NALFO Press Releases

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Gina Garcia
Vice President of Public Affairs
publicaffairs@kappadeltachi.org

KAPPA DELTA CHI SISTER NAMED NATIONAL LATINA RISING STAR

KDChi Alum and Latinitas, Inc. Co-Founder Alicia Rascon Awarded by National Hispana Leadership Institute

EL PASO, TX November 24, 2009- Local non-profit Latinitas, Inc. is delighted to announce the recognition of its co-founder Alicia Rascon by the National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) at the Mujer Awards held Nov. 6th in Albuquerque, NM.Rascon was one of three recipients chosen nationally to receive the new award, known as the Latina Rising Star Award at the annual conference held by the organization to celebrate the triumphs of Latinas in various areas including politics, media, art, public and private sectors. Rascon was honored in recognition of her efforts in empowering Latina youth as the founder of Latinitas, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to the empowerment and advancement of Hispanic girls through media, art, culture and technology, and for publishing LatinitasMagazine.org, the first digital magazine by and for U.S. Latina youth.

The Latina Rising Star Award was created this year "to celebrate the exemplary leadership displayed by Latinas under 30," Evelyn Garcia-Morales, Program Manager for NHLI said. Commitment and service to the Latina/o community were two factors in the award, according to Garcia-Morales, who added that Alicia "has displayed exemplary leadership through the Latinitas Ezine and its programs, her visionary efforts have impacted hundred of girls."Rascon joins other first-time awardees including Cindy Benavides, Director Of Community Outreach for the Democratic National Committee, and Idalia Lechuga Tena, Assistant to the Mayor of Albuquerque. NHLI is a leadership organization focused on Latina professionals. The organization boasts a mission to "develop Hispanas as ethical leaders through training, professional development, relationship building and community activism."Continuing with the mission to empower the Latina youth through enriching, culturallyfocused multimedia projects, Latinitas provides young Latinas with the opportunity to participate in various media-centric activities meant to motivate them and empower them to take an active role in their education, career-ambitions, and communities. Latinitas accomplishes this goal with after-school programs in various El Paso public libraries, an exclusive social-networking site that gathers Latinas from all over the world at mylatinitas.com, and finally, with TeenLatinitas.org, an online publication written for and by the Latina teens gives them the opportunity to showcase their abilities on a national level.

"I am extremely honored and humbled to receive an award from an organization that does so much for our community and Latinas across the country. Latinitas is a volunteer driven organization, so this is a true recognition of our collective efforts to inspire young Latinas to succeed. This is a testament to our shared abilities and aspirations in continuing to reach young Latinas in positive, empowering ways," Alicia Rascon said.Rascon is a graduate student pursuing a masters in public administration at the University of Texas at Austin. She graduated from UT Austin and is married to Delbert Humberson and is the mother of two-year-old Roberto Humberson-Rascon.

Latinitas magazine (www.latinitasmagazine.org) is the first digital magazine geared toward Hispanic/Latina youth ages 9 to 14. Over fifty percent of the magazine's content is generated by Latina youth who participate in Latinitas' after school programs, a teen reporter intern program, media conferences, free Saturday media camps and workshops, currently operating in both Austin and El Paso, Texas. Serving as a resource guide for Hispanic girls with Latina-focused articles related to college, wellness, healthy relationships, body image, peer pressure and more, Latinitas Magazine reaches over 30,000 young girls monthly. In order to broaden the magazine's girlgenerated voice, Latinitas has brought its outreach programs in web design, news writing, digital photography, radio and video production and media literacy to El Paso's Latino community. We focus on empowering Latina Youth to build confidence, develop their voice, make a difference and express themselves creatively through multimedia enrichment lessons on writing, graphic art, desktop publishing, web design, photography, filmmaking, and radio production. We connect our girls with positive mentors who encourage them to build their self-esteem, confidence, cultural pride, efficacy and resiliency to at-risk behavior. For more information please contact Denisse Rauda at (915) 227-9560 or by email at latinitasmag@yahoo.com.

Press Release Courtesy of Latinitas PR: pr@latinitasmagazine.org

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Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc. is a Latina founded, 501 c 7, national sorority who aims to achieve professional development, academic excellence, and graduation of all its members; an organization dedicated to community service to their local university communities with an emphasis on the Hispanic/Latino population. You may visit us on the web at
www.kappadeltachi.org.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Gina Garcia
Vice President of Public Affairs
publicaffairs@kappadeltachi.org

KAPPA DELTA CHI SISTER NAMED NATIONAL LATINA RISING STAR

KDChi Alum and Latinitas, Inc. Co-Founder Alicia Rascon Awarded by National Hispana Leadership Institute

EL PASO, TX November 24, 2009- Local non-profit Latinitas, Inc. is delighted to announce the recognition of its co-founder Alicia Rascon by the National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI) at the Mujer Awards held Nov. 6th in Albuquerque, NM.Rascon was one of three recipients chosen nationally to receive the new award, known as the Latina Rising Star Award at the annual conference held by the organization to celebrate the triumphs of Latinas in various areas including politics, media, art, public and private sectors. Rascon was honored in recognition of her efforts in empowering Latina youth as the founder of Latinitas, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to the empowerment and advancement of Hispanic girls through media, art, culture and technology, and for publishing LatinitasMagazine.org, the first digital magazine by and for U.S. Latina youth.

The Latina Rising Star Award was created this year "to celebrate the exemplary leadership displayed by Latinas under 30," Evelyn Garcia-Morales, Program Manager for NHLI said. Commitment and service to the Latina/o community were two factors in the award, according to Garcia-Morales, who added that Alicia "has displayed exemplary leadership through the Latinitas Ezine and its programs, her visionary efforts have impacted hundred of girls."Rascon joins other first-time awardees including Cindy Benavides, Director Of Community Outreach for the Democratic National Committee, and Idalia Lechuga Tena, Assistant to the Mayor of Albuquerque. NHLI is a leadership organization focused on Latina professionals. The organization boasts a mission to "develop Hispanas as ethical leaders through training, professional development, relationship building and community activism."Continuing with the mission to empower the Latina youth through enriching, culturallyfocused multimedia projects, Latinitas provides young Latinas with the opportunity to participate in various media-centric activities meant to motivate them and empower them to take an active role in their education, career-ambitions, and communities. Latinitas accomplishes this goal with after-school programs in various El Paso public libraries, an exclusive social-networking site that gathers Latinas from all over the world at mylatinitas.com, and finally, with TeenLatinitas.org, an online publication written for and by the Latina teens gives them the opportunity to showcase their abilities on a national level.

"I am extremely honored and humbled to receive an award from an organization that does so much for our community and Latinas across the country. Latinitas is a volunteer driven organization, so this is a true recognition of our collective efforts to inspire young Latinas to succeed. This is a testament to our shared abilities and aspirations in continuing to reach young Latinas in positive, empowering ways," Alicia Rascon said.Rascon is a graduate student pursuing a masters in public administration at the University of Texas at Austin. She graduated from UT Austin and is married to Delbert Humberson and is the mother of two-year-old Roberto Humberson-Rascon.

Latinitas magazine (www.latinitasmagazine.org) is the first digital magazine geared toward Hispanic/Latina youth ages 9 to 14. Over fifty percent of the magazine's content is generated by Latina youth who participate in Latinitas' after school programs, a teen reporter intern program, media conferences, free Saturday media camps and workshops, currently operating in both Austin and El Paso, Texas. Serving as a resource guide for Hispanic girls with Latina-focused articles related to college, wellness, healthy relationships, body image, peer pressure and more, Latinitas Magazine reaches over 30,000 young girls monthly. In order to broaden the magazine's girlgenerated voice, Latinitas has brought its outreach programs in web design, news writing, digital photography, radio and video production and media literacy to El Paso's Latino community. We focus on empowering Latina Youth to build confidence, develop their voice, make a difference and express themselves creatively through multimedia enrichment lessons on writing, graphic art, desktop publishing, web design, photography, filmmaking, and radio production. We connect our girls with positive mentors who encourage them to build their self-esteem, confidence, cultural pride, efficacy and resiliency to at-risk behavior. For more information please contact Denisse Rauda at (915) 227-9560 or by email at latinitasmag@yahoo.com.

Press Release Courtesy of Latinitas PR: pr@latinitasmagazine.org

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Kappa Delta Chi Sorority, Inc. is a Latina founded, 501 c 7, national sorority who aims to achieve professional development, academic excellence, and graduation of all its members; an organization dedicated to community service to their local university communities with an emphasis on the Hispanic/Latino population. You may visit us on the web at
www.kappadeltachi.org.

awesome post.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 29, 2009
Contact: Jasmin Larach, Philanthropic Chair
Email: philanthropy@justbecus. org
Website: www.JustBeCUS.org

National Homelessness Named 2010 National Service Project

NEW YORK, NY (12/29/09) - Every year as part of a national service project, the sisters of Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc. (C.U.S.) focus on a specific community service effort. Recent changes in the economy have lead to an increase in homelessness as residents are evicted or face their homes being foreclosed. To help address this issue, the Grand Chapter Board is proud to announce that for 2010 the organization will focus homelessness as their service project. As part of this initiative, C.U.S. has partnered with the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH), a network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission, end homelessness.

