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The Welcome Toledo-Lucas County, Toledo Immigrant Alliance, Indivisible Toledo, theLatino Alliance of Northwest Ohio, ABLE, and other community action and support groupsare hosting the Rally against Family Separation on Saturday, June 30, 2018, 11 a.m., infront of what's been dubbed the "Love Wall" at Adams and 13th Streets in uptown Toledo.This event is followed by the FLOC Rally at noon at the 7 Eleven, 2601 W. Bancroft.

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June 20, 2018: Latinononprofits and legal aid groupsare bracing for a long, hot sum-mer trying to help more than100 undocumented immi-grants and 200-plus childrenin the weeks following thismonth’s ICE raid on an ErieCounty landscaping and gar-den operation.

The women were shippedto a federal detention facilityin Michigan, while the menwere transported to a privateprison near Youngstown,hours from the children theywere forced to leave behind inthe Norwalk and Willard areas.The detainees had their cellphones taken away, allowedonly to make a limited numberof phone calls each week, thus

making them only able to com-municate sporadically withloved ones since the raid atCorso’s Flower and GardenCenter.

A team of attorneys fromAdvocates for Basic LegalEquality (ABLE) traveled toMichigan Thursday to speakwith approximately 35 femaledetainees out of concern theydon’t have proper legal repre-sentation and their due pro-cess rights are in jeopardy.

“Amazingly, for every-thing that they’ve gonethrough, they’re in good spir-its,” said Patty Hernández,ABLE senior attorney. “But,of course, it’s somethingthey’re really struggling with.They’ve told us some heart-

breaking stories. They’ve beenseparated from their familiesin a way that doesn’t make anyof us feel any safer, doesn’t doanything for this country.”

Many of the detainees al-ready have expedited depor-tation hearings scheduled thefirst week of July. Ironically,the detainees could be shippedout of the United States whileU.S. freedom is celebrated dur-ing the July 4th holiday. ABLEplans to try to represent as manyof the detainees as possible buthas issued a call for help frompro bono attorneys. A separateteam of lawyers has alreadygone to Youngstown to inter-view the men.

“We think we’ll be able toput together a strong group of

attorneys comprised of ABLE,private attorneys, and othernonprofit organizations. We’llput together as strong of a legalteam as we can, but the need ismuch greater than the re-sources,” said Ms. Hernández.

Downtown protests onJune 15 and June 30

Several groups staged alunchtime protest Friday, June15th in downtown Toledo,drawing about 75 protestors,including retired priests, nuns,and nonprofit groups workingdirectly with the Mexican-bornimmigrants caught up in therecent immigration raid.

The Toledo rally was orga-nized and sponsored by theSocial Justice Subcommitteeof the Toledo Chapter of theAssociation of U.S. CatholicPriests and Pax Christ at Cor-pus Christi Parish near the UTcampus. In Ohio, similar pro-tests were held one day beforein Cleveland, Columbus, Cin-cinnati, and Dayton. Thegroups contend the separationof families is a human rightsissue.

Sister Julia Hutchison ofthe Sisters of Notre Dame cameto the rally to seek how shecould hook into helping theeffort. She stated the raid andits rallying cry for assistancehas left her heart a mixed bag ofemotions.

“This effort—courage. Ourgovernment—depression,”she said. “My heart breaks justat the thought that this couldbe happening in this country,that we would treat anyone, bymandate of our own govern-ment, like this. Our brothersand sisters are coming acrossto seek something.”

At the same time, an ongo-

ing food collection has beenlaunched across NorthwestOhio to continue to feed thechildren left behind, many ofthem infants and toddlers. Mostare in the care of family, friends,and loved ones who have noaccess to the children’s belong-ings and are in desperate needof basic items. The raid oc-curred while their parents wereat work and the children stay-ing with a babysitter or rela-tives. In most cases, the raidswept up one or both of theirparents.

A collection held Saturday,June 9, 2018 at Toledo’sWalbridge Park yielded a largetruckload of relief supplies,including diapers, wipes, babyformula, food, clothes, andhousehold items. But non-profit groups believe their workhas just begun, as the kids maybe without their parents for anundetermined amount of timeand, in some cases, the separa-tion may be permanent.

“While our community maybe divided on the appropriateapproach to immigration re-form, the well-being of chil-dren is a bi-partisan issue, reada Facebook post for the eventpage Feed the Children LeftBehind. “Our work has justbegun, as these children andfamilies are only beginningthe difficult and confusingjourney of detainment.”

Food and cash donationscan be dropped off at threePathstone locations duringnormal weekday businesshours: Area Office on Agingbuilding, 2155 Arlington Ave.,Toledo; 143 S. Main St., Bowl-ing Green; and the main office,2453 County Road V, LibertyCenter.

The group posted recom-mended shelf-stable food do-nations on its Facebook page,including pinto beans, rice,macaroni and cheese, tomatosauce, tortillas, canned tuna andchicken, canned vegetables,potatoes, bottled water, snacks,paper plates, and bleach, amongother items. The group also isencouraging people to shop awish list posted on Amazonand have the donations shippedto the Liberty Center Pathstoneoffice.

“After the raid, the amountof solidarity and collaborationamong the different agencies isreally outstanding,” saidBeatriz Maya, managing di-rector at La Conexión in Bowl-ing Green. “It’s a very positiveoutcome in the middle of allthis tragedy.”

“It has galvanized a lot ofpeople in a lot of cities becauseit’s so necessary,” said Ms.Hernández. “If we’ve neverseen this much movement be-fore, it’s probably because

Immigration raid aftermath will last weeks, months, if not yearsBy Kevin Milliken, La Prensa Correspondent

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WASHINGTON, DC,, 21VI 18 (AP): Exámenesmédicos confirmaron queotro trabajador de la embajadaestadounidense en Cuba hasido afectado por misteriososproblemas de salud en la isla,dijo el jueves el Departamentode Estado, lo que eleva a 25 lacifra total de casos.

El nuevo caso“médicamente confirmado”es de uno de dos trabajadoresque fueron evacuadosrecientemente de Cuba trasreportar síntomas. La portavozdel Departamento de EstadoHeather Nauert dijo que elotro trabajador “sigue siendoevaluado” por los médicos.Antes de este incidente, elúltimo caso en Cuba se registróen agosto de 2017, señalóNauert.

“Todo esto es todavía unainvestigación abierta”, dijoNauert.

Los pacientesconfirmados en Cuba hanpresentado diversos síntomas,incluyendo lesión cerebraltraumática moderada,conocida también comoconmoción cerebral. Esos yotros casos sospechosos deCuba y China han sidollevados a la Universidad dePensilvania para realizarlespruebas.

Además de los 25 casos deCuba, hay un trabajador de unconsulado estadounidense enel sur de China, lo que generapreocupaciones de que losincidentes en Cuba se hayandiseminado. Decenas de otrostrabajadores en consuladosen China están siendoexaminados ahora,

Mérida, Yucatán, 23 VI18: “Es un honor estar conObrador” fue el coro queentonaron al unísono losseguidores de AndrésManuel López Obrador alfinalizar el tercer y últimodebate entre los candidatos ala presidencia de México,mientras los seguidores deRicardo Anaya salíancorriendo al encuentro de sucandidato y los seguidoresde José Antonio Meade yJaime Rodríguez sedispersaban en el salón delCentro de Convenciones delSiglo XXI de esta ciudad, endonde se congregaron altosfuncionarios nacionales delos diferentes partidos, asícomo representantes deAsociaciones Civiles y delInstituto Nacional Electoral(INE) para presenciar el de-bate.

El Centro deConvenciones del Siglo XXIse encuentra a un costado delGran Museo del MundoMaya, sede del debatepresidencial, en donde el INEconvocó a una reunión parapresenciar en pantallasgigantes el encuentro entrelos aspirantes a la presidenciade México. Los seguidoresaplaudieron y vitorearoncada una de las propuestasde sus candidatos y burlarona los oponentes, como fue elcaso de José Antonio Meadecuando tomo parte de sutiempo para desearle suerte ala selección mexicana, asícomo a Jaime Rodríguezcuando insistió en cortarlesla mano a los rateros.

Aunque se vivió un granentusiasmo y camarería en

incluyendo algunos queregresaron a Estados Unidos paraanálisis más avanzados.

Estados Unidos ha dicho quelos incidentes en Cubacomenzaron a finales del 2016.El Departamento de Estado losllama “ataques específicos”,pero no ha dicho qué los causóni quién. Cuna ha negadoc a t e g ó r i c a m e n t einvolucramiento oconocimiento. Las primerasconjeturas se centraron en algúntipo de ataque sónico, debido areportes de sonidos extraños porlos afectados, pero un reporteinterno del FBI en enero noencontró evidencia de queondas sonoras pudiesen causaresos daños, reportó la AP.

La nueva confirmación seproduce menos de una semanadespués de que Washingtonreiteró las demandas de queCuba determine la fuente de los“ataques” contra la salud de losdiplomáticos estadounidenses.Cuba respondió de nuevonegando responsabilidadalguna en los incidentes.

