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Alert: Immigration Raids Begin in the U.S.

Over the holidays, there were reports that DHS/ICE were planning on beginning a massive deportation program targeting families and children who fled violence and poverty in Central America. These reports were confirmed yesterday after reports came out of both Georgia and Maryland, where women and children as young as 4 years old were taken by…

Thursday, January 7, 2016, 6:00 to 7:30 PM Access Health CT (AHCT) invites community organizations and leaders like you to join us for a Community Chat. Staff will provide an overview of Access Health CT and lead a discussion on how we can partner with you to promote access to health care coverage in the…

Saturday, January 9, 10 AM The Yale-Bridgeport GEAR UP Partnership presents the award winning documentary "Paper Tigers". The entire community is invited. Paper Tigers follows a year in the life of an alternative high school that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, becoming a promising model for how to break the cycles…

Thursday, February 4, 8 AM The Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission of the Connecticut General Assembly and the Hispanic Federation invite you to the First Latino Policy Day. This event will highlight important issues and policy goals for Connecticut’s growing Latino population and your participation is highly encouraged! Latinos are starting to show their…

The Twelve Sites of Social Security

By Robert G. Rodriguez Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in New Britain, CT Familiar carols are a part of the season. This song is so popular that holiday revelers clamored for it again. It’s “The Twelve Sites of Social Security,” inspired by the popular traditional holiday song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” — a holiday…

Huffington Post’s Ultimate Latino Holiday Playlist

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We would like to thank the TAG students and Ms. Ana Batista for leading the blood drive on Saturday, Nov. 21 at Cesar Batalla Elementary School in Bridgeport. A total of 33 pints of blood was collected on this day. To put it in perspective, 33 pints of blood saves potentially 99 lives. Thank you…

UB partnered with GBLN to host a panel discussion on entrepreneurship on Oct. 21, 2015. The event was attended by approximately 50 people interested in learning about how these Latino entrepreneurs started their business, what inspired them, and the challenges they encountered. The panelists, Ramon E. Peralta Jr, Valeria Garrido Bisceglia and Robert Valle, also…

Afro-Caribbean music super-group and three-time Grammy nominee Tiempo Libre is one of the hottest Latin bands today. Equally at home in concert halls, jazz clubs, festival stages and dance venues, Tiempo Libre’s sophisticated tropical music features an irresistible, exhilarating mix of jazz harmonies, contemporary sonorities, and seductive Latin rhythms. Don’t miss a tropical-inspired holiday concert!…

We are seeking classroom materials to support & strengthen the needs of a classroom for effective teaching & learning. To help out, contact Lisette Colon at lcolon@bridgeportedu.net, (203) 275-1042. Download the flyer