Hello, I am Darlene Kim and I'm from South Korea :-)
I've been here about 2 years and I JUST started to like this country.
The reason why I came to this country, United States, is to learn English and make some American friendos.:-P
Everyone knows English had became one of the most important langauage in this planet.
In Korea, even some childeren who didn't entrance elemantary school starts to learn English (this became a huge problem).
However, I bet every single person who's living in this world knows how important English is.
My precious English tutor, Courtney, once took me to her parents' house in Illinois for thanksgiving break. Therefore, I've got a chance to see what American's culture looks like. (I feel thankful to Courtney:-D)
America is a beautiful country. It has such a wonderful culture, history, and peoples.
Once I was surprised by America's powerful power. Although this country only had 200 years of history (Korea has 5000 long history), it became one of the strongest country in the world. This country also had a lot of problem include civil war and Vietnam war (twice as many Americans died in this war than civil war). I was totaly shocked by America's strong power.
I love America and I wish I could born an Amercian for next life if I could.
Thank you for reading my humble story and have a nice day :-)
Friday, December 7, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
World AIDS day.
This post is dedicated to Bill Monroe, RN. and Thel Sargeant for their dedication in the fight to prevent HIV/AIDS.
Latino Commission on AIDS receives Community Leader Award
From: Guillermo Chacon (gchacon@latinoaids.org)
Sent: Thu 11/29/07 11:14 AM
Reply-to: gchacon@latinoaids.org
To: Eduardo Crespi (edc2fe@hotmail.com)
LATINO COMMISSION ON AIDS... meeting health challenges in the Latino Community
For Immediate Release Contact Person:
Guillermo Chacon, 212.920.1611
gchacon@latinoaids.org
Latino Commission on AIDS and the Black Leadership Commission on AIDS Today Receive the Community Leader Award presented by the New York City Council of the City of New York.
Photograph by Yanira Arias
Guillermo Chacon, Vice President Latino Commission on AIDS, Dennis Deleon President, Latino Commission on AIDS and Honorable Christine C. Quinn Speaker City Council.
New York, NY – November 28, 2007-- The New York City Council of New York presented the Community Leader Award to the Latino Commission on AIDS and the Black Leadership Commission on AIDS in a heartfelt ceremony in the Council Chambers of the New York City Council.
“The fight against HIV and AIDS and the health care needs facing our community get more challenging every year,” said Dennis deLeon, President of the Latino Commission on AIDS. “We accept this recognition with pride and responsibility in conjunction with our sister organization Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. The Latino Commission on AIDS will continue promoting a community wide response to this crisis, specially addressing the stigma associated to this pandemic for a future without AIDS.”
The recognition presented by the council is focused on the ground breaking work done by the Latino Religious Leadership Project of the Latino Commission on AIDS among Latino Faith based congregations in the area of health promotion and education, HIV prevention, and HIV testing throughout the City of New York.
Photograph by Yanira Arias
Guillermo Chacon, Vice President Latino Commission on AIDS, Dennis Deleon President, Latino Commission on AIDS, Honorable Christine C. Quinn Speaker City Council, Debra Fraser- Howze, President NBLCA, Honorable Larry B. Seabrook-District 12and “Dee” Divinah Bailey, Executive Director of NYC Operations NBLCA .
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The Latino Commission on AIDS is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1990 dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino communities. The Commission is the leading national Latino AIDS organization coordinating National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and other prevention and advocacy programs in more than 40 states and Puerto Rico. For more information visit www.latinoaids.org or www.nlaad.org
UNIDOS PODEMOS/UNITED WE CAN
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La Comisión Latina Sobre el SIDA y La Comisión de Liderazgo Afro-Americana Sobre el SIDA Reciben Hoy el Premio de Liderazgo Comunitario Presentado Por El Ayuntamiento De La Ciudad De Nueva York
Photograhp by Yanira Arias
Honorable Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Council Member- District: 17, Dennis Deleon President, Latino Commission on AIDS, Vice President Latino Commission on AIDS and Honorable Christine C. Quinn Speaker City Council
Nueva York, NY – 28 de noviembre de 2007 – El Ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Nueva York entregó el galardón al liderazgo comunitario a la Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA y a la Comisión de Liderazgo Afro-americana sobre el SIDA en una sincera ceremonia en las cámaras del ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Nueva York.
“Cada año, la lucha contra el VIH y el SIDA y las necesidades de asistencia médica a las que hace frente nuestra comunidad suponen un mayor desafío”, declaró Dennis DeLeón, presidente de la Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA. “Aceptamos este reconocimiento con orgullo y con la responsabilidad que éste conlleva, conjuntamente con nuestra organización hermana, la Comisión de Liderazgo Afro-americana sobre el SIDA. La Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA continuará fomentando una respuesta de carácter comunitario a esta crisis. Pondremos especial atención al estigma asociado a esta enfermedad y lucharemos por un futuro sin SIDA”.
