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		<title>Latino Foundation meets with Local Latino Agencies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennise Rocha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKTON, CA – Representatives from local organization met at El Concilio in downtown Stockton, on Wednesday, August 8th to discuss Latino challenges in the community and the possible creation of a Latino statewide agenda. The first phase of the California Latino Agenda, a project of the San Francisco based organization, the Latino Community Foundation (LCF), &#8230; <a href="http://bwnews.us/2012/08/21/latino-foundation-meets-with-local-latino-agencies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bwnews.us&#038;blog=14431366&#038;post=7709&#038;subd=bilingualweekly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Have a Voice: Danny Thomas Dunne Ruiz</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 03:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dunne-Ruiz is a retired police officer from Tracy, author of the Blue Mexican, a novel published in 2009 and currently works as English teacher at San Mary`s High School and the San Joaquin Delta College. What started as a part time job at the Tracy Police Department, for the young Dunne-Ruiz turned into a police &#8230; <a href="http://bwnews.us/2012/08/20/i-have-a-voice-danny-thomas-dunne-ruiz/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bwnews.us&#038;blog=14431366&#038;post=7697&#038;subd=bilingualweekly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;¡Todos a Votar!&#8221; (&#8220;Let&#8217;s Vote!&#8221;) National Tour Makes its First Stop in Stockton</title>
		<link>http://bwnews.us/2012/07/30/todos-a-votar-lets-vote-national-tour-makes-its-first-stop-in-stockton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennise Rocha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKTON, CA- Stockton is the first stop of the national campaign ¡Todos a Votar! (Let`s Vote) tour to register and mobilize Latino voters. Led by six national Latino advocacy groups, ¡Todos a Votar! Campaign kickoff was held on Thursday, July 26 at the Comision Honorifica Mexicana, “La Jamaica” and is expected to travel to four &#8230; <a href="http://bwnews.us/2012/07/30/todos-a-votar-lets-vote-national-tour-makes-its-first-stop-in-stockton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bwnews.us&#038;blog=14431366&#038;post=7488&#038;subd=bilingualweekly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>California Senate approves &#8220;Anti-Arizona&#8221; TRUST Act</title>
		<link>http://bwnews.us/2012/07/10/california-senate-approves-anti-arizona-trust-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bwcontributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sacramento, CA – The State Senate approves Assembly Bill (AB) 1081 (Ammiano) on Thursday July 5th, California’s TRUST Act, by a vote of 21-13. The TRUST Act would create a national model to counter the racial profiling inherent in the one section of Arizona&#8217;s anti-immigrant law which the Supreme Court did not strike down last &#8230; <a href="http://bwnews.us/2012/07/10/california-senate-approves-anti-arizona-trust-act/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bwnews.us&#038;blog=14431366&#038;post=7351&#038;subd=bilingualweekly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Delta Fusion Meets at the River</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennise Rocha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKTON, CA — “Meet Me at the River” was the theme for the second annual Delta Fusion Pageant, held at Stockton’s Victory Park during the morning of Saturday June, 30th. Through the performance of giant puppets Delta Fusion celebrates cultural heritage and Stockton’s history; as well as, the Delta region. “Each year we try to &#8230; <a href="http://bwnews.us/2012/07/03/delta-fusion-meets-at-the-river/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bwnews.us&#038;blog=14431366&#038;post=7328&#038;subd=bilingualweekly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CA Walkers Get Lesson on Social Justice in Stockton</title>
		<link>http://bwnews.us/2012/06/28/ca-walkers-get-lesson-on-social-justice-in-stockton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bwcontributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKTON, CA- Sixteen students from Santa Clara University (SCU) took a 257 mile stroll through the State of California for a class on Social Justice and the arts.  They began in Ocean Beach on June 14th and their path took them through Stockton on June 19th — their destination Yosemite.  Father Dean from St. Mary’s &#8230; <a href="http://bwnews.us/2012/06/28/ca-walkers-get-lesson-on-social-justice-in-stockton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bwnews.us&#038;blog=14431366&#038;post=7267&#038;subd=bilingualweekly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Community Celebrates Mother’s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennise Rocha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[STOCKTO, CA- In celebration of mother’s day —one of the major holidays in the Latino culture— a group of women gathered at Kennedy Park on Thursday, May 10th. At the gathering, Yolanda Herrera Tejada emphasized the critical role of mothers and the influence they hold over their children.  &#8221;My parents taught me to place importance &#8230; <a href="http://bwnews.us/2012/05/16/community-celebrates-mothers-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bwnews.us&#038;blog=14431366&#038;post=6858&#038;subd=bilingualweekly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Civic Auditorium locks out youth group peace message effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stockton, CA — In an effort to give free financial literacy courses and personal finance development programs to impoverished minorities in San Joaquin; Leandro Vicuña elaborated a Free Financial Literacy Workshop at the Stockton Civic Auditorium — a program offered by Sus Finanzas.  “100 to 150 persons attended the workshop during its peak,” explained Vicuña.The workshop &#8230; <a href="http://bwnews.us/2012/05/09/civic-auditorium-locks-out-youth-group-peace-message-effort/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bwnews.us&#038;blog=14431366&#038;post=6683&#038;subd=bilingualweekly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cinco de Mayo Continues to Grow in San Joaquin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 23:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[San Joaquin County, CA — Stockton’s traditional Mexican-American Cinco de Mayo parade continues its growth since the mid 1970’s inception. The City of Stockton continues to benefit from the street closure fees collected from the Cinco de Mayo parade’s Committee and its community outreach that brings thousands of resident’s downtown.  The parade was originally coordinated &#8230; <a href="http://bwnews.us/2012/05/09/cinco-de-mayo-continues-to-grow-in-san-joaquin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bwnews.us&#038;blog=14431366&#038;post=6676&#038;subd=bilingualweekly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: Why I am Mexican and actually like Cinco de Mayo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 21:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennise Rocha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Sandra Barrios With Cinco de Mayo come “the persinados” [the faithful] who get angry about it the celebration being yet another excuse for drinking, and the hardcore “I-know-all-my-history” Mexicans who criticize others for not knowing how Cinco de Mayo became a celebration. Yet the small, poorly armed militia that defeated the French army can &#8230; <a href="http://bwnews.us/2012/05/08/opinion-why-i-am-mexican-and-actually-like-cinco-de-mayo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bwnews.us&#038;blog=14431366&#038;post=6671&#038;subd=bilingualweekly&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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