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The ‘digital divide’ is among our greatest enemies!We are calling on all of our friends to act now!
The Problem: According to José Feliciano, Sr., Chair of Cleveland’s The Hispanic Roundtable, the digital divideis “among our greatest enemies!”
In a 2018 report “by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Cleveland was ranked the fourth worst internet-connected city in the United States. Couple this with a pandemic, economic challenges, language barriers, lack ofinfrastructure, and support, and we have a recipe for disaster,” said Mr. Feliciano Sr. See Mr. Feliciano’s ‘Letter to theEditor and Community’ on page 11 for possible solutions.
In light of this digital divide, on Sept. 3, 2020, the Hispanic Roundtable canvassed the Clark Fulton neighborhoodin Cleveland, along with a variety of students, supporters, and community leaders including Cleveland CouncilwomanJasmin Santana.
In the photo on page 1 are José Feliciano Sr., Angela Bennett (Digital C), Maggie Rivera (U.S Bank), andMelissa Hirch (CMSD, Technology). La Prensa photo by photojournalist Mychal Lilly.
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September 11, 2020Página 2 La Prensa
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WASHINGTON, DC,Sept. 3, 2020 (AP): TheWhite House said DonaldTrump’s latest threat to cutfederal dollars for certainbig cities is aimed at spur-ring them to do more toquell violence, but localleaders dismissed it Thurs-day as a political gimmickand unlikely to stand up incourt if implemented.
Trump has made a num-ber of other threats thatwere either struck downby judges or that the presi-dent paused on his own.
Trump issued a memo-randum Wednesday call-ing on the attorney gen-eral to publish a list ofjurisdictions that have “per-mitted violence and thedestruction of property topersist and have refused toundertake reasonable mea-sures to counteract thesecriminal activities.” Sub-sequently, agency headsare to get guidance abouthow to restrict federalgrants to those jurisdic-tions.
The memorandumcomes as Trump seeks tocast his Democratic rivalJoe Biden as weak oncrime amid some of theviolence that has accom-panied protests against ra-cial injustice.
“The intent is toincentivize cities to followin the way of Kenosha andMinneapolis who, when
they were in the midst of asituation that they couldn’thandle just at the locallevel, they requested fed-eral assistance and itworked,” White Housepress secretary KayleighMcEnany said.
Previously, Trumpthreatened to cut fundingfor sanctuary cities toforce them to comply withmore stringent immigra-tion policies. The 7th U.S.Circuit Court of Appealssaid the effort violatedseparation of powers pro-visions enshrined in theU.S. Constitution.
Tom Cochran, CEOand executive director ofthe U.S. Conference ofMayors, said thepresident’s new order hadno legal standing. If it wereimplemented, he added, itwould slash resources forpolice and firefighters andother essential services _the very thing Trump hasclaimed Democrats aretrying to do when it comesto law enforcement.
“This effort is intendedonly to inflame tensionsand divide us,” Cochransaid.
In his memo, Trumpsingled out Seattle, NewYork City, Portland, Or-egon, and Washington,D.C., for possible loss offederal dollars. None arecompetitive areas forTrump in the coming presi-
dential election.The memo was de-
nounced by Democraticleaders including Wash-ington Gov. Jay Inslee andNew York Gov. AndrewCuomo.
“It is just the latest base-less, petty and divisivemove by President Trumpto distract from his abjectfailure to protect Ameri-cans from COVID-19,”Inslee said.
Portland Mayor TedWheeler, a favorite tar-get of the president,called Trump’s effort“dangerous, destructive,and divisive.”
And New York CityMayor Bill de Blasio saidthe president was trying toscore political points.
“I think this is anotherone of his blusters that’llgo nowhere. But if he re-ally tries it, we will go tocourt and I guarantee youwe’ll beat him again,“ deBlasio said.
McEnany rejected sug-gestions that thepresident’s memorandumwas for show in the lead-up to November 3.
“No, the president willfollow through,”McEnany said.
Associated Press writ-ers Gillian Flaccus in Port-land, Rebecca Boone inBoise, Idaho, and KarenMatthews in New York Citycontributed to this report.
Trump threat to Democratic-led cities provokesoutcryBy KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press
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CIUDAD DEMÉXICO, 3 IX 20 (AP):Debido a que Méxicotiene problemas paracubrir su deuda de aguacon Estados Unidos, elpresidente AndrésManuel López Obradordeclaró el jueves quepodría apelarpersonalmente a suhomólogo DonaldTrump para llegar a unacuerdo, o invitar aexpertos de las NacionesUnidas a auditar lospagos realizados.
México se haretrasado en la cantidadde agua que debe enviaral norte de su fronteradesde sus presas enconformidad con untratado de 1944, y eltiempo se agota paracompensar el desabastoantes de la fecha límitedel 24 de octubre. Perolos productoresagropecuarios del estadode Chihuahua,fronterizo con EstadosUnidos, quierenconservar el agua parasus propios cultivos.
El tratado de aguas seha convertido en undelicado tema político
en el norte de México,donde se acumulan lasprotestas violentas y lasteorías de conspiración.
López Obrador hapropugnado por pagar ladeuda, destacando que, deacuerdo con el tratado,México recibe cuatroveces más agua del RíoColorado de la quecontribuye al área del RíoBravo (o Grande).Asegura que Méxicocuenta con suficiente aguaen sus presas paraabastecer a los agricultoreslocales y cubrir su deuda,que se ha acumulado conel paso de los años.
“Pedirle a la gente quenos ayude y que nos tengaconfianza”, dijo LópezObrador. “Si hay unproblema de falta de agua,si hay indicios de que nosva a faltar agua, yo voy aChihuahua y de inmediatohablo con el presidente deEstados Unidos y busco,como lo he hecho en otroscasos, que se comprendanuestra situación”.
Considerando lasteorías conspirativas quehan surgido en Chihua-hua de que Estados Unidospodría haber exagerado
sus cobros de agua, opagado con mejoras a lainfraestructura en lugar deagua, López Obradorseñaló que estaríadispuesto a que expertosexternos realicen unarevisión.
“Ahora, que si están malhechas las cuentas y que siestamos de acuerdo en queintervenga la ONU paraverificar si es correcto loque se está haciendo, desdeluego que sí estamos enposibilidad de aceptarlo,pero no queremos quesean tácticas dilatorias,chicanadas, para queatrasemos nosotros elcumplimiento delcompromiso, porquetenemos que cumplir enlos términos, en el tiempoy en la cantidad”, subrayóel presidente.
La secciónestadounidense de laComisión Internacional deLímites y Aguas, el órganobilateral que supervisa elcumplimiento del tratado,“no ha recibido ningunapropuesta de nuestracontraparte mexicana paraque venga NacionesUnidas y audite la entregade agua”.
Bajo el tratado de 1944,México le debe a EstadosUnidos casi 426 millonesde metros cúbicos(345.600 acres pie) deagua este año, que debenpagarse antes del 24 deoctubre. Los pagos serealizan mediante laliberación de agua de laspresas en el lado mexicanode la frontera. México seha retrasado de manerasignificativa en sus pagosde años previos y ahoradebe ponerse al corriente.