En una reunión de alto nivelen Washington entrefuncionarios de alto nivel de losdos países, el Departamento deEstado dijo que planteó denuevo el asunto, que ha causadouna considerable reducción delpersonal en la embajadaestadounidense en La Habana.Reiteró “la necesidad urgentede identificar la fuente de losataques contra diplomáticosestadounidenses y asegurarsede que cesen”.

Los incidentes hanenfermado a por lo menos 25diplomáticos desde finales del2016, dejando a algunos con

las instalaciones del Siglo XXIa pesar de las horas de espera yla decepción de no poder estarde cerca con los candidatos, eldebate en sí tuvo un buenformato, sin duda algunamejoro mucho con respecto alas elecciones anteriores. Sinembargo, no hubo propuestasde fondo relevantes de loscandidatos.

Lo que más se quedo deldiscurso de Anaya (CoaliciónPor México al Frente: PAN,PRD, MovimientoCiudadano), fue su propuestade inglés para todos, teléfonoscelulares, tabletas y panelessolares, algo que en lugar deser aplaudido como una buenapropuesta, fue muy criticadopor estar fuera del contexto delas necesidades de la mayoríade las regiones del país endonde hay un gran número decomunidades sin agua, sin luzy sin servicios adecuados desalud. Emilio Blanco Bosco,doctor en ciencias sociales conespecialidad en sociología dela educación y profesor delColegio de México, califico lapropuesta como una fantasíatecnocrática.

En cuanto a López Obrador(Coalición Juntos HaremosHistoria: Morena, PT, PES) sesintió confiado durante todo

daños cerebrales. El máximorepresentante cubano en lareunión le dijo a la AP tras lasesión que objetaron ladescripción de los incidentescomo “ataques”.

Apuntó que ni los expertosestadounidenses ni loscubanos habían podidodeterminar la causa de lossíntomas. Repitiópreocupaciones de que elgobierno de Trump estéusando los incidentes comoexcusas para reducir elacercamiento entre los dospaíses iniciado con el gobiernode Barack Obama.

En una declaración, lacancillería cubana dijo quellamó al gobiernoestadounidense a “desistir dela continua manipulaciónpolítica de los alegados casosde salud”. Su delegacióndemandó además ellevantamiento de la“arbitraria” alerta de viajes que—dijo—obstaculiza losintercambios científicos,académicos, culturales,religiosos y empresariales ylas visitas de estadounidenses.

En China, el Departamentode Estado emitió una serie dealertas de salud a losestadounidenses en el paísluego que un empleado delconsulado en Guangzhoureportó síntomas y ruidosextraños y fue llevado aEstados Unidos. Exámenesentonces confirmaron que elempleado “sufrió un incidentemédico congruente con lo queotros empleadose s t a d o u n i d e n s e sexperimentaron en La Habana,Cuba”, dijo el departamento.

el debate, ya que asegura vaarriba en las encuestas, almenos ahora si respondióacusaciones directas y no sequedo callado como en elprimer debate, pero se vioacorralado cuando Anaya lopresionó con documentosque demostraban sucorrupción: “Si te muestrolos contratos, ¿renuncias a lacandidatura?”, insistíaAnaya. Es tan relajado elpapel de Obrador que derepente olvida debatir yproponer.

Es interesante supropuesta de trabajar paraeliminar la corrupción perono plantea propuestasconcretas, ni la forma en cómolo llevará a cabo, únicamentecomenta que lo hará con elejemplo, pero eso no essuficiente para un pueblo queha hecho la corrupción partede la cultura. ¿Cómo cambiartodo el sistema actual?

Meade (Coalición Todospor México: PRI, PVEM,PANAL) realizó propuestaspero con un discurso priistamuy poco creíble, lleno depromesas y muy pocasrealidades. Rodríguez(Independiente) es quien lepone sabor a los debates por

Fuente AP: Otro funcionario de EEUUenfermo en CubaPor JOSH LEDERMAN y MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press

Recta final de las elecciones en MéxicoRecuento del Tercer Debate PresidencialPor: Isabel Flores, Corresponsal La Prensa

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DETROIT, June 20,2018: Bags to Butterflies,L3C is a social enterpriselocated at 20301 JamesCouzens St. Detroit. Themission of Bags to Butter-flies, L3C is to empower for-merly incarcerated womenwith transitional employ-ment immediately upon theirreturn to the communityfrom incarceration.

The organization alsoprovides support, resourcesand a caring network tohelp empower them to re-define their life’s purpose,with hopes to reduce oreliminate recidivism. Re-cidivism refers to a person’srelapse into criminal behav-ior and is measured bycriminal acts that result inre-arrest, reconviction orreturn to prison. (NIJ)

Bags to Butterflies is tak-ing an innovative approachto create jobs using a verycommon women’s acces-sory — a handbag! Whilefulfilling their mission,Bags to Butterflieshandcrafts exceptional andgorgeous handbags andclutches made fromrepurposed wood, leather,and high-quality textiles.Their programming em-

ploys female returning citi-zens, allowing them to show-case their creative abilities todesign and craft theseuniquely stylish handbags.

Founded in 2015 by De-troit native, Michelle Smart,her founding purpose was toempower formerly incarcer-ated women with employmentin a creative environment. “Theladies are encouraged to becreative without boundaries,”said Smart.

To support its mission, theladies are provided with thematerials to design and marketa collection of handbags andclutches. The handbag collec-tions function as a reminder tothe women to “let go” of theirpast, “live life” with a sense ofpurpose, and “fly” towardstheir dreams. Bags to Butter-flies’ smaller handbags sym-bolize downsizing personalbaggage while focusing onmental and emotional stabil-ity, a value the organizationholds near and dear.

Bags to Butterflies em-ploys an innovative ap-proach using common ac-cessories that can be worn asa handbag, kept as a keep-sake, or as a decorative piece.

Each handbag comeswith a gift inside with amessage about the designercreating an emotional con-nection between the creatorand purchaser. Each bag ishandmade using repurposedwood symbolizing the char-acter of old materials thathave been given a new life,just like the designers.

Despite past experiences,Bags to Butterflies L3C pro-vides an opportunity for re-turning citizens to becomereinvigorated through theprogram. Through commit-ment, perseverance, andwith the help of Bags toBeautiful, returning citizensare creating a new, success-ful life for themselves bycreating beautiful work theyare proud of.

Bags to Butterflies: Reducing Recidivism in Style

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WINDSOR, CANADA:Taking place on SaturdayJune 30, 2018, the Down-town Windsor Business Im-provement Association’s(DWBIA) annual Latin-American festival, FiestaLatina, presents a slew ofprogramming for youthaged 5-10.

Designed to inspire chil-dren to explore their cre-ativity, the hands-on activi-ties are educational, excit-ing and interactive †andbest of all, they’re FREE.Youth will explore arts andcrafts that celebrate theLatino, Central and SouthAmerican cultures.

“Youth will be able tounleash their creative en-ergy in ways that are sym-bolic of Latin-Americanheritage,” said LarryHorwitz, DWBIA Chair.“Fiesta Latina fosters anawareness and appreciationof cultural diversity in awarm and welcoming edu-cational environment.”

Youth workshops andprogramming include:

4:00PM: Worry DollsWorkshop, originating inGuatemala; worry dollswere traditionally used toprevent worry from keep-ing people awake at night.One would tell their worryto the doll, and then placethe doll under a pillow or in

a pouch before going to sleep.The doll would then take overthe worry. This workshop willgive children the opportunityto be a part of this tradition asthey learn to craft these dollsmade of wood and yarn.

5:00PM: Piñata MakingWorkshop; piñata makingworkshop with instructorSorelia Donis. Youth designand decorate their own tissuepaper adornments under theguidance of our teaching ex-pert.

6:00PM: Ojos de Dios Work-shop; also called “God’s Eye,”Ojos de Dios is an ancient sym-bol made from yarn wovenonto two crossed sticks. Theends of the sticks represent thefour basic elements (earth, wa-ter, wind, fire), and the center of

the eye stands for the powerof seeing and understand-ing things we normally can-not see. It often acts a sym-bol of protection for chil-dren and loved ones.

7:00PM: Sugar SkullsWorkshop; part of the Díade los Muertos (Day of theDead) remembrances, sugarskulls traditionally repre-sent the souls of departedloved ones. They are madeof a molded white sugar mix-ture brightly decorated withsequins and colored sugarpaste.

For more information,visit www.fiestalatina.ca.

For more information:Debi Croucher, DowntownWindsor BIA 519-259-3464debi@downtownwindsor.ca

Fiesta Latina fosters creativity with free youthworkshops

DETROIT, June 19, 2018(AP): Despite Trump’s semi-reversal of separation ofchildren from their parents,business leaders con-demned the Trumpadministration’s decisionto separate children fromparents who are accused ofcrossing the border withoutdocumentation.

The BusinessRoundtable, a lobbyinggroup that includes the

DETROIT, June 21,2018 (AP): U.S. CensusBureau population esti-mates show that the Asianand Latino populationsgrew faster in Michiganthan nationwide last year.

The Detroit News re-ports the numbers releasedThursday show thatMichigan’s Hispanic popu-lation surpassed half a mil-lion for the first time, reach-

DETROIT, June 20,2018 (AP): A judge has or-dered U.S. immigration of-ficers to stop talking todetained Iraqi-Americansabout their cases after law-yers claimed staff memberswere trying to pressurethem to agree to deporta-tion.

