Latino Forum: GOVERNOR'S PANEL URGES CHANGES TO AID HISPANICS
Breaking down language barriers and allowing illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses would help bridge a cultural gap for Georgia's growing Hispanic population, according to a report.The Latino Forum, a group of Hispanic leaders appointed by Gov. Roy Barnes to suggest ways to make state laws and policies more favorable to their community, turned in its 23-page report to the governor's office Wednesday. Barnes spokeswoman Joseyln Butler said the...
Latino Forum: Latinos absent in top city offices
PASADENA At the same time that activists are urging the city to hire more Latinos for top jobs, new data show that 19.9 percent of the city's management ranks are Latino, who make up one-third of the city's population. Latinos are better represented in the rank-and-file, accounting for one-third of the city's police officers, one-third of the maintenance staff and 36.5 percent of the office workers."They're not being...
Latino Forum: Latino activists claim imbalance at City Hall
PASADENA -- Latino activists say the loss of two high-ranking city officials in the last month has left City Hall without a single person in a top executive position who represents their community. In response, they have asked city leaders to make every effort to fill those two slots with Latinos, and strive to ensure that City Hall workers at all levels reflect Pasadena's population."When there is nobody, zero, at that level, from personal experience it feels that...
Latino Forum: Forum swells to meet demand
GREENSBORO -- As North Carolina's Latino population was surging in the mid-1990s, a few dozen immigrant advocates met in a cabin in Chapel Hill as part of the first Latino Forum. Few of them imagined then that it would become an annual event, much less one that would be attended by hundreds of people. "It has been like watching a baby growing up," said Lizette Cruz-Watko, who helped organize the 1996 event and who was one of more than 600...
