La Voz del Paseo Boricua

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33 Years is Long Enough
¡Basta Ya!
THE “BORINQUENEERS”
FINALLY RECEIVE
THEIR DUE:
• Honored at Capitol Hill
• Celebrated in New York’s
National Puerto Rican Parade
and Chicago’s Puerto Rican
People’s Parade
• Memorialized by Norwegian
American Hospital
and Hispanic Housing by naming
Latino Veterans’ Housing Project
P3
From the Garitas of El Morro to 5th
Ave in NYC: The Call for Oscar’s
Release is Heard Loud & Clear
• 33xMar en San Juan - El Mar
reclama el regreso de Oscar
• 33 Women in Chicago Lead
Bicycling in Oscar’s Footsteps
for Social Justice in Chicago
• The Walk for Oscar Through
33 Towns Ends in San Juan,
Puerto Rico
• Events in San Francisco,
Orlando, Philadelphia, New
York City, Detroit, Cleveland,
the Bronx call for his freedom
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Hispanic Housing’s CEO
Hipolito “Paul” Roldan Announces 72 Unit Building to
be Named Oscar López
Alderman
Maldonado
Introduces
Ordinance
for Street
Vendors P2
¡Unete al Desfile del Pueblo Puertorriqueño!
¡Sáb. 14 de junio 2014, esq. Division y Western, 2pm!
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About La Voz:
The most recent manifestation of Puerto Rican journalism
in Chicago, La Voz del Paseo Boricua proudly continues
in the legacy of our community’s previous newspapers.
Founded in 2004, La Voz del Paseo Boricua, or simply ‘La
Voz’ as dearly called by our readership, is a grassroots
bilingual periodical published by the Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center. On a monthly basis,
we report on stories relevant to our community, disseminating news about local events, programs, resources,
and developments. As an alternative source of media,
we seek to acknowledge the achievements of the Puerto
Rican community at large and advocate for the preservation of the heart of our barrio in Humboldt Park - our
“pedacito de patria” in Chicago.
Alderman Maldonado Introduces
Ordinance for Street Vendors
On Wednesday, May 28, Alderman Roberto Maldonado introduced an ordinance in City Council, that provides
opportunities for Chicagoans to start micro-businesses
selling food, under the supervision of the health department. This effort will encourage job creation and innovation by green businesses, enhance the cultural diversity
and vibrancy of public spaces, foster entrepreneurs selling healthy, ready-to-eat foods in neighborhoods underserved by groceries and restaurants, ensure the health and
safety of consumers, and build Chicago’s reputation as a
culinary capital.
The ordinance expands the frozen desserts vendor license so that vendors can sell a wide variety of foods from
carts and bicycles -- but only if the food is prepared and
packaged in a licensed kitchen. The ordinance also makes
it easier for produce stands to set up in locations underserved by grocery stores and makes it possible for them
to sell pre-sliced fruits and vegetables. Both the Chicago
Tribune and the Sun-Times have endorsed the proposal.
This ordinance is different than previous proposals.
This ordinance would not license vendors to handle or
prepare food outdoors. It would require them to consult
with the health department and pass inspections before
receiving a license. Plus, this ordinance was written in
close communication with current and aspiring vendors.
It would honor the efforts of vendors to earn an honest
living selling traditional foods and encourage innovation
by creative entrepreneurs.
Speaking on behalf of this new ordinance, Alderman
Maldonado stated:
“There is a vast underground of food entrepreneurs who
have been denied the right to sell their products. Sidewalk
and bicycle vendors should have the same opportunity as
food trucks and bricks-and-mortar restaurants to sell freshly prepared foods from a licensed kitchen. Not only does
this proposal benefit the local economy by supporting entrepreneurial spirit and creativity, but it also benefits neighborhoods that lack access to affordable, healthy foods. I
want to encourage this culinary creativity, bring it out of
the shadows, and make Chicago street food not only fa-
CONDEOLENCES FROM THE PRCC AND NBHRN
CONGRATULATIONS JACKIE GONZÁLEZ AND GENIE HERNÁNDEZ!
Yuri Kochiyama RIP
Sobre La Voz:
La más reciente manifestación del periodismo puertorriqueño en Chicago, La Voz del Paseo Boricua continúa
orgullosa del legado de nuestros primeros periódicos. Fundado en 2004, La Voz del Paseo Boricua, o ‘La Voz’ según
se le co noce cariñosamente por nuestros lectores, es
un periódico de pueblo, publicado de manera bilingüe por
el Centro Cultural Puertorriqueño Juan Antonio Corretjer.
Mensualmente, divulga historias relevantes de nuestra
comunidad, diseminando noticias sobre acontecimientos,
programas, recursos, y progresos locales. Como fuente
alternativa de medios, intentamos reconocer los logros de
la comunidad puerto rriqueña al igual que abogar por la
preservación del corazón de nuestro barrio en el parque
de Humboldt – nuestro “pedacito de patria” en Chicago.
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One of the most important voices for social justice and racial equality and a life long
supporter of the Puerto Rican independence
movement and Puerto Rican political prisoners, Yuri Kochiyama physically left us on June 1,
2014. She passed from natural causes. We will
truly miss her grace, her insightfulness and her
ethical responsibility.
You Made History for
Our Community!
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center extends its congratulations to El Rescate
Director Jackie González and her partner Genie Hernández as they prepare
for a life together, as a married couple,
full of happiness and joy.
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The “Borinqueneers” Finally Receive Their Due:
• Honored at Capitol Hill
• Celebrated in New York National Puerto Rican Parade
and in Chicago Puerto Rican People’s Parade
• Memorialized by Norwegian American Hospital
and Hispanic Housing with Latino New Housing
On May 22, the US Senate passed a
bill awarding the 65th Regiment, known
as the Borinqueneers, the Congressional
Medal of Honor. The bill now goes to
President Obama for his signature. The
following is a partial statement issued by
the Congressional Gold Medal Alliance
which led the national grass roots effort
to bestow this honor.
The campaign to raise awareness of
the Borinqueneers has been felt in many
cities in the Puerto Rican diaspora.
In New York, the National Puerto Rican Parade, to be held ion Sunday, June
8, is paying special tribute to the Borinqueneers.
In Chicago, the following 2 major developments to memorialize the Borinqueneers have been undertaken: 1) Hispanic Housing and Norwegian American
Hospital have partnered to create a
housing complex for Latino veterans
which will be named the “The Borinqueneers”; 2) the Annual Puerto Rican Parade will be dedicated to the Borinqueneers along with the celebration of the
40th anniversary of the opening of Roberto Clemente Community Academy.
“Honoring the only Hispanic segregated active-duty military unit in U.S. History, the 65th Infantry Regiment “Borinqueneers,” with the Congressional Gold
Medal took a major leap forward this
week when both House Bill (HR 1726)
and Senate Bill (S. 1174) both passed their
respective chambers.
As the Memorial Day weekend looms,
the 65th Infantry Regiment known as
the “Borinqueneers” achieved two major milestones in achieving the nation’s
highest civilian award, the Congressional
Gold Medal (CGM). The U.S. Senate bill
S. 1174 which authorizes the “Borinqueneers” with the CGM passed today by
unanimous vote. On Monday, the House
companion bill H.R. 1726, also passed
unanimously. These two milestones
unfolded about year’s timeframe from
when both bills were originally introduced in their respective chambers. The
CGM recognition parallels the Presidential Medal of Freedom, is awarded less
frequently and is arguably more rigorous
due to its stringent legislative requirements. The Borinqueneers CGM legislation is now on its path to the White
House for President Obama’s signature.
The movement behind this cause
primarily originated with a grassroots
volunteer group called the “Borinqueneers CGM Alliance” (BCGMA) founded
by former Army Captain and Iraq War
veteran, Frank Medina and sponsored
by the You Are Strong! (YAS!) Center for
Veterans Health and Human Services.
Frank recounts, “It’s amazing how the
collective and cumulative efforts from
devoted individuals and organizations
around the country culminated in this
landmark achievement. The 65th CGM
cause transcended all races, ethnici-
ties, nationalities in unifying for a noble and righteous cause. Volunteers encompassed Anglos, African-Americans,
Mexican-Americans, Native-Americans,
Colombians and various others...This
could not have happened without their
aggressive ‘boots on ground’ support...”
