Word: hispanicization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hispanic leaders will also press Law to assign more Hispanic priests to parishes in Spanish-speaking communities. "It's important for congregations to identify with a clergyman from the same background," explains Joseph A. Rodriguez, Hispanic liaison to the mayor's office.
The son of an army officer. Law learned Spanish as a child while living in Mexico and Colombia. Rodriguez said that this fluency will be an asset when dealing with the Hispanic community.
Originally designed in the wake of the Depression as a way station for the temporarily unemployed and the working poor, public housing projects are nowadays looked upon as permanent homes for a growing number of very low-income people, most of whom are black, Hispanic or elderly. Nearly 10% of...
Carballo also made his impact here at Harvard serving as a lecturer at the K-School's state and local programs for six years. There, he was regarded as an unusually dedicated and concerned teacher. As the only K-School Hispanic faculty member. Carballo also served as an eloquent advocate...
That promising display of solidarity, however, was soon overshadowed by a blitz of controversial decisions and internal struggles. At a two-day session in Hunt Valley, Md., the new commission's conservative majority dominated the liberal members. By a 5-to-3 vote, the group decided to cancel an...