Dicho premio otorgado por el ayuntamiento resaltó principalmente en el trabajo realizado por el Proyecto de Liderazgo Religioso Latino de la Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA. Dicho programa se basa en un trabajo directo con las congregaciones de fe latinas y se centra en las áreas de promoción de la salud, educación, prevención del VIH y la realización de pruebas de HIV por toda la ciudad de Nueva York.
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La Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA es una organización sin ánimo de lucro fundada en 1990 y dedicada a luchar contra la extensión del VIH/SIDA en las comunidades latinas. La Comisión es la organización nacional líder en materia de SIDA en las comunidades latinas. Así, coordina el Día Nacional Latino para la Concientización del SIDA en más de 40 estados y Puerto Rico. Si desea más información, visite: www.latinoaids.org org www.nlaad.org
UNIDOS PODEMOS/UNITED WE CAN
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Latino Commission on AIDS receives Community Leader Award
From: Guillermo Chacon (gchacon@latinoaids.org)
Sent: Thu 11/29/07 11:14 AM
Reply-to: gchacon@latinoaids.org
To: Eduardo Crespi (edc2fe@hotmail.com)
LATINO COMMISSION ON AIDS... meeting health challenges in the Latino Community
For Immediate Release Contact Person:
Guillermo Chacon, 212.920.1611
gchacon@latinoaids.org
Latino Commission on AIDS and the Black Leadership Commission on AIDS Today Receive the Community Leader Award presented by the New York City Council of the City of New York.
Photograph by Yanira Arias
Guillermo Chacon, Vice President Latino Commission on AIDS, Dennis Deleon President, Latino Commission on AIDS and Honorable Christine C. Quinn Speaker City Council.
New York, NY – November 28, 2007-- The New York City Council of New York presented the Community Leader Award to the Latino Commission on AIDS and the Black Leadership Commission on AIDS in a heartfelt ceremony in the Council Chambers of the New York City Council.
“The fight against HIV and AIDS and the health care needs facing our community get more challenging every year,” said Dennis deLeon, President of the Latino Commission on AIDS. “We accept this recognition with pride and responsibility in conjunction with our sister organization Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. The Latino Commission on AIDS will continue promoting a community wide response to this crisis, specially addressing the stigma associated to this pandemic for a future without AIDS.”
The recognition presented by the council is focused on the ground breaking work done by the Latino Religious Leadership Project of the Latino Commission on AIDS among Latino Faith based congregations in the area of health promotion and education, HIV prevention, and HIV testing throughout the City of New York.
Photograph by Yanira Arias
Guillermo Chacon, Vice President Latino Commission on AIDS, Dennis Deleon President, Latino Commission on AIDS, Honorable Christine C. Quinn Speaker City Council, Debra Fraser- Howze, President NBLCA, Honorable Larry B. Seabrook-District 12and “Dee” Divinah Bailey, Executive Director of NYC Operations NBLCA .
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The Latino Commission on AIDS is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1990 dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino communities. The Commission is the leading national Latino AIDS organization coordinating National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and other prevention and advocacy programs in more than 40 states and Puerto Rico. For more information visit www.latinoaids.org or www.nlaad.org
UNIDOS PODEMOS/UNITED WE CAN
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La Comisión Latina Sobre el SIDA y La Comisión de Liderazgo Afro-Americana Sobre el SIDA Reciben Hoy el Premio de Liderazgo Comunitario Presentado Por El Ayuntamiento De La Ciudad De Nueva York
Photograhp by Yanira Arias
Honorable Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Council Member- District: 17, Dennis Deleon President, Latino Commission on AIDS, Vice President Latino Commission on AIDS and Honorable Christine C. Quinn Speaker City Council
Nueva York, NY – 28 de noviembre de 2007 – El Ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Nueva York entregó el galardón al liderazgo comunitario a la Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA y a la Comisión de Liderazgo Afro-americana sobre el SIDA en una sincera ceremonia en las cámaras del ayuntamiento de la ciudad de Nueva York.
“Cada año, la lucha contra el VIH y el SIDA y las necesidades de asistencia médica a las que hace frente nuestra comunidad suponen un mayor desafío”, declaró Dennis DeLeón, presidente de la Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA. “Aceptamos este reconocimiento con orgullo y con la responsabilidad que éste conlleva, conjuntamente con nuestra organización hermana, la Comisión de Liderazgo Afro-americana sobre el SIDA. La Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA continuará fomentando una respuesta de carácter comunitario a esta crisis. Pondremos especial atención al estigma asociado a esta enfermedad y lucharemos por un futuro sin SIDA”.
Dicho premio otorgado por el ayuntamiento resaltó principalmente en el trabajo realizado por el Proyecto de Liderazgo Religioso Latino de la Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA. Dicho programa se basa en un trabajo directo con las congregaciones de fe latinas y se centra en las áreas de promoción de la salud, educación, prevención del VIH y la realización de pruebas de HIV por toda la ciudad de Nueva York.