Medina also adds, “I want to express
my deepest appreciation to our Congressional sponsors, Rep. Pierluisi, Rep.
Posey, and Sen. Blumenthal along with
their superb staffers. They tackled and
shouldered the lion’s share of this endeavor and I it was very fortuitous that
our joint efforts were complimentary.
Without their tenacity, this could not
have been possible...”
Awarding the CGM to the Borinqueneers will sit alongside other segregated military units that have rightfully
received the Congressional Gold Medal
including the Tuskegee Airmen, Navajo Code Talkers and many other Native
American tribes, Nisei Soldiers, and
Montford Point Marines.”
The history of the 65th Infantry goes
back to 1899 after the US invasion of
Puerto Rico and the ceding by Spain of
the island following the Spanish American War. The unit participated in WW
I, II and most notably, the Korean War.
A remnant battalion from the 65th Infantry still resides in the Puerto Rican
National Guard. At the onset of the
Korean War, the 65th Infantry dubbed
themselves the anglicized nickname
“Borinqueneers” after the island of Puerto Rico’s indigenous name “Borinquen”
meaning “Land of the Noble People”.¬
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Hundreds Gather
to Re-open
Rebaño After
Devastating Fire
Hundreds
of
Rebaño
members and
friends
including prominent
civic,
religious and
political leaders such as Ald Danny Solis, 25th Ward,
Cook County Commissioner Elect Luis Arroyo Jr and State Rep Luis Arroyo Sr came
together to celebrate the reopening of Rebano Church at 2435 W. Division. Nearly 6
months ago, the sanctuary section of the
Rebano Church was nearly destroyed as a
result of a fire. During a moving and highly
motivating opening ceremony, both Pastors Freddie and Lynette Santiago recounted the story
of the horrific fire and
how it helped
to energize
and unify the
church. And
through that
effort, forged a vision that culminated in
a totally renovated building with state of
the art technology as well as accommodations. Representative of the governors
and mayors office, as well as community
and faith based leaders. were cognized.
Lynette’s parents gave inspiring messages
to their original flock as well as the new
members who are now guided by the leadership of Pastors Freddie and Lynette.
The re-opening of Rebano marks a major
step in that Churches continued counted
commitment to the community. “The welcoming and aesthetically pleasing facilities
will provide added spaces for Rebano to
carry forth a more effective, community
framed ministry” José E. López, Executive
Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, in referencing this opening stated.
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JUAN ANTONIO CORRETJER
PUERTO RICAN CULTURAL CENTER
NEWSBRIEFS
OVER 400 GATHER
CCA’S 5TH ANNUAL MOSAIC
CELEBRATION HONORS
PRCC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Over 400 members of Chicago’s Ethnic Museums and
Cultural Centers came together last Thursday, May 8 at
the Zhou B Art Center to celebrate MOSAIC: A Celebration of Chicago’s Communities. The Chicago Cultural
Alliance honored José E. López, the Executive Director
of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center as one of two “Outstanding Community Leaders” along with Joe Yazzie, a
respected Navajo elder and artist. Steve Bynum from
WBEZ 91.5 Chicago was the evening’s emcee. Nellie’s
Restaurant was there representing Puerto Rican cuisine.
The overflow crowd was able to experience the cui-
Margaret Power, Board Secretary Alejandro Luis Molina, COO Juan Calderón and NEIU Trustee Marvin Garcia were there to support the Chicago Cultural Alliance
and its mission to effect social change and public understanding of cultural diversity.
PUERTO RICAN DELEGATION
PARTICIPATES IN MEMORIAL
TRIBUTE TO MARSHALL SUSLER
A delegation in representation of the Puerto Rican
Cultural Center participated in a
moving tribute to Marshall Susler,
the beloved father of Jan Susler, on
Sunday, May 4, 2014 in Decatur IL.
Marshall Susler was born on May 14,
1930 in Ft Wayne and entered eternal rest on April 30, 2014 in Decatur
IL. There, he was eulogized by fan
and friends at Temple B’nai Abraham, officiated by Rabbi Barry Marx.
Several members of the family and
close friends weaved together a powerful testimony of
this extraordinary man who saw law as a practice of justice; a man who dared to confront bigotry and shallowness and a man who was a true father, leaving behind
deep footsteps in the quest for justice for his children
to follow.
DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE
MUNTANER FAMILY
Our deep condolences to the Muntaner Family on the
loss of their mother and grandmother, Gloria Muntaner. Gloria is the mother of Peter Muntaner Sr. and the
grandmother of Peter Muntaner Jr, highly respected
members of the Puerto Rican Community and active in
the Puerto Rican Agenda.
sine and music representative of many cultures within
Chicago, meet and mingle with people from all over
the world who support Chicago’s cultural diversity, and
participated in a truly one-of-a-kind silent auction with
items provided by Chicago’s ethnic museums, jewelry,
art, and dining and entertainment experiences. IPRAC
CEO Billy Ocasio and a contingent from the PRCC were
present as José was honored. PRCC Board President Dr.
JOSÉ E. LÓPEZ SPEAKS TO
COLUMBIA STUDENTS AT MULTICULTURAL AFFAIR CELEBRATION
On Monday, May 5, 2014 José E. López, Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, was invited
to speak to graduates and staff of the Multicultural
Affairs Center at Columbia College In his message to
nearly 100 students, he exhorted the students to continue to connect their work to their communities and
to become transformative agents of change in whatever
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career or path they chose. He reminded them that any
expression of diversity on campus was the result of significant struggles and not the gift of the institution.
PRCC HOSTS CHARLA WITH
CUBAN JOURNALIST AND
ACTIVIST GISELA ARANDIA
On Tuesday, May 20,
over fifty PRCC staff
members met at La
Bruquena for a very
special lunch with
Cuban journalist, social activist and researcher Gisela Arandia Covarrubias. Ms.
Arandia, who was here to speak at the LASA 32nd Congress, spoke about one of the many myths that prevail in
our society: Hispanics are not racist. Sadly, Afro descendants still face discrimination even within the Hispanic
community. There is a lack of representation in the media and the little there is perpetuates negative stereotypes that portray them as inferior or insignificant. This
makes us feel ashamed
of our identity and
ancestry. She encouraged all communities
to strengthen their
identity by creating
alternative audiovisual
discourses and community activism that
present Hispanics accurately, in all their diversity and
glory. We have the power to achieve this change!
EL RESCATE MAKES ITS VOICE
HEARD IN SPRINGFIELD
On Wednesday, May 2, 2014, fourteen residents and
staff from El Rescate joined the Chicago Coalition for
the Homeless along with other organization to Springfield, IL for housing advocacy day. With a record high of
54,892 identified homeless students in Illinois, we were
all there to advocate to our legislators for funding for
homeless education services, which it provides to emergency shelters and homeless youth programs, as well as
a temporary income tax increase to fund needed homeless services. Our residents represented themselves ex-
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• us navy out of vieques
• freedom for all puerto rican political prisoners
• defend civil liberties and stop political repression
• build a national latino agenda
• fuera la marina de vieques
• libertad para los presos políticos boricuas
• a defender los derechos civiles y alto a la represión
política
• a construir una agenda nacional latina
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MISSION/MISIÓN: The National Boricua
Human Rights Network is an organization
dedicated to defending the human rights of
the Puerto Rican community in the US.
La Red Nacional Boricua Pro-Derechos
Humanos es una organización dedicada
a defender los derechos humanos de la
comunidad puertorriqueña en los EEUU.
National Boricua Human Rights Network (NBHRN) 2739-41 W. Division Street, Chicago IL 60622
May 29
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International Day of Solidarity With Oscar López Rivera
From 3 Continents the Clarion Call is Heard:
33 Years is Long Enough, ¡BASTA YA!
culminating in thousands gathering for
a rally and concert.
To the sound of tambores playing, people
singing, kites flying, youth biking and
chanting and boats sailing, May 29th
was ushered in by multiple events and
thousands, if not tens of thousands of
people.