A mediados de julio, latitular de la Comisión delAgua de Estados Unidos,Jayne Harkins, dijo que“ellos necesitan aumentarsu liberación de agua haciaEstados Unidos deinmediato”, añadiendoque “México no haimplementado lasliberaciones prometidaspreviamente, y seguiraplazando aumenta elriesgo de que México nocumpla con susobligaciones de entrega”.
Se trata de un asuntocomplicado para LópezObrador, quien ha dichoque teme que el gobiernode Estados Unidos tomerepresalias e imponga
aranceles a los productosmexicanos o cierre lasfronteras.
“Imagínense que por nocumplir el compromisonos cierren la frontera”,señaló el presidentemexicano.
También hay ciertoriesgo en la serie deprotestas que hadesencadenado el asunto.
A finales de julio,manifestantes del estadode Chihuahua incendiaronvarios vehículos delgobierno, bloquearon víasde ferrocarril y prendieronfuego a una oficina delgobierno y a casetas depeaje en protesta por laliberación de agua de laspresas locales haciaEstados Unidos.
L ó p e zObrador hadicho que lasprotestas sonorganizadas porla oposiciónpara satisfacerm o t i v o spersonales.
La expansiónde cultivos deriego hasignificado queMéxico ha
utilizado el 71% del RíoConchos—que fluyehacia el norte—cuandoel tratado indica queúnicamente debería usarel 62% del agua, dejandoque el resto fluya haciael Río Bravo.
En ocasionesanteriores México haretrasado sus pagos, conla esperanza de que lastormentas tropicales quep e r i ó d i c a m e n t eingresan al Golfo deMéxico creen unexcedente imprevisto deagua. Pero aunqueHanna tocó tierra enTexas en julio pasado,las lluvias de la tormentano se adentraron losuficiente para llenar laspresas de Chihuahua.
México con problemas para cubrir deuda de agua con EEUUPor MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
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ANN ARBOR: Un-documented immi-grants fromMovimiento Cosechagathered for a marchand rally at 295 N.Maple Road, Ann Ar-bor on Saturday, Sep-tember 5, 2020, to re-quest that the Michiganlegislature pass a billthat allows access todriver’s licenses or per-mits for undocumentedimmigrants. Leaderscalled on the commu-nity to join them in lob-bying city and state leg-islators to introducesuch a bill.
Every day, mothersand fathers leave theirhomes without know-ing if this will be thelast time they will seetheir family. What mayappear as a simple traf-fic stop can turn into anarrest, detention, anddeportation. Immi-grants sustain this coun-try through their laborand economic contri-butions, and they de-serve basic rights thatwould guarantee thesafety of themselvesand their families.
Passing a law to pro-vide access to driver’slicenses for the immi-grant community is
nothing new. Fifteenstates, DC, and PuertoRico have already en-acted laws that offerdriver’s licenses or per-mits for everyone, re-gardless of immigrationstatus. If anything, thestate of Michigan wouldsimply revert to a lawthat it had in 2008.
“We are tired of liv-ing in fear, of drivingevery day, not knowingif we will return and seeour children, our fami-lies at the end of the day.We leave our houses ina perpetual state of fearevery time we have toget behind the wheel,even more so duringthese times of the pan-demic. But we are not
afraid to fight for therights we deserve. Ourcommunity is unitedand organized, and to-gether we will win li-censes for all!” - B.Yamileth, MovimientoCosecha Ann Arbor
The group plans on arally in Lansing on Sept.16, but the details havenot yet been finalized.Question seekers shouldcontact Catalina at 201-598-4448.
Photos courtesy ofMovimiento Cosecha.See page 2 of La Prensa.
On the Internet:https://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/states-offering-driver-s-l i c e n s e s - t o -immigrants.aspx
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TOLEDO, September3, 2020: The Committeefor Children’s thirda n n u a l C A R E SAwards, postponedfrom April 2020 due tothe COVID-19 pan-demic, is now takingplace virtually on Sep-tember 17, 2020, from 6to 7:30 p.m.
Five individuals whohave advanced the causeof protecting LucasCounty’s children fromabuse and neglect willbe honored. Tickets arecurrently available onEventbrite atwww.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-cares-awards-tickets-117085561065
The honorees are be-
ing recognized in fivecategories:
Agency Award Jeremy Young, LCCSstaff attorney;
Board Award Jane Moore, retiredLCCS board member;
Community Award John Tharp, LucasCounty Sheriff;
Director Award The Honorable ConnieZemmelman, Lucas Co.Juvenile Court;
Family Award Kriste & Jeff Little,foster/adoptive parents.
Jeremy Young, the
Agency Award honoree,demonstrates his care forhis co-workers and thechildren of Lucas Countyby serving as an exampleboth in the office and inthe court. Jeremy joinedLCCS as a staff attorneyin 2007, after severalyears in private practice.He is very proud to be anattorney for children ser-vices and knows that heis not just doing a job butmaintaining a calling. Healways treats parents withrespect even if othersmay not believe theydeserve it. He mentorsnew attorneys, regularlytrains new caseworkers,and has played a pivotalrole in modernizingthe agency’s Legal De-partment.
Jane Moore, recipi-ent of the Board Award,retired from the LCCSboard in December2019, after 13 years ofservice to the agency.Ms. Moore was the vicechair of the board from2018 to 2020, and shealso chaired the Servicesand Programs Commit-tee. Her career included
P E R R Y S B U R GT O W N S H I P ,Ohio, Sept. 1, 2020:Owens Community Col-lege is offering mem-bers of the Class of 2020the opportunity to con-tinue their academic pathat Owens with the SpringStart: High School Classof 2020 Scholarship.
This scholarship is a$500 non-need-basedaward intended to pro-vide new graduateswhose educational plansmay have changed dueto the COVID-19 pan-demic the assistance theyneed to start their jour-ney in the spring andkeep their education ontrack. Eligible studentswould be awarded ascholarship for the 2021Spring Semester. Anadditional $250 schol-arship would beawarded for the 2021Summer semester tothose Spring 2021 schol-arship recipients whocontinue to meet eligi-bility requirements.
“With this unique ini-tiative Owens hopes todemonstrate to our areahigh schools and com-munity the College’s on-
going commitment to in-creasing college enroll-ment and student successas part of our strategic planand our critical role in thenorthwest Ohio highereducation ecosystem,”stated Amy K. Giordano,vice president, EnrollmentManagement and StudentServices.
A recent survey by Jun-ior Achievement and Citi-zens Bank (COVID Im-pact Survey) found thatnearly half of high schooljuniors and seniors (44%)say COVID-19 has im-pacted their plans to payfor college. The surveyalso found that 30% saythat COVID-19 is impact-ing their expected collegestart date.
Owens own enrollmenttrends show that theseuncertainties especiallyaffect the direct from highschool students from thelarger, public urban highschools with these studentnumbers behind prior yearenrollment trends.