The American Civil Lib-erties Union says Iraqi na-

tives who were arrested lastyear have been told they’llspend years in custody if theydon’t voluntarily return toIraq. Detroit federal JudgeMark Goldsmith on Wednes-day ordered the governmentto stop engaging the detain-ees.

The case stems from aroundup of mostly Detroit-area Iraqis. They were facing

removal for years for immi-gration violations, such asoverstaying their visas, orfor committing crimes inthe U.S., but the casesmostly had been suspendeduntil 2017.

Goldsmith has stoppedany deportations so immi-gration judges can heartheir cases. His earlier deci-sions are being appealed.

CEOs of Walmart Inc., Gen-eral Motors Co., Boeing Co.and Mastercard Inc., releaseda statement Tuesday that hadurged the immediate end tothe policy.

“This practice is cruel andcontrary to American val-ues,” said Chuck Robbins,the chairman and CEO ofCisco Systems Inc. and thehead of the BusinessRoundtable’s immigrationcommittee.

ing 504,857 as of July 2017.The estimates show the num-ber of white and black resi-dents edging lower.

Kurt Metzger, a demogra-pher and director emeritus ofData Driven Detroit, tells TheDetroit News: “The future ofMichigan is Asian andLatino.” He says that as thewhite, non-Hispanic popula-tion drops “Michigan’sgrowth is going to be contin-

gent on national immigra-tion policy.”

Wayne County, whichincludes Detroit, saw thestate’s largest increase inHispanic residents. Oak-land County, which in-cludes Detroit suburbs, sawthe biggest increase inAsian residents.

Information from: TheDetroit News, http://detnews.com/

The group called forcomprehensive immigra-tion reform that protectsDACA recipients who ar-rived in the U.S. as children.The group also doesn’t wantto curb legal immigration,which it says helps U.S. busi-nesses.

The Business Roundtablejoined several other compa-nies, including Microsoft andAirbnb, who have spoken outagainst child separations.

Judge tells US: Stop meddling with detainedIraqi nationals

Business leaders speak out against childseparation policy

US Census notes Asian, Latino populationgrowth in Michigan

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C O L U M B U S :CAPA has announcedthe lineup of nationaland international art-ists which will be head-lining Festival Latino2018 presented byHonda. The two-day,family-friendly, freeevent will be held Sat-urday and Sunday,August 11 and 12,2018, from 11 am-8pm each day in GenoaPark downtown.

Saturday, August 11Típico UrbanoDominican – Merengüe

Geni, Yánez, andSebastián of the NYC-basedTípico Urbano put an origi-nal, modern twist onmerengüe típico, the oldeststyle of merengüe, infusingtraditional Dominicanrhythms with youthful lyr-ics and new and excitingmusical concepts.

Gina ChávezMexican – Folk

Eight-time Austin Mu-sic Award winner and 2015Austin Musician of the Year,singer/songwriter Gina

Chávez’s original take on tra-ditional folk blends her dy-namic vocals with hints ofcumbia, bossa nova, vintagepop, and reggaetón.

Lupillo RiveraMexican – Banda

Perhaps best known for hisalbum Despreciado, GrammyAward-winning singer/songwriter Lupillo Rivera hasnetted 15 Top 50 singles onthe Billboard Hot Latin Songschart and is currently touringin support of his 2017 album,El Malo.

Sunday, August 12Frank ReyesDominican – Bachata

Known as “ThePrince of Bachata,”singer Frank Reyes isone of the most recog-nized champions ofthe genre worldwidewith hits such as“Noche de Pasion,”“ A m o rDesperdiciado,” “SeMe Olvido Que TeAmaba,” and “ComoSanar” among manyothers.

El Gran ComboPuerto Rican – Salsa

Considered one of themost successful salsa orches-tras of all time, El Gran Combohas released more than 60studio albums of soul-stir-ring Latin rhythms and lushvocal harmonies over thecourse of their more than 55-year-long career.

A detailed schedule willbe released at a later date andwill include the full lineup ofentertainment and activitiesto be featured at FestivalLatino 2018.

Note: All programs andartists are subject to change.

On the Internet:www.FestivalLatino.net

CAPA announces headliners for FestivalLatino 2018

Frank Reyes

MAUMEE, June 26,2018: The Ohio Depart-ment of Natural Re-sources (ODNR) will hostthe Paddle Palooza Fes-tival at Maumee BayState Park for the thirdyear in a row on Sunday July9 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

This free, family-friendlyevent is a great opportunityto try a variety of differentcanoes and kayaks, as wellas learn stand-uppaddleboarding (SUP). Ex-perts will also be on hand toshare information about lo-cal paddling activities andresources.

A number of partners fromLucas, Ottawa and Woodcounties will be available toassist with these free pad-dling demonstrations.

WHO: ODNR divi-sions of Parks & Watercraftand Wildlife, Ohio CleanMarinas, Northwest OhioRiver Runners, River Lures,Riverside Kayak Connec-tion, Partners for CleanStreams, Metro Parks of theToledo Area, Wood CountyPark District, US Coast Guard

One of the Latinocommunity’s biggest sup-porters is leaving the Toledoarea after decades as a fairhousing advocate, bound fora new challenge in Hawaii.

Michael Marsh officiallyannounced his departure aspresident and CEO of theToledo Fair Housing Centeron Friday, June 15, 2018. Hewill take the same positionwith another nonprofit, Re-sponsive Caregivers of Ha-waii. He will begin his newduties on August 1.

“It will be difficult to re-place Michael and his depthand breadth of knowledgeof fair housing and our com-munity,” said LouisEscobar, Fair Housing Cen-ter board of director’s chair-man. “We wish him well inhis new endeavors and be-lieve that engaging in athoughtful strategic plan-ning process will provide aframework to identify theskill set we need in a new

leader to carry outthe board’s vi-sion and theagency’s mis-sion.”

The Fair Hous-ing Center is hir-ing a consultant toassist in the strate-gic planning pro-cess and launch anational search toreplace Marsh,who will continueto assist theagency throughthe transition pro-cess to ensure seamless con-tinuity of operations.

“During my tenure in fairhousing, I witnessed a shiftin demographics from race-based complaints t disabil-ity,” said Marsh. “I workedover the past five years tomore closely align The FairHousing Center with otheragencies, such as the AbilityCenter of Greater Toledo andthe Toledo-Lucas County

Commission on Disabilities.The work I’ve done in fairhousing and the disabilityservices community in To-ledo will serve me well in mynew role.”

Marsh has been associ-ated with The Fair HousingCenter for more than twodecades, starting as a volun-teer in 1996. He is regardedas a civil rights champion inboth the Latino and African-

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WHAT: ODNR PaddlePalooza Festival

WHEN: Sunday, July 9from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

WHERE: Maumee BayState Park Inland Lake area,1400 State Park Road, Oregon,Ohio.

Canoeing and kayaking re-main among the fastest grow-ing of all outdoors recreationactivities. Ohio ranked amongthe top ten states nationally in2016 with a record 495,975registered recreational water-craft. Among this total are thenumber of Ohio-registered ca-noes and kayaks, which hasmore than doubled from70,279 in 2007 to 181,203 in2016 – an increase of 158%.

Those numbers are ex-pected to grow as the statecontinues to invest in thepaddling community. From

2006 to 2016, morethan $7 million wasprovided through com-munity grant programsand publications. Thissupport provided carry-in and small boat ac-

cess, as well as hands-onskill development throughlocal education and recre-ation programs, includingPaddle Palooza festivalsand the Paddle Ohioprogram. It also fundedpublications detailingstream access and paddlingopportunities.

The ODNR Division ofParks and Watercraft is re-sponsible for managingOhio’s 74 state parks andproviding the finest outdoorrecreational opportunities,including first-class boatingservices, facilities and lawenforcement for users ofOhio’s waterways and pub-lic lands.

ODNR ensures a balancebetween wise use and pro-tection of our natural re-sources for the benefit of all.Visit the ODNR website atohiodnr.gov.

American communities.The Fair Housing Center

works to eliminate housingdiscrimination, promotehousing choice, and createinclusive communities ofopportunity. The nonprofitgroup conducts educationand outreach, housing coun-seling, advocacy for non-dis-criminatory housing poli-cies, research and investiga-tion, and enforcement ac-tions.

Two of the nonprofitorganization’s largest courtsettlements have occurredunder his leadership, result-ing in the reinvestment ofmore than $5 million inToledo’s urban core to revi-talize and supporthomeownership inunderserved neighborhoods.

“The Fair Housing Centerhas served as a national leaderin expanding opportunity,”said Marsh. “I’m proud tohave been a part of that andconfident the organizationwill continue to play a criti-

cal role in our com-munity long after mydeparture. We’relucky to have a pas-sionate and dedi-cated team of boardand staff who willcontinue to fight ev-ery day to keep Dr.King’s dream alive.”

As president/CEO of the Fair Hous-ing Center, Marshoversaw an annualbudget of more than$1 million and tenstaff members. He is

credited with raising morethan $10 million for theagency during his career therethrough grant writing, annualgiving, and special events.

