Education

Iguana magazine, a Spanish-language children’s magazine, announced that AMERICO, the first Latino superhero of the Americas, is making a special, featured appearance in its premiere edition.

In partnership with well-known community organizations across the country, Kraft Foods is offering a creative English as a Second Language (ESL) curriculum to the Hispanic community. Designed to teach the basic elements of the English language, plus the additional educational components of healthful eating, nutrition label comprehension, and food preparation, for the past four years, this program has provided a fun and innovative educational curriculum to help teach English to Spanish-speaking adult students utilizing a key element of the Hispanic culture – food.

Diversity, democracy and social activism in the 21st century will be among the topics explored at the 18th annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education Tuesday, May 31, through Saturday, June 4, in New York City.

AOL Latino was recognized with an Education Awards for Exemplary Service (“EDDIES”) by the Miami-Dade County Public School System (MDCPS). The Award is given to a business or corporation for its outstanding contribution to the schools during the academic year.

College graduates interested in the television industry can gain marketable skills and hands-on experience through a unique media research class offered at New York University’s School of Professional and Continuing Education Studies.

HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in partnership with the Adoption Exchange Association, the Collaboration to Adoptuskids and the Advertising Council, launched a national Spanish-language advertising campaign to promote adoption from foster care.

Americans have ambivalent views about the appropriate role for government in curbing sex, violence and indecency in the entertainment media. They have doubts about the effectiveness of government action, and believe that public pressure ­ in the form of complaints and boycotts ­ is a better way of dealing with the problem. They also blame audiences more than the media industry for objectionable material. Significantly, Americans see greater danger in the government’s imposing undue restrictions on the entertainment industry, than in the industry producing harmful content (by 48% vs. 41%).

As part of this year’s Billboard Latin Music Awards Show and Conference, Heineken USA will once again put into action the Heineken Green Ribbons Initiative. The program is a national effort to raise awareness and funds to support music education programs and emerging artists in Hispanic communities across the country. For the third consecutive year, a donation will be made by Heineken USA to the Celia Cruz Foundation.

Adults over 65 are more than twice as likely to die in a fire, making fire prevention and education essential to their safety. But the lack of fire safety materials in Spanish leaves Hispanic seniors especially vulnerable.