Featured report:
Study Finds Rich-Poor Income Gap Growing - Yahoo! News The greatest disparity between rich and poor was in New York, where the top 20 percent of wage earners had average incomes 8.1 times larger than the poorest 20 percent in the early 2000s.
Friday, January 27, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Community Event
La Casa De La Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, Inc.
(The Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage House, Inc.)
Cordialmente le invita a la interesante lectura del drama
“Los Peligros de Chencha” de Anita Vélez Mitchell
Con la participación de:
Actores y Actrices del grupo “Danza Fiesta”
Hilda Rivera Pantoja - Coreógrafa
Domingo, 29 de enero del 2006, a las 3:00 p.m.
1230 Quinta Avenida, salón #458
Invite a sus amigos
Donación $10.00
R.S.V.P.
(212) 722-2600
http://www.lacasapr.org/
La Casa De La Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, Inc.
(The Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage House, Inc.)
Cordialmente le invita a la interesante lectura del drama
“Los Peligros de Chencha” de Anita Vélez Mitchell
Con la participación de:
Actores y Actrices del grupo “Danza Fiesta”
Hilda Rivera Pantoja - Coreógrafa
Domingo, 29 de enero del 2006, a las 3:00 p.m.
1230 Quinta Avenida, salón #458
Invite a sus amigos
Donación $10.00
R.S.V.P.
(212) 722-2600
http://www.lacasapr.org/
Featured article:
Text of NYC Mayor Bloomberg's State of the City Address at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island:
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2006 State of the City Address (Gotham Gazette. January 26, 2006)
Text of NYC Mayor Bloomberg's State of the City Address at Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island:
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 2006 State of the City Address (Gotham Gazette. January 26, 2006)
PRESS STATEMENT
Friends of the International Leadership Charter School Announce Victory for Bronx Community
On Tuesday January 10, 2006 the New York State Board of Regents voted unanimously to fill the last 4 charter school slots available for New York City. The establishment of the International Leadership Charter School, a high school proposed for the Bronx, is a victory for the Puerto Rican and Latino immigrant youth and the community which it will serve. This grassroots effort led by a Bronx puertorriquena Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez is part of a larger vision for the neighborhood in which the school will be located.
With the conviction that, “It takes a village to educate a child…” Dr. Ruiz Lopez, graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University is the founder and Chief Executive Officer for ILCS. She embarked upon a long and rigorous journey to address a problem that is approaching epidemic proportions in the Borough. “If they are not being taught how can they graduate?” A drop-out rate for Bronx high school students that exceeded more than 50% in some areas was the driving force that fueled this Bronx native’s passion for bringing together the most dedicated and experienced individuals in the area of law, finance, non-profit management, school administration and community engagement to ensure that the dream for this community would become a reality.
This effort was made possible with the support of numerous community leaders and organizations that actively united around the concept of establishing a charter high school that would provide a stellar education to the most neglected student population in the Bronx, the ELL and immigrant high school age youth.
The stakes were very high in this process as there were several groups who applied for the remaining slots before the Cap on charter schools closed. ILCS is only the second charter high school in the NYC that has been authorized by Chancellor Joel Klein. The first charter high school is Williamsburg Charter High School whose founder and CEO Eddie Calderon Melendez is on the ILCS Board of Trustees. Other key board members include Frances Lucerna, founder of Peace and Justice Academy El Puente, Peter Moyers, Esq, Professor Frank Tang, Alice Mairs, and Al Prentice McCutchen.
The organizations and individuals who supported this effort includes Community Planning Board 6, El Puente, Inc., the National Council of La Raza, the International Branch of the YMCA, the New York City Charter Center for Excellence, Professor Pedro Noguera, NYU, The Children’s Defense Fund, The Office of the Bronx Borough President, Councilman Joel Rivera, Assemblyman Jose Rivera, Assemblyman Michael Benjamin, and Mastermind, Inc.
The positive outcome validated the numerous sacrifices made by the ILCS founding Board of Trustees and the Friends of ILCS, Inc. Dr. Ruiz Lopez, who prefers being called Elaine, is already preparing diligently for the first day of school and 4 years up the road. Elaine cannot wait to meet all 88 9th grade students who will for the first time, enroll in a public school of choice with an equal opportunity to attend and graduate from a quality school with an academically rigorous curriculum that is designed to pave the way toward enrollment in the college of their choice. According to Elaine, “For hundreds of students this may be the first time that they have been given a fighting chance to be the first in their families to attend college. Failure will never be an option at ILCS. Now that’s social justice.”
For more information, Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez at 646-623-8879 or Palomaazul@aol.com
Friends of the International Leadership Charter School Announce Victory for Bronx Community
On Tuesday January 10, 2006 the New York State Board of Regents voted unanimously to fill the last 4 charter school slots available for New York City. The establishment of the International Leadership Charter School, a high school proposed for the Bronx, is a victory for the Puerto Rican and Latino immigrant youth and the community which it will serve. This grassroots effort led by a Bronx puertorriquena Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez is part of a larger vision for the neighborhood in which the school will be located.
