Archive for April 10th, 2007
JLo to bring her love story with Marc to TV
5:27 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|TV · 2 Comments
10 Apr 2007
Thank you, People en Español, for warning me that I need to avoid Univisión like the plague during the primetime hour in the near future. It seems that JLo is planning a thinly-veiled autobiographical musical (!) miniseries (ay, too many things I hate wrapped into one) about the pressures of her fame, her breakup with Ben Affleck and subsequent falling into the arms of Mr. Skeletor.
The plot, says an executive from Nuyorican Films, will revolve around a singer named SofÃa Márquez who is constantly in the public eye. She is involved in a scandal and escapes from her boyfriend to later reunite with a old friend from the past. The protagonist then discovers that the friend, a singer named Diego, has something special for her.
Immigrant Roundups Relying on Informants
3:32 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration · 2 Comments
10 Apr 2007
Early last month I wrote about one immigration raid in New Bedford. According to an article posted on Univision.com‘s site, that particular redada may have had helo from an informant who was working inside the factory for a number of months. According to a woman who was arrested in New Bedford and then released because she has a minor child, the informant was another undocumented worker who too Federal Agents to where false documents were bought and gave detailed information on his coworkers, all in exchange for his status being legalized.
Santa Ana, California Putting its Money Where Its English Is
2:33 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bilingualism|California|Education|Labor|language · 4 Comments
10 Apr 2007
While Newt Gingrich can’t decide if Spanish is ghetto or if he should use it to try and get Latino support, Santa Ana in Orange County, California is putting $4.5 million into getting residents to learn English.
The effort, which aims to have 55,000 residents learn the language over the next four years, includes an aggressive advertising campaign with messages posted at supermarkets, bus depots and elsewhere touting the advantages of learning a new language.
Teams of people also have been dispatched to the streets to promote free English classes, which are offered by the Rancho Santiago Community College District.
“Business owners are screaming for workers, but they need them to speak English,” said Mike Weisman, a chamber board member and partner at DGWB Advertising and Communications, which created the ad campaign.
Census statistics show that at least 51 percent of city residents “speak English less than very well.” More than half the city’s employees speak Spanish, and nearly every retail business has Spanish-speaking employees.
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