Marsh extended his roleas a community advocateinto his volunteerism, serv-ing as board chairman for theAbility Center of Greater To-ledo and as an auxiliary boardmember for the Beach Housefamily shelter. Marsh also be-longs to the Rotary Club ofToledo, serving as the chairf the group’s Disability Ser-vices Committee. Marsh re-ceived the Leadership Awardfrom the Ohio DiversityCouncil in 2016, the Equal-ity Award from EqualityToledo in 2015, and the 20Under 40 Leadership Awardin 2005.

Marsh is a certified fund-raising executive (CFRE)who also holds a professionalcertificate in nonprofit ex-ecutive leadership from In-diana University. Marshearned a bachelors and

master’s degree from Bowl-ing Green State University,where he taught in the ethnicstudies department.

Responsive Caregivers ofHawaii (RCH) is a nonprofitgroup devoted to empower-ing self-directed choices andexpanding opportunities foradults with development dis-abilities and others with spe-cial needs. RCH aims to ex-pand opportunities forpeople to fully participate incommunity life, discovertheir talents, cultivate theirinterests, nurture their skills,actualize their joy and thefullness of their lives. RCHalso strives to facilitate op-portunities for families,caregivers, and natural sup-ports—as a community—tolearn, share, and experiencetogether to fully support eachperson’s needs.

“My life has been devotedto issues of equity, opportu-nity and diversity. My aca-demic, personal, and profes-sional experiences have pre-pared me for my new role inHawaii,” said Marsh.

An avid traveler, Marshhas visited 55 countries and39 states. LaPrensachronicled one trip a fewyears ago on a cruise aroundthe southern tip of SouthAmerica, where Marsh vis-ited several countries at vari-ous ports of call. His depar-ture for Hawaii is not surpris-ing, considering the islandsare listed as one of his threefavorite destinations. Theothers are New York City andNew Orleans.

ODNR to host Paddle Palooza Festival atMaumee Bay State Park

ALOHA: Michael Marsh departing Fair Housing Center; a hui hou kakou!By Kevin Milliken, La Prensa Correspondent

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CLEVELAND, June 19,2018 (AP): Prosecutors inCleveland say newly testedDNA evidence appears toclear a man in prison since2002 on rape and kidnap-ping charges.

Cleveland.com reportsCuyahoga County pros-ecutors have filed a motionsaying it won’t oppose theOhio Innocence Project’sefforts to vacate 41-year-old Christopher Miller’sconviction. A hearing wasJune 21st.

WASHINGTON, DC,June 20, 2018 (AP): Indi-ana Gov. Eric Holcombdiscussed trade and im-migration with VicePresident Mike Penceduring a trip to Washing-ton.

The Republican gov-ernor said in a statementWednesday that hevoiced concern overPresident DonaldTrump’s support for tradetariffs. Any foreign retali-ation could economicallyhurt Indiana, which is a

FREMONT, Ohio, June15, 2018: Terra StateCommunity College wel-comed thirty WorkforceDemand Scholarship re-cipients to the Fremontcampus with Fast TrackFriday on June 15. Thefuture Titans were able toregister for classes with anadvisor, meet with finan-cial aid and The Landingsat Terra Village represen-tatives and enjoy lunch oncampus.

This is the first year TerraState has offered theWorkforce Demand Schol-arship. 2018 high schoolgraduates who are major-

EDINBURG, Texas,June 21, 2018 (AP): DonaldTrump’s reversal of a policyseparating migrant familiesat the Mexico bordersparked confusion over howthe new guidelines willplay out and deep concernthat the changes don’t gofar enough, allowing chil-dren to still be held in de-tention even if they remainwith their families.

“We are pleased that thepresident is calling a halt tohis inhumane and heartlesspolicy of separating parentsfrom their children,” saidPeter Schey, the lawyer in alawsuit that resulted in akey agreement governingthe treatment of migrantchildren in detention calledthe Flores settlement.

Despite the president’sorder, Schey said he was con-cerned that several thousandchildren have already beenseparated from their parents“without the Trump admin-istration having any effec-tive procedures in place toreunite children with theirparents, many of whom havealready been deported.”

Trump said Wednesdayhe didn’t like seeing chil-dren being removed fromtheir families, a recent prac-tice that has sparked world-wide outrage. But he also said“zero tolerance” on undocu-mented immigration contin-ues, and children will be heldwith their parents while theadults are prosecuted.

It remains unclear whatwill happen with the morethan 2,300 children sepa-rated from their parents atthe border in recent weeks.Officials have said they areworking to reunite familiesas soon as possible but haveprovided no clear answerson how that will happen.

“This is a stopgap mea-sure,” said Gene Hamilton,counsel to the U.S. Attor-ney General Jeff Sessions.Justice Department lawyerswere planning to file a chal-lenge to the Flores settle-ment, which requires thegovernment to release chil-dren from custody and to

their par-ents, adultre la t ivesor othercaretakers,in order ofp r e f e r -ence.

If thoseoptions areexhausted,authoritiesmust findthe “least restrictive” settingfor a child who arrived with-out parents.

Justice Department law-yers will seek permission toallow for the detention offamilies until criminal andremoval proceedings arecompleted.

Delaware Sen. TomCarper said he was con-cerned about whether par-ents can track down theirkids. “I am also deeplytroubled to hear reports thatthe administration, in itshaste to hold innocent chil-dren hostage in order to de-mand funds for a border wall,failed to plan appropriatelyto reunite these families fol-lowing their separation,” theDemocrat said.

Kay Bellor, vice presi-dent for programs at LutheranImmigration and RefugeeService, among the largestrefugee resettlement agen-cies in the U.S., said: “Whilechildren will no longer beripped from the arms of theirparents for the sole purposeof deterring immigration,they will go to jail with theirparents. Jail is never an ap-propriate place for a child.”

New York Mayor Bill deBlasio on Wednesday wentto a center in Manhattan thatis caring for 239 migrant chil-dren separated from their par-ents.

De Blasio told reportersthe children at Harlem’s Ca-yuga Center included a 9-year-old Honduran boy sentto the center 2,000 miles bybus after being detained atthe border. He said theyoungest child there is 9months old.

The center is operated un-der a federal contract that

places unac-companied mi-grant childrenin short-termfoster care. DeBlasio said staffmembers re-ported seeingabout 350 chil-dren since thelaunch of the“zero toler-ance” policy.

“It looked like the kidswere being treated very well,”the mayor said, but addedseveral arrived with lice, bedbugs or chicken pox.

On South Texas’ borderwith Mexico, ManuelPadilla, chief of the U.S.Border Patrol’s Rio Grandesector, told The AssociatedPress on Tuesday that thecurrent situation for mi-grant children in the U.S.“is not ideal,” but the chil-dren are treated “very well.”

“The ideal situation isfor these children and fam-ily units to be in their homecountry in a stable situa-tion,” he said.

The lines of asylumseekers at some locationson the border seem to havewaned in recent days as theU.S. government’s treat-ment of migrants has comeunder scrutiny.

Two Guatemalan sis-ters, ages 20 and 24, never-theless continued waitingWednesday on a bridgeconnecting the Mexicancity of Matamoros withBrownsville, Texas.

Josseline García, theyounger sister, told the APshe knew that ICE coulddetain them indefinitely.But, she said, “we are wait-ing our turn, and hoping.”

Long reported from Wash-ington. Associated Press writ-ers Anita Snow in Phoenix,Amy Taxin in Riverside, Cali-fornia, and Martha Mendozain Santa Cruz, California con-tributed to this report. See AP’scomplete coverage of thedebate over the Trumpadministration’s policy offamily separation at the bor-der: https://apnews.com/tag/Immigration

major manufac-turing state andagricultural ex-porter.

H o l c o m balso said he was“ h e a r t e n e d ”by Trump’s sig-nature of anexecutive or-der intendedto s top hisadministration’spractice of separating mi-grant children from theirparents after crossing theU.S. border without docu-

mentation.Holcomb

was in Wash-ington for ane c o n o m i csummit. Hef o r m e r l yserved as lieu-tenant gover-nor whenPence wasI n d i a n a ’ sgovernor. He

took Pence’s place on theballot after Trump tappedhim as his running mate in2016.

ing in a high-demand majorare able to attend Terra Statetuition-free and earn up toan associate’s degree.

Akron St. Vincent/St.Mary’s graduate MatthewWhite who will be major-ing in music technologyand recording arts learnedabout the scholarship at acollege fair. “Terra Statecame to my school and af-ter I told them I wanted tostudy music technology,the representatives imme-diately told me about theWorkforce Demand Schol-arship and that I would alsoreceive assistance in find-ing a job.” White will also

be one of the first studentsto reside at The Landingsat Terra Village studentresidence hall.

Alex Larick from TiffinColumbian will be study-ing business managementin the fall. “The scholar-ship really helps out andthe fact Terra State is closemade it an easy choice. Iplan to go to Tiffin Univer-sity and earn my bachelor’safter getting my degreefrom Terra State.”

The Terra State Admis-sions Office held a total ofthree Fast Track Fridayswith over fifty students at-tending.

