Event to Tout ‘Hope for Latino Children’ to Policy-makers
Apr 6th
The National Latino Children’s Institute (NLCI), in partnership with the National Education Association (NEA), Southwest Airlines and Univision, is hosting a national forum April 28 in Washington, D.C., for young Latinos, Latino advocates and policy-makers to develop strategies and solutions for healthy schools and communities.
The forum, Building a Nation of Hope for Latino Children, will convene NCLI’s national network of Latino children’s service providers, including stay-inschool programs, after school programs, health care, mentoring and tutoring, etc. This network, La Promesa (the promise of a bright future) will develop a joint advocacy agenda with and on behalf of Latino children. This forum will provide youth and stakeholders with the opportunity to dialogue directly with policy-makers, media representatives, funders and other national and local leaders.
Participants will present their recommendations to Congress and other policy-makers April 29, 2010.
For fourm details, go here.
Latino News Roundup: Diabetes, Obesity & Youth
Mar 15th
Check out these Latino health news tidbits from the past few days:
Doctors try to discover why more Latinos are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes in all Americans has become a code red emergency in the U.S., with people of color topping the list as the most vulnerable. More than 10 percent of the country’s Latino population has diabetes. The quest to reverse this crisis involves a multi-layered investigation, beginning at a genetic level and branching into the psychological, cultural, social and economic factors that may be paving the way toward obesity and diabetes.
Ventura County Star
New grant aims to cut obesity in Latino, black New Yorkers
A $6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has funded the creation of ORBIT: Obesity Related Behavioral Intervention Trials to focus on reducing obesity and obesity-related deaths in New York City’s African-American and Latino communities.
Medical News Today
America’s Tomorrow: A Profile of Latino Youth
The National Council of La Raza has released a report that examines the status of U.S. Latino youths. Latino youth, who compose nearly 20% of all youth in the country, experience high levels of poverty, high dropout rates, low graduation rates, high unemployment rates, and low rates of health insurance. Given that Latinos will compose about 30% of the U.S. population by 2050, the ability of Latino youth to overcome these pressing challenges today will directly impact the economic and social success of our nation in the future.
National Council of La Raza
New Bi-Cultural Anti-Smoking Campaign Targets Latino Youths
Jan 13th
Smoking makes you “Stupidiota.”
That’s the simple thought behind the new bi-cultural youth smoking prevention campaign by DC Tobacco Free Families, which seeks to empower Latino youths to become the messengers and stewards of this cause.
A powerful and fascinating creation of Communications-Marketing agency, Elevation, Stupidiota features two TV PSAs inspired by popular video games (The SIMS and World of War Craft), a radio PSA with a catchy Reggaeton beat and other guerilla marketing tools. The campaign equips youth with the tools they need to stay tobacco free and proclaim No Soy Stupidiota (I ain’t no Stupidiota).
For more information on Stupidiota, click here.
Watch the stupidiota PSA inspired by World of War Craft here or below: