Teachable Moment: Hispanic Heritage Month 9/15-10/15

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
September 15 - October 15, 2013
http://www.hispanicheritagemonth.org/ 

Hispanic Heritage Month 2013: Sept. 15 - Oct. 15

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb13-ff19.html 

Hispanic Heritage Month 2013 Recommended Reading List

http://www.justreadfamilies.org/Reading/HHM.asp 

Sebastien De La Cruz

Sergio Romo

Hispanic Heritage Month: Sergio Romo

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/09/hispanic-heritage-month-sergio-romo.html 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Sebastien Del La Cruz

Hispanic Heritage Month: Sebastien De La CruzHispanic Heritage Month: Sebastien De La Cruz http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/08/hispanic-heritage-month-sebastien-de-la.html

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/08/hispanic-heritage-month-sebastien-de-la.html 

Cesar Chavez

 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Cesar Chavez

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/10/hispanic-heritage-month-cesar-chavez.html

 

 

Jose Hernandez

Hispanic Heritage Month: Jose Hernandez of California

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/10/hispanic-heritage-month-jose-hernandez.html 

 

Pele

 

 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Pele

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/10/hispanic-heritage-month-pele.html 

 

Sonia Sotomayor

 

 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Sonia Sotomayor

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/10/hispanic-heritage-month-sonia-sotomayor.html?spref=tw

Jose Feliciano

 

 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Jose Feliciano

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/10/hispanic-heritage-month-jose-feliciano.html?spref=bl 

Bartolome de las Casas

 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Bartolomé de las Casas

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/10/hispanic-heritage-month-bartolome-de.html

Gloria Estefan

 

 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Gloria Estefan

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/10/hispanic-heritage-month-gloria-estefan.html?spref=bl 

Sandra Cisneros

 

  

Hispanic Heritage Month: Sandra Cisneros 

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/09/hispanic-heritage-month-sandra-cisneros.html

Roberto Clemente

Hispanic Heritage Month: Roberto Clemente

http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2012/10/hispanic-heritage-month-roberto-clemente.html

 

Hispanic Heritage Month: Hilda Solis 

 http://mzteachuh.blogspot.com/2013/09/hispanic-heritage-month-hilda-solis.html

Hilda Solis

 

Posted by Melanie Link Taylor, M.Ed. at 3:16 PM

Hispanic Heritage Month: Hilda Solis

Hilda Solis, politician extraordinaire

 Hilda Solis is a politician from California whose parents were from Mexico and Nicaragua. They met at a citizenship class. Hilda attended school in the greater Los Angeles area, gaining degrees from Cal Poly Pomona and USC. She was always interested in public service. This last year, she completed tenure as the Secretary of Labor in President Obama's cabinet. Prior to that she was in the State of California's government as well as the US Congress. Right now Hilda says she wants to be close to her aged mother, and will look to run for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 2014.

Hilda did not grow up in a privileged community. Her teachers actually discouraged her from going to college, except for one counselor (who is probably now saying, "I told you so!") Her parents were community minded, supporting the workers in the area. Hilda has constantly supported progress for the well-being of workers, and in particular, women. She hopes to do that in Los Angeles.

Here are her words as she resigned from the cabinet in January of this year.

Beginnings and Endings: My Journey of Public Service 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-hilda-l-solis/beginnings-and-endings-my_b_2530078.html 

There is so much more that Hilda has accomplished mentioned in the following article. And it appears she has just begun. Maybe she'll run for president--I'd vote for her.

Hilda Solis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilda_Solis