Miller received 40years for a 2001 attackof a woman in Cleve-land Heights. He was ar-rested after police foundhim with the woman’scellphone. Miller said heexchanged drugs for thephone. The woman identi-fied Miller as one of twoattackers.

Updated testing foundDNA from two men con-victed of a similar rape andkidnapping but none fromMiller.

The Innocence Projectdiscovered police reportsthat Miller’s attorneynever received noting in-consistencies in thewoman’s identification ofhim.

Information from:cleveland.com, http://www.cleveland.com

Trump’s immigration order sparks confusion,deep concernBy NOMAAN MERCHANT and COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press

Prosecutor: DNA clears man imprisonedsince 2002 for rape

DonaldTrump

Terra State welcomes Workforce DemandScholarship recipients

Holcomb voices concern to Pence overTrump tariffs

Gov. Eric Holcomb

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we’ve never seen such non-sense coming from our owngovernment before. We’venever seen children beingripped away from their fami-lies knowingly, deliberately.”

A tough road lies aheadthough, coordinating long-term relief efforts while en-gaging the affected familiesand the resulting fear amongthe rest of the undocumentedimmigrant community thathas resulted from the raid.

“That is the difficult part—not only the collaboration ofthe agencies, but the mobili-zation of the people, of thepopulation, because there areso many things going on, thatyou really need to choose whatto do,” said Ms. Maya.

The director of LaConexión pointed out the raidhas had a “chilling effect” onother immigrant familiesacross northern Ohio. In par-ticular, ABLE and her agencyhave collaborated in the paston sessions outlining guard-ianship and power-of-attorneyissues, trying to prepare immi-grant families for just such araid and what to do with theirchildren if they do end upgetting deported.

“That’s what this policywants, right? They want toterrorize the population,” shesaid. “Some of the familiescouldn’t come or they didn’tthink it was such an urgency.Right now, we are getting callsfrom everybody asking forpower of attorney. So that hasbecome an absolute priorityfor our families. That is one ofour focuses right now, to makesure the families are protectedat least in this sense. Do youknow what it is to lose yourkids? I cannot even begin tothink about it.”

La Conexión serves notonly Wood County, but thefive counties which surroundit: Henry, Ottawa, Sandusky,Hancock, and Seneca. As asmall nonprofit, the organiza-tion will focus its efforts on itsclient base and try to helpwhen possible elsewhere.

AG Sessions and hisbiblical references

Just down the road in FortWayne, Indiana, U.S. Attor-ney General Jeff Sessions lastweek defended such immigra-tion raids as zero toleranceenforcement of law-breakers.But he angered Latino activ-ists by quoting the Bible tojustify breaking apart fami-lies.

“I would cite you to theApostle Paul and his clear andwise command in Romans 13to obey the laws of the govern-ment because God has or-dained them for the purpose oforder,” said Sessions.

“That’s so hypocritical, re-ally,” said Ms. Maya. “Thereare so many things you canquote in the Bible, particu-larly when they say we have totake care of the aliens, be-cause we were aliens in theland of Egypt. There are somany things you can pick andchoose—and, of course, ev-eryone has a bias.”

“That leaves me frozen andincredulous,” said Sr.Hutchison. “You can quotethe Bible for anything, for anypurpose by pulling out strands,pieces, words. But the Bible’smessage is the message of JesusChrist and Jesus Christ saidlet the children come to me.Never, never did it talk aboutrejecting. You don’t find itanywhere in Scripture.”

Many faith leaders have

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criticized Sessions, a Sun-day school teacher in hishome state of Alabama, forpurposely misrepresentingthe meaning of the Biblepassage and its larger con-text. She points to Romans12, which includes the line“Contribute to the needs ofGod’s people, and welcomestrangers into your home.”That passage seems to runcounter to the policy Ses-sions was defending in theFort Wayne speech.

“I have given the idea ofimmigration much thoughtand have considered the ar-guments of our Church lead-ers,” Sessions said during the

speech. “I do not believe scrip-ture or church history or rea-son condemns a secular nationstate for having reasonable im-migration laws.”

White House Press Secre-tary Sarah Huckabee Sand-ers, who claims to be a conser-vative Christian, answered aquestion about Sessions’ com-ments during a media briefing,saying, “it is very Biblical toenforce the law.”

“As a little girl, I was alwaystold to be careful, because thedevil himself can quote Scrip-ture to his advantage,” coun-tered Ms. Hernández. “There’snothing biblical about sepa-rating families. There’s noth-

ing biblical about separatingchildren from their moms,their dads, criminalizing themfor wanting to provide forthemselves, provide for theirfamilies—wanting the Ameri-can dream at we are so proudof in this country.”

Sessions maintained thegoal of the policy and its strict-ness have been misconstrued,stating it is not to “be mean tochildren.” Instead, the attor-ney general said the point isto crack down on potentialchild trafficking or abuse. Heexplained that parents whochoose to make potentiallydeadly treks through desertterrain and dangerous

areas near the U.S. border aremaking the choice to put theirchildren at risk.

As the downtown Toledorally occurred on June 15th, aMexican national pleadedguilty in federal court tocharges of forging records andstealing identifies. The de-fendant may be the linchpinin the case against the mi-grant farmworkers roundedup in the ICE raid of June 5th

in the Sandusky area.Martha Buendia-

Chavarria admitted tocounts of manufacturingfraudulent documents andaggravated identity theft,among other crimes, telling a

federal judge through a trans-lator that she would meet cli-ents at pizza shops near herhome in Marion, Ohio withfake papers they used to getjobs at Corso’s and elsewhere.Federal authorities allege thatMs. Buendia-Chavarria andher associates manufacturedupwards of 1,000 fake identi-ties.

Her arrest in early June ledto a wider investigation thatled to the immigration raid atCorso’s locations in Sanduskyand Castalia. She is being heldat the Corrections Center ofNorthwest Ohio in Stryker,Ohio, pending her sentencingin early October.

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Lorain County Com-munity College will holdExpress RegistrationFairs for new students totour campus, completeorientation, meet with afinancial representatives,take the Accuplacer test(if needed), register forclasses and get photo IDs.

The following sessionswill be held from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.:

• Wednesday, June 27,2018 (tour finishes in TheBass Library room 209);

• Thursday, July 12

PARMA: The WesternCampus of CuyahogaCommunity College (Tri-C®) will host its annualBicycle Safety Day from9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,July 14, 2018, to promoteand encourage safe ridinghabits.

Bicycle helmets will begiven to children ages 5 to12 while supplies last.Studies show that helmetsreduce the risk of head andbrain injuries in the eventof a crash.

Children who attend Bi-cycle Safety Day will learn

about saferiding habitsand proper hel-met fitting. Par-ticipants willalso get thechance to testtheir steering,braking and general maneu-verability skills on an ob-stacle course.

The family-friendlyevent will include free ham-burger or hot dog lunches,plus entertainment and ac-tivities. Children andadults can also check outlocal safety vehicles as well

as an emergencymedical helicop-ter.

The freeevent will be heldrain or shine atthe KeyBankPublic Safety

Training Center at WesternCampus, 11000 PleasantValley Road in Parma. Bi-cycle Safety Day is spon-sored by Tri-C’s CampusPolice and Security Services.

To register for the event,v i s i t w w w . t r i - c . e d u /BikeSafetyDay. Call 216-987-0270 for more information.

(tour finishes in TheBass Library room209);

• Friday, July 27(tour finishes in TheBass Library room 115);

• Thursday, August 8 (tourfinishes in The Bass Libraryroom 115).

Agenda for Wednesday,June 27: 10 a.m.-Tour Col-lege Center (by Starbucks);11 a.m.-Orientation (TheBass Library room 209);Noon-Financial Aid (TheBass Library room 209) orAccuplacer (College Center

room 223); 12:30p.m.-Group Ad-vising (The BassLibrary room209); and 1 p.m.-

Registration. Groups will meet at

Starbucks in College Cen-ter. To register, visit:w w w . l o r a i n c c c . e d u /expressreg. For more infor-mation, call FeliciaMitcheff at (440) 366-4818.

Lorain County Commu-nity College is located at1005 N. Abbe Road, Elyria,Ohio.

LCCC hosts Express Registration Fairs ‘Bicycle Safety Day’ rolls onto Tri-C WesternCampus

AVISO: Donation Collectionon Saturday, June 30, 2018

9AM – 6PMfor Immigrant Families (Sandusky)

at Sacred Heart Church4301 Pearl Ave., Lorain.

Collection for sanitary paper; detergent,hygienic soap, shampoo; water, juice, Kool-

Aid; beans, rice, lentils;fruits; tuna; corn.

For more info: Patty Esparza @915-408-7554.

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CLEVELAND, June 22,2018: Esperanza Inc. todayawarded more than $120,000in college scholarships to106 Cuyahoga County stu-dents at its annual Fiesta ofHope Celebration. Theevent also celebrated thenonprofit’s 35th Anniversaryas the leading advocate foreducation in the LatinoCommunity with the unveil-ing of new branding andlogo.

“We are proud of the hardwork and dedication of ourstudents to achieve in highschool and continue theireducation in college,” saidVictor Ruiz, Esperanza Ex-ecutive Director. “We arealso grateful to our staff, vol-unteers and community part-ners whose continued com-mitment is critical toEsperanza’s role in support-ing our students’ success inthe classroom.”

