Los usuarios de bibliotecas públicas aumentan al ritmo de un millón por año

Estos son algunos de los datos que figuran en el libro Las bibliotecas públicas en España: Dinámicas 2001-2005, realizado por la Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. Sin embargo, y a pesar del crecimiento, el sistema de bibliotecas español tiene sus deficiencias, según dice el estudio. Lea sobre este tema en el diario El País.

"A Forgotten Injustice" A film by Vicente Serrano

“A Forgotten Injustice” is Vicente Serrano’s opera prima, and the first documentary that tells the story of almost two million Mexican Americans and U.S. citizens, who were forced out of the Unites States during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The documentary premieres Wednesday October 1 at 6:30 P.M, at the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago located at 31 W Ohio between State and Dearborn in Downtown Chicago. Additional screenings are scheduled for Thursday October 2 until Wednesday October 8 at 6:30 P.M..

Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants Program

Description
The Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants Program (OASDFR) provides funds to organizations to conduct outreach and technical assistance in farm management, financial management, marketing, application and bidding procedures, and other areas, to encourage and assist socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to own and operate farms and ranches and to participate in agricultural programs.

The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Latin America

A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the impact of HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the cultural barriers including poverty, stigma, discrimination, homophobia, gender inequalities, migration, and lack of access to education and health care that become obstacles for treatment and early detection. Find out how your country of interest ranks in the disparity list.

The Knock at the Door: San Francisco’s Sanctuary Status Under Fire

Keeping up with SS procedures -read to the end- on immigrants' persecution and arrests, the ICE "hunters" took six undocumented immigrants from a private home in San Francisco last week. Elena Shore, an editor for New America Media and Josue Rojas, a video producer for New America Media, ask how protected undocumented immigrants really are in this “sanctuary city.”

Con traducción al español

Also, on the same issue, read about the impact of raids in other communities:

Immigration Raids Startle Communities in Oakland and Berkeley

2008 National Survey of Latinos: Hispanics See Their Situation in U.S. Deteriorating; Oppose Key Immigration Enforcement Measures


Not surprising, Mark Hugo Lopez, Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center, and Susan Minushkin, Deputy Director, Pew Hispanic Center report "the increasingly downbeat assessments [that] come at a time when the Hispanic community in this country--numbering approximately 46 million, or 15.4% of the total U.S. civilian non-institutional population--has been hit hard by rising unemployment (Kochhar 2008) and stepped-up immigration enforcement." Find out how Latinos are being affected by the Bush administration's avalanche of senseless persecution and harassment to hard-working families.

The Interaction of HIV, Drug Use, and the Criminal Justice System (R01) Grant

African-Americans and other racial/ethnic minorities disproportionately high rate of incarceration has affected the social environment of many minorities communities in ways that have increased HIV risks to other community members, particularly women. Because detection of HIV infection usually occurs later among ethnic/racial minority groups, who also bear a greater burden of disease, criminal justice settings (including community correctional programs) have the potential to address health disparities by providing individual and community-based prevention programming, including HIV testing. Funding for $1.5 million to be awarded.

San Francisco Latinos Pick Up Pieces After Foreclosure

Subprime loans, which are made to borrowers who have bad credit, and predatory lending are the main forces behind the foreclosure crisis that is hitting the nation. There are 7.5 million subprime loan borrowers and $1.4 trillion in loans outstanding, according to a 2006 study conducted by the Center for Responsible Lending, a research organization and resource on predatory lending. About 40 percent of all subprime loans nationwide were issued to Latino households.

For Latino Delegates and Leaders, "Ya Basta!"

In the verge of presidential elections, the Republican administration, apparently oblivious to its political consequences, continues to conduct expanding raids and deportations that are separating hard-working families and terrorizing whole communities. Latino elected officials, community leaders, and members of the faith and business community joined efforts to stop these actions.

"Please Deport Me Plan" Fails First Day

"Nazi" oriented strategies continue to plague the action of government agencies against undocumented immigrants. Lately, they have introduced "a plan so absurd, even its die-hard fans are stumped."

Every Woman Is a World
Interviews with Women of Chiapas

By Gayle Walker and Kiki Suárez
Edited by Carol Karasik
Prologue/preface by Elena Poniatowska

Older Chiapas women telling their stories and reflecting on major historical events as far as the Mexican Revolution and the 1918 Spanish influenza epidemic. In the personal dramas of daily life, these women tell tragic stories of deprivation, hunger, and family violence, and their view of marriage, work, religion, and their own mortality.