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Join Latinos Progresando June 27th!
Wednesday, June 27th, 6pm to 9pm
Moe's Cantina River North (155 W. Kinzie)
Honoring the 2012 Progresando Award winners:
Carlos Tortolero, National Museum of Mexican Art
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
And the 2012 recipients of the Dr. Angela Perez Miller Scholarship
Click here for more details.
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Hundreds of Children Celebrate Día del Niño with Latinos Progresando
Monday, April 30th more than 500 children and their parents came
out to celebrate Día del Niño, hosted by Latinos Progresando
at the Social Center at 2414 S. Albany in Little Village.
Día del Niño is a Mexican
national holiday celebrating children, and each spring, Latinos Progresando brings together children and families from the neighborhood to celebrate. This year's celebration included raffle prizes, healthy snacks, and fun with clowns, but also brought other resources to parents-schools and other service providers in the area came out to talk about their services.
Special thanks to Our Lady of Tepeyac Church, Burger King, Tri Color Masonry, Aguas Calientes, El Ranchero, Esparzas Restaurant (Blue Island), the Zavala family and a number of individual donors who made this event possible.
Click here to see photos.
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Dr. Angela Perez Miller Scholarship Fund
Last chance to apply to Latinos Progresando's Dr. Angela Perez Miller Scholarship Fund! Six
awards of $1,000 will be made
to promising students with a commitment to community service.
Download the application here. Applications are due May 4th.
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LP's Luis Gutierrez Addresses Portland Community College
LP's Executive Director Luis Gutierrez visited Portland Community College (Portland, OR) on April 23rd to give a workshop for students on the importance of collaboration, and be the keynote speaker at the Semana Opening Dinner, part of their 2012 Semana de la Raza.
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Not Your Average Mother's Day Gift
 Honor your mother this Mother's Day by letting her know that she's your hero.
Now, through May 13th, make a gift in
your mother's name to LP's 100 Heroes campaign, and we'll send your mother a special message-telling her that not only
is she your hero, but that now she's a hero
to the nearly 3,000 families LP reaches
every year.
Click here to make a gift today.
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Upcoming Events
 The 2012 National Latino Congreso (NLC)
will take place May 17 through 19 at the Arturo Velazquez Institute located at
2800 S. Western Ave. The NLC creates an open and inclusive space to explore the
policy and political agenda of Latino communities in the USA, including the international/Latin American perspective.
This is the first time the National Latino Congreso will take place outside of the U.S. Southwest region. This year, the NLC focus on three over-arching themes: Economic Justice, Immigration/Migrant Rights, and Latino Vote/Civic Engagement.
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