“Al Mar x Oscar” an event that referred
to Oscar’s line in a letter that, after
his granddaughter, what he issued the
most in prison was the sea. A flotilla
of doznes of boats took to the sea
lead by a “cabezudo” of Oscar, created
by the artist Pedro Adorno, and in an
act portending the near future, came
ashore in San Juan bay, welcomed by
hundreds of people, in particular his
daughter Clarisa and granddaughter,
Karina, which in a very emotional
moment, hugged the “cabezudo”
mimicking the hug that the Puerto
Rican people have extended- through
the various events- to Oscar, reaching
through the cold, prison bars in FCI
Terre Haute.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nacional 33en33 x Oscar” walked
through 33 municipalities in 33 days,
beginning in Gurabo on April 27 and
Chicago IL
From Detroit, Cleveland, Orlando,
Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and
San Francisco to Spain, Venezuela
and Cuba, the International Day of
Solidarity with Oscar López Rivera
–the day he was arrested in 1981was preceded by a amazing act of
perseverance and love- “Caminata
In Chicago, the city in which Oscar
organized across issues and institutions,
leaving a trail of his “footprints for social
justice” from the Pilsen Community
to the University of Illinois, from the
Caracas, Venezuela
ending in San Juan on May 29, uniting
thousands of people along the way, as
they walked from town to town, and
Northwest Community Organization,
from Roberto Clemente Community
Academy to Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos
Puerto Rican High School to El Rincon
Family Services, 33 women led a group
Madrid, Spain
dozens of bikers in his “footsteps”.
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EDITORIAL:
LA EXCARCELACIÓN DE OSCAR DEMANDA
MÁS PRESIÓN SOBRE OBAMA
Por Dirección de CLARIDAD
Éste es el editorial que hubiésemos querido no
tener que escribir. Hace años que Oscar López
Rivera tendría que haber sido excarcelado. Nelson
Mandela, el prisionero político más insigne de los
últimos tiempos, sólo cumplió 26 años de su condena
perpetua por sedición. El nuestro, por el mismo cargo,
en estos días cumple 33 años encarcelado, a pesar de
tener ya más de 70 años de edad. Oscar López Rivera
es también el prisionero político que ha cumplido la
condena más prolongada en esta parte del mundo, un
récord de dudoso honor para el Gobierno de Estados
Unidos, que se ufana hasta la arrogancia de su
trayectoria en materia de derechos civiles y humanos,
y se siente con el derecho de aleccionar a otros, como
si su techo no fuera de cristal.
En Puerto Rico se conduce una intensa y
masiva jornada por la excarcelación de Oscar que
ha unido a todos los sectores del País en un reclamo
común ante el presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack
Obama, la única persona con el poder para decretar
la salida del prisionero político puertorriqueño de
la cárcel estadounidense donde se encuentra. Hasta
ahora, Obama no ha dado muestras de dejarse
conmover por las masivas demostraciones a favor
de la excarcelación del patriota puertorriqueño, ni
porque importantes figuras de todos los ámbitos,
tanto en Puerto Rico como en Estados Unidos y
otros países hayan abogado por él. Pero, a nombre
de nuestro pueblo, las organizaciones que dirigen los
esfuerzos hacia lograr la excarcelación de Oscar no se
amilanan.
Cada vez son más las personas que se unen al
reclamo porque comprenden que la única razón que
mantiene a Oscar López Rivera encarcelado es la ira
del imperio estadounidense ante quienes no se les
doblegan. Es la misma ira que mantiene el bloqueo
contra Cuba y la amenaza de un golpe de estado contra
el gobierno democráticamente electo de Venezuela, y
contra cualquier individuo o país que elija un camino
independiente del que el Imperio pretende trazarle.
La lucha por la excarcelación de Oscar López Rivera
se diversifica con formas creativas de protesta, con
el objetivo de llamar la atención del mandatario
estadounidense al consenso alcanzado por nuestro
pueblo sobre dicho asunto. Proliferan actividades
como la Caminata 33 en 33 X Oscar, o la Jornada
Al Mar X Oscar, o Mujeres por Oscar en el Puente
Dos Hermanos; o las múltiples voces de los
puertorriqueños y puertorriqueñas más destacados
en los distintos escenarios del saber y el quehacer
profesional, intelectual y artístico; o las expresiones
de líderes políticos de todos los partidos e ideologías
en Puerto Rico y de los congresistas puertorriqueños
en Estados Unidos, Luis Gutiérrez, Nydia Velázquez
y José Serrano; o de figuras internacionales de
renombre como los premios Nobel de la Paz, el Obispo
Desmond Tutu de Sudáfrica, Rigoberta Menchú de
Guatemala, y Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, de Argentina, o
el presidente de Uruguay, José “Pepe” Mujica, entre
muchas otras voces que se han unido a este reclamo
humanitario elemental por un hombre de conducta
ejemplar, cuyo único delito ha sido consagrarse a la
lucha por la libertad de su patria.
Con el indulto de Oscar López Rivera, el
presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, tiene
la gran oportunidad de demostrar que la admiración
que dice tener por la persona y la gesta de Nelson
Mandela es verdadera y auténtica, y no un mero
gesto mediático para limpiar su imagen, y acallar las
voces de las millones de personas progresistas, en
Estados Unidos y el resto del mundo, que piensan
que su mandato ha sido una gran decepción. Por
eso hace falta que se mantenga la presión de la
opinión pública en Puerto Rico, dentro de Estados
Unidos y desde la comunidad internacional sobre el
mandatario estadounidense, para que se sienta que,
sobre este asunto, el Gobierno de Estados Unidos
está bajo escrutinio en el mundo entero. El ejemplo
de la lucha de Vieques no puede ser más elocuente y
ejemplarizante.
Ya Barack Obama se ha quitado de encima el
peso de otra campaña de reelección. El prospecto de
una victoria Demócrata en las próximas elecciones
congresionales de 2014 en Estados Unidos no luce muy
halagador, según encuestadores progresistas serios,
como Nate Silver, quien ha predicho con asombrosa
exactitud resultados electorales previos, entre ellos,
los dos triunfos de Obama. De hacerse realidad esta
predicción, la agenda doméstica de Barack Obama
sufriría su más duro revés, y así también el legado que
él pretende dejar.
El gesto humanitario de indultar a Oscar
López Rivera no sólo representaría un acto de buena
voluntad de este mandatario estadounidense, sino
también una ínfima medida de la justicia que el
gobierno de su país le debe a nuestra Patria.
Originalmente publicado en Claridad, 27 de mayo de
2014.
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tremely well and shared
their stories to our legislators with eloquence
and confidence. We were
thoroughly impressed
with how everyone conducted themselves and
how well-behaved they
were. We look forward to a positive outcome!
SENTIDO PÉSAME
El Centro Cultural Puertorriqueño quisiera expresar
su más profundo pesame a Madeline y a María “Cuca”
Bezares, la directora asociada del Centro Infantil Lee
Corretjer, como también a su familia por la perdida fisica de su mamá, la Sra. Esperanza Flores el sábado 10 de
mayo. Deja 4 hijas, 6 hijos, 19 nietos y nietas, 1 bisnieto.
DISCUSS PUERTO RICAN/ MEXICAN
CROSSINGS AND LATINIDAD
PRCC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PARTICIPATES ON PANEL AT
LASA 2014 CONFERENCE
On Wed. May 21, José E.
López, Executive Director
of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, participated
in a panel discussion with
Dr. Maura Toro Morn from
Illinois State University, Attorney Elvira Torres
from the political Issues Commission of the Consultative Council of Mexicans in the Exterior, where they discussed “Coalition Politics in Chicago and Mexicans and
Puerto Ricans and the Struggl
e for Immigration Reform.”
Dr. Maura Toro Morn
set the tone by discussing the evolution of a
political consciousness
in the city, particularly,
the social interaction of
Puerto Rican and Mexican women, citing the example of Elvira Arellano. Elvira
Torres discussed the challenges faced by the undocumented in relation to understanding their rights. José
E. López engaged the audience and other panelists in a
spirited discussion that included re-imagining the concept of citizenship, and the strategic role that US Latinos play in changing the nature of relationship of Latin
America to the US.
SCHOLARS FROM LASA 2014
VISIT PASEO BORICUA: FOCUSED
ON URBAN
AGRICULTURE
More than 2 dozen
scholars participating
in the Latin American
Studies
Association
2014 32nd Congress
visited Paseo Boricua Wed, May 21, 2014.
