2007.03.24: March 24, 2007: Headlines: Figures: COS - El Salvador: Politics: State Government: Hispanic Issues: The Coloradoan: Education, employment, civic engagement, immigration and healthcare for Latinos and Latinas dominated a Saturday forum hosted by state Rep. John Kefalas
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2007.03.24: March 24, 2007: Headlines: Figures: COS - El Salvador: Politics: State Government: Hispanic Issues: The Coloradoan: Education, employment, civic engagement, immigration and healthcare for Latinos and Latinas dominated a Saturday forum hosted by state Rep. John Kefalas
Education, employment, civic engagement, immigration and healthcare for Latinos and Latinas dominated a Saturday forum hosted by state Rep. John Kefalas
“Our intent is to present issues that matter to people and also in this case to look at what is working and what is not working, always with an eye towards…solutions,” Kefalas said. Kefalas held the forum, the second since he became a state legislator, at the Northside Aztlan Community Center. The speaker panel, which included state and local activists and officials, covered a broad range of issues. El Salvador RPCV John Kefalas is a state representative in Colorado.
Education, employment, civic engagement, immigration and healthcare for Latinos and Latinas dominated a Saturday forum hosted by state Rep. John Kefalas
Latino issues focus of Kefalas meeting
By LYNDSEY STRUTHERS
LyndseyStruthers@coloradoan.com
Education, employment, civic engagement, immigration and healthcare for Latinos and Latinas dominated a Saturday forum hosted by state Rep. John Kefalas.
“Our intent is to present issues that matter to people and also in this case to look at what is working and what is not working, always with an eye towards…solutions,” Kefalas said.
Kefalas held the forum, the second since he became a state legislator, at the Northside Aztlan Community Center.
The speaker panel, which included state and local activists and officials, covered a broad range of issues.
Reyna Anaya, a human development and families studies major at Colorado State University, spoke to the need for increased recruitment and retention of Latino and Latina students in higher education. Currently, 6 percent of CSU students are Latino/Latina.
Poudre School District Superintendent Jerry Wilson discussed initiatives taking place within the school district to curb drop-out rates, including the recent addition of a Latino achievement advisor in the district.
Edgar Sanchez, president of Spanish Communications, a language company in Firestone, criticized immigration laws, citing the negative repercussions they have for the legal Latino/Latina community.
Dr. Virgilio Licona, associate medical director of Plan de Salud de Valle in Fort Lupton emphasized that healthcare was for people, not for profit. This theme was extended to the political and educational arenas by Socorro Bernasconi, who has been involved in Latino community issues all of her life.
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