Fiesta of Hope, whichalso serves as Esperanza’smajor annual fundraiser,drew more than 800 electedofficials, business and com-munity leaders to the Re-naissance Hotel to celebratethe academic achievementsof Cleveland’s Hispanic stu-dents. Since awarding thefirst college scholarship in1983, Esperanza hasawarded more than $1.6million in scholarships tomore than 1,100 studentsthrough its scholarship pro-gram.

Cleveland BishopNelson J. Pérez, the firstLatino diocesan bishop inthe entire Midwest, deliv-ered the keynote address,focusing his message to thescholarship recipients andtheir families emphasizingthe importance of continu-ing their education to live alife of purpose.

In addition, two scholar-ship recipients shared theirpersonal stories of persis-tence to overcome barriersto achieve success, as well astheir inspiration to persevere.

Cuyahoga County: Ac-cording to the US CensusBureau, only 30.9 percent ofadults ages 25-64 have col-lege degrees. And yet, ac-cording to the most recentlyreleased TeamNEO report,“Aligning Opportunities inNortheast Ohio,” an 11 per-cent gap exists between thepercentage of individualswith postsecondary educa-tion and the percentage ofjobs that will need these cre-dentials by 2020.

Recognizing the criticalimportance of postsecondaryeducational attainment andthe need to

increase college gradua-tion rates for County resi-dents, in 2013, CuyahogaCounty Council awarded agrant of $380,000 to Col-lege Now Greater Clevelandthrough the CuyahogaCounty Educational Assis-tance Program to providerenewable scholarships,mentoring and retention ser-vices to academic and finan-cially eligible studentswithin the County who re-ceived College Now’s col-lege access advising whilein their high schools and whoare now pursuing their

Statement on Immigration: By Victor Ruiz,Executive Director of Esperanza, Inc.

6-22-18: At the core of our mission at Esperanza, Inc. is alsoa commitment to support our children and their families. Westrive to help them capture the opportunities available in ourcommunity, so that they may enjoy the quality of life withwhich the majority of those of us in this room are blessed.Families are the foundational element of our society. Not justas Clevelanders or as Americans, but as part of a compassionate,global society.

That is why as an advocate for Cleveland’s children andfamilies, I must take a moment today to express my deepconcern for the separation of children – the most vulnerable inour society – from their parents at our nation’s border and herein Northeast Ohio. Bishop Pérez expressed it so eloquently earlier this week when he said“this is not a political issue, but a moral one.” He added that with the U.S. immigrationpolicy “we have lost our moral compass.”

I am encouraged that the president reversed our nation’s border policy and that familieswill no longer be separated. However, I remain concerned about the welfare of the childrenthat have been already separated and the manner and speed with which they will be reunitedwith their parents. And, let us not forget that separation of families is not just happeningat our borders, but right here in Northeast Ohio. I am deeply concerned for the welfare ofour local children who have been separated from their hard-working mothers and fathersas a result of recent ICE raids.

This division of families is in direct conflict with our mission at Esperanza. Therefore,I call on our representatives, locally and in Washington, to move quickly to reunitefamilies, at the borders and in our local communities, and to find compassionateimmigration reform that preserves family unity. We must find a path for these law-abiding,hard-working men and women – for many of whom the United States is the only home theyrecall – to obtain legal status. As an organization, we will also work with any of our familiesthat have been affected to support them in every way we can to protect the welfare of theseinnocent children.

I ask all of you here today to join me, so that, collectively, our voices will be the guideto redirect that compass toward a solution that protects our society’s most vulnerable andmore accurately reflects our values as a nation.

A b r a h a mLópez, bornin Colom-bia and cel-ebrated be-coming aU.S. citizen just last month,will begin his freshman year atCleveland State University inthe fall. Abraham is inspired topursue a career in medicineafter witnessing for two yearsthe care and compassion of thedoctors who treated his two-year-old brother after acciden-tally drinking a toxic cleaningsolution.

Nyleishca González, bornin Puerto Rico, will begin hersophomore year at ClevelandState. Despite the death of herfather and losing her mother toaddiction at a young age,Nyleishca, with the support ofher aunt who adopted her, notonly graduated from LincolnWest with honors but main-tains an above 3.0 GPA in col-lege while also working parttime.

“The vast majority of ourstudents are balancing family,financial and cultural chal-lenges in addition to the rigorof a college curriculum,” Ruizsaid. “That is why the work ofEsperanza over the last 35years – to provide financialassistance and support re-sources – is essential to ensur-ing our students’ success inhigh school and in college.We are definitely seeing thatour comprehensive post-sec-ondary support program is, infact, having a direct, positiveimpact.”

Esperanza’s college schol-arship program is one part ofthe organization’s five-yearstrategic plan to provide stu-dents the comprehensive sup-port they need to succeed incollege. Esperanza also pro-vides college mentoring andthe semester-long LideresAvanzando Program, whichhelps students understand thehigher education system andprovide the skills and supportnecessary to graduate with acollege degree in a reasonable

timeframe.Of the nearly 162 students

who graduated from highschool in the last three yearsand participated inEsperanza’s post-secondaryprogram, 88 percent have per-sisted in college. This figureis in stark contrast to nationalnumbers which demonstratethat while college enrollmentfor Hispanic students hasrisen dramatically, collegesuccess among Latino stu-dents continues to lag othergroups. The share of His-panic 18 to 24-year olds en-rolled in postsecondary edu-cation increased from 13percent to 37 percent from1972 to 2012; however, His-panic students are more thanone-third less likely thantheir peers to complete theirdegrees.

Scholarship recipientswere selected after an exten-sive application and inter-view process. All recipientsmust be a Cuyahoga Countyresident, have at least oneparent who is Hispanic, andbe legal U.S. residents. Inaddition, recipients must beenrolled as full-time stu-dents, demonstrate financialneed and maintain a 2.5 GPA.Students may re-apply forscholarships annually aslong as they maintain a 2.5GPA and participate inEsperanza’s CollegeMentoring Program and vol-unteer to assist withEsperanza programs and ac-tivities.

Esperanza scholarshipsare provided through gener-ous sponsorships from localbusinesses, organizationsand private donors. Contri-butions to the program canbe made through theEsperanza website,www.esperanzainc.org/support_us/donate.

postsecondary degrees at in-stitutions within the County.

“We are pleased to be partof this important initiative,”said County ExecutiveArmond Budish. “Our partner-ship with College Now is pav-ing the way to good jobs withupward income mobility andcareer advancement for hun-dreds of Cuyahoga County resi-dents.”

County Council recentlyapproved a contract of$500,000 to College Now tocontinue this scholarship fund-ing and accompanyingmentoring and renewal ser-vices for a sixth cohort ofCounty residents. To date, theCounty has awarded a total of$2.8 million to College Nowand over 425 students havebeen awarded renewable schol-arships.

This program is working!Seventy percent of studentsfrom the first cohort haveearned their postsecondarydegrees or are still pursuingthem while 66 percent from thesecond cohort and 91 percentfrom the third cohort are doingso. Likewise, 91 percent of stu-dents in the fourth cohort re-turned to college for theirsophomore year while stu-

dents in the fifth cohort havejust completed their fresh-men year. Students for thesixth cohort have been noti-fied that they will receive thescholarship when they be-gin college this fall.

“Cuyahoga County Ex-ecutive Budish and CountyCouncil are tremendous part-ners for College Now,” saidLee Friedman, CEO of Col-lege Now. “The County un-derstands the critical needfor increasing the educa-tional attainment of theCounty’s residents, and theynot only talk the talk, butthey walk the walk as well byinvesting in studentsthrough the EducationalAssistance Program. We aregrateful for their continuedpartnership.”

“I am proud of the impactthat Cuyahoga County hashad in breaking down finan-cial and social barriers to post-secondary access and suc-cess for so many young stu-dents through this program,”stated Councilwoman SunnySimon. “This funding andmentorship support is a vitalresource leading to educa-tional and professionalachievement.”

Esperanza awards more than $120,000 inscholarships

$500,000 awarded to College Now GreaterCleveland to continue scholarship funding

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June 19, 2018: Wrenchingscenes of migrant children be-ing separated from their par-ents at the southern border areroiling campaigns ahead ofmidterm elections,emboldening Democrats on theoften-fraught issue of immi-gration while forcing an in-creasing number of Republi-cans to break from DonaldTrump on an issue important tothe GOP’s most ardent support-ers.

Kim Schrier, a Democratrunning for a House seat out-side of Seattle, said Trump ispushing an “absolutely unethi-cal, inhumane” policy.

“We are talking aboutAmerican values, not Demo-cratic values or Republicanvalues, and this is somethingthat will flip people to a Demo-crat in this election,” Schriersaid.

That prospect was enoughfor House Republicans’ na-tional campaign chairman,Ohio Rep. Steve Stivers, to offercover Monday to vulnerableGOP members. Stivers said in astatement that he’s asking “theadministration to stop need-lessly separating children fromtheir parents” and suggestedhe’d examine legislative op-tions if Trump doesn’t budge.

