane-Smith
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eanne Crane-Smith is seldom at a loss for words. an exception occurred when the greater Kansas City Hispanic Collaborative recently honored her with its 2010 award in Higher education. “The first couple of days, I was actually quite numb,” said Crane-Smith, director of emerging workers at Kansas City, Kan., Community College (KCKCC). “I felt very honored that I would have been nominated, let alone selected by that
Jeanne Crane-Smith (KCKCC Photo by Alan Hoskins)
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Candidatos al Comité Escolar participan en foro
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School board candidates participate in forum
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l 4 de marzo, los candidatos al Comité Escolar de Kansas City, Mo, Crispin Rea, Robert Peterson, Kyleen Carroll, Joseph Jackson y Rose Marie Bell participaron en un foro organizado por la Coalición de Organizaciones Hispanas y la Liga de Ciudadanos Latinoamericanos Unidos, en La Galería en Kansas City, Mo. Elforodedoshorasfue diseñado para presentar a los candidatos y sus propuestas al público. Cada candidato presentó su propuesta y explicó porque él o ella sería la mejor opción. Bell recalcó la
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n March 4, Kansas City, Mo., School Board candidates Crispin Rea, Robert peterson, Kyleen Carroll, Joseph Jackson and Rose Marie Bell participated in a forum organized by the Coalition of Hispanic Organizations and the League of United Latin american Citizens at La galeria in Kansas City, Mo. The two-hour forum was designed to introduce the candidates and their proposals to the public. each candidate presented his or her proposals and explained why he or she would be the best choice. Bell stressed the importance of supporting teachers and making wise financial decisions. She also stressed the importance of having interaction with the community and letting people know what’s going on in the Kansas City, Mo., District. Carroll stressed the importance of children page 5a>
Freda Mendez Smith, Edna Salcedo Talboy, Kansas City, Mo., School Board candidate Crispin Rea, Teresa Garza Ruiz, Adriana Pecina, at the forum.
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