The Voto Latino Innovators Challenge, the organization's tech contest, is meant to challenge Millennials to not only learn outside of the classroom, but to create outside of the classroom and to think outside of the box. With the support of the MacArthur Foundation, and in partnership with HASTAC, Voto Latino will award a total of $500,000 in grants to the best 10-15 proposed projects.
The Nobel Prize-winning Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez, most known for his incredibly influential "One Hundred Years of Solitude," which Chilean poet Pablo Neruda called "the greatest revelation in the Spanish language since the Don Quixote of Cervantes," has died at his home in Mexico City. He was 87. He leaves behind his native Colombia, his beloved residence of Mexico, the U.S. who was intrigued by him, as well as his admirers across the globe in mourning.
Millennials and tween-agers filled the ranks; filed in close, stood-at-attention, ready to absorb knowledge and wisdom. Maria Teresa Kumar, Rosario Dawson, and Wilmer Valderrama arrived ready to lay down knowledge on the doting audience -offering valuable perspective on Latino emergence, prevalence, and the excellence of the group.
The whereabouts of close to 100 kidnapped Nigerian students remain a mystery after a report claiming the girls had been recovered was denied by school officials this Thursday. The girls are expected to have been taken by terrorist group Boko Haram.
Nas successfully kicked off the 13th Tribeca Film Festival at New York City's Beacon Theater yesterday (April 16) with the documentary, "Time Is Illmatic."
Many TV viewers remember J.R. Martinez as the Dancing with the Stars Season 13 champ and Iraq War vet who wowed the audience with not only his rhythm and killer moves, but with his incredible story of survival and recovery after a roadside bomb hit the tire of his Humvee, leaving 34 percent of his body burned. But nowadays, Martinez, who is of Savadoran decent, is dancing to a different beat. Recently, Martinez spoke to Latin Post about his feelings on undocumented Latinos who serve in the U.S. Military, and those in the U.S who come here in search of a better life.
Tori Spelling is breaking her silence. She is putting the smile away and admitting the nightmare that she has been living ever since she found out about her husband's infidelity. Dean McDermott and Tori Spelling have been married for seven years and have four kids together; Tori tells Us Magazine how she feels today.
Voto Latino celebrated its 10-year anniversary with the Voto Latino Power Summit 2014 held at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City on April 11-12.
It will expand to a four-city national tour where Latino Millennials will participate in leadership, advocacy, and media and technology workshops with community activists, grassroots organizers, elected officials, celebrities, and business leaders. They can also participate in the VL Innovators Challenge, the organization's tech competition where Latino Millennials can design and use technology for change.
When it comes to reality -- life off of the page -- the MIT professor, Pulitzer Prize winner and compulsive reader Junot Díaz still flourishes. Díaz recently shared his thoughts on immigration, activism, advocacy and cultural identity in an email interview with Latin Post; the author's answers are as bold and astounding as one might expect from the frank novelist. "I'm an activist before I'm a writer. That's about as much as I can say without sounding ridiculous," said Díaz, who's been extremely vocal about the "sentencia" and stateless Haitians in the Dominican Republic.
If you enjoy a good drink, good ambiance and good adventures, there's a good chance you've thought about getting a bit inebriated at Disney World and gallivanting around at night. Good news: now you sort of can.
Editors at Bomb Magazine published a terrific literary exchange between the stellar Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat and the Dominican frontrunner for well-written and finely-crafted fiction, Junot Díaz. The introduction to the article made a compelling statement, remarking that if Marvel Comics had gotten their hands on Oscar Wao (the lead from The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao), then he "would have been a hero." A novel idea... in fact, one might imagine the same might occur if Marvel got its hands on Díaz. However, Díaz would undoubtedly disagree.
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On March 26, James Macedonio, Leslie Kirby and George Chrisafis, co-founders of Wall Street Rocks presented Operation Finally Home Executive Director Daniel Vargas and Dancing with the Stars Champ, Iraq War veteran J.R. Martinez a check for $50,000 to help returning veterans in need of a home.