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La Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA es una organización sin ánimo de lucro fundada en 1990 y dedicada a luchar contra la extensión del VIH/SIDA en las comunidades latinas. La Comisión es la organización nacional líder en materia de SIDA en las comunidades latinas. Así, coordina el Día Nacional Latino para la Concientización del SIDA en más de 40 estados y Puerto Rico. Si desea más información, visite: www.latinoaids.org org www.nlaad.org
UNIDOS PODEMOS/UNITED WE CAN
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Illegal Immigrant Rescues Boy in Desert
By TERRY TANG – 4 days ago
PHOENIX (AP) — A 9-year-old boy looking for help after his mother crashed their van in the southern Arizona desert was rescued by a man entering the U.S. illegally, who stayed with him until help arrived the next day, an official said.
The 45-year-old woman, who eventually died while awaiting help, had been driving on a U.S. Forest Service road in a remote area just north of the Mexican border when she lost control of her van on a curve on Thanksgiving, Sheriff Tony Estrada said.
The van vaulted into a canyon and landed 300 feet from the road, he said. The woman, from Rimrock, north of Phoenix, survived the impact but was pinned inside, Estrada said.
Her son, unhurt but disoriented, crawled out to get help and was found about two hours later by Jesus Manuel Cordova, 26, of Magdalena de Kino in the northern Mexican state of Sonora. Unable to pull the mother out, he comforted the boy while they waited for help.
The woman died a short time later.
"He stayed with him, told him that everything was going to be all right," Estrada said.
As temperatures dropped, he gave him a jacket, built a bonfire and stayed with him until about 8 a.m. Friday, when hunters passed by and called authorities, Estrada said. The boy was flown to University Medical Center in Tucson as a precaution but appeared unhurt.
Cordova was taken into custody by Border Patrol agents, who were the first to respond to the call for help. He had been trying to walk into the U.S. when he came across the boy.
The boy and his mother were in the area camping, Estrada said. The woman's husband, the boy's father, had died only two months ago. The names of the woman and her son were not being released until relatives were notified.
Cordova likely saved the boy, Estrada said, and his actions should remind people not to quickly characterize illegal immigrants as criminals.
"They do get demonized for a lot of reasons, and they do a lot of good. Obviously this is one example of what an individual can do," he said.
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By TERRY TANG – 4 days ago
PHOENIX (AP) — A 9-year-old boy looking for help after his mother crashed their van in the southern Arizona desert was rescued by a man entering the U.S. illegally, who stayed with him until help arrived the next day, an official said.
The 45-year-old woman, who eventually died while awaiting help, had been driving on a U.S. Forest Service road in a remote area just north of the Mexican border when she lost control of her van on a curve on Thanksgiving, Sheriff Tony Estrada said.
The van vaulted into a canyon and landed 300 feet from the road, he said. The woman, from Rimrock, north of Phoenix, survived the impact but was pinned inside, Estrada said.
Her son, unhurt but disoriented, crawled out to get help and was found about two hours later by Jesus Manuel Cordova, 26, of Magdalena de Kino in the northern Mexican state of Sonora. Unable to pull the mother out, he comforted the boy while they waited for help.
The woman died a short time later.
"He stayed with him, told him that everything was going to be all right," Estrada said.
As temperatures dropped, he gave him a jacket, built a bonfire and stayed with him until about 8 a.m. Friday, when hunters passed by and called authorities, Estrada said. The boy was flown to University Medical Center in Tucson as a precaution but appeared unhurt.
Cordova was taken into custody by Border Patrol agents, who were the first to respond to the call for help. He had been trying to walk into the U.S. when he came across the boy.
The boy and his mother were in the area camping, Estrada said. The woman's husband, the boy's father, had died only two months ago. The names of the woman and her son were not being released until relatives were notified.
Cordova likely saved the boy, Estrada said, and his actions should remind people not to quickly characterize illegal immigrants as criminals.
"They do get demonized for a lot of reasons, and they do a lot of good. Obviously this is one example of what an individual can do," he said.
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Teenager's Civic Awareness: The Dream Act
Hello Everyone...On November 14th and 15th all of the After School Program and Teen Tutoring Children were given a presentation on The DREAM Act. This Act would allow illegal alien minor immigrant students to attend college by allowing them a "conditional" status. This status would allow them to complete a 2 year degree or serve in the US military for 2 years. Upon that completion they would be allowed to file for citizenship and they would be granted amnesty for entering the country illegally. To see a more detailed description of the DREAM Act go to: http://www.dreamact.info/
To see a video about the DREAM Act go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCy-bjyX4KY
To see a video about the DREAM Act go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCy-bjyX4KY
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Welcome! Bienvenidos!
Bienvenidos a nuestro blog!
Welcome to the Centro Latino blog! Here you may post your thoughts on anything you wish. This is a safe space for you and the community. To ensure the safety of everyone we need to have a few rules:
1. No curse/swear words.
2. No violent, vulgar content (this includes photos and videos)
3. You may not change administrative options on this blog (this means you cannot change the blog name, email address, or password)
4. HAVE FUN!
Tell your family and friends to post news links, their thoughts, and anything they like!
Check the site often to look for messages from Eduardo Crespi, owner and operator of Centro Latino.
Have a Great day!
Juntos Se Puede!
Courtney Wright
Education Supervisor
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