Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Latino Lens 7


Latino Lens 7
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Gallery featuring photos by photographer Enid Alvarez. This is part of her Puerto Rico series. Latino Lens, Boricua College, Bronx, NY
ANNOUNCEMENT

PRSUN TV: NEW TIME, SAME PLACE

PRSUN TV, a cultural arts program that airs monthly in the Bronx, has a new time slot: 3:30 p.m. Mondays.

The next show featuring "Latino Lens: Photographic Perspectives of Two Boricuas" (with Bronx roots) will air at 3:30 p.m. March 20. PRSUN TV talks to photographers Marisol Diaz and Enid Alvarez, who are currently showcasing their work at a photo exhibit at Boricua College, Bronx campus. The exhibit is worth checking out.

Make sure to tune in to PRSUN TV, 3:30 p.m., March 20, Channel 69, Bronxnet, the public access station in the Bronx.
source: PRLDEF

PRLDEF Continues Fight For Day Laborers
With recent victories in New York and New Jersey and new cases in three other municipalities, PRLDEF has become the premier Latino organization fighting for the rights of day laborers throughout the Northeast.
A recent federal court decision stopped Farmingville from unfairly evicting day laborers from their homes and in Freehold PRLDEF stopped the city from closing down an important muster zone. PRLDEF is continuing to fight for the rights of day laborers in Westchester County, Long Island and New Jersey.
In Mamaroneck, city officials recently voted to temporarily close a popular day laborer muster zone. PRLDEF was joined by the Hispanic Resource Center of Larchmont, Mamaroneck and MALDEF to urge the city council to quickly resolve the issue.
Soon after the city closed the zone, workers moved to a park a few blocks away. Though city officials recognized the rights of the workers to stand on the sidewalk, there are usually at least two police cars parked on each end of the street. At times, three or four policemen are standing with the workers. The visual effect is dramatic and has resulted in almost no contractors stopping to hire workers.
PRLDEF and the other groups wrote a letter to the city council pointing out that day laborers had a constitutional right to seek work in public areas. Municipalities that have sought to abrogate those rights “have had to confront costly litigation in federal court,” the letter said.
The city has not responded to the letter and in fact has rejected several attempts to resolve the issue without litigation. Several offers to negotiate the use of the park and one offer from the day laborers to clean the park as a sign of good faith have all been rejected. PRLDEF and the other groups are in the process of considering several legal challenges.
PRLDEF has also responded to the needs of the immigrant communities in Morristown, N.J. and Patchogue, N.Y. who are alleging possible discriminatory policies in those communities.

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Travel

Saint Louis' Low captures record 4th crown - The Honolulu Advertiser Travel guide to best of Puerto Rico, Vieques and Culebra

Latino Lens 1


Latino Lens 1
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In celebration of Women's History Month, photographers Enid Alvarez and Marisol Diaz exhibit their work in "Latino Lens: Photographic Perspectives of Two Boricuas" until April 15 at Boricua College, Bronx campus. Robert Waddell, academic facilitator at Boricua College and journalist, is curator.

Coming soon: PRSUN TV speaks to the two photographers.

Thursday, March 02, 2006

In NY's ethnic and immigrant press

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IPA NY Voices That Must Be Heard Teen pregnancy on the rise in the Hispanic community