These scholars, who come from different countries of
Latin American, including Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, as well as Canada and France, spent the entire afternoon on a cultural immersion tour of Paseo Boricua.
The tour began at Nellie’s Restaurant where
José E. López, and Abel
Fernandez, welcomed
the delegation and
spoke about the community, as well as the
urban agriculture initiative of the Puerto Rican
Cultural Center including the Greenhouse at Dr. Pedro
Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High School, the community garden lots and edible garden at the National Institute of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture. The luncheon was
followed by a tour of the many projects of the Cultural
Center including the Greenhouse. Many of the scholars
have focused their research on different agrarian practices and programs in their respective countries.
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how to make a delicious
shrimp and mango ceviche
from scratch. Everyone was
hands on and learned how
to properly cut all of the
ingredients. They even got
to connect with the chefs
and ask questions regarding their careers and how they
got started. A big thanks to Angelica Alonso for putting
this cooking class together and to the chefs for making
time from their busy schedules to be with us. Everyone
had a great time!
CONGRATULATIONS
2014 COLLEGE GRADUATES!
The Leadership, Board and Staff of the PRCC congratulate the following members of the PRCC family on
their graduation:
Maria Borrero, BA- University of Illinois at Chicago
Matt McCanna, BA- Columbia College
Juan “Nito” Morales, BA- Northeastern Illinois University
Luis Rodríguez, BA- University of Illinois at Chicago
Eliana “Frenchy” Triche, BA- University of Illinois at Chicago
Diana Castillo, MA- University of Illinois at Chicago
William Rivera, BA- DePaul University
LA VILLA HISPANA IN CLEVELAND
HOSTS VISIT BY PRCC
PROFESSIONAL CHEFS TEACH
COOKING AT EL
RESCATE
On Wednesday, May 14th,
David (owner of Boca Loca
in Nashville) and Juliette
Reyes, two professional
chefs came to El Rescate to
give a cooking class for our youth. Our youth learned
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT OF PUERTO RICAN AGENDA
José E. López, Executive Director, Puerto, Rican Cul-
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Mother’s Day Heart Health Event at The Greater
Humboldt
Park Diabetes Empowerment Center
By Janeida Rodriguez
May 10, 2014 Mother’s Day was celebrated at the Greater
Humboldt Park Diabetes Empowerment
Center with an event
hosted by the Keep
Your Heart Healthy
program. As a way
to promote heart
health, physical activity and healthy eating, there were
presenters to engage all of the mothers and families in
attendance.
Presentations were made by Roberto Perez of Urban
Pilon who made delicious and healthy stuffed bell peppers and provided samples for guests to taste. Diana
Reyes, Mexican folkloric dancer of Horizontes Mexicanos dance company graced the audience with a beautiful traditional dance. There was also a lively Zumba
dance aerobics session to get participants moving
and excited to exercise while having fun and Muevete
t-shirts and Target gift
cards were provided
as the free raffle prizes!
The Mother’s Day
event hosted one-onone consultations by
registered dietitian,
Jennifer Bauer, RD, LDN, CDE from Presence Health Care
and The Puerto Rican Cultural Center’s (PRCC) Affordable Care Act (ACA) was on-site enrolling participants
for Get Covered Illinois health coverage. The PRCC ACA
program can assist community members with enrolling
for health coverage weekly at 1112 N. California. Call
773-227-7794 for details.
The Keep Your Heart Healthy program provided
approximately 50 free heart health screenings that
assessed participant’s risk for heart disease and/or a
heart attack for participants 18 years and older. Free
heart health screenings are offered Saturdays between
10:00AM and 2:00PM for along with cooking demonstrations, Zumba and more while you wait. To get your
free basic heart screening Monday-Friday, call 773-3420855 between 8:30AM and 5:00PM to schedule an appointment with Magdalena (Maggie), Keep Your Heart
Healthy program coordinator at The Greater Humboldt
Park Diabetes Empowerment Center located at 2753 W.
Division St.
JUNIO 2014
West Town Bikes and
Ciclo Urbano Celebrate
5th Anniversary on
Paseo Boricua!
On Saturday, May
3, West Town Bikes
(WTB) and Ciclo
Urbano celebrated
it’s 5th anniversary
on Paseo Boricua.
The
celebration
included a ribbon
cutting ceremony
for it’s new fabrication studio that will offer job training in the field of metal arts. Welding and fabrication
will take place in the new space along with creative
manufacturing of bicycle related projects.
Along with the ribbon cutting WTB celebrated with
the community
with speeches by
DSBDA Executive
Director Eduardo
Arocho, Hispanic Housing CEO
Hipolito “Paul”
Roldan, and PRCC
Executive Director José E. López,
thank you’s by local partners, and performances by
cultural music groups, all part of a block party along
Campbell St that included a barbeque for all in attendance. West Town Bikes has embraced the Humboldt
Park community with bicycle education
that includes
traffic safety
skills, bicycle
mechanics
and advocacy.
Job training,
professional
development
and local employment are only a few of the achievements that West Town Bikes has achieved over the
past five years on Division St.
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Paseo Boricua’s Very Own Bomba Ensemble Presents
in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico
“La Bandera más grande Paseo Boricua
Se me llena la mente mi gente mi familia”—from
“La Bandera más grande”, Ramón López author
Sunday, May 25, 2014—. With the joyful rhythm of
cuembe corrido, AfriCaribe Performing Ensemble directed by Tito Rodríguez closed their very first performance in almost 15 years in the town of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. AfriCaribe pperformed as the culminating act
for Plena Pa’ La Calle celebrated every year in Yabucoa,
left outstanding impressions among the audience that
cherished each minute of the hour long presentation of
different rhythms of bomba and original songs created
over the years.
Some of these impressions included the ladies bomba
portion, leaded in the primo drum by Jessica Rodríguez
and followed by an all female ensemble that drummed
and sang while their male peers danced. This beautiful journey honors the presence of women in bomba
not just as dancers but as musicians and particularly as
bomba drummers which has been historically dominated by men.
Another instance to remember was the interpretation of Angel Luis Torruellas known as the “King of Plena” with the group were an original song composed for
AfriCaribe by Torruellas was premiered for the event.
AfriCaribe repertoire concluded with the song “La Bandera mas grande” composed by Ramon López and vocalized by Alicia Marrero who started performing with
the ensemble at the age of 13, now in her twenties recalls with many emotions the journey of many Puerto
Ricans living in exile and particularly in Chicago and
how that collective sense of pride, struggle and hard
work has been monumentalized through the existence
of the flags of Paseo Boricua.
The group finalized their presentation in Puerto Rico
with seis corrido which is a prominent bomba rhythm
from the town of Loiza. This rooted celebration leaded
by Raul Ayala, Jerry Ferrao and also vocalized by Elliud
Martinez and Jose Emmanuelli-Nater was joined by the
beautiful audience that welcomed AfriCaribe to Yabucoa and Puerto Rico. The group feels immensely grateful of all the support received during this remarkable
trip particularly back home in Paseo Boricua. No doubt
that in Chicago we have bomba, cultura and amor that
is our own and now a piece of Puerto Rico living in our
hearts. AfriCaribe for the past 12 years hosts a Bombazo
at the end of the month and also offers classes of dancing, drumming and singing for all ages. For information
about AfriCaribe check our Facebook page or call 773879-2123.
at Casa Puertorriqueña, an architects rendering of
a senior citizen (super adult), 72 unit residential
building to be named after Oscar, the first such
building named after a contemporary Puerto Rican
political prisoner anywhere. To the cheers (and tears)
of those present, Paul spoke briefly on the similarities
between himself and Oscar but most importantly why
he should be freed immediately. The program ended
with the students from Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos
Puerto Rican High School Puerto Rican History class
presenting approximately 1000 letters petitioning
Pres. Obama to free Oscar López Rivera.
support for Oscar’s freedom.
All Photo Credit by: FJM Photo, Yabucoa PR
stopping at
several of the
institutions,
being greeted
by
people
who
still
remember
Oscar
and
his legacy.
The Chicago
event culminated in a declaration of no small
significance for the Campaign to free Oscar. José E.
López, Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural
Center, asked Paul Roldan and Nassir Garcia, a young
biker, who was among the loudest cheering for Oscar
along the route, to come up to the front. Hipolito
“Paul” Roldan, CEO of Hispanic Housing, then
unveiled, to the crowd of 100 sympathizers present
Similar activities took place in Cleveland, Detroit,
San Francisco, Philadelphia, Orlando, Philadelphia,
in the form of vigils, bannering over public highways,
spirited affairs, educational charlas and concerts,
highlighting the rapidly growing massive nature of
In Madrid, dozens of people rallied for 33 minutes
with posters urging President Obama to free Oscar
immediately.
In Venezuela, the day of International Solidarity with
Oscar López Rivera was observed, where hundreds
listened to a panel that included writer and historian
Amilcar Figueroa, the leader of United Socialist Party
of Venezuela, Carlos Sierra and Maria de Lourdes
Santiago, Senator of the Puerto Rican Independence
Party.
As Maria de Lourdes Santiago, , who visited Oscar
in January of this year, said at the panel, “Oscar es
nuestro Mandela”
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tural Center;
Pablo Medina, President,
Puerto Rican
Agenda, and
Luis Rosa, former
Puerto
Rican Political
Prisoner, were
guests of the
Hispanic Alliance Inc., in
Cleveland, Ohio. The May 2nd events included: a breakfast with community leaders; lunch at City Hall with Latino evangelical pastors and the faith-based leadership;
an afternoon meeting with urban planners, potential
partners, and local funders; and, an evening reception
at the Club San Lorenzo. Juan Molina Crespo invited
the Chicago leadership to share with Cleveland’s Puerto
Rican and Latino residents, a historical perspective on
how Chicago’s Puerto Rican non-profit service organizations led to political empowerment and community
redevelopment with the formation of Paseo Boricua. In
addition, a motivational and comprehensive perspective was shared on how international politics and local
human rights issues stymie the economic development,
wealth building, and social and political organization of
Puerto Ricans.
Over one-hundred Clevelanders attended the sessions. Juan Molina Crespo said, “we are honored to have
Chicago’s leadership accept our invitation, and show
support and solidarity for the development efforts of
La Villa Hispana, a community redevelopment plan to
transform Cleveland’s Westside into a destination place
for the region, that is utilizing the cultural traditions,
folkways and nuances of the Puerto Rican and Latino
communities as its the underpinnings”.
nizations in the Humboldt Park community to improve
access to primary healthcare and other services needed
in the community.
Centrally located adjacent to the New Life Café at
1666 N. California Avenue, the clinic will be serviced
by two bi-lingual physicians who are Board Certified
in Family Medicine and able to address the healthcare
needs of all members of our community from newborn
to elder care. Additional services at the clinic will be
developed utilizing the joint resources of both organizations including diabetes education, pre-natal care,
mental health services, and other wellness activities.
The ribbon cutting for the New Life Health Clinic
was held on May 13th at 12 PM, during the celebration
of National Hospital Week and the New Life Covenant
Church JumpStart Leadership Conference. Over 100
ministers from around the country celebrated this pro-
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CENTRO
INFANTIL
CHILDREN
PACHS
ON THE
MOVE JOIN
INCREASING
CLAMOR TO BRING
NEWSBRIEFS
OSCAR HOME
PACHS SENIOR MARIELA
QUINTANA-LAZARO AWARDED
1ST PRIZE IN CONGRESSIONAL
ART COMPETITION!
On Friday, May 2nd, 2014,
Congressman Luis Gutierrez’s
office celebrated their annual
art competition. During this edition, Mariela Quintana-Lazaro, a
senior of Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School, was awarded
first prize with her charcoal
drawing titled “Don Joaquin”.
Mariela will be awarded with a
trip to Washington DC where
her artwork will be exhibited
for a period of a year at the US Congress. Congratulations, Mariela!
“LA VOZ” IN PACHS CLASSROOMS
FOR “MEDIA MONDAYS”
gressive and unique initiative.
The New Life Health Clinic is now scheduling appointments at 773-292-7314.
NORWEGIAN AMERICAN
HOSPITAL
AND NEW
LIFE CHURCH
OPEN NEW LIFE
HEALTH CLINIC
Norwegian American Hospital and New Life Covenant Church held a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 13,
2014 to announce the opening of the New Life Health
Clinic, a collaboration between two of the leading orga-
Release of the latest
issue of La Voz del Paseo
Boricua created quite a
sensation on Monday
May 12th, when all students and teachers at
Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos Puerto Rican High
School explored our
community newspaper for “Media Monday.” The issue
is jam-packed with with news about our community -exciting upcoming events and
photos of “Campos” students
in the news. Highlights include
the article on “Bomba” written by Art Teacher, Ms. Brenda
Torres and the article on immigration activist Elvira Arellano, which prepared us all for
her surprise appearance at the
school Unity event just two days later. This is news that
matters!
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Clemente Academy Celebrates its 40th Anniversary (1974-2014):
Providing a World Class Education in
Our Community
As Roberto Clemente Community Academy enters
its 40th year, we are pleased to expand the educational
options available to our students. The school has now
been awarded candidacy in all 3 IB programmes available at the high school level: Diploma Programme, Middle Years Programme, and IB Career-related Certificate.
Full authorization of these programs is anticipated for
the 2015-16 school year.
Broadcast Technology, or our new Allied Health option.
This fall, join us for Roberto Clemente Community
Academy’s 40th Anniversary Celebration: Through the
Eyes of Clemente. Festivities will commence on September 19, 2014 and continue throughout the weekend
as we celebrate life, education, and community in Humboldt Park. The weekend will be filled with workshops
and seminars that address different educational theo-
mente Community Academy believes is important for
our students.
*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can
offer any of its three academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme
(MYP), or the Diploma Programme (and in addition the
IB Career-related Certificate). Candidate status gives no
guarantee that authorization will be granted.
For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit http://www.ibo.org
Clemente Broadcast
Technology Capstone
Award Winners
Clemente congratu-
Students in 9th and 10th grade will participate in the
IB Middle Years Programme, which emphasizes community and service, international mindedness, and holistic
student development focused by the IB Learner Profile.
They will take courses in 7 subject areas, including two
languages, following a model of conceptual and inquiry-based learning. The Middle Years Programme culminates with the Personal Project in students’ sophomore
year.
Entering 11th grade, students have a choice of pathways for their continuing education. For those in search
of advanced college-preparatory coursework, the Diploma Programme will provide a rigorous education in
7 areas of study, plus the possibility of earning college
credit. Alternatively, students can take selected Diploma Programme courses and combine them with a career program, earning the IB Career-related Certificate.
Those students interested in career education alone
can participate in a 3-year CTE program in Culinary Arts,
ries and canons outside of the traditional Western lens,
as well as a reunion for all former graduates. During this
time our community will reflect on the rich life of Roberto Clemente and commemorate his legacy by showcasing a biopic film, hosting a silent auction of Clemente artifacts, and unveiling the Clemente Alumni Wall
of Fame. Celebrations will conclude with a gala event at
the Institute for Puerto Rican Arts and Culture (IPRAC)
on September 20, 2014. Please join us in honoring the
outstanding life and legacy of our namesake, and in embracing a future of educational excellence and active
citizenship at Roberto Clemente Community Academy.
Roberto Clemente Community Academy is a candidate school* for the Diploma Programme and Middle
Years Programme. This school is pursuing authorization
as an IB World School. These are schools that share a
common philosophy—a commitment to high quality,
challenging, international education that Roberto Cle-
lates our talented and
hardworking Broadcast
Technology students
for winning awards in
the 2014 Broadcast
Technology Capstone
Competition.
The
event was held at the
Gene Siskel Film Center
on Thursday, May 8th.
It was a rewarding day
for our kids and gave
them an opportunity
to mingle with other young filmmakers.
Michael Glenn placed 2nd in the News Package
category for his piece on You Media at Chicago’s
Public Libraries.
Tarianna Williams, Michael Calhoun, Zirimar Diaz,
Andy Rodriguez, Brian Rufus and Jessica Rivera won
2nd place in the Music Video category for their original music video “Life Is a Song Worth Living.”
