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Mujeres en Acción y Poder

By Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva, TC Daily Planet

Things have been busy at the Corcoran Neighborhood group as programs for Latinos continue to grow. Community organizer Silvia Pérez Sánchez started the women's leadership group Mujeres en Acción y Poder at Corcoran after having organized beauty training classes for Latina women in the neighborhood for years. A few months ago MORE »

The New Normal on the ground in South Minneapolis: Q&A with Silivia Pérez Sánchez

By Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva
By Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva, TC Daily Planet

Silvia Pérez Sánchez is fond of saying that since God has given her the gift of organizing, she'd better do something with it. And that she has. Pérez Sánchez has been gaining momentum in her efforts to organize Latina women in Powderhorn Park and Corcoran neighborhoods in Minneapolis. A resident of Powderhorn Park and a community organizer at Corcoran Neighborhood Organization, she's developed a community garden, turned out Latinos for neighborhood events, and trained women in her Latina women's group, Mujeres en Acción y Poder (Women in Action and Power). Here she talks about safety, youth involvement, beautification and other challenges facing the two neighborhoods.MORE »

Mujeres en Liderazgo

By Stephanie Dickrell, Minnesota Women's Press
Language can be a huge barrier for immigrant and migrant women. If your first language is Spanish, you may be able to get some essential services with the help of a translator. But the women of Pillsbury United Community's Waite House wanted to offer more to these women, and so, in March of this year, Mujeres en Liderazgo was born.MORE »

Soccer moms at Powderhorn Park?

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet
Would more soccer fields make Powderhorn Park -- and the Powderhorn and Phillips neighborhoods -- more or less safe? Latino soccer players and their parents delivered more than 400 post cards to Minneapolis Parks Commissioner Scott Vreeland in early December, asking for more soccer fields in the north part of Powderhorn Park. They believe soccer keeps kids out of trouble.MORE »

State of Latinos in legal education

By staff, La Prensa de Minnesota
Every year, Minnesota’s four Law Schools—Hamline, University of Minnesota, University of St. Thomas and William Mitchell—graduate approximately 3,000 lawyers into our community. Approximately three percent of those newly-minted lawyers, or fewer than 100, will be Latinos.MORE »
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