With this new scholar-ship, Owens provides stu-dents who delayed theircollege career this addi-tional financial assistanceand wrap around support
40 years of serviceto United Way ofGreater Toledo, in-cluding a period asthe agency’s interimpresident and CEO.She is respectedacross the Toledoarea for her kindness,wisdom, and abilityto develop partner-ships to benefit thecommunity.
John Tharp,Community Award hon-oree, has been LucasCounty Sheriff since2013. He worked for thesheriff’s departmentsince 1997, and beforethat, for 25 years as amember of the ToledoPolice Department. AsSheriff, he witnessed thegrowing public healthand safety crisis causedby the opiate epidemic.In response, he launchedthe Addiction ResourceUnit in July 2014. Thisunit was the first of itskind in our nation. To-day, D.A.R.T. officersreach far beyond theirtraditional roles as firstresponders, insteadbuilding relationships tohelp those suffering withaddition to get help andstay clean. This has beenof tremendous value toLCCS, as his officers –including one from LCCS– have helped parentsachieve sobriety and be-come reunified with theirchildren.
Judge ConnieZemmelman, recipientof the Director’s Award,was appointed to the Ju-venile Court by formerGovernor Ted Stricklandin 2007. Before takingthe bench, JudgeZemmelman built a pri-vate practice focusing onfamily issues, includingjuvenile law, adoptionand surrogacy law, andprobate law. She devel-oped a national reputa-tion in the areas of adop-tion and surrogacy, andshe received referralsfrom attorneys and agen-cies across the country.Judge Zemmelman es-tablished Lucas County’sFamily Drug Court, andshe has consulted acrossOhio to expand and im-prove drug courts. She isalso considered an ex-pert on the problem ofhuman trafficking of ju-veniles.
Family Awardwinners Kriste and JeffLittle began their fostercare journey in 1993, and
over the years, havewelcomed more than120 children to theirhome. The Littles haveadopted 23 children,but have cared for manyothers that remained inlegal custody of Chil-dren Services, eman-cipated from fostercare, or just, “found ourfamily.” Over theyears, they have fo-cused on providingcare to teen mothers,sibling groups, and, forthe last eight years, tomedically fragile chil-dren. Two of Kriste andJeff’s oldest childrenhave followed in theirparents’ footsteps andadopted children,themselves. Kriste andJeff mentor other fos-ter parents, setting apositive example forothers who share theircommitment to chil-dren, and show themwhat is possible forchildren who have ex-perienced abuse or ne-glect. Kriste has alsoshared her knowledgeby assisting in pre-ser-vice training for pro-spective foster andadoptive parents. TheLittles say that God ledthem on this path, andthe journey has beenwell worth it.
In addition to rec-ognizing these five in-dividuals, the CARESAwards will welcome,as a special guestspeaker, CordeliaCranshaw, Miss Dis-trict of Columbia USA2019. Miss Cranshawspent several years in,and emancipatedfrom, foster care. Sheovercame obstacles toattend George MasonUniversity and theUniversity of Mary-land, where sheearned a master’s de-gree in social work.She is currently a so-cial worker, helpingchildren with some ofthe very same chal-lenges she faced.
services to help ensurethey don’t find them-selves falling behind intheir educational jour-ney. “This scholarship,open to all eligible stu-dents regardless of need,will reduce Owens al-ready low cost for the2021 Spring Semester,”said Giordano.
Requirements for thenew scholarship are:
• Must be a memberof the Class of 2020 fromour legal service district(Lucas, Wood, Hancockand parts of Ottawa andSandusky counties) whohave not yet enrolled incollege or universitypost-graduation;
• Must be enrolled in12 credit hours as ofSpring 2021 censusdate;
• Must be degree orcertificate-seeking;
• Must have com-pleted FAFSA on file;
• For Summer 2021students must be enrolledin six credit hours, andmaintaining a 2.0 GPA.
If you are interested inthis scholarship and wouldlike to learn more, contactAmy K. Giordano at [email protected].
Owens offering new scholarships whose plansaffected by COVID - 19
CARES Awards, takes place virtually on Sept. 17
Special guest speaker, CordeliaCranshaw, Miss District ofColumbia USA 2019
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CIUDAD DEMÉXICO, 28 VIII 20(AP): El actor mexicanoManuel “Loco” Valdés,conocido por suspersonajes cómicos,i n t e r p r e t a c i o n e sdisparatadas y cejaspobladas que loconvirtieron en un astrodel cine y la televisión,falleció a los 89 años.
La AsociaciónNacional de Intérpretesde México informó eldeceso el viernes através de su cuenta deTwitter. La organizaciónexpresó suscondolencias a su fa-milia y amigos, sinprecisar las causas de sumuerte. Valdés padecíacáncer desde 2017.
Era hermano menordel actor mexicanoGermán Valdés “TinTan” e inició su carreraactuando en películas deTin Tan en la época deoro del cine mexicanocomo “Músico, poeta yloco”, “Calabacitastiernas”, “El rey del bar-rio” y “La marca delzorrillo”.
Con el tiempo se hizode su propio nombre entelevisión en programascómicos como“Ensalada de locos”, “El
show del LocoValdés” y“Variedades demedia noche”.También erah e r m a n omenor deRamón Valdés,célebre por supersonaje deDon Ramón enla serie “ElChavo del 8”.
“El show delLoco Valdés”fue muy popu-lar pero tambiénlo llevó a sercensurado por el gobiernomexicano al hacer unchiste sobre elexpresidente BenitoJuárez al que se refiriócomo “BomberitoJuárez” y su esposaMargarita Maza, a la quellamó “MangueritaMaza”.
Otras de las películasdestacadas de la carrerade Valdés son “Lacaperucita roja” de 1960,en la que interpretó al loboferoz, “Las mujerespanteras” (1967) y“Bromas, S.A.” (1967).Entre sus más recientescréditos destacan latelenovela “Rafaela” de2011, la película animada“La leyenda de la
Nahuala”, para la quehizo la voz de LorenzoVillavicencio, y la cintaanimada “SelecciónCanina”, de 2015, en laque dio voz al LoboPerreda.
Nació el 29 de enerode 1931 en CiudadJuárez, Chihuahua, enel norte de México. Sunombre completo eraManuel Gómez ValdésCastillo. Era padre delcantante mexicanoCristian Castro,producto de su relacióncon la actriz mexicanaVerónica Castro. Valdéstuvo otros 11 hijosincluidos el actorMarcos Valdés y elcantante Pedro Valdés.
Muere el actor mexicano Manuel “El Loco”ValdésPor BERENICE BAUTISTA, Associated Press
PARÍS, 3 IX 20 (AP):Ante el nuevo brote delcoronavirus, el gobiernofrancés dio a conocer eljueves un plan de100.000 millones de eu-ros (180.000 millones dedólares) para crearempleos, salvarempresas en dificultadesy sacar al país de sudepresión económicamás grave desde laSegunda GuerraMundial.
Parte de los fondosestá destinada a traer lafabricación de equiposmédicos de vuelta a lasplantas francesas,producir electricidad apartir del uso dehidrógeno, ayudar amuseos y la industria delcine, capacitar a losjóvenes para trabajospropios del siglo XXI ycontratar más personalen las oficinas dedesempleo.
