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  • Luis Muñoz Marin mentoring program receives an assist from Wal-Mart

    (Plain Press, November 2014) CMSD NEWS BUREAU— Walmart came this September with a $1,000 check for Luis Muñoz Marin School, but school leaders are convinced that there’s a much bigger payoff to come for their students. That’s because the cash donation is really just secondary support for “Mi Futuro” (Spanish for “My Future”) a yearlong…

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  • Hispanic UMADAOP teaches Cleveland youths’ skills to help prevent drug and alcohol abuse

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October 2014) Hispanic Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (Hispanic UMADAOP) provides an excellent example of how a community organization can have a positive influence on students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD). Hispanic UMADAOP has been offering an alcoholism and drug abuse prevention program in Cleveland…

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  • Festival Del Cafe

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  • Deportations destroy families

        PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 3, 2014; The Immigrant Justice Solidarity Rally and March organized by the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network: Supporters of immigrant rights begin a march from Market Square Park on W. 25th and Lorain Avenue. The demonstrators called for an end to deportations that are breaking up families.

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  • San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro encourages youth to work hard to achieve their dreams

    San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro encourages youth to work hard to achieve their dreams by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2013) Speaking to a large crowd at the at the Convención Hispana 2013 at St. Ignatius High School on October 19th, Keynote Speaker Julian Castro, the mayor of San Antonio, Texas, took the opportunity to…

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