Death, Drugs and Gun
Control: A Double Standard
Jimmy Franco Sr.,
moderator and writer of the blog site: A Latino Point of View in Today's World just posted a
comprehensive article about recent school shootings in the U.S. But he goes
beyond that:
"The death rate
for children under the age of fifteen who are killed by guns is now twelve
times higher than the combined total of the next fifteen developed countries.
"Presently, the
percentage of young people in the U.S. under the age of 18 who are killed by
firearms are disproportionately African-American who comprise close to 45% of
the victims while Latino youth make up over 20% of those slain.
"Over 500 violent
killings occurred in Los Angeles County during 2012 and were comprised of
primarily young Latinos who died by gunfire. Meanwhile in Chicago, 2012
witnessed an eruption of killings that has surpassed those of 2011 as over 500
young people have died in an epidemic of deadly shootings."
To read the entire
article, go here.
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Denver bilingual radio to merge
with PBS
from Dr. Ramon Del
Castillo, KUVO Board Member:
Per my announcement
at the CLLARO Public Policy Summit on Saturday, January 5th, below is the
information for the meeting.
Important KUVO Jazz 89.3 meeting to discuss
the future of the radio station
Radio KUVO will
soon be merging with Rocky Mountain Public PBS. KUVO Board of Directors has
requested that current Board members coordinate community dialogue with
community stakeholders that include but is not limited to the following
groups/individuals; 1) Latina/o community leaders and leaders in general; 2) KUVO
members; 2) nonprofit organization leaders; 3) business leaders; 4) government
leaders; 5) potential new members, etc.
The agenda for the
meeting that will include Radio administration personnel and board members is
to: a) share national state-of-the-art information with what is happening to
media outlets, with specificity to radio stations; b) discuss the merger and
subsequent legal challenges and issues; c) dialogue about strategies to
maintain Latina/o identity within the new structure, following the merger; d)
discuss culturally relevant programming efforts; e) share bi-organizational approaches
to selecting new Board that will guide the process; and f) build/demonstrate
support for the continued programming efforts of the radio station.
Place: El Centro Su Teatro
7th & Santa Fe Drive, Denver
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
6:00-8:00 p.m.
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Spanish track at World SciFi Convention
from the website: "The World Science Fiction Convention is one of the largest international gatherings of
authors, artists, editors, publishers, and fans of science fiction and fantasy.
"We are seizing the
opportunity to add another language to the Worldcon program. At LoneStarCon 3
we want to explore the genre in Spanish-speaking cultures, both in translated
and original works. We are committed to having some programming in Spanish as
well.
"Also, expanding the usual
diverse programming developed for every Worldcon, we will present a Poetry
track, led by Juan Perez, the Poet Laureate of San Antonio."
The convention will be held Aug.
29-Sept. 2, 2013. Among others, storyteller Joe
R. Lansdale will
be a featured guest.
If you are active in the San Anto area and want to
be involved in developing and participating in the Spanish track, start now.
Go here to receive mailing list
info about the Spanish track.
Es todo, hoy
RudyG
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