The NDN Political Fund announced the launch of a new national media campaign to bring the values and agenda of the Democratic Party to tens of millions of Americans.
The campaign, “Mas Que un Partido” (“More Than a Game/Party”), will bring these values – opportunity , responsibility, fair-play and the notion that we’re all in this together – to life through the passion and power of the world’s most popular sport: soccer.
After eight years as Los Angeles’ premier Latin music club and cultural melting pot, the Conga Room, co-owned by Jimmy Smits, Jennifer Lopez, Sheila E. and Paul Rodriguez, closed following a star-filled bash which included club fans like Eriq La Salle, Cedric the Entertainer and Larenz Tate. The evening featured heartfelt performances by legendary conguero Francisco Aguabella, L.A.’s leading Chicano band, Quetzal, and salsa master Johnny Polanco. The Conga Room’s owners plan to re-open the club in 2007 at the LA Live Entertainment Complex being built across from the Staples Center downtown.
The June 2006 issue of national Geographic magazine covers ‘The World’s Game’ that includes information about teams from 32 nations that will gather in Germany to compete for the World Cup of soccer, the “beautiful game” that unites and divides countries from around the world. National Geographic’s cover story takes a look at the sport that defines cultures around the globe.
The teaching profession has changed dramatically over the past 40 years. The majority of the nation’s 3 million teachers have at least a master’s degree and an average of 15 years of experience.
Analysis by researchers of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) on Advanced Placement (AP) courses in California public high schools in the mid-1990s concluded that although high school AP programs offered talented youngsters the opportunity to stretch their mental horizons and preview the challenges of college-level
coursework, the programs were not available to all students in the state of California. The findings of this present report indicate that access to AP courses remains an unlikely opportunity for Black and Latino students and many
low-income/rural students regardless of ethnicity. AP courses continue to be an inequitable sorting mechanism that limits some groups’ college preparation opportunities.
It’s that time again, when the country produces hundreds of thousands of new college graduates eager to jump into the work force. However, many of these bright, young college grads settle for jobs that require only a high-school diploma! Often, this is because they don’t know how to job-search or plan a career, and are urgent to simply land a job that pays the bills. Later, they find it difficult to get into a career because they have no good work experience on their resumes. What can a student or recent grad to assure that they land a position they deserve?
Ford Motor Company’s Mercury brand has signed on to sponsor “Terra Nostra: Solamente Salma,” a series of actress Salma Hayek paintings by renowned film director Robert Rodriguez and accomplished muralist George Yepes. The exhibition features 16 acrylic on canvas paintings, each eight by five feet in size and will be on display at the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center in San Antonio, Texas, from April 7 until June 18, 2006.
