Empowering Latina Leadership & Action
Empowering Latina Leadership & Action
ELLA hosted a community forum for Sunnyside residents on November 30th to inform them of the proposed biomethane plant supported and developed by the City of Sunnyside, Port of Sunnyside and Pacific Ag of Oregon. The city, port and Pacific Ag did little to communicate with residents about the project or any environmental impact as a result of the project. No effort was put forth to inform our Spanish-speaking community. This has us and residents very concerned. Residents have a right to understand all of the environmental and economic implications of living next to a biomethane plant. After canvassing the neighborhoods closest to the proposed biomethane plant, we asked residents who are concerned about the project to attend a community forum to address their concerns directly to representatives from the city, port and Pacific Ag. The city chose not to attend or respond to residents. The executive director, Jay Hester, attended but chose to listen only, not respond. Harrison Pettit of Pacific Ag provided an overview of the project. Residents had many questions for Mr.
JASPER KENZO SUNDEEN Yakima Herald-Republic * Oct 15, 202 [caption id="attachment_1724" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Sunnyside candidates for school board and city council and organizers from ELLA attend their weekly meeting to share information and resources on Oct.4, 2023. Photo by Jasper Kenzo Sundeen/Yakima Herald Republic[/caption] "Sunnyside candidates for school board and city council and organizers from ELLA attend their weekly meeting to share information and resources on Oct.4, 2023." Photo by Jasper Kenzo Sundeen/Yakima Herald Republic Almost 70 people gathered in the gym at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on a July evening in Sunnyside. Grandparents, parents and children sat on folding chairs in front of a panel of six candidates for school board and City Council in the second-largest city in Yakima County. It wasn’t the traditional fall election season, but with the primary looming in early August, candidates and get-out-the vote nonprofits had come together to connect with an oft-underrepresented group of Yakima Valley voters: Spanish-speaking residents. “Estamos aqui para escuchar a sus voces,” said Keren Vazquez, a candidate for Sunnyside City Council’s Position
Publicado 25 noviembre 202 La violencia doméstica no es nueva en el valle de Yakima, tampoco en la comunidad latina, y esto lo saben organizaciones locales que trabajan en el tema. “Desde que terminó la pandemia hemos tenido un aumento de 30 por ciento en las llamadas de personas que buscan nuestros servicios y piden protección. Cada mes tenemos 17 peticiones de órdenes de restricción emitidas por la corte y sabemos que estos números están subiendo”, mencionó Dani Aguilar, coordinadora de alcance comunitario de la Asociación de Mujeres Jóvenes Cristianas de Yakima (Young Women Christian Association, YWCA). Actualmente, la YWCA en Yakima administra un refugio de emergencia que tiene 14 habitaciones y 44 camas para las víctimas de la violencia doméstica y sus hijos, así como 16 unidades de vivienda de transición que van de una a tres habitaciones. “Nuestros refugios están al límite de su capacidad y mantenemos una lista de espera", mencionó Aguilar. La YWCA además cuenta con asesores legales y consejeros que guían a las víctimas para denunciar su situación ante las
Published March 15, 2023 On a Friday evening in downtown Sunnyside, 20 or so women, most of them mothers and grandmothers and all Hispanic, sat inside a narrow classroom. Notepads, binders and writing utensils rested on their desks. The women were discussing topics that are as taboo as they are a part of their daily life — sexism and machismo. Their heads turned toward the back of the room to Teodora Martinez, who is part of ELLA, a group that organized the class. “How many of you have been in an airplane,” she asked in Spanish, “when you’re sitting there about to take off and they start going through safety guidelines, whose mask do they tell you to put on first, especially when you have kids with you? Maria Magaña, one of the women in attendance, responded: “In our church, they taught us to put the mask on our husbands first. … We were told they’re our second half. We can have more kids, but we are bonded to our husbands, we are taught to
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/biden-supporters-celebrate-in-downtown-yakima-point-to-importance-of-latino-native-voters/article_7c0d37e8-2022-524b-8709-f2b9586b3e9e.html The first part of the rally Sunday in downtown Yakima was a dance party. Blue balloons flew around the ground of Millennium Plaza. A soundtrack of disco hits blared from a speaker as participants bobbed their heads, danced and roller-skated. Among the about 40 people celebrating in downtown Yakima was Aileen Kane, 67, 14th Legislative District chair for the Yakima County Democrats. “It was a manifestation of the power people of color hold in their hands,” Kane said, crediting their votes for helping Joe Biden and Kamala Harris get elected. [caption id="attachment_879" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Dulce Gutierrez - Photo by Evan Abell Yakima Herald Republic[/caption] About 30 minutes into the rally, the dance tunes transitioned to “Hail to the Chief,” and the event shifted to a call for action. Sunday’s event, a celebration of the election of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, was also deemed a victory for communities of color and the progress made getting Latino and Native residents to vote. “This election should prove how important your vote is,” said
Yakima Herald Republic - Guest Editorial Guest Opinion: Ninfa R. Gutierrez The high rate of Covid-19 infections among the Latino population in Yakima County didn't take me by surprise! Knowing well that poor dissemination of news in Spanish still exists, it was just a matter of time before we would see the adverse effects on our community. KDNA 91.9 FM Public Radio is a Spanish language station where I've worked as a volunteer for 40 years. My work consists of producing community programs and sharing information of interest for the advancement of our farmworker community. I have interviewed politicians and representatives of state agencies covering different issues on healthcare, employment, unemployment, education, housing, citizenship, etc. In late January, those of us that are bilingual Spanish/English began hearing about the Coronavirus and how rapidly the virus was spreading. Since then, there has not been a single day that we don't learn something new about COVID-19. However, when compared to the rate of speed the English-speaking communities receive information, monolingual Spanish communities are still lagging in getting this
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