Throughout 2010, our graduate and undergraduate chapters will focus on raising awareness and supporting this cause by participating in many of the following activities:

• Organizing a collection drives for clothing & books
• Raising funds for programs that give directly to those experiencing homelessness
• Volunteering at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter
• Participating in National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (November)
• Sponsoring programs that raise homeless awareness in their communities

As NCH states, we can help end homelessness by sampling “CAREing.”

Contribute (food drives, money, etc.)
Advocate
Reach out (volunteering)
Educate

For more information please contact Jasmin Larach at philanthropy@justbecus.org.

About Chi Upsilon Sigma - Chi Upsilon Sigma has been in existence since April 29, 1980, incepted on the New Brunswick Campus of Rutgers – the State University of New Jersey. Our founders are 7 Latinas who had the desire to create an organization to promote leadership among the Latino community and our membership has since grown to incorporate women of all ethnicities. Chi Upsilon Sigma has devoted itself to increasing awareness amongst ourselves and our communities about important political, social, cultural, and educational issues and servicing the communities around us.

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PHI IOTA ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.
council@phiota. org - 49 East 41st Street Suite 449 New York, New York 10165

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contacts:
Omar Lopez
Director of Marketing
Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
http://www.phiota.org/press.php
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Michigan Phiotas honored by Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow
Lansing, MI - December 2009

In honor of the Phi chapter of Phi Iota Alpha of Michigan State University, the Honorable Senator from the State of Michigan Debbie Stabenow, presented them with a Certificate of Congressional Recognition.

The Certificate of Congressional Recognition sponsored by Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow pays tribute to the Phi chapter founders whose hard work and dedication led to the unprecedented growth of Phi Iota Alpha in the State of Michigan and also to all of the Michigan brothers who have continued the hard work and legacy.

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Since 1931, Phi Iota Alpha has set precedents for Latino greek leadership in the global community. Through the past 78 years, Phi Iota Alpha has cultivated and inspired Latino men nationwide to become leaders of their communities across Latin America and the United States. Open to all men, this distinguished brotherhood includes many professionals and former presidents of Latin American countries. Today Phi Iota Alpha, the Oldest Latino Fraternity in existence, continues to lead as the preeminent Latino fraternal organization with chapters throughout the United States.

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Claudia L. Barrera
Email: nalfo98@gmail.com

NALFO Member Organizations Respond to Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts

January 2010 -

In response to the disastrous 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, numerous NALFO member organizations have launched several volunteer and fundraising relief efforts. This devastating earthquake has caused a major catastrophe for the already poor nation of Haiti. This event has called the global community to action and NALFO organizations have responded in this time of sorrow to help those individuals in need.

Across the country, NALFO member organizations have been collecting canned foods, bottled water, clothes, toiletries, first aid supplies and monetary donations. To donate money or to assist with volunteer efforts, please click on the following link to be taken to a list of relief efforts sponsored by NALFO member organizations.

http://www.facebook.com/NALFO

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Established in 1998, NALFO serves as the umbrella council for 21 Latino/a fraternities and sororities from across the United States. The purpose of NALFO is to promote and foster positive inter-fraternal relations, communication and development of all Latino fraternal organizations through mutual respect, leadership, honesty, professionalism and education.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Claudia L. Barrera
Email: nalfo98@gmail.com

NALFO Collaborates for International Badge Day 2010

Indianapolis, Indiana – January 2010

The 26 member organizations of the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) are celebrating International Badge Day on Monday, March 1, 2010, an annual event during which sorority women everywhere honor their Greek affiliations by wearing their badge or letters.

This year NALFO will join the women of the NPC, the National Asian Pacific Islander American Panhellenic Association (NAPA), the National Multicultural Greek Council (NMGC) and the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) as all celebrate their sorority experience. This year's theme is "Keep Your Fraternal Experience Close to Your Heart."

We invite all NALFO member sororities to honor their respective organizations and unite with their fellow sorority women across the nation for this important event.

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Established in 1998, NALFO serves as the umbrella council for 21 Latino/a fraternities and sororities from across the United States. The purpose of NALFO is to promote and foster positive inter-fraternal relations, communication and development of all Latino fraternal organizations through mutual respect, leadership, honesty, professionalism and education.