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More than $500,000 in Scholarships and Grants Harnessed
PRCC/Clemente College Pipeline Student Leaders Reflect
La Voz del Paseo Boricua is proud to
publish the reflections of the college mentors of the highly successful PRCC/Clemente College Pipeline Initiative, which held
its culminating event on Tuesday, May 27.
This year, students worked with 53 seniors
at RCCA to navigate their college admissions process for UIC, Northeastern and
Columbia College. The following students
have already been accepted and they will
collectively receive more than $500,000
in scholarships and grants:
Alyssa Villegas
This year of the
College Pipeline
has been an amazing experience. I
have developed
amazing and loving relationships
with all of the students in the pipeline. Every moment that
I spent at Clemente working with my students was rewarding for myself and the
students. During the year of the pipeline,
I have been blown away by the honesty
of the young people we worked with.
They were all so in tune with their emotions and sensed genuineness. Seeing
how easily students trusted the mentors
and were collaborative with the mentors speaks to how genuine our program
is. Our mentors worked with students
against all odds to ensure they not only
graduated from high school but were
enrolled into our universities. Seeing my
fellow mentors working with our students has been an inspiring and refreshing experience. I am so thankful to our
students for letting me become a part of
their lives during such an important part
of their lives.
Maria de los Angeles Borrero
“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone,
person to person.
Be faithful in small
things because it is
in them that your
strength lies”. In this
wonderful
quote
by Mother Theresa,
leadership becomes
a necessity rather than a quality or
talent earned throughout time. I firmly
believe we are all capable of becoming
leaders, but also in our way to leadership grow and adapt many talents from
the people who support us in our day
to day lives. My experience at Clemente can be summarized with the word
ever-growing. I started working as the
College Pipeline Program in October of
2013. As I met many of my students and
I heard their life stories it became evident that there was a need to succeed
Rebecca Rios
This year I had the
privilege to work with
16 amazing students
at Roberto Clemente
Community Academy
and reflecting on that
time is so important. It
was my first year working with high school students and it just
reinforced my passion for working with
young people. There is no job out there
that I would rather do than to help young
people understand how powerful they
are. My main focus this year was to help
students understand that they are much
more than an ACT score and a GPA. These
numbers are attached to them like their
name and it becomes very overwhelming
for students. I believe, as Einstein once
stated that “Everybody is a genius. But
if you judge a fish by its ability to climb
a tree, it will live its whole life believing
that it is stupid.” This year, and these students, also reinforced my beliefs. They
inspired me, taught me, and helped me
grow as a person in many ways; they
don’t even know how much. I just want
to say thank you to Ambreia Harris, Angel Davila, Joey Ortiz, Alina Santana, Desiree Martinez, James Dodson, Urayoan
Perez, Gina Vega, Sophia Uribe, Charlie
Bass, Kevin Camacho, Kevin Ayala, Arsenio Arrington, Gerardo Ocampo, Edwin
Morales, and Elcurtis Singleton for being
my first students in this program. I appreciate all of your work and your inspiration. I can’t wait to see what these young
people will do in their future, but I know
it will be great. I am very grateful to be a
part of a program like the Pipeline, that
gives me the opportunity to advocate
for students and help them to navigate
high school and college.
and persevere. Their desire to learn and
motivation to attend classes regardless
of their personal obstacles and family issues truly inspired me to share my story
as well. I was born and raised in Puerto
Rico, so I didn’t attend high school in
Chicago, despite all this differences I was
able to relate to my students in many
ways. When students learned about my
challenges they were able to see hope
and motivation in their own particular
career choices. They share their successes and admission letters with me as well
as their challenges and personal stories.
I was witness of their academic and personal transformation and their engagement in Clemente’s school work. Despite
my current research in Latinos and their
access of higher education, many statistics show a large percentage of Black and
Latino students being derailed out of the
educational pipeline, but my students
were able to challenge them and prove
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NEIU
Ambreia Harris
Angel Davila
Elcurtis Singleton
Arsenio Arrington
Gerardo Ocampo
Joey Ortiz
Alina Santana
Urayoan Perez
Gina Vega
Giovanie Casillas
Jasmin Bonano
Alexandria Sada
McKayla Reynolds
Alexis Saterfield
Jessica Rivera
Briana Webb
Dejah Cunningham
Marisol Ortiz
Aliyaha Frierson
Julie Alvarez
Luis Susana
Jovani Salgado
Julian Guerrero
Columbia
Destiny Ares
Elena Reyes
Shavonne Matthews
Brandon Gonzalez
Beatris Osorio
Argenis Hernandez
Alexis Burgos
Sormaris Burgos
Jakoby Lopez
UIC
Amanda Marciano
Alexandra Villalpando
Daniel Rivera
Giovanni Islas
Jasmine González
Israel Torres
Felipe Crespo
Leila Diawara
Miguel Luz
Jessica Robinson
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PACHS and Clemente Students Present
“Engaging Students in Public Health and
Community Organizing” Project
On Friday, May
9, students from
Roberto Clemente
Community Academy and Dr. Pedro
Albizu Campos High
Schools, along with
students from the
University of Illinois
at Chicago School
of Public Health, gathered at Clemente to proudly present the product of over three months of hard work and
collaboration. Beginning in January, undergraduate Public Health students from UIC introduced high school
students to basic public health concepts through 13
weekly class sessions. Students learned that public
health includes a wide range of topics that impact their
everyday wellbeing, such as nutrition, disease, violence,
and the environment. They also explored how topics
like epidemiology and health promotion could be used
to address health concerns in their community.
To put their new
knowledge in to action,
high school students
identified relevant public health topics in their
school and worked
with the UIC students
to create a survey for
their peers. On Friday,
they stood together to present their findings. Their research uncovered many strengths within their school.
For example, most students at Clemente are getting
adequate physical activity and enjoy their PE classes;
they also felt comfortable discussing safe sex practices.
Students also had the opportunity to make recommendations, based on the survey results, to their peers and
school administrators present at the event. Suggestions
included more education about the health impacts of
fast food, a class or group that addresses teen dating
violence, and a Public Health club where students could
continue applying their new knowledge and explore ca-
reers in Public Health.
UIC
students
thanked participating
high school students
and several emphasized they felt they
had learned even
more from the community than they had
taught their younger
co-researchers. They were accompanied by their instructor, Rachael Dombrowski, Doctors Michele Kelley
and Ebbin Dotson, and dean of the UIC School of Public
Health Dr. Paul Brandt-Rauf. At the culmination of the
student presentations, PRCC Executive Director José
E. López spoke to the students about the importance
of public health and their potential to apply their education for the benefit of their community. His remarks
were followed by Dr. Dotson´s invitation to students to
consider a degree in Public Health at UIC where, he assured, they would be welcomed and supported.
Clemente 40th Anniversary Fundraiser Committee
Initiates Buy-a-Brick Campaign
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the first
school in the US to be named after legendary Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, Clemente
Community Academy is offering the opportunity
to become a part of that history. For a limited time,
we will commemorate donations to the Roberto
Clemente 40th anniversary fundraiser by adding
the names of those who have contributed to the
Wall of Fame. This will be a permanent display in
our lobby which will highlight the names of all who
have given generously to the celebration. Each
brick will carry the name of the person making the
donation or one of the below options. The donations will fall into 3 categories, Standard $50, AllStar $100, and MVP $250.
3 PRICING OPTIONS
• Wall of Fame-$50 donation
• All-Star $100 donation
• MVP $250 donation
All bricks are bronze with black lettering and border
Naming options available are :
• Name
• Name and Graduation Year
• Mr & Mrs Name
See the Roberto Clemente website for further information.
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Experience Paseo Boricua Immersion:
RCCA Community Service Project
In September 2013 Roberto Clemente Community
Academy began the process for an International Baccalaureate Program (IB) designation. One of the requirements for IB is to engage students in community
through Service Learning Hours, which is also a part of
the vision of Community as a Campus. The Puerto Rican Cultural Center (PRCC) - Vida/ SIDA program was
selected as one of the participating programs for youth
volunteer opportunities.
Subsequently, Vida/ SIDA’s Manager of Linkage to
Care & Treatment, Ricardo Jimenez and former Manager of Comprehensive Risk Counseling Services (CRCS),
Alex Frye worked with thirty of Clemente H.S.’ freshman
year students. They taught them about HIV and Sexual
Transmitted Infections (STI), toured Vida/SIDA and the
services available on sexual health. Afterwards the students incorporated what they learned by producing a
one-minute bilingual (Spanish and English) educational
video for their peers.
