Education

The California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) unveiled a cutting-edge multi-media and outreach campaign to prevent sexual violence in California that targets young men aged 14-18 and engages them as part of a solution to prevent first-time perpetration.

Allstate Insurance and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) awarded ten Hispanic youth leaders each with a Líderes de Hoy $5,000 academic scholarship.

Carolina Milner is an alumna of Florida State University with a Masters of Science in Integrated Marketing Communication and Management. After receiving her Bachelors of Arts degree in International Affairs with an emphasis in Marketing from FSU, Milner was accepted into the university’s unique Graduate Certification Program at the Center for the Study of Hispanic Marketing Communications, which trains students on marketing to the US Hispanic market. Milner was the first recipient to receive the certification.

A new poll by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington-based policy, research, and advocacy organization that works to make every child a graduate, prepared for postsecondary education and success in life, found strong support among Latinos for greater investment in our nation’s high schools.

More Hispanic high school graduates than ever before are taking the ACT and planning to attend college. But, test results from the graduating class of 2005 suggest that many of these students are missing some of the academic skills they’ll need during their first year of college.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced its partnership with The Ricky Martin Foundation to continue raising awareness among English- and Spanish-speaking audiences on the issue of human trafficking.

Florida State University (FSU) announced the official launch of the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, the first program of its kind in the U.S., designed to educate professionals to serve the growing Hispanic marketing industry.