“Es un pasoimportante en nuestraestrategia de lucha con-tra las consecuenciaseconómicas y socialesde la crisis que golpeó aFrancia”, dijo el primerministro Jean Castex.
El gobierno hagastado cientos de milesde millones de euros enayuda de emergenciacontra el virus a medidaque los renombrados
hospitales franceses sellenaban hastadesbordarse. Impuso unacuarentena estricta de dosmeses que casi congelóla economía, pero frenóla propagación delcontagio. Francia hasufrido más de 30.600decesos, una de las cifrasmás altas de Europadespués de Gran Bretañae Italia.
“Francia aguantó, perosin duda está debilitada”,dijo Castex y ahora debesalir de “una recesiónsumamente repentina ybrutal”. La economía secontrajo 13,8% en elsegundo trimestre, lo queha torpedeado la granmisión del presidenteEmmanuel Macron detransformar la economíadurante su primer períodoen el gobierno, quefinaliza en 2022.
El contagio estáaumentando nuevamentedespués de las vacacionesde verano, con más de7.000 casos nuevos eljueves, la tasa diaria másalta de Europa. En mayoy junio se registrabanalgunos cientos de casosnuevos por día, cuandose mitigaba la cuarentenay se realizaban menospruebas. El número deenfermos en cuidadosintensivos estáaumentando lentamente,
aunque dista dealcanzar los niveles decrisis de marzo y abril.
A pesar del aumento,comenzaron las clasespresenciales en lasescuelas y lasautoridades alientan ala gente a regresar altrabajo y el gobiernodijo el jueves que eshora de hacer planespara el futuropospandemia.
En un país que hatenido problemas du-rante mucho tiempopara mantener la tasade desempleo pordebajo del 10%, el planapunta a crear 160.000empleos el añopróximo y restaurar en2022—el año de lapróxima elecciónpresidencial—el PIBalcanzado en 2019.
“Es ambicioso, peroestá perfectamente anuestro alcance”, dijoCastex.
El plan llamado“Francia Reinicia”incluye 40.000millones de euros(47.300 millones dedólares) de un plan derescate europeoaprobado en julio.Castex dijo que elgobierno no elevará losimpuestos, que ya sonaltos, sino que emitirábonos del Tesoro.
Frente a virus, Francia lanza gran plan derescate económicoPor ANGELA CHARLTON
Happy BirthdayRutila Castilleja
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El Centro de Servicios SocialesUpcoming EventsSeptember 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, El Centro’s offices areoffering services via telephone to the community with alimited amount of staff. If services are needed and you need to come to the office,we encourage you to call the office first (440-277-8235) to receive the newprocedure for office visits. To follow are services that are still in operation:
• Money Management/Representative Payee services for 236 individuals with severe mental health illness and physical disabilities• Spanish informational and referral phone line 211• Mental Health Navigator Line (440-240-7025)• Medical and Mental Health Interpretations (via telephone) with contract
agencies• Disseminating information to community on COVID-19• Census 2020• Monthly Food PantrySeptember 17 - El Centro “Drive Thru” Mobile Food Pantry in collaboration
with Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio, has moved to OakwoodPark. Volunteers will place the items in your trunk (be sure to have your trunkempty). The Food Pantry will start at 3:30 p.m. (NOTE - NEW TIMECHANGE) until the food runs out. Income eligible households (below 200% ofthe poverty level) are given one box of food and multiple bags of fresh vegetableson a first-come, first-served basis – FREE. Photo ID and proof of residencyrequired. This event occurs every third Thursday of each month at the same time.
September 17 – El Centro will be part of the Community Foundation ofLorain County’s Connect to a Cause fundraising event. It will be a 12-hour onlinefundraiser (8:00 am to 8:00 pm) that allows donations to go directly to non-profits, which is a perfect way to help El Centro plan for today. If you areinterested in donating to El Centro through Connect to a Cause fundraising event,you can do so by going online to www.peoplewhocare.org or donors can alsocontribute by check, credit card, or cash.
September 17 – El Centro, in collaboration with the Mexican Consulate, willbe providing financial workshops (via Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic)that will focus on personal finance education (how to open a bank account, ITINnumber and taxes, insurances, mortgages, credit report, etc.). The main targetaudience will be the immigrant, documented and undocumented communitiesfrom the Ohio and Michigan areas. The workshops will be offered in Spanishon the following dates: 9/17, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, and 11/14 (time to beprovided). For more information, please contact Anabel Barron at 440-277-8235 Ext. 7022.
September 26 – WE WILL DECIDE . . . WE WILL VOTE! - El Centrowill host a drive-thru event on Saturday, September 26, 2020 from Noon to 2:00pm to help residents register to vote and complete the Census. Both deadlinesare approaching (Census deadline is September 30th and Voter Registration onOctober 5th). Join us as residents of Lorain and Be Counted; You Will Make aDifference. This event will follow COVID-19 health guidelines with socialdistancing. Attendees will enter a raffle for a Chromebook and gift certificatesfrom local restaurants. Do not miss this opportunity to get registered andcomplete your Census. COVID-19 information will also be distributed at thisevent. For more information call 440-277-8235.
NOTICE – Due to COVID-19, our Annual Community Block Party sched-uled for September has been cancelled.
Upcoming EventsOctober 10 and 17 - (9:30 am to 12:30 pm) – Bilingual Financial Education
Classes - These classes will help to improve financial literacy to the residents ofthe Greater Lorain area. El Centro will offer future homebuyers two financialliteracy courses (three hours per class) focused on: Financial Recovery (CreditRepair) and Money Matters (Budgeting & Saving). Classes will be held at ElCentro. Due to the current COVID- 19 restrictions, we are limiting class size andfollowing social distancing and all safety requirements. Register early to reserveyour seat. To register, call María Carrión at 440-277-8235.
November 7 – El Centro’s 46th Annual Gala (via Zoom) will be from 7 p.m.to 9 p.m. Do not miss the opportunity to support El Centro while listening to livemusic, comedian, and so much more. For more information on sponsoring,placing an ad in program calendar or purchasing tickets, contact Lourdes Bennettat [email protected].
• The Lorain County Board of Elections is recruiting Precinct ElectionOfficials/Poll Workers to staff the polls on November 3, 2020. This opportunityprovides a way for voters to get involved in the democratic process, give backto the community and earn extra spending money. For more information, pleasecontact Barbara at 440-326-5913 or [email protected].
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention – Did you know that if your child isexposed to lead based paint in your home, it can have an impact on their health?If inhaled or ingested, lead can affect your child’s behavioral, developmental oreducational abilities that continue into adulthood. Common symptoms of leadpoisoning include stomachache, headache, and irritability. The best way to tellif your child has been exposed to lead is to contact your child’s doctor or LorainCounty Public Health and have them tested.