Clemente and PACHS Students
Clean and Green Paseo
Boricua
On Saturday, April 26th, Clemente
On May 13, 2014, the students were also immersed in
the history of Paseo Boricua and the Puerto Rican community through a tour of the PRCC and Dr. Pedro Albizu
Campos High School by Ricardo and of the community
by, Division Street Business Development Association
(DSBDA) Executive Director Eduardo Arocho. After the
tours, they went to the PRCC’s youth space Café Teatro
Batey Urbano for a reflection of their experiences, to
pack condoms for outreach workers, and discussed
the upcoming 2nd United Puerto Rican People’s Parade, which is partly dedicated to Clemente H.S.40th
Anniversary. This was done in order for our community youth to have a richer understanding of the history,
successes, and the legacy of their school and Humboldt
Park; and to strengthen the relationships between our
diverse youth-centered resources.
the statistics wrong. I am sure College Pipeline Students will succeed in life. I am
confident in their work and trust their talented and engaged spirit, as their most
valuable quality.
Matt McCanna
students and staff participated in Chicago’s city-wide Clean & Green Day.
This over 20-year-old city tradition
aims to have community groups join
in a “spring cleaning” of Chicago. Now
that the snow has melted and spring
is finally here, having a clean environment is an important part of being able
to be outside and enjoy the wonderful
neighborhood of Humboldt Park.
The interactions with students within the pipeline, inner
forces, have positively effected the mentors is unanimously
felt. However the effects of the outer forces are not felt
as much during the school year. So as the 2013-2014 school
year comes to an end, it is important to reflect on both
forces and understand the importance of these elements.
Looking back on how each of the mentors were able to navigate diverse waters, it astounds me how smoothly it happened. Part of the mentors job is to build a relationship with
the admissions office of our respected institutions to make
the application process go well for our students, while at
the same time using them as a resource to help our students
who are having difficulty submitting information. All parties from each university
have been happy to help, and have gone beyond the call of duty. Come to think of
it, the many meetings and interactions we had with the admissions office or the administration have all gone smoothly. Why? Because they see that we are willing to
do anything for our students. That we care about the students wants, needs, dreams
and state of being. People outside of this program see the love that the mentors
have for their students and vice versa.
The 26th ward provided tools - rakes,
brooms, shovels, and bags - and Clemente
students cleaned up five large bags of litter along Division Street and in Humboldt
Park. Students brought their enthusiasm
and a hard-work attitude and together, alongside other community groups,
cleaned up the area so everyone can better enjoy the beauty of the neighborhood
and Humboldt Park!
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a Nuestro Bello Barrio!
Celebrando
1 Desfile
Unido delPuertorriqueño
Pueblo Puertorriqueño
Desfile
del Pueblo
er
• Promoviendo una cultura de excelencia educativa durante
el 40ta aniversario de la Secundaria Clemente
• Honrando nuestro legado historico con los “Borinqueneers”
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Leony Calderon, PRCC Coordinator, Puerto Rican People’s Parade
This year, the Puerto Rican People’s Parade is celebrating its 36th anniversary and the 2nd United Puerto
Rican People’s Parade. This year, the Parade is celebrating a Culture of Educational Excellence and it will be
dedicated to the 40th Anniversary of the opening of
Roberto Clemente Community Academy High School
and the 65th Infantry Regiment, “The Borinqueneers”.
Roberto Clemente Community Academy High
School opened in 1973 and was named in honor of the
beloved Puerto Rican baseball player. During the 20072008 school year, Clemente High School was one of the
16 schools nationwide to be selected by the College
Board for inclusion in the EXCELerator School Improvement Model program, a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The School is an International
Baccalaureate candidate school; it offers six Advanced
Placement classes and facilitates dual enrollment opportunities so that students can earn college credits.
Clemente also has vocational education programs that
focus on culinary arts and radio/television broadcasting. The latter program is taught by a journalist from
Chicago’s WGN-AM radio station. In 2012, 92.6% of Clemente freshmen were classified as on-track to graduate
and is now a Level 2 school.
The 65th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed “The Borin-
queneers” from the original Taíno name of the island
(Borinquen), is a Puerto Rican regiment of the United
States Army. The regiment’s motto is Honor et Fidelitas, Latin for Honor and Fidelity. The 65th Infantry Regiment participated in World War I, World War II, and
the Korean War and a bill that is awaiting the president’s
signature to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Our community is proud to be celebrating these two
major milestones which continue to bring pride and
recognition to the Puerto Rican People. We invite you
to join us in the 36th Annual People’s Parade/2nd United so that you too can be part of this historic event and
celebration. We look forward to seeing you.
The Puerto Rican Cultural Center Juan Antonio Corretjer and its programs, including the following, would
like to extend their appreciation and gratitude to everyone who participated in making this 36th Puerto Rican
People’s Parade a success:
• The Affordable Care Act Program (ACA)
of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center
• Barrio Arts, Culture and Communications
Academy (BACCA)
• BOHIO Rental and Housing Services
• Café Teatro Batey Urbano
• Centro Infantil Consuelo Lee Corretjer
• La Casita de Don Pedro y Doña Lolita
• La Voz del Paseo Boricua
•El Rescate LGBTQ Transitional Youth Housing
• West Town Bikes/Ciclo Urbano
• Mujeres de PASEO
• Generation L
• Vida/SIDA
Affiliate Organizations:
Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School
Roberto Clemente Community Academy
National Boricua Human Rights Network
I want to especially thank to all the businesses, organizations, and individuals who sponsored this Parade
insert as well as the La Voz Production headed by Alejandro Luis Molina. I also want to encourage all to support our sponsors, Paseo Boricua businesses and the
freedom of Oscar López Rivera.
Please support our sponsors during the Puerto Rican
festivities- dine, shop and enjoy everything Paseo Boricua has to offer!
¡Gracias, mil gracias!
Clemente Students Win 1st Prize for
2nd Unified People’s Parade Poster Contest
This is the 40th
anniversary
of
Roberto Clemente Community Academy. To
celebrate
this
anniversary, the
school will be
highlighted in the
2014 Puerto Rican
People’s Parade.
Ten students at Clemente created individual posters
as a contest for the official poster of this year’s parade. The posters promoted the theme of a culture
of educational excellence.
Students drew inspiration from the school, the
community, and their Puerto Rican heritage. In sec-
ond place was
Giovanni Valentin winning $100.
In first place was
Maricella Colon’s
artwork featuring
Taino symbols as
well as elements
important to Roberto Clemente
Community Academy such as the sports teams. Maricella Colon won
$200 and the honor to have her artwork featured as
the official poster for the parade this year.
On Tuesday, May 20, 2014, Casa Puertorriqueña
hosted a reception for the student artists and their
families. During the reception, the PRCC, in col-
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laboration with
Clemente Community Academy, revealed the
Roberto Clemente Cabezudo.
Cabezudos
are
traditional carnival costumes that include large heads made from a
paper mache-like material. The students at Clemente
worked with Puerto Rican artists Pedro Adorno and
Sarah Arroyo to create the Cabezudo. During the parade, the Clemente students will walk alongside with
the Roberto Clemente Cabezudo to celebrate the
school’s anniversary.
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Saludos patrióticos para:
• NUESTRO PUEBLO POR SU MUESTRA DE UNIDAD AL CONTINUAR LA CELEBRACIÓN
DE UN DESFILE PUERTORRIQUEÑO UNITARIO EN CHICAGO;
• La Secundaria Roberto Clemente en la
celebración del 40avo aniversario de su apertura;
• Los veteranos que con su sacrificio escribieron
con letrero de oro la palabra “Borinqueneers”; y
• Nuestro hijo predilecto, el patriota Oscar López Rivera,
porque su figura se ha convertido en el símbolo
emblemático de la unidad de nuestro pueblo a
pesar de sus 33 años de encarcelamiento.
