The Puerto Rican Cultural Center was represented by our very own In-Person Counselors Ruth Méndez, Leslie and Stefanie Rodríguez at a Town Hall meeting held by State Representative Toni Berrios, Illinois President of the National Conference of Puerto Rican, Inc. Vilma Colom along with a presentation by Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace Regional Outreach Coordinator Salvador Cerna. 

 

As the first day for open enrollment began for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), our very own Leslie Rodriguez represented the PRCC during an interview with NBC 5 news reporter Nasita Kwan. 

Rincon Family Services names its new center the Hilda Frontany Women's Center in recognition of Hilda's Frontany's long time activism around issues that impact the Puerto Rican and Latino community.

We offer:

* Full day, Day Care for children 15 mos. to 3 yrs.

* Full day Head Start for children 3 to 5 yrs. 

* Research based curriculum

* Family involvement

* Nutritional Meals

* Parent workshops

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"Ningún hombre es señor de su paraíso." Es una frase de Fernando Pessoa. Añadiría que tampoco nadie es señor de su infierno. En el lugar soñado o en el más temido siempre hay otros, otros también están implicados.

¿Qué representa Oscar López? ¿Qué significan sus años en prisión? ¿Qué conlleva ser un libertador en un tiempo en que los grandes discursos se han venido abajo? ¿Qué es Oscar López en las calles de Río Piedras, en las calles que no ha pisado por 32 años, en las calles que para nosotros son parte ordinaria de nuestra cotidianidad?

 

¿Qué construcción de Puerto Rico se da en la aparente no posibilidad de que Oscar López camine por estas calles, por esta Plaza de la Convalecencia, por esta plaza nombrada, gracias a la cercanía de un antiguo hospital, por los enfermos y los agonizantes?

¿A quién se "perdona" si se excarcela a Oscar López? Lease articulo completo.

 

The evening began with an invocation by Pastor Roger Zimmerman calling for release of Oscar López Rivera for all of those present and was followed by the playing of the message by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate, also calling for Oscar's immediate release.

 

Michael Deutsch of the People's Law Office was then introduced to the audience. Michael, an internationally renown human rights lawyer, was a key component of the legal team that fought for Rafael Cancel Miranda's freedom, along with that of the other Nationalists- Lolita Lebrón, Irving Flores Rodriguez, Oscar Collazo and Andrés Figueroa Cordero, all of whom were released as a result of an international campaign demanding their freedom, by President Carter in September of 1979. Alicia Rodriguez was then brought on stage to a prolonged standing ovation to read some of the more than dozen solidarity messages and the event culminated with Rafael Cancel Miranda taking the stage, and in a powerful speech, condeming the continued colonization of Puerto Rico and imprisonment of Oscar López Rivera.

 

 

San Juan, Puerto Rico and New York - The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and four legal and human rights groups filed a petition today before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) against the United States for severe human rights violations in the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. For over 60 years, the United States Navy bombed and used biological and chemical warfare on Vieques as part of its military practices, causing decades of continuous contamination of the land, sea and air. As a result of the Navy's actions, residents suffer disproportionately from diseases like cancer, hypertension, and respiratory illnesses. The Caribbean Institute for Human Rights (ICADH), the Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Western New England School of Law and the Alianza de Mujeres Viequenses joined the NLG on the brief. Finish reading.

 

"Las grandes enseñanzas de los patriotas de Lares del 68 eran unir los problemas de día a día, el problema cotidiano de falta de libertad, la esclavitud, la libreta del jornalero, y unir eso con la lucha por la independencia. Eso es lo que debemos estar haciendo hoy, atar los problemas de un sistema universal de salud, de un sistema de educación digna... todos esos problemas hay que vincularlos al colonialismo y la falta de poderes para defendernos", expuso Héctor Pesquera, copresidente del Movimiento Independentista Nacional Hostosiano (MINH). Lease articulo completo.

This year, Puerto Rico marks the 115th anniversary of the U.S. invasion. Since 1898, Puerto Ricans have struggled to end U.S. colonial control. Thousands have gone to prison in the name of independence. The NLG has a long history of supporting Puerto Rican independence activists and this fall, NLG members are invited to celebrate that history and build solidarity at the 76th Annual Law for the People convention in San Juan, the first ever Puerto Rico Guild convention.

 

Register for the 76th Annual Law For The People Convention Here!

¿La ley del Congreso de Estados Unidos sobre conspiración sediciosa se aplica cuando dos personas o más en cualquier estado, territorio o jurisdicción de su país conspiran para derrocar o destruir por la fuerza el gobierno. Cada individuo se castigará con una multa o con encarcelamiento por un máximo de 20 años. Nuestro Oscar López Rivera sigue en prisión después de 32 años. Lease el articulo entero.