|
Latinos Progresando, Executive Director Luis Gutierrez to receive MALDEF Award
 As a tribute to his work and achievements,
Latinos Progresandos' Executive Director Luis Gutierrez will be presented with the MALDEF award for Excellence in Community Service as a part of the this year's MALDEF Chicago Awards Gala. Read more...
|
|
Longtime Supporter Showcases in Chicago Latino
Film Festival
A long-time supporter and friend of Latinos Progresando, Juan Carranza, will be showing his film in the Chicago Latino Film Festival. A film revolving around the Puerto Rican culture, Carranza wants to showcase some neglected aspects of the islands culture. Read more...
|
|
Latinos Progresando wins award through the CCT's
Community News Matters program
 After considering more than one hundred local news project proposals for the Community News Matters program, on Monday the Chicago Community Trust Foundation announced that 31 winning proposals have been chosen, including a one submitted by Latinos Progresando.
Award winners included individuals, nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies who proposed projects that will report on a variety of important issues affecting the city's low-income areas, writing stories on the South and West sides of Chicago. The main focus of the Latinos Progresando report will be on the effects of Mexico's Drug war on Chicago's Mexican Communities. |
|
Teatro Americano Presents at the U of C
Teatro Americano, Latinos Progresando's
theatre group, will be performing a compilation of work including their bilingual play, Con Raices Sin Papeles, at the University of Chicago's Office of Multicultural Affairs located at 5710 S. Woodlawn on April 15, 2011, 5710 S. Woodlawn. The event is part of the larger Dolores Huerta/Cesar Chavez Commemoration Week hosted by MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan), a student group in the College.
Event is free and open to the public!
For more information, email Lupe Leon or Cindy Agustin |
|
El Nogalar at the Goodman Theater
Teatro Vista's first, fully commissioned play is loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard. Set in present-day, Northern Mexico, El Nogalar (pecan orchard) tells the story of an old, upper class, Mexican family, returning home. Read more...
|
Help us earn money by using GoodSearch!
What if Latinos Progresando earned a donation every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support our cause? Well, now it can!
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to Latinos Progresando. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations add up!
GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 30 percent of each purchase to your favorite cause! Hundreds of great stores including Amazon, Target, Gap, Best Buy, eBay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you'll be supporting Latinos Progresando.
|