Republican Rep. MikeCoffman, whose suburban Den-ver district is often a battle-ground, took the cover Stiversprovided. He didn’t mentionTrump, but said the borderpolicy “is antithetical to theAmerica I grew up in.” He saidhe’s willing to co-sponsor aHouse version of a Senate pro-posal from Sen. DianneFeinstein, D-Calif., that wouldhalt the family separations, andhe echoed claims Democratshad made for days: “Historywon’t remember well those whosupport the continuation of thispolicy.”

Democrat Jason Crow, aleading candidate to unseatCoffman, said the congressmancan’t run from his previous sup-port for “zero-tolerance” bor-der security. “This is what thatlooks like,” Crow said, addingthat as “an American and as afather” he finds the border situ-ation “immoral.”

With control of the House—and potentially the Senate—up for grabs, the searing images

ORLANDO, Fla., June21, 2018 (AP): North Floridacounties led the state in thegrowth rate of Florida’s His-panic population last year,but traditional bastions inSouth Florida and centralFlorida led growth in purenumbers, according to fig-ures released Thursday bythe U.S. Census Bureau.

Tiny Madison Countyalong the Georgia border hadthe highest Hispanic growthrate last year, at more than 11percent, followed by NassauCounty, north of Jackson-ville, at 9 percent. St. JohnsCounty near Jacksonvillehas had the largest Hispanicgrowth rate this decade,jumping by two-thirds.

But all these counties hadsmall Latino populations tostart with. In pure numbers,Miami-Dade and Browardcounties in South Floridahad the greatest Latinogrowth, increasing respec-

ASLEM, June 20, 2018(AP): More than 140 workerswere arrested Tuesday at anOhio meatpacking plant byfederal agents following ayearlong immigration inves-tigation, the second large-scale raid within the state inthe past two weeks.

The investigation focusedon whether the companyknowingly hired people whoare in the country illegally,Immigration and CustomsEnforcement [ICE] officialssaid.

The agency said it alsowas looking into whethermany of the workers wereusing fraudulent identifica-tion belonging to U.S. citi-zens.

The arrests come as theU.S. government steps up itsfocus on businesses that hirepeople in the country with-out documentation as part ofa broad range of immigrationcrackdowns under the Trump

WASHINGTON, DC,June 21, 2018 (AP): Immi-grant children as young as14 housed at a juvenile de-tention center in Virginia saythey were beaten while hand-cuffed and locked up for longperiods in solitary confine-ment, left nude and shiver-ing in concrete cells.

The abuse claims againstthe Shenandoah Valley Ju-venile Center near Staunton,Virginia, are detailed in fed-eral court filings that includea half-dozen sworn state-ments from Latino teensjailed there for months oryears. Multiple detainees saythe guards stripped them oftheir clothes and strappedthem to chairs with bagsplaced over their heads.

“Whenever they used torestrain me and put me in thechair, they would handcuffme,” said a Honduran immi-grant who was sent to thefacility when he was 15 yearsold. “They also put a bagover your head.”

In addition to thechildren’s first-hand, trans-lated accounts in court fil-ings, a former child-devel-opment specialist whoworked inside the facility toldThe Associated Press she sawkids there with bruises andbroken bones they blamedon guards. She spoke on con-dition of anonymity becauseshe was not authorized topublicly discuss thechildren’s cases.

In court filings, lawyersfor the detention facility havedenied all allegations ofphysical abuse.

Many of the children weresent there after U.S. immigra-tion authorities accused themof belonging to violentgangs, including MS-13.Donald Trump has repeat-edly cited gang activity asjustification for his crack-down on undocumented im-migration.

But Kelsey Wong, a pro-gram director at the facility,said during a recent congres-sional hearing that in manycases the children did notappear to be gang membersand were suffering from men-tal health issues.

coming from the border havethe potential to scramble mid-term politics. Though contro-versy has dominated Trump’spresidency, the growing furorover the separations struck adeeply emotional chord in bothparties that may not calm any-time soon—even in districtsthat don’t have large immigrantor Hispanic populations.

Pennsylvania’s Rep. BrianFitzpatrick, another vulnerableRepublican, said he plans tovisit the border “to see what’sgoing on down there with myown eyes.” He called the de-tainees “our planet’s children”and said they shouldn’t be pun-ished “for things that their par-ents do or don’t do.”

The political reverberationsfrom the separations could lastwell beyond the midterms. Sen.Kamala Harris, D-Calif., a po-tential 2020 presidential can-didate, said Monday that Home-land Security Secretary KristjenNielsen should resign.

Trump along with mostRepublicans have long be-lieved that they have held theupper hand on immigration.While Democrats have arguedthat most Americans supportgranting a path to citizenshipfor children who were broughtto the U.S. illegally, the Repub-lican base is fervently opposedto such measures _ and votesaccordingly. That’s why somepolitical observers say thismoment is so unique.

“It’s been tough for Demo-crats to bring the issue of com-passion out on a national scale”when talking about immigra-tion, said James Aldrete, a Demo-cratic campaign consultant inTexas. But now, Aldrete said,“Trump has done it for us.”

Democrats are hoping theissue will encourage moreLatino voters to show up onElection Day, while also pro-viding an opening for non-His-panic independents in otherswing districts.

At the Democratic Congres-sional Campaign Committee,spokesman Tyler Law said can-didates can now frame “a po-tent issue” by “being authenticand talking about your ownfamilies, your own children.”

Democrats also are buoyedby Trump drawing criticismfrom typically GOP friendlyterritory: the religious commu-

The Shenandoah lockup isone of only three juvenile de-tention facilities in the UnitedStates with federal contracts toprovide “secure placement” forchildren who had problems atless-restrictive housing. It wasbuilt by a coalition of sevennearby towns and counties tolock up local kids charged withserious crimes.

Since 2007, about half the58 beds are occupied by bothmale and female immigrantsbetween the ages of 12 and 17facing deportation proceedings.Though incarcerated in a facil-ity similar to a prison, the immi-grant children have not yet beenconvicted of any crime.

On average, 92 immigrantchildren each year cycle throughShenandoah, most of them fromMexico and Central America.

The lawsuit filed againstShenandoah alleges that youngLatino immigrants held there“are subjected to unconstitu-tional conditions that shock theconscience, including violenceby staff, abusive and excessiveuse of seclusion and restraints,and the denial of necessary men-tal health care.”

The complaint filed by aWashington-based legal advo-cacy group recounts the story ofan unnamed 17-year-old Mexi-can citizen apprehended at thesouthern border. The teen fledan abusive father and violencefueled by drug cartels to seekasylum in the United States in2015.

After stops at facilities inTexas and New York, he wastransferred to Shenandoah inApril 2016 and diagnosed dur-ing an initial screening by apsychologist with three mentaldisorders, including depression.The lawsuit alleges the teen hasreceived no further significantmental health treatment.

The lawsuit recounts mul-tiple alleged violent incidentsbetween Latino children andstaff at the Shenandoah center.It describes the guards as mostlywhite, non-Spanish speakerswho are undertrained in deal-ing with individuals with men-tal illness.

In their sworn statements, theteens reported spending thebulk of their days locked intheir cells, with a few hours set

tively by 25,000 Hispanic resi-dents and 18,000 Hispanicresidents last year. They werefollowed by HillsboroughCounty, home to Tampa withan additional 16,000 Hispanicresidents and Orange County,home to Orlando, with an ad-ditional 15,000 Hispanic resi-dents last year.

Florida now has three coun-ties _ Miami-Dade, Osceola andHendry _ where Hispanicsmake up more than half of allresidents. Statewide, Hispanicresidents make up a quarter ofthe Florida’s residents.

The figures released Thurs-day by the U.S. Census Bu-reau offer a snapshot of howFlorida’s Hispanic populationchanged from July 2016 toJuly 2017. They don’t reflectthe wave of Puerto Ricans whomoved to Florida after Hurri-cane Maria struck the islandtwo months later.

The tens of thousands ofPuerto Ricans who have come

to Florida recently are prizedcommodities for politiciansfacing upcoming midtermelections in tight races.

Puerto Ricans often regis-ter as “no party affiliation”when they come to the main-land since the island has dif-ferent parties and some maynot know the difference be-tween Democrats and Repub-licans.

“They’re not used to theidea of the (mainland) votingsystem so they don’t knowthe differences between theparties,” said Nancy Batista,Florida State director for MiFamilia Vota, a grassroots or-ganization.

The Republican Party hashired three people to takecharge of reaching out to dis-placed Puerto Ricans, and theDemocratic National Com-mittee is giving FloridaDemocrats a $100,000 grantfor mobilizing Puerto Ricanvoters.

nity. The U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops, which oftenwades into politics with its op-position to abortion rights andsame-sex marriage, has decriedthe administration, as havemainline Protestant churches,the Mormon Church and evan-gelical leaders.

At least one Democrat run-ning in a conservative-leaningHouse district in North Caro-lina combined Law’s advicewith the words of another Re-publican critic: former first ladyLaura Bush. “As a young par-ent, I can’t imagine the thoughtof my children being taken awayfrom me, into the hands of strang-ers who aren’t allowed to com-fort my crying toddler,” DanMcCready posted on hisFacebook page alongside anop-ed that Mrs. Bush pennedfor the Washington Post.

