Category Archives: Corrientes
Seminario: Raíces del Desprecio al Puertorriqueño
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“Los puertorriqueños son unos, vagos, colonizados y manduletes. Menos mal que están los federales aquí, sino esto fuera un sal pa’ fuera.” ¿Cuántas veces escuchamos estas frases a la semana? ¿De dónde vienen? ¿Qué las justifica y por qué? ¿Qué implicaciones tiene esta for…ma de concebir al puertorriqueño sobre PR? Estas preguntas tienen respuesta en el Seminario “Raíces del Odio al Puertorriqueño. Un Seminario teórico e histórico cuyo propósito final es explorar otras avenidas para vivir y disfrutar de lo puertorriqueño, tanto individual como colectivamente, mediante el rastreo y la reflexión histórica en torno a las nociones de puertorriqueñidad, calidad de vida y desarrollo. El mismo se efectuará en el Senado Académico de la Inter en Cupey todos los miércoles a partir de las 6 PM desde el 11 de abril. Puede inscribirse en la página electrónica www.sociedadsinergia.org
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PRdream mourns the passing of Alicia Baro, community activist, 1918-2012
Alicia Baro, icon in the Puerto Rican community and movement, passed away January 2, 2012 at 7:20 in the morning.
Alicia Baro dedicated her life to ensuring the rights of Hispanics, women, and other minorities in political representation, education and employment.
Born in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, Baro was reared in New York City. She graduated from prestigious Hunter College in 1940. After relocating to Miami, she actively opposed the deplorable treatment of migrant workers in Miami, which sparked her political participation and led to the formation of the Puerto Rican Democrats Organization.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Baro became involved in organizations for women and blacks. She was a founding member of the National Conference of Puerto Rican Women, the Coalition of Hispanic American Women, and the Women Chamber of Commerce of South Florida.
She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including Distinguished Service Awards from the 18th District of the Florida Congressional Delegation and the City of Miami. Baro was featured in Julia’s Daughters, a book highlighting historical Dade County women. In 1995 NACOPRW instituted the Annual Alicia Baró Achievement Award.
Memorial Service
Saturday, January 28, 2012
11:00 am
Upper Room Assembly of God Church
19701 SW 127 Ave (Cutler Ridge)
Miami, FL.
For further information:
Daisy C. Franklin
deecee258@gmail.com
CHARAS/El Bohio Holiday Party and Community Potluck!
Dear friends!
Has it been 10 Years!
Yes it has!!!
Please join us to mark the Ten Year Anniversary of the Eviction of
Charas Community Center with music, food, friends and a community
speak out!
CHARAS/El Bohio Holiday Party and Community Potluck!
When: Sunday, December 18
12pm – Rally at Tompkins Square Park
12:30pm – Proceeds to CHARAS
Where: 605 East 9th Street (bet. aves. B& C)
Dance, speak out, and help us to create a community center in the
street. One day the developer’s blue wall will come down, and Charas
will be back inside where it belongs.
With a General Assembly and performances by members of Great Small
Works, Hungry March Band, Rev. Billy & the Church of Stop Stopping.
The Peoples Mic and kid friendly activities including face painting,
dance, and art making!
Potluck! Bring a dish or an activity to share!
CHARAS served the low-income, activist, and artist communities of
lower east side for over 20 years, providing artist’s space,
performance and gallery space, afterschool programs, workshops,
English classes and meeting space for countless neighborhood
organizations. In 1999, despite a community use restriction &
widespread opposition, the building that housed CHARAS was auctioned
off to private developer Gregg Singer, who immediately moved to evict
them. After a hard fought battle, CHARAS was evicted on December 27,
2001. The building, still zoned for community use, has sat vacant and
derelict ever since. It’s time CHARAS gets their community center
back!
CHARAS/El Bohio Cultural and Community Center was founded in 1965 by
Latino youth leaders of notorious New York City gangs who resolved to
organize to improve the Lower East Side. CHARAS was born from the
awareness of the need for change, namely by addressing the broader
issues impacting the community such as racism, police brutality, the
lack of economic resources, services, quality education and housing.
SPREAD THE WORD!
See you there!
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PRdream mourns the passing of Alice Cardona, Community Activist and Latina Rights Advocate
Alice Cardona, Latina Rights Advocate, Dies at 81
Nov. 2, 2011
Staff–Hispanic Business
Alice Cardona, who advocated for women’s rights and bilingual education, died on Nov. 1, 2011, at age 81.
Alice Cardona, who advocated for women’s rights and bilingual education, died Noevmber 1 at the age of 81. She was of Puerto Rican descent and raised and educated in Spanish Harlem in New York. Her parents migrated to New York from Puerto Rico in 1923.
After graduating high school in 1950, Cardona volunteered at the Legion de Maria, where she gave psychological support to black and Hispanic people in need.
During this time she learned about the oppressive social, economic and educational obstacles that these groups faced.
In 1961, Cardona joined the Sisters of St. John, a religios order based in Taylor, Texas, but later returned to New York to work for a financial institution as a program coordinator for United Bronx Parents (UBP).
Her career prospered between 1970 and 1978, during which time she worked at ASPIRA as a counselor for youth and later as a director of counseling for parents and students.
Working at ASPIRA encouraged her to return to complete her degree, which she did in 1973 through an independent study program at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt. She also was an active member of the National Conference of Puerto Rican Women (NACOPRW). In 1975, Cardona became a member on the national board of NACOPRW.
During this time she founded HACER/Hispanic Women’s Center, which aimed to help Latinas to achieve their professional goals through education.
Between 1983 and 1995, under the administration of New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, Cardona was the assistant director of the N.Y. State Division for Women, where she directed the office’s day-to-day operations.
In this position she further advocated for bilingual education and women, including those in prison. She also worked to combat AIDS/HIV, breast cancer and domestic violence.
Upon retiring in 1995, Cardona remained active with various organizations. She was the director of the Puerto Rican Association for Community Affairs (PRACA); the co-director of the Atrevete, a group dedicated to voter registration and political participation; and a member of the boards of National Women’s Political Caucus, National Association for Bilingual Education, and Puerto Rican Educatiors Association, among others.
In 1997, Cordona was one of 70 U.S. women invited to “Vital Voices of Women in Democracy” in Beijing. She also is the author of a book, “Puerto Rican Women Achievers in New York City,” and she was the first Hispanic woman to receive the Susan B. Anthony prize from the National Organization for Women (NOW).