Currently, funding is available for owner occupied and rental homes in Lorainand Erie counties that were built before 1978 to address lead hazards in the home.Families must financially qualify to have their homes assessed for lead hazardsand repairs. For more information on the HUD Lead Hazard Control Program,please call the Erie County Health Department 419-626-5623 ext. 483.
IMPORTANT DEADLINESSeptember 30th – Last day to complete the 2020 Census. Go to
www.2020census.gov or call 844-468-2020 (Spanish) 844-330-2020 (English)October 5th – Last day to register to vote for 2020 election. Contact El Centro
at 440-277-8235 for assistance in registering to vote.
Sept. 3, 2020: Councilwoman Santana confers with students concerning theHispanic Roundtable, ConnectedLatino, and canvassing. See page 1.– La Prensa photo by Mychal Lilly.
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OPEN LETTER TO THE EDITOR ANDCOMMUNITY
The digital divide is among our great-est enemies! We are calling on all of ourfriends to act now!
The Problem:The digital divide is among our great-
est enemies! According to a 2018 reportby the National Digital Inclusion Alli-ance, Cleveland was ranked the fourthworst internet-connected city in theUnited States. Couple this with a pan-demic, economic challenges, languagebarriers, lack of infrastructure, and sup-port, and we have a recipe for disaster.
The digital divide gap between people who have sufficient knowledgeof and access to technology and those who do not-can perpetuate andeven worsen educational, socioeconomic, health, and other disparities foralready underserved groups. Every student needs adequate access toinstructional resources and support services to succeed academically, andit’s up to us to ensure that no student gets left behind!
On behalf of the Hispanic Roundtable, we wish to do just that byensuring that you are aware of an incredible opportunity to improve livesand connect the unconnected within our community particularly toschools, doctors, and social services and with virtually the whole worldthrough the internet.
• Action required:We are asking that you please share all this information with your
constituents, friends, and neighbors immediately! Please help us spreadthe word and ensure that no student gets left behind!
The Solution:First, supporting students with access to education:For Cleveland public school families, you can receive free high-speed
internet through the partnership with Empower Cle. The district pays yourinstallation costs as long as a student lives in the home. That’s right, free!No hidden charges and no bait and switch. Moreover, the school systemwill provide your child with a computer.
That service is now available in the Clark Fulton area. To participate inthe program, you have to opt-in by calling 216-777-3859. Do not wait tillthe last minute, call today while supplies last!
For all other residents in the Clark Fulton area:Even though you do not have a child in the Cleveland school system,
you can have high-speed internet in your home for less than $10 permonth through Empower Cle. That’s right, no installation cost and nomonthly fees. That service is available in the Clark Fulton area. Call 216-777-3859.
¡Adelante!
José Feliciano Sr.Chairman of The Hispanic Roundtable,Cleveland, OH.
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CLEVELAND, Sept.1, 2020: CuyahogaCommunity College(Tri-C®) has received a2020 Higher EducationExcellence in Diversity(HEED) Award fromINSIGHT Into Diversitymagazine, the oldestand largest diversity-fo-cused publication inhigher education.
The national honorrecognizes U.S. col-leges and universitiesthat demonstrate an out-standing commitment todiversity and inclusion.This is the seventh con-secutive year Tri-C hasbeen named a HEEDAward recipient.
“The current socialenvironment in ourcountry reinforces theimportance of what thisaward represents,” saidMagda Gómez, Tri-C’sdirector of diversity andinclusion. “We consider
the HEED review abenchmarking tool tomeasure progress towardinclusive excellence.”
The November 2020issue of INSIGHT IntoDiversity will feature Tri-C as one of this year’s 90award recipients. Fiveare from Ohio. Tri-C isthe only community col-lege in the state to behonored.
The HEED Award pro-cess consists of a compre-hensive application ex-amining various aspectsof campus diversity andinclusion, from leadership
support through the re-cruitment and retentionof students and em-ployees.
“Our standards arehigh, and we look forinstitutions where di-versity and inclusionare woven into thework being done ev-ery day across theircampus,” said LenorePearlstein, publisherof INSIGHT Into Di-versity magazine.
For more informa-tion about the 2020HEED Award, visitinsightintodiversity.com.
Tri-C honored with 2020 Higher EducationExcellence in Diversity Award
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1 IX 20 (AP): Una cortefederal de apelacionesanuló el martes un falloque prohibía a agentes deinmigración arrestar a per-sonas sospechosas devivir ilegalmente enEstados Unidos si seencontraban en tribunalesde Massachusetts.
La decisión de la CorteFederal de Apelacionesdel 1er Circuito en Bostoncorresponde a un casopresentado por fiscales dedos de los condados másgrandes del estado. Losfiscales de distrito y losdefensores públicoshabían argüido que esetipo de arrestos alterabanel sistema de justicia penalporque los acusados,testigos y otros teníanmucho miedo de ir a untribunal.
La nueva decisiónanula el fallo de la juezafederal Indira Talwani dejunio de 2019 que prohibióa los agentes del Serviciode Control de Inmigracióny Aduanas (ICE) arrestara personas porinfracciones deinmigración de caráctercivil cuando llegaran a, seretiraran de o estuvierandentro de un tribunal.
Los arrestos en
CHICAGO, Sept.2020: Members of theIllinois Coalition for Im-migrant and RefugeeRights (ICIRR), ChicagoAlliance Against Racistand Political Repression(CAARPR), and Orga-nized CommunitiesAgainst Deportations(OCAD) are celebratingthe notice by the Chi-cago Field Office of USImmigration and Cus-toms Enforcement (ICE)that it is postponing the“citizen’s academy” thatit planned to start on Sep-tember 15.
ICE had announcedplans to hold the“citizen’s academy” inJuly. The invitation in-cluded few details, butspecifically stated thatthe academy would in-clude training in “fire-arms familiarization andtargeted arrests.”
The opposition lead-ers believed that thisacademy would be anopen invitation to vigi-lante activity targetingimmigrant communities,and that this type of train-ing encourages the samevigilantism seen recentlyin Kenosha when a teen-ager wielding an AR-15killed two Black LivesMatter protesters.
Although ICE citedCOVID-19 concerns asan excuse for postpon-ing the academy, ad-vocates believe the realreason was the over-whelming voice of im-migrant and allied com-munities opposing theacademy. Workingwith Organized Com-munities Against De-portations (OCAD) andthe Chicago AllianceAgainst Racist and Po-litical Repression(CAARPR), ICIRR and
tribunales han indignadoa abogados, defensoresde los inmigrantes eincluso a algunos jueces,que desean que en gen-eral el ICE no envíe aagentes a tribunales porser “lugares sensibles”.Aunque esos arrestossucedieron durante elgobierno del presidenteBarack Obama, losabogados afirman quehan aumentado en elgobierno del presidenteDonald Trump.
En su fallo, la corte del1er Circuito dijo quequienes impugnaron lapráctica no mostraron“que el ICE carezca de laautoridad legal paraefectuar ese tipo dearrestos en Massachu-setts”.
La principal fiscal deBoston prometió seguirdisputando dichapráctica.
