Latina on A Mission: Giving Stuff Away

My friend at @MsLatina is giving away some cool stuff. Check out her website below for more details to see how you can win:

MS Latina Cool Stuff

Latinos Leading on the Economy and Workforce

Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and I

Top level government officials, nonprofit leaders, and corporate executives gather in DC during the CHCI Policy conference to discuss the economic impact of recession on the Latino community.

Moderator: Maria Contreras-Sweet, Chairwoman of the Board, PROMERICA BANK.Panelists: Hon. Shaun Donovan, Sec. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Dr. Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, Associate Prof. UCLA Alan B. Krueger, Assistant Sec. for Economic Policy and Chief Economist, Dept. of Treasury. Hon. Loretta Sanchez(CA-47)Hon. Hilda Solis, Sec. of Department of Labor and the Hon. Gregorio Sablan (NMI)

If you want to see more pictures of today's conference, visit my FB fan page:

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CHCI CareerLider Ribbon Cutting Event @ Washington DC Convention Center

CareerLider Ribbon Cutting ; CHC Chair (Rep. Nydia Velazquez-D-NY), CHCI Exec. Dir., Esther Aguilera, CHCI Fellows, and sponsors celebrate this great event for the Latino community.

CHCI Fellows 2009-2010.

CHCI Graduate Fellow, Jorge Madrid trying

out a Health-based software from Best Buy

The New CareerLider & Networking Cafe

sponsored by Walmart

CHC Chairwoman, Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Policy Conference

I’ll be covering this year’s Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) conference live from Washington DC’s convention center— Monday through Wednesday. POTUS has confirmed to attend and speak at the Gala on Wednesday night.

I’ll be posting on the following blog/site and on twitter for you to follow:

Latinos y Latinas Online Blogera.com

LLOnlineBlogera Facebook Fan page

Twitter: LLOnlineblogera (Follow me)

To give you some insight about my bias for this great organization; I was a public policy fellow on the Hill through CHCI back in 2007. Thanks to them, I learned a lot about the legislative process at the federal level. They do a great job developing the next generation of Latino leadership in government affairs through their internship and fellowship programs. If you are interested learning more about CHCI’s mission and their programs for Latino/as, check out their website: Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute

Stay Tuned!

Social Media Revolution: Do You Have A Strategy?

Today, I had a wonderful opportunity to mingle with some of New England’s best entrepreneurial minds from different industries: real estate, IT, and green technologies to the latest fast rising field of social media (My business specialty). This superb conference was hosted by the RI Economic Development Corporation in Providence, which happens to have as part of their professional staff, a great talented and professional Latina by the name of Claudia Cardozo. I want to thank Claudia for having invited me to this great conference.

As you may have experienced by being surrounded with people who twitter and post frequently through any of the social network sites, in the past two years, the field of social media technology has revolutionized the way we live and work! See my next blog post video, Social Media Revolution, so you can understand better the immensity and potential benefits social media represents in today’s economy.

My professional background covers over 5 years in technology consulting experience to small and nonprofit organizations, having attained both of my degrees in information technology and attended Carnegie Mellon University. However, I have realized how much more potential social media represents to all organizations out there today— no matter whether you have five people on staff or over a thousand— the benefits you can obtain through utilizing social media in advertising and public relations to grow your business/organization are infinite. I can show you how to utilize such technologies to optimize their potential benefits on your organization since I have done it myself.

In the past year, I have submerge myself profoundly in this field and received formal training through RI’s Economic Development Corporation, in addition to my own personal experience running my own blogs, multiple social media sites, and networking with other experts in social media throughout the country. I invite you visit my new business called, LLOnline Blogera, LLC. And become a fan on my Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/LLOnline-Blogera-LLC/129713743674

Please contact me at latinosylatinasonlineblogera@gmail.com for any organizational or personal needs you may be facing to utilize social media as part of you strategic business plan. I will provide you a free consultation visit to assess your needs and provide solutions to meet your goals.

Notes from the Field- Making a Difference in the Latino Community

As I sat and listened to several Central Valley, CA, Latino teens tell me about their future ambitions and life dreams, I was struck by how determined to succeed these kids were. Despite living in communities threatened by drug and gang activity, low income and high unemployment levels, each was looking forward to graduating from high school, attending college and having a promising career.

Tu Salud, Check it out...

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Healthcare Reform and Coverage

From Kaiser Health Newsletter via FB Latinos for Healthcare Reform

Aug 11, 2009

The health care needs of an estimated 6.8 million undocumented and uninsured immigrants "has become the third rail in the debate over health-care reform," The Chicago Tribune reports. Some health care advocates have proposed broadening the proposals before Congress to include this population, but "fierce opposition has kept the idea off the table."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has "emphasized that illegal immigrants would not be covered under the current proposals." And the Congressional Hispanic Caucus has called for coverage "only for 'legal, law-abiding' immigrants who pay their 'fair share' for health care."

But "immigration activists say it is 'immoral' for hospitals and doctors, as well as a nation, to deny health care to the seriously ill, no matter their legal status. But proponents of tougher Immigration enforcement -- and others fighting to contain runaway health-care costs -- fear that providing such services would only encourage more undocumented immigrants to cross the border" (Olivo, 8/11).

The Associated Press reports Latinos are the least likely among the major ethnic groups to have health insurance through work and are watching closely the reform legislation in Congress. "Experts say health disparities among ethnic groups are great, with one in three Hispanics and one in five African-Americans not having health insurance, compared with one in eight whites. And as the recession deepens, the gap is growing along with rising unemployment and cuts to work-sponsored insurance."

Meanwhile, the AP also notes that although the House bill "represents the most comprehensive effort to date to extend health care to all Americans," illegal immigrants would be excluded. And "absent immigration reform and a path to citizenship, that would mean millions could be left out of the system. About 59 percent of the 11.9 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States have no health insurance, according to the Pew Hispanic Center" (Barbassa, 8/10).