Mom accused of circumcising infant girl A 35-year-old mother was arrested for allegedly circumcising her 10-month-old daughter, police said. The LaGrange woman is currently being held in... Read More

My name is Erin Aagesen and I am a graduate student studying Life Sciences Communication and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin. This spring... Read More

As our project moves forward, we invite you to a preliminary look at our work:   http://www.whyy.org/widerhorizons/ourstories.html   Read More

Nadia Sol Ireri Unzueta Carrasco is 22 years old, and since she began participating with SALUD she has received a bachelors degree in Gender and... Read More

Rosalinda Guzman (picture right) is the youngest member of the SALUD team, and is returning for her third year. She is currently attending Noble Street... Read More

Judith Landeros is a student at Northwestern University, with a double major in Social Policy and Latina/o Studies. Her parents are Mexican immigrants whom she... Read More

Since Edy Dominguez began participating at Radio Arte, he has graduated from Northeastern Illinois University with a major in Communication, Media, and Theater with a... Read More

Laura Cabral returns for her third year with SALUD. Some of my clearest memories from SALUD consist of sitting in the room outside of Ms. Unzueta’s... Read More

Caroline Luna is returning for her second year with SALUD. She is currently a Freshman at DePaul University in Chicago. The program SALUD was an excellent... Read More

Adriana Garcia has been an active member of the SALUD project since the beginning. In 2008 and 2009 she learned to listen and then take... Read More

How white is our milk? How American is our cheese – in fact, who actually makes it? More and more of Wisconsin's farmer Johns are working with... Read More

The healthcare interpreter profession is being defined. Your input is critical! I am asking you to do two things today: (1) click on the link... Read More

To counter the many reports and images of desperate Haitians looting stores, I offer these first-hand reports:   From Amber Munger, working with KONPAY, in Port-au-Prince, Jan... Read More

“Art is not a frill,” is the message on my neighbors’ refrigerator.  No one proves this statement true more than Lily Yeh, an artist of... Read More

Via La Opinión, 16 December 2009. The immigration reform bill introduced yesterday in the House of Representatives by Illinois Congressman Luis Gutiérrez is co-sponsored by 87 other representatives... Read More

An immigrant is someone who willingly wants to change their situation in a new country.  You have to cope with a new language, culture, and community.  It is very exciting because compared to where they are coming from there is a lot of opportunity for education, work and advancement [in the U.S.] It is harder for some people to adapt than others. Read More

(Nicky Trasvina spoke at the November 11 Launch of a unique social media campaign designed by members of La Colectiva de Mujeres of La Raza... Read More

Juan Cuba, who teaches people how to use media to tell stories, talks about the need to be strong, media sterotypes, and his sense of belonging. Read More

16-year-old Javier Arellano didn’t know what he was in for when he auditioned for SALUD 2008, now a returning youth participant find out why, for... Read More

Hanna Do is an outreach worker at SEAMAAC, Inc. in Philadelphia. Hanna explains how her experience as a Vietnamese refugee continues to strengthen her and motivate her to do meaningful, community-based... Read More

1. If you are an immigrant, tell us what it means to be an immigrant in the United States. If you are not an immigrant,... Read More

Being an immigrant in the U.S means constantly engaging in the protection and promotion of one’s culture by building voluntarily and sometimes involuntarily a close-knit... Read More

Ming Lo is a producer for Chinese language television LA 18 in Los Angeles, California. Being an immigrant has mixed blessings in America. On the... Read More

Being an immigrant provides new opportunities, challenges, difficulties, which are all different depending on how you are prepared at an individual level. Those who are... Read More

First Published in the Latinos Progresando Email Bulletin. Immigration, gangs, family and school are some of the themes of Teatro Americano’s shows. Teatro Americano's latest... Read More