“Esta batalla dista dehaber terminado”,declaró la fiscal federaldel condado Suffolk,Rachel Rollins, en uncomunicado. “Estamostotalmente en el ladocorrecto de la justicia eneste asunto. Nunca es unretroceso cuando selucha por los derechos
humanos, la justicia yconstruir una comunidadmás segura”.
La fiscal federal delcondado Middlesex,Marian Ryan, tambiénimpugnó la práctica delgobierno de arrestar ainmigrantes en tribunales.
El grupo Lawyers forCivil Rights (Abogados proDerechos Civiles) dijo quetambién lucharía porque serestituya la prohibición“para proteger a los másvulnerables entrenosotros”.
“Los arrestos entribunales por temas deinmigración obstaculizan ala justicia porque disuade atestigos y víctimas de delitosde ir a una corte. Eso nosperjudica a todos”, afirmóel grupo en un comunicado.
La impugnación de2019 fue presentada díasdespués de que fiscalesfederales en Massachusettsacusaran a una jueza estatalde ayudar a un hombre quevivía ilegalmente enEstados Unidos a queescapara por una salidatrasera de una corte paraque evadiera a un agente deinmigración que loesperaba.
La jueza de ese incidentesigue esperando juicio.
its members have beenplanning a People’sAcademy bringing to-gether 500 people out-side the ICE office whenthe “citizen’s academy”would have started onSeptember 15. ICIRR andits members had alreadyflooded ICE leadershipwith nearly 1,000 emailsdemanding they shutdown the academy.
“This is a great victoryfor our entire communityand against the fear andracism that ICE embod-ies,” said ICIRR chief ex-ecutive officer LawrenceBenito. “We beat ICEwhen they tried to build adetention center. We beatICE when we passed statelaws to welcome immi-grants and keep them outof the ICE deportationpipeline. And now wehave beat back ICE’s plansto train vigilantes in ourbackyard. While ICE’sacademy will not takeplace on September 15th,the People’s Academywill.”
“We know this fight isnot over. We need tomobilize against theadministration’s deploy-ment of agents from theDepartment of HomelandSecurity (DHS) and otherfederal agencies attackingand detaining protesterscalling for racial justice andan end to police violence. We need DHS to stop de-fying rulings by the USSupreme Court and startaccepting new DACA ap-plicants so that hundredsof thousands of immi-grants get protection fromdeportation. We demandthat DHS stop its impend-ing hike in citizenship feesand its elimination of feewaivers, which will createmore obstacles for legalpermanent residents to
naturalize and deny themthe basic right to vote.”
On September 15th, thegroups will gather for itsPeople’s Academy Rallyand Teach In to celebrate avictory in shutting downanother oppressive ICEtactic by educating and mo-bilizing our community totake action to defund ICE,CBP, and police at thePeople’s Academy.
EDITOR’S NOTE: TheIllinois Coalition for Im-migrant and RefugeeRights is a statewide coali-tion of more than 100 or-ganizations dedicated topromoting the rights ofimmigrants and refugeesto full and equal participa-tion in the civic, cultural,social, and political life ofour diverse society. Formore information, visitwww.icirr.org.
Organized Communi-ties Against Deportations(OCAD) is an undocu-mented-led group thatfights deportations andcriminalization of Black,Brown, and immigrantcommunities in Chicagoand surroundingareas. Find out more atwww.organizedcommunities.org
The Chicago AllianceAgainst Racist and Politi-cal Repression (CAARPR)is a Black-led, left-led or-ganization by and for work-ing and oppressed people.We defend the civil liber-ties of workers, activists,and prisoners. We struggleagainst white supremacy,the prison-industrial com-plex, and state violence.We demand communitycontrol of the police andfull representation for Blackpeople and other poor andoppressed people at all lev-els of government. Visitwww.caarpr.org for moreinformation.
Immigrant leaders shut down ICE “Citizen’sAcademy”
Anulan prohibición de arrestar migrantes entribunalesPor WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Sept. 3,2020: Governor MikeDeWine’s administrationtoday provided the fol-lowing updates on Ohio’sresponse to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• U P D A T E DCOUNTY RISK LEV-ELS: DeWine releasedthis week’s Ohio PublicHealth AdvisorySystem map. New healthdata compiled by theOhio Department ofHealth indicates thatseven counties currentlyhave a very high risk ofexposure and spread.
A total of 67 countiesstayed at the same levelas last week, and 12counties moved from or-ange to yellow. There arenow a total of 39 coun-ties in the yellow level,the highest number sinceJuly 2. Detailed informa-tion all of Ohio’s 88 coun-ties can be found onthe Ohio Public HealthAdvisory System’swebsite.
• SCHOOL RE-PORTING ORDER:DeWine gave details forOhio’s forthcoming casereporting order for K-12schools.
Beginning Tuesday,September 8, parents orguardians and schoolstaff should notify theirschool within 24 hoursof receiving a positivetest or a clinical diagno-sis. Within 24 hours afterreceiving that notifica-tion, the school shouldnotify other parents andguardians about that casein writing, providing asmuch information as pos-sible without releasingprotected health informa-tion. The school must alsonotify their local healthdepartment within 24hours.
Beginning Tuesday,September 15, and eachTuesday thereafter, localhealth departments willreport the number ofnewly reported and cu-mulative cases to theOhio Department ofHealth. The Ohio Depart-ment of Health will pub-lish this data by school orschool district, includinga breakdown by studentsand staff, each Thursday.
“We understand thereis a balance between pri-vacy and transparency,and we do not intend forprotected health informa-tion to be released in oureffort to provide infor-mation to Ohioans sothey can make the rightdecisions for their fam-ily,” said DeWine.“Please remember that ifa school has positivecases among their stu-dents or staff, it does notmean the school did any-thing wrong. Schoolscannot control spread inthe community, so it isimportant to practicesafety measures not onlyin the classroom but also
when you’re out in the com-munity.”
The order will also re-quire each school districtor school to identify aCOVID-19 coordinator tofacilitate the reporting ofcase information, and uponrequest, schools or build-ings are required to pro-vide the local health de-partment a copy of theirpandemic plan.
• LABOR DAY ANDSPREAD BY YOUNGOHIOANS: DeWine hasencouraged Ohioans totake proper safety precau-tions over the upcomingLabor Day weekend. Hestressed that citizens canstill have fun, visit family,and travel, but face cover-ings, social distancing, andhand washing should bepart of ones plans.
“It’s not about where wego, but rather, what we dowhen we get there,” saidDeWine. “It’s about howwe act when we’re withfamily and friends and whatprecautions we take. Thedecisions we make as wecelebrate the unofficial endof summer will play a ma-jor role in how we beginthe fall.”
DeWine also remindedyoung Ohioans of their re-sponsibility to follow safetyprecautions, especially stu-dents attending a collegeor university. Case datashows that those aged 18-22 currently make up 35-40 percent of all youngOhioans who have testedpositive for the virus whichis a significant increasefrom previous months.