With the conviction that, “It takes a village to educate a child…” Dr. Ruiz Lopez, graduate of Teachers College, Columbia University is the founder and Chief Executive Officer for ILCS. She embarked upon a long and rigorous journey to address a problem that is approaching epidemic proportions in the Borough. “If they are not being taught how can they graduate?” A drop-out rate for Bronx high school students that exceeded more than 50% in some areas was the driving force that fueled this Bronx native’s passion for bringing together the most dedicated and experienced individuals in the area of law, finance, non-profit management, school administration and community engagement to ensure that the dream for this community would become a reality.
This effort was made possible with the support of numerous community leaders and organizations that actively united around the concept of establishing a charter high school that would provide a stellar education to the most neglected student population in the Bronx, the ELL and immigrant high school age youth.
The stakes were very high in this process as there were several groups who applied for the remaining slots before the Cap on charter schools closed. ILCS is only the second charter high school in the NYC that has been authorized by Chancellor Joel Klein. The first charter high school is Williamsburg Charter High School whose founder and CEO Eddie Calderon Melendez is on the ILCS Board of Trustees. Other key board members include Frances Lucerna, founder of Peace and Justice Academy El Puente, Peter Moyers, Esq, Professor Frank Tang, Alice Mairs, and Al Prentice McCutchen.
The organizations and individuals who supported this effort includes Community Planning Board 6, El Puente, Inc., the National Council of La Raza, the International Branch of the YMCA, the New York City Charter Center for Excellence, Professor Pedro Noguera, NYU, The Children’s Defense Fund, The Office of the Bronx Borough President, Councilman Joel Rivera, Assemblyman Jose Rivera, Assemblyman Michael Benjamin, and Mastermind, Inc.
The positive outcome validated the numerous sacrifices made by the ILCS founding Board of Trustees and the Friends of ILCS, Inc. Dr. Ruiz Lopez, who prefers being called Elaine, is already preparing diligently for the first day of school and 4 years up the road. Elaine cannot wait to meet all 88 9th grade students who will for the first time, enroll in a public school of choice with an equal opportunity to attend and graduate from a quality school with an academically rigorous curriculum that is designed to pave the way toward enrollment in the college of their choice. According to Elaine, “For hundreds of students this may be the first time that they have been given a fighting chance to be the first in their families to attend college. Failure will never be an option at ILCS. Now that’s social justice.”
For more information, Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lopez at 646-623-8879 or Palomaazul@aol.com
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Soulfighter
Freestyle Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor performs at the Voices For the Voiceless poetry activity in Amherst, MA, in December 2005.
REMINDER:
WHAT: "Voices for the Voiceless" poetry and interviews with poets (including Jose Montoya, Tato Laviera and Shaggy Flores) will be featured on PRSUN TV, Bronxnet's Channel 69, Bronx, NY
WHEN: 12:30 p.m., Jan. 26
REMINDER:
WHAT: "Voices for the Voiceless" poetry and interviews with poets (including Jose Montoya, Tato Laviera and Shaggy Flores) will be featured on PRSUN TV, Bronxnet's Channel 69, Bronx, NY
WHEN: 12:30 p.m., Jan. 26
Monday, January 23, 2006
Sunday, January 22, 2006
us
lapamela says:
"our last shadows in the puerto rico grass"
Happy journey LaPamela and Luke. Thanks for your Puerto Rico images.
"our last shadows in the puerto rico grass"
Happy journey LaPamela and Luke. Thanks for your Puerto Rico images.
baptism and communion
As a child I believed in God.
Baptism is me. Communion is me.
I say that poppy married me when
I was younger. -- Samaris Ayala
NYC-based writer Samaris "sallypatches" Ayala contributes her poetry (and photo collages) to Puerto Rico Sun. She may be reached at sallypatches@yahoo.com.
Baptism is me. Communion is me.
