04.25.10: Domingo Newsbytes...

What an exciting week it turned out to be.  Proyecto Latina was this past Monday, and we were pleased to have Sandra Posadas feature with us.  She shared inspiring poetry, influenced by her Puerto Rican heritage and her work as a public school teacher that resonated with many in attendance.  We all discovered that haiku chismes can require a lot of counting! Diana suggested we needed an abacus on hand–maybe next year. Dawn Herrera Terry did a brief performance piece that the group determined captured the spirit of census question number nine. We also want to...

4.18.10:Domingo Newsbytes...

It’s a sunny Sunday in Chicago and we hope you go out and enjoy it wherever you are! Don’t forget this Monday @7pm! Sandra Posadas is the Proyecto Latina feature at Cedahalia’s Café. Swing by early and sign up for the open mic and bring a few chismes with you to share! Here is your Doming News Bytes… Latinas and their families are being threatend by a harsh new law that’s been proposed in Arizona giving police officers the authority to determine the immigration status of someone they suspect is undocumented immigrant.Legal Defender Isabel Garcia to the folks of...

03.11.10: Domingo Newsbytes...

If you really want something, you sometimes have to take matters into your own hands to make it happen.   Long time friend of Proyecto Latina, an avid supporter of Latin@ cultural projects, and  advocate to many social causes Ivonne Canellada decided she really wanted to share the documentary, Papers the Movie: Stories of Undocumented Youth.   She put her feelers out and found donors to help offset fees and costs to screen the movie and then did the footwork to secure the movie rights and a venue where she could share with her community.  She hosted the initial...