“In Cincinnati, multipleoff-campus parties with stu-dents attending from sev-eral universities on August17 have resulted in at least78 confirmed cases,” saidDeWine. “Although col-lege students might not getseriously ill, they couldspread the virus to otherswho could. The responsi-bility falls on all of us toprotect each other.”
• WASTEWATERMONITORING NET-WORK
Governor DeWine an-nounced that informationfrom Ohio’s newCoronavirus WastewaterMonitoring Network is nowavailable at coronavirus.ohio.gov.
The network was devel-oped to help mitigate thespread of COVID-19through the study of waste-water samples. The pres-ence of coronavirus genecopies/fragments can befound in the waste of symp-tomatic and asymptomaticindividuals and can be de-tected in wastewater asmany as three to seven daysbefore those infections leadto increases in case countsor hospitalizations in acommunity.
• DEFENSE MANU-FACTURING COMMU-NITY: The U.S. Depart-ment of Defense has madea commitment to Ohio’s
defense manufacturersand put the state in aposition to receive a $5million grant to improvemanufacturing processesand train workers fornext-generation jobs.
Ohio has been desig-nated as a DefenseManufacturing Commu-nity, which is a programdesigned to supportlong-term communityinvestments thatstrengthen national se-curity innovation andexpand the capabilitiesof defense manufactur-ing.
• STEP UP TOQUALITY: As of lastTuesday, all child careproviders in Ohio thatserve publicly fundedchildren were requiredto be rated on Ohio’schild care quality ratingsystem, called Step UpTo Quality. Now, over4,400 providers are ratedthrough the system. Thisis more than double thenumber of rated qualitychild care providerswhen he took office in2019. By 2025, all pro-viders must be ratedthree stars or higher onthe rating system.
• H2OHIO LEADUPDATE: Greater Cin-cinnati Water Works willreceive $725,000 inH2Ohio funding fromthe Ohio EnvironmentalProtection Agency to re-move and replace leadservice lines and fixturesat nearly 200 child carefacilities in Cincinnati.
T h e H 2 O h i oinitiative launched lastyear to address a num-ber of water quality is-sues in Ohio includinglead pipes feeding intochildcare centers. Al-though lead in water israrely the sole cause oflead poisoning, it cansignificantly increasesomeone’s total lead ex-posure – especially in-fants who drink babyformula or concentratedjuices mixed with con-taminated water.
• C U R R E N TCOVID-19 DATA:There are 127,112 con-firmed and probablecases of COVID-19 inOhio and 4,226 con-firmed and probableCOVID-19 deaths. A to-tal of 13,663 people havebeen hospitalized, in-cluding 3,003 admis-sions to intensive careunits. In-depth data canbe accessed by visiting coronavirus.ohio.gov.
Video of today’s fullupdate, including ver-sions with foreign lan-guage translation, can beviewed on the OhioChannel’s YouTubepage.
For more informationon Ohio’s response toCOVID-19, visitcoronavirus.ohio.gov orcall 1-833-4-ASK-ODH.
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The current COVIC –19 pandemic has forcedagencies and organiza-tions to change the waytheir celebrations of His-panic Heritage Month willbe conducted this year(and possibly beyond)—or even cancel theirevents.
• For 20 years, therewas a Latino ScholarshipNight with the Toledo MudHens; this year, it wasscheduled for August 16.Like much of baseball andother entertainmentevents, it was cancelled.
• Another example in-cludes this year’s editionof Gritofest and a kickoffcelebration at PromenadePark originally scheduledfor Saturday, Sept. 12 byAdelante—canceled be-cause of COVID-19. Thatcelebration would haveincluded a César ChávezHumanitarian Award cer-emony for this year’s re-cipients.
“The pandemic is incontrol. It was decided tocancel this year’s eventdue to the risks associatedwith large gatherings dur-ing the pandemic,” ex-plained Sabina ElizondoSerratos, Adelante execu-tive director. “COVID 19is still present. However,there is still discussion onthe actual awards selec-tion without an ‘event.’”
In Cleveland andLorain, many events werecancelled. But some wentvirtual, such as Tri-C’sannual Jazz Fest and the44th Cleveland Interna-tional Film Festival(CIFF). El Centro, like-wise, intends on havingits annual Gala event, butover the internet (see page10).
• In Toledo, the 31st
annual Diamanté Awardsevent will go on asplanned, but in a ‘virtual’format on Thursday, Sept.17, 6 to 7:30 p.m. Theawards have been“reimagined,” accordingto the Latino Allianceevent organizers—“to rec-ognize individuals and anorganization for their out-standing achievementsand service to NorthwestOhio” during the pan-demic. The online cer-emony will still serve toraise scholarship funds forLatino youth who want toattend a college or univer-sity in the region to fur-ther their education.
Scholarship winnersalso will be announcedvia Zoom with awards tothe University of Toledo,
CLEVELAND: Conmotivo del Mes de laHerencia Hispana, Nami(National Aliance onMental Illness) invita alprograma virtual:Eliminemos el Estigma,Entendiendo losProblemas de Salud Men-tal, en donde se hablarásobre las diferentescondiciones de saludmental, diagnósticos ycaracterísticas que afectana muchos en nuestracomunidad. Jueves 17de septiembre de 6:00 a7:30pm por Mónica A.Olivera. Para másinformación escriba a:[email protected]
Olivera destaca laimportancia de conocerlos síntomas de lasenfermedades mentales.“Las más comunes son ladepresión, ansiedad,bipolaridad yesquizofrenia, hay quesaber las características decada una para poderidentificarlas cuando sepresenten y actuaradecuadamente”.
De acuerdo con laespecialista, lascondiciones mentalesson más comunes de loque nos podemosimaginar, sin embargoexiste muy pocainformación en lacomunidad latina. “Loslatinos no reconocemoslos síntomas y tampocosabemos dónde buscarayuda. Eso sucedemuchas veces por eltemor a ser catalogadoscomo locos o porquesentimos vergüenza, unade mis metas másgrandes es superar eseestereotipo”, añadió.
El problema de no sa-ber manejar lascondiciones mentalescomo deberíamos,representa unadesventaja ante lacontingencia quevivimos por el covid-19. Las inquietudes,experiencias, manera deentender lo que estásucediendo puede sermás complicado. Hayuna predisposición a unriesgo más alto de teneruna condición mental oun episodio de crisisporque somos muypropensos a no buscarayuda, generalmente losproblemas se quedan encasa y eso acentúa lacondición mental.
“Muchas vecescuando tenemosansiedad o depresión nosdicen en casa que eso vapasar, que somos fuertesy no tenemos por quéllorar, minimizamos lossíntomas”, agregó laentrevistada. “En el casode la depresión, hay quesaber identificar lo quenos produce elsentimiento de tristeza,soledad y poca esperanza
p a r asolucionar elp rob lema;s o nsituacionesn o r m a l e sq u ec u a l q u i e rp e r s o n ap u e d ep r e s e n t a rante unasituación dereto, perocuando esac o n d i c i ó nde tristezanos impidec o n t i n u a rcon nuestravida diaria,de disfrutar de las cosasque normalmenteharíamos con nuestra fa-milia, entonces ahí esnecesario buscar ayuda”.
