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HOLA and Latino Community Celebrate Annual Event, Honor Moms
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ELECTRICAL SERVICES Taft and Eisenhower students performed dance routines. The Chinelo Dance Troupe entertained the crowd. _______________________________ By Patricia Muhammad It was a festive evening filled with live entertainment, great food and fun as HOLA (Hispanic Outreach Leadership Association) and the Latino community celebrated the third annual community event on May 11th at Thornwood High School. Maria Gonzalez, Co-Chair of HOLA and District 205 Division Leader for Health and PE, coordinated this year’s event, along with Brett Fickes, Curriculum Chair for District 205, Patricia Malopsy-Fortier, Outlook Academy Coordinator, and Title I Director, Albert Holmes. “We have been doing HOLA events now for three years,” Gonzalez said. “HOLA is an outreach umbrella program under the TTTOP, which is like a multifaceted committee that includes all the school districts that feed into District 205. Tonight we are celebrating moms and we do it in several different ways. In the Latino culture, moms are very special because they are seen as the foundation of the family. We offer a platform for teenagers to celebrate their moms and we want to bring all the stakeholders together just to say thank you to all the moms.” Leticia Cruz, Ray Bank, and Annette Whittington were among District 205 Board Members who attended the event. John Arrington, District Administrator, Joseph Whittington, Second Ward Alderman in Harvey, and Principal Dennis Willis were also present. According to Gonzalez, she hopes to expand HOLA. She said, “We want to sit down with Alderman Shirley Drewinski to discuss HOLA’s initiatives, and we also will meet with SSC’s SOLES (Student Organization for Latino Empowerment & Success) to get them involved in what we are doing. Our goal is to meet each month to discuss having more educational workshops as an outreach for the whole community.”
Zory Martinez Jaen and Mariela G. Comacho Kimble made guest appearances, promoting Volume III of a co-written book by 26 Latina women titled Today’s Inspired Latina: Life Stories of Success in The Face of Adversity. Jackie Camacho-Ruiz is the principal author. Volume IV of the book will be presented May 24 from 6:00pm - 9:30pm at the Rolling Meadows Club in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. HOLA featured the very talented Mr. Luis Alfredo, who sang beautiful Mariachi ballads throughout the evening. Later in the program the famous Chinelo Dance Troupe entertained the crowd. Chinelo dancers originated in Morelos, Mexico, where they have been entertaining Latino families since the 19th century. Dancers are known for their elaborate dress, gloved hands, and up-tilted beards (Wikipedia). Other entertainment included District 151 (Taft and Eisenhower) third and fifth grade dancers, who gracefully performed charming dance routines. The program also hosted student bilingual readers, who read to the audience in both English and Spanish. Delicious Latino cuisine was prepared by Chef Fernando Carlos, who is a Master Chef for Sodexo. Sodexo prepares school lunches for District 205. Anthony Polomo, ELL (English Language Learning) Director for School District 151 for more than 25 years, said HOLA helps unite Latino parents with local schools. “HOLA is needed because it brings the community together. It lets them know that we are connected and lets the parents know that there is definitely a bridge between the elementary school and high schools. It gets the parents familiar with high school when their kids are ready to transition into high school.” As the program continued into the evening, Dr. Tawana Robinson
addressed the crowd of more than 200 guests. Robinson, an African-American Special Ed teacher at Thornwood, ran for State Representative on the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) platform. Known as the Dreamers’ Movement, DACA is an American immigration policy that allows some individuals who were brought to the United States illegally as children to receive a renewable twoyear deferred action from deportation in order to become eligible for a work permit in the U.S. (Wikipedia). In a five minute speech discussing DACA, Robinson said, “When parents migrate to the U.S. and bring children, they move here because America is seen as the land of opportunity and they are looking for better ways for their children; however, our current administration is trying to implement strong anti-immigration laws which advocate deportation.” According to the Pew Research Center, more than 690,000 immigrants are currently enrolled in DACA, however, under the Trump Administration, there have been plans to phase out the program. Research also shows that Mexico is by far the top country of origin for active DACA recipients (548,000), followed by El Salvador (25,900). “Community members need to contact their local elected officials to lobby for and support the Dream Act to be passed in order for large populations of undocumented immigrants in Illinois to gain access to academic and economic opportunities,” Robinson said. HOLA offered both children and adults an evening of culture and familyfun. Polomo added: “I like it (HOLA), because we are collaborating and bringing parents together within our communities as means to support the Latino community.”
The Towle Theater Celebrates 15 Years
The Towle Theater is proud to celebrate its 15th Anniversary with a Fundraiser on June 15th from 5pm – 9pm. The event will take place at the Towle Theater, 5205 Hohman Avenue, Hammond, IN. Tickets are $50. Your ticket includes samplings of food from 15 local restaurants and beer and wine provided by 18th Street Brewery. There will be a raffle auction, silent action and a live auction. Some of the items in the auctions include Ravinia Tickets, Vanis Spa Day Package, AMC Movie Passes, Bourbon Basket, Shedd Aquarium Package, NWI Symphony Tickets and more. The live auction will be for a 5 course Julia Child inspired French dinner for eight with wine parings.
The Towle Theater opened its doors in September 2003 and has been going strong ever since. They have presented Midwest Premieres, US Premieres, and World Premieres within those 15 short years. Recently, they expanded staff to include Ro Ogrentz as Education Associate. This step has allowed them to increase their youth programming as well. Please join them as they celebrate 15 years of high quality, affordable theater. There are a number of sponsorship opportunities available, from $100-$2500. If you are interested in sponsorship and/or would like to purchase tickets, please contact the Towle Theater Box office at 219-937-8780 or visit www.towletheater.org.
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