I say that poppy married me when
I was younger. -- Samaris Ayala
NYC-based writer Samaris "sallypatches" Ayala contributes her poetry (and photo collages) to Puerto Rico Sun. She may be reached at sallypatches@yahoo.com.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Poetry
XVIII Boricua College Winter Poetry Series 2006
Calendar of Events
January 27 City Writing
Angie Cruz
Bruce Weber
Lydia Cortes
February 17 New Blood*
Bonafide Rojas
Carmen Bardeguez
Angel Pont Navarro
Marina Ortiz
Magean Ortiz
March 10 Voices**
Alberto Martinez Marquez
Jose Acosta
Rita Indiana Hernandez
April 28 Edgardo Rodriguez Julia:
Visionary Puerto Rican Literature**
**reading in English and Spanish
**reading in Spanish
This event is generously funded by Boricua College and made
possible with public funds from the New York State Council
on the Arts, a state agency
source: prdream.com
XVIII Boricua College Winter Poetry Series 2006
Calendar of Events
January 27 City Writing
Angie Cruz
Bruce Weber
Lydia Cortes
February 17 New Blood*
Bonafide Rojas
Carmen Bardeguez
Angel Pont Navarro
Marina Ortiz
Magean Ortiz
March 10 Voices**
Alberto Martinez Marquez
Jose Acosta
Rita Indiana Hernandez
April 28 Edgardo Rodriguez Julia:
Visionary Puerto Rican Literature**
**reading in English and Spanish
**reading in Spanish
This event is generously funded by Boricua College and made
possible with public funds from the New York State Council
on the Arts, a state agency
source: prdream.com
Here is a message from officials at La Casa:
Strategic Plan For La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, 2006-2009
Prepared by: Juan Ramón Rodríguez-Muñoz, Growth Facilitator
With the participation and leadership of:
Otilio Díaz, Executive Director Eli Alvarado, Chairperson Héctor Ortiz, Vice- President Alfonzo Correa, Member Aurea Mangual, Member Anita Vélez-Mitchell, Member
To whom it may concern:
On behalf of the Board and Staff of La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña (La Casa) we wish to extend our deepest appreciation to the many people that gave their time and energy in the preparation of this Strategic Plan. It was an enormous undertaking by our Board, Staff and Consultant with tremendous input and ownership from all of us. We also wish to express our appreciation for the financial support for this effort provided by a grant from Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.
The strategic plan process was facilitated by Juan Ramón Rodríguez-Muñoz, Growth Facilitator, with the participation and leadership of Otilio Díaz, Executive Director, and representatives of the Board of Directors (Eli Alvarado, Chairperson, Héctor Ortiz, Vice-President, and Alfonzo Correa, Aurea Mangual and Anita Vélez-Mitchell, Board members). It was a job well done and we are grateful for all their efforts. Mr. Rodríguez-Muñoz did a superb job guiding the strategic process and building consensus by the Staff and Board. We commend the Staff and Board for being able to carry their regular job commitments while providing participation and leadership in this strategic plan process.
The challenge that remains is the implementation of this excellent Strategic Plan of La Casa. We want to thank in advance the Staff and Board members and Volunteers that will dedicate so much time and energy in the implementation of this Strategic Plan. The end results will be the realization of the vision of La Casa of having ample and adequate human and material resources to provide excellent services of ethnic library research and cultural education activities, programs and events and many in the Puerto Rican community and others greatly benefit from these services.
We are requesting that you join us in this endeavor of implementing this Strategic Plan of La Casa that will provide the foundation we need to continue into the future towards long-term stability and success.
Sincerely,
Eli Alvarado Otilio Díaz Chairperson Executive Director
Strategic Plan For La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña, 2006-2009
Prepared by: Juan Ramón Rodríguez-Muñoz, Growth Facilitator
With the participation and leadership of:
Otilio Díaz, Executive Director Eli Alvarado, Chairperson Héctor Ortiz, Vice- President Alfonzo Correa, Member Aurea Mangual, Member Anita Vélez-Mitchell, Member
To whom it may concern:
On behalf of the Board and Staff of La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriqueña (La Casa) we wish to extend our deepest appreciation to the many people that gave their time and energy in the preparation of this Strategic Plan. It was an enormous undertaking by our Board, Staff and Consultant with tremendous input and ownership from all of us. We also wish to express our appreciation for the financial support for this effort provided by a grant from Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.
The strategic plan process was facilitated by Juan Ramón Rodríguez-Muñoz, Growth Facilitator, with the participation and leadership of Otilio Díaz, Executive Director, and representatives of the Board of Directors (Eli Alvarado, Chairperson, Héctor Ortiz, Vice-President, and Alfonzo Correa, Aurea Mangual and Anita Vélez-Mitchell, Board members). It was a job well done and we are grateful for all their efforts. Mr. Rodríguez-Muñoz did a superb job guiding the strategic process and building consensus by the Staff and Board. We commend the Staff and Board for being able to carry their regular job commitments while providing participation and leadership in this strategic plan process.
The challenge that remains is the implementation of this excellent Strategic Plan of La Casa. We want to thank in advance the Staff and Board members and Volunteers that will dedicate so much time and energy in the implementation of this Strategic Plan. The end results will be the realization of the vision of La Casa of having ample and adequate human and material resources to provide excellent services of ethnic library research and cultural education activities, programs and events and many in the Puerto Rican community and others greatly benefit from these services.
We are requesting that you join us in this endeavor of implementing this Strategic Plan of La Casa that will provide the foundation we need to continue into the future towards long-term stability and success.
Sincerely,
Eli Alvarado Otilio Díaz Chairperson Executive Director
Thursday, January 19, 2006
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