Por ejemplo cuandofallece un ser querido seentra en un proceso deduelo que puede tomarde uno a dos o tres meses,en donde es común llorarcasi a diario o fechaespeciales, sentir tristezay aislarse las primerassemanas, pero si la penalimita completamente eldeseo de levantarse de lacama y compartir con lafamilia, entonces ya esseñal de alerta, es cuandose requiere un amigo o unprofesional paradesahogarse y saliradelante. Una depresiónmayor puede llevar a unpensamiento de suicidio,de no querer vivir.
Mónica destaca laimportancia de losprofesionales en educar ala comunidad. “Tenemosque saber llegar a las per-sonas para ofrecerlesnuestra ayuda. Hay queconocer a nuestracomunidad hispana yponer a su disposición losservicios que hay enespañol. No podemosbajar la guardia, lamayoría de lasorganizaciones sin finesde lucro brindan serviciosen español, hay que hacerllegar esa información anuestra gente”.
En caso de que algunapersona esté interesada enparticipar en alguno delos programas virtualesque ofrece Nami, Mónicabrinda apoyo pararegistrarse, pues estáconsciente que algunaspersonas mayores nosaben cómo usar lacomputadora.
El programaEntendiendo losProblemas de la SaludMental fue traducido alespañol por la especialistahispana, quien esoriginaria de Perú. Hace27 años llegó a este paíspara trabajar comoLicenciatura enPsicología con adultosmayores. Posteriormentese caso y la pareja se
mudó a Perú por untiempo, pero decidieronregresar a EstadosUnidos en donde criarona sus hijos. Cuando seincorporó nuevamente alárea laboral, lo hizo através de una asociaciónde alzheimer con lapoblación adulta, fue ahídonde descubrió supasión por trabajar yayudar a la comunidadhispana al traducir variosde los programas alespañol. Posteriormentese incorporó a Nami paratrabajar directamente conlos hispanos.
Es apasionada de losservicios en español ycombina su trabajo conel teatro, forma parte delgrupo de teatro públicode Cleveland de dondees Presidenta desde el2014, ahí brindaconocimiento a lacomunidad hispana através del arte. Tratasiempre de involucrarsey realizar redes deprofesionales paraayudar a la comunidad.
Cabe destacar queMónica A. Oliveratambién está a cargo delos Grupos de Apoyo queofrece Nami a lacomunidad hispana enCleveland. Estos gruposson libres, confidencialesy seguros para ayudar alos familiares y seresqueridos de personas queviven con unaenfermedad mental. Lasfamilias se unen engrupos de cuidado y seayudan los unos a losotros mediante el uso deexperiencias yaprendizajes de cómolidiar con lasenfermedades mentales.Miembros de familiapueden lograr unrenovado sentido deesperanza para sus seresqueridos que viven conproblemas de salud men-tal. Los interesados enparticipar en uno de estosgrupos o dirigir uno comofacilitador – NAMI loentrena- favor decomunicarse con Mónicaal (216) 875 0266 oescribir directamente [email protected]
Bowling Green State Uni-versity, Lourdes Univer-sity, and Owens Commu-nity College. Tickets are$50 each and availablefor purchase online atwww.eventbrite.com/e/2020-diamante-awards-tickets-112897308890.
• The University of To-ledo is hosting a series ofvirtual events to markHispanic HeritageMonth, includinglivestreamed events lo-cally and from across thecountry.
UT also will host a vir-tual forum Friday, Oct. 9,1 p.m. to discuss the his-tory and implications ofthe use of the term Latinx.Dr. Jorge Chinea, direc-tor of the Center forLatino/a & Latino Ameri-can Studies at WayneState University, will pro-vide historical context ofthe term Latinx and helplead a discussion on itsimplications. Other UTonline events can be foundhere: www.utoledo.edu/studentaffairs/omss/history_and_heritage/hispanic_heritage_month.html.
• Bowling Green StateUniversity now recog-nizes HHM as Latina/o/xHeritage Month and willhost an online kickoffTuesday, Sept. 15, 20230,7 p.m., Spoken Wordwith Carlos AndrésGómez. Gómez is a Co-lombian American poet,speaker, actor, and au-thor of award-winningpoetry Fractures andHigito, as well as thememoir Man Up:Reimagining ModernManhood.
National WelcomingWeek also falls withinHispanic Heritage Monthand several Toledo-areaorganizations are team-ing up to host a virtualevent on Wednesday,Sept. 16, 6 to 7:30 p.m.Women of Toledo willhost the event on theirZoom page in conjunc-tion with Welcome To-ledo Lucas County (Wel-come TLC) and the To-ledo-Lucas County Pub-lic Library. The event willbe a conversation explor-ing “the state of belong-ing” and a connection toone another in the com-munity. Event details andtickets are available atwww.womenoftoledo.org.
Similar events are be-ing held in communitiesacross the U.S., aimed atbringing together immi-grants, refugees, expatri-ates, and U.S.-born resi-
dents to raise awarenessof the benefits of wel-coming everyone—in-cluding new Americans.Advocates say it’s moreimportant than ever tostand up for refugees andimmigrants alike.
The Austin, Texas-based Emma S.Barrientos Mexican-American Cultural Cen-ter will host its annualViva México celebrationon Wednesday, Sept. 16,6 to 9 p.m. The livelyvirtual celebration will belive streamed freeon Youtube, Facebook,and Twitter and includemusic and dance perfor-mances by local artists.There will also be a Netflixwatch party Thursday,Sept. 24, 5:30 p.m., of a2020 documentary calledMucho Mucho Amor:The Legend of WalterMercado, a film about thelife and career of/WalterMercado, one of the mostinfluential and important/astrologists/in LatinAmerica and the world.
• The DistinguishedHispanic Ohioan Awards(DHO), usually held inlate October by OCHLA,won’t be held this yeardue to the coronavirus.Instead, the Ohio Com-mission on Hispanic/Latino Affairs will “ac-knowledge leaders in thecommunity who are do-ing an outstanding jobduring the response toCOVID-19.” A date anddetails for how the cel-ebration will be held arestill in the discussionstages. But OCHLA lead-ers are clear that this ini-tiative won’t replace theDHO Awards Gala,which the agency hopesto celebrate again in 2021.
EDITOR’S NOTE:National Hispanic Heri-tage Month celebrates thehistories, cultures andcontributions of Ameri-can citizens whose an-cestors came from Spain,Mexico, the Caribbeanand Central and SouthAmerica.
The observationstarted in 1968 as His-panic Heritage Week andwas expanded in 1988 tocover a 30-day period.September 15 is signifi-cant because it is the an-niversary of indepen-dence for Costa Rica, ElSalvador, Guatemala,Honduras and Nicaragua.In addition, Mexico andChile celebrate their in-dependence days on Sep-tember 16 and 18.
COVID-19 forces change to HispanicHeritage MonthBy La Prensa Staff
Entendiendo los problemas de la salud mentalcon Mónica A. OliveraPor: Isabel Flores, corresponsal La Prensa
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