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La Representante Estatal
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Saluda la comunidad puertorriqueña en su celebración
de la 2da Parada Unida del Pueblo Puertorriqueño muy en
particular su dedicatoria al 40ta aniversario de la Secundaria
Roberto Clemente y los heroicos “Borinqueneers”
Hago mio el reclamo por la libertad de
Oscar López Rivera y por una reforma migratoria
Al servicio de nuestra comunidad
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Letter from Oscar to the
National Puerto Rican
Parade Board members
June 2, 2014
Orlando Plaza
Ululy Martinez
Board Members
National Puerto Rican Parade
Compañeros:
i would like to thank you and the other Board Members with
profound gratitude for making me part of this year’s celebration of the National Puerto Rican Parade. It is a great honor and
a very humbling experience for me.
Thirty three years ago today i started facing the great challenge of imprisonment. When i arrived in prison i expected to
spend no more than the same amount of years other Puerto
Rican political prisoners had spent. Don Oscar Collazo López
had spent the most—29 years in federal prison when i was arrested. Unfortunately, i have surpassed him by 4 years. Thus
far, i have been able to face the challenge with dignity and
honor, and stay strong, both spiritually and mentally. And, in
spite of all the dehumanizing and toxic experiences i’ve had to
face, i can aver that there is no hatred or fear in my heart and
that i can still fill it with love and compassion every day.
i chose to serve the most just and noble cause any Puerto
Rican can serve. Every day i affirm my Puerto Rican identity
and do it to confirm that i can’t be anything else but a boricua.
Thirty three years ago i said in a federal courtroom that Puerto
Rico would be an independent and sovereign nation, and i continue believing the same to be true. Ours is a struggle that has
lasted centuries and has survived every attack waged by two
imperialist powers in their quest to destroy it. It has survived
because the courageous women and men who initiated it did
it as an act of love and every generation that has succeeded
them have done it for the same reason. For me it was a seed
that was sown with lots of love, therefore it will of be fruitful
and perennial. Puerto Rico is my homeland and i love it and
my people. But not only do i believe that ours will be an independent and sovereign nation but that we have the potential
of transforming it into an edenic garden for the enjoyment of
our people and the rest of the world. We can do it because we
are a creative people and because we have the human resources that are capable of doing it. All we need to do is to dare to
struggle and to dare to win. i wish you great success with the
celebration of this year’s Parade and with all the endeavors you
have undertaken. Take good care and stay strong.
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Hispanic Housing’s CEO
Hipolito “Paul” Roldan Announces 72 Unit Building
to be Named Oscar López Rivera
The following speech was read by Paul Roldan at the culmination of the “33xWomen for Oscar:
Bicycling the Footsteps for Social Justice” event in Chicago, last Thuersday, May 29, the 33rd anniversary of Oscar’s arrest and imprisonment.
Good evening and welcome to all of you who are both observing and remembering Oscar
López Rivera’s 33 years in prison, but also celebrating his extraordinary life of personal commitment, courage and sacrifice.
Oscar is a unique Puerto Rican, and other for political, economic or religious reasons.
rarer human being. To paraphrase, Human life is much too precious to be squandered
George Bernard Shaw, Oscar sees things as they are in military conflict.
Oscar and I also share in the fundamental belief
and has the courage to ask why, but he also has the
wisdom to see things as they could be and ask why that we leave no one behind. In Vietnam, on the
not. He has spent virtually half his life in prison field of
steadfast to his dream of why not. Why not for our b a t t l e ,
children, why not for our families, why not for our it was a
primal
community, why not for Puerto Rico.
In 1981, Oscar was convicted and sentenced to al- m o r a l
most a life sentence in prison; not for murder, not principle
for planting bombs, not for hurting anyone, but for – “leave
seditious conspiracy, namely he was associated with no one
an organization that sought to evolve Puerto Rico behind,”
it
from a colony to a free and independent nation. As and
Nobel Prize Laureate and South African Archbish- was this belief that led Oscar to reject President
op Desmond Tutu stated “… López’s only crime was Clinton’s offer to commute his sentence in 1999.
conspiring to free his people from the shackles of He refused to desert his comrades who would remain in prison. To quote Oscar “…the idea of leaving
imperial injustice.”
There are them behind was intolerable. I could not leave anyOSCAR LÓPEZ RIVERA APARTMENTS
some
co- one behind… not in the Vietnam War did I abandon a
i n c i d e n t a l single comrade, much less would I have abandoned
similarities “Carlos and Haydee.”
So therefore, it is now our turn today, and into the
between Oscar and me. future, to continue the struggle to free Oscar and
We
were not leave him behind.
Today we are here to formally announce the namboth
born
in 1943, we ing of one of our new “super-senior” developments
both served in the Army Infantry in Vietnam. We after Oscar Lopez Rivera. The 72-unit apartment
both were awarded Bronze Stars for combat duty; building currently being constructed on the corner
we both have mustaches. But these superficialities of North Avenue & Pulaski Road will serve many
are not what have drawn me to Oscar’s cause. It is generations of “ancianos” affordably, with grace and
the more profound philosophies that he expressed dignity in their twilight years. Certainly, the spirit of
in his writings of Love and Loyalty which we share. Oscar’s cause will continue to be sustained through
Like Oscar, I believe war is unnatural to the human this vital service to our community.
condition. God did not create us to destroy each
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“It is with great pride that I join the Puerto Rican community to celebrate our
heritage and culture at Chicago’s 36th Annual Puerto Rican People’s Parade!
Congratulations to Clemente High School on its 40th Anniversary and to the
U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry Puerto Rican Regiment - The Borinqueneers. I also
add my voice to the growing national and international chorus demanding
that President Obama “Free Oscar López Rivera” now!”
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La Bruquena Restaurant
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Nellie’s Restaurant
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La Plena Restaurant
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Guerrero’s Taco & Pizza
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2733 W. Division | (773) 252-7008
Esteelo Apparel & Silk Screen
2647 W. Division | (773) 837-8921
King Lizzy
2540 W. Division | (773) 697-9372
Ciclo Urbano
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Dance Academy of Salsa
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La Escuela Magnet Inter-Americana (Escuelas Públicas de
Chicago) promueve la excelencia académica y el
multiculturalismo a través de una educación bilingüe y un
plan de estudios único basado en el Currículo de las
Américas. Implementando una pedagogía colaborativa
en un entorno de colaboración, comunidad, y rigor
académico. En donde todos los estudiantes afirman el
valor de sus propias culturas y demuestran conciencia
social en un mundo en constante cambio.
En anticipación de cupos en los grados 5-8 para el año
escolar 2014-15, Inter-Americana está aceptando
solicitudes de estudiantes de toda la ciudad interesados
en matricularse en el otoño del 2014.
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Free Puerto Rico and
Oscar
Lopez Rivera
Right Now!
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¡Uneteal
alDesfile
Desfile del Pueblo
Pueblo Puertorriqueño!
¡Unete
Puertorriqueño!
¡Sáb.
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2014,esq.
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2pm!
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People’s Law Office, with more than 40 years of representing victims of police brutality and
governmental abuse, joins in celebrating the 2nd United Puerto Rican Day Parade
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
False Arrest
Police Brutality
Unlawful Searches
Wrongful Convictions
1180 N. Milwaukee | Chicago, IL 60642
773/235-0070 | [email protected]
www.peopleslawoffice.com
Interfaith Prisoner of
Conscience Ministry
IPOC
I have give you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness
Isaiah 42:7
¡Te esperamos en casa, Oscar López Rivera!
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Save the Date Sept 4-7
The
National
Museum
of
PUERTO RICAN
Arts & Culture
NPRM
• Opening Exhibits • Barrio Arts Fest 2014
for more information: [email protected]
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FROM Chicago: CON AMOR
¡Gracias, mil gracias!
To
the National Puerto Rican Parade,
particularly
President Lorraine Cortes-Vázquez
and the Board of Directors
IPRAC
Institute for Puerto
Rican Arts & Culture
TO New York:
Chicago, ¡PRESENTE!
RE: A delegation of nearly 50 people from Chicago will join the Parade
headed by our very own
Congressman Luis V. Gutiérrez- “Nuestro Gallito”
and Hipolito “Paul” Roldan
PS: Special Note of gratitude for honoring Chicago,
for remembering our Borinqueneers,
and for demanding Oscar López Rivera’s release
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