In a Texas district that in-cludes about a third of thesouthern border, Democraticcandidate Gina Ortiz Joneshasn’t had to be timid. Shetalked about immigration be-fore family separation came tothe forefront. But she said thematter allows her to highlightthe priorities of the Republi-can administration and Con-gress, even as her opponent,Republican Rep. Will Hurd,also decries the Trump admin-istration policy.

“What we are seeing is apattern of using children aspolitical pawns,” she said, re-ferring to Republican maneu-vering on health care beforeapproving funding for theChildren’s Health InsuranceProgram and the GOP’s failureto secure any kind of fix for theyoung “Dreamer” immigrantsin the U.S. illegally.

“We can’t have folks doingthe right thing only when theyrealize they are in a vulnerableseat,” she said.

Still, Democratic pollsterPaul Maslin offered a caveat tomembers of his party sensing anew opening: the public’s shortattention span. “In Trumpworld, the stories change daily,if not hourly,” he said. “It wasNorth Korea just last week.Immigration this week. Nextweek, who knows? Round andround we go.”

Associated Press writerSteve Peoples in New York con-tributed to this report.

administration.The 146 arrests in one of

the largest workplace immi-gration raids in recent yearshappened at Fresh Mark’smeat processing plant in Sa-lem, Ohio. Immigration agentsand local authorities also car-ried out search warrants at thecompany’s two other loca-tions in Massillon and its plantin Canton.

Most of the workers arrestedwere from Guatemala, saidKhaalid Walls, an agencyspokesman.

Several of those who weredetained were processed andreleased on Tuesday becausethey are the sole care provid-ers of children or they havehealth concerns, Walls said.

No criminal charges havebeen filed against Fresh Mark,but authorities say the investi-gation is continuing.

The company makes ba-con, hot dogs, ham and lunchmeat for the Sugardale and

aside for classroom instruc-tion, recreation and meals.Some said they had neverbeen allowed outdoors.

The lawsuit says poorconditions and verbal abuseby staff often escalated intophysical confrontations, asthe frustrated children actedout. The staff regularly re-sponded by “applying anexcessive amount of forcethat goes far beyond what isneeded to establish or regaincontrol.”

In the case of the Mexican17-year-old, the lawsuit saida staff member who suspectedhim of possessing contra-band threw him to the groundand forcibly tore off hisclothes for an impromptu stripsearch. Though no forbid-den items were found, theteenager was transferred to aunit designated for childrenwho engage in bad behavior.

The lawsuit said Latinochildren were frequently pun-ished by being restrained forhours in chairs, with hand-cuffs and cloth shackles ontheir legs. Often, the lawsuitalleged, the children werebeaten by staff while bound.

As a result of such “mali-cious and sadistic applica-tions of force,” the immigrantyouths have “sustained sig-nificant injuries, both physi-cal and psychological,” thelawsuit said.

After being subjected tosuch treatment, the 17-year-old Mexican youth said hetried to kill himself in Au-gust, only to be punishedwith further isolation. Onother occasions, he said, hecut his wrists with a piece ofglass.

The lawsuit alleges otherimmigrant youths held atShenandoah have also en-gaged in cutting and otherself-harming behaviors, in-cluding ingesting shampooand attempting to chokethemselves.

A hearing in the case is setfor July 3 before a federaljudge in the Western Districtof Virginia.

Jake Pearson reportedfrom New York and GaranceBurke reported from SanFrancisco.

Border separations ripple through midtermcampaignsBy BILL BARROW, Associated Press

US Census shows greatest Latino growth ratein north FloridaBy MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press

Superior’s brands.The company referred

questions to federal authori-ties but noted in a statementthat Fresh Mark is a memberof Immigration and CustomsEnforcement’s self-policingprogram that’s described asa way for employers to verifyworkers are in the countrylegally and to spot fraudu-lent documents.

The agency said mem-bers of the program aren’timmune from prosecutionfor workforce complianceviolations.

“Unlawful employmentis one of the key magnetsdrawing illegal aliens acrossour borders,” said SteveFrancis, head of ICE’sHomeland Security Investi-gations unit in Detroit.

Two weeks ago, immi-gration agents arrested 114people at a garden and land-scaping company in north-ern Ohio near Cedar Point.

Young immigrants detained in Virginiacenter allege abuseBy MICHAEL BIESECKER, JAKE PEARSON and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press

146 arrested in another large-scale immigrationraid in Ohio, adding to 114 seizedBy JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press

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Latino lives willbe busy as summerheats up if theychoose to take ad-vantage of all thefun in store acrossOhio. There is alittle something foreveryone, fromfamily-friendly toadult trips.

Latino HeritageDay with the Toledo MudHens is set for Thursday, July19, 2018. The annual Span-ish-American Organization(SAO) and La Prensa eventwill award Latino collegescholarships at home plateprior to the 7 p.m. game.There will be music and danc-ing at Hensville Park start-ing at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are$13 each and available bycalling SAO officers CarmenBarbosa at 419-290-3082,Mary Morales at 419-270-1076, or Phil Barbosa at419-215-7941.

Latins United is spon-soring its annual bus trip toFiesta Tigres on Saturday,August 11, a Detroit Tigershome game that honors thecontributions of Hispanicand Latino players to thegame of baseball. TheComerica Park trip costs$75 and includes bus trans-portation, game ticket, spe-cial Fiesta Tigres T-shirt,and a donation to Detroitlocal Latino charities.

The bus departs at 3:30

The hypocrisy of “Ameri-can Values” was front andcenter for Father’s Day in2018. The U.S. governmenthas taken at least 2,000 chil-dren from their parents sinceDonald Trump’s administra-tion implemented policychanges about six weeks ago.

Trump has incorrectlyclaimed that this is the faultof Democrats, but it is a clearresult of his “no tolerance”policy. But it isn’t clear whatthey are refusing to tolerate;many of those being victim-ized have gone through com-pletely legal requests for asy-lum. The U.S. has a history ofbreaking up families; duringslavery children would besold with no regard for fam-ily units and the Indian ChildWelfare Act was used to de-stroy Native American popu-lations for more than 100years by removing childrenfrom their families.

One wouldn’t think it apolitical issue. Every livingFirst Lady condemns sepa-rating immigrant childrenfrom their parents. But Con-gressional Republicans likeBarry Loudermilk are happyto do the lying for Trump andtry to point the finger in theother direction: “Where wasthe outrage of the docu-mented abuses at the borderduring the Obama adminis-tration? Looks like theDemocrats are being hypo-critical here!” Loudermilkcannot point to the Obamaadministration snatchingthousands of children fromtheir parents but he can at-tempt a misdirect. Pay noattention to the little manbehind the curtain!

One also wouldn’t havethought the U.S. would pullout of the United Nations’Human Rights Council,but we did, or that 3,000 lieslater his approval ratings of45 percent would be tied forhighest of his presidency, butthey are, and time will tellwhether or not people accept“tender age shelters” as be-ing anything but cruel andunusual punishment.

It is important to be clearabout the roots of the prob-lem, and the issues at hand.Are the children being heldhostage in an effort tobuild the wall that Mexicodefinitely will not pay for?

In my field of conflict,transformation we focus onjust, humane, and nonvio-lent problem-solving.Clearly Trump and his teamare extremely limited in thisregard. The coercive ap-proach of hostage-takingdamages relationships andincreases opportunity costs.This cruelty, intended tofunction as a deterrent, hasreceived broad condemna-tion from the UnitedNations to the AmericanAcademy of Pediatriciansand the American Psycho-logical Association.

Collaborative, win-winsolutions, while more time

p.m. that day for the 6:10 p.m.game against the MinnesotaTwins. A $30 deposit is re-quired to hold a seat. Ticketsfor the bus trip can be pur-chased by calling YolandaSholl at 419.382.9779.

Festival Latino 2018 indowntown Columbus has an-nounced its headline enter-tainment for the free family-friendly, two-day festival tobe held Saturday and Sunday,August 11 and 12, 2018, 11a.m. to 8 p.m., at Genoa Park.

Saturday’s acts will in-clude Típico Urbano, a NewYork City-based musicalgroup which puts a moderntwist on merengue merengüeby infusing traditional Do-minican rhythms with youth-ful lyrics and new and excit-ing musical concepts. Mexi-can folk artist Gina Chávezis an eight-time

Austin Music Award win-ner including Musician ofthe Year. The singer/songwriter’s folk musicblends hints of cumbia,bossa nova, vintage pop, and

consumingand harder tonegotiate, arethe preferredgoal of diplo-macy becausethey are moredurable, havegreater followthrough, gen-erate far lessblowback, and are the easiestto enforce. Ignoring humanrights, on the other hand, isdecidedly lose-lose.

Are asylum seekers break-ing the law? Not when theyproperly submit and identifythemselves, but have we madethat process achievable? Manyfamilies make the appropriatesteps and are still broken up!We need to call the liars out—all of them. Puppets likeLoudermilk are lying: Obamawas heavily criticized for fam-ily detention centers (1), andwhat Trump is doing is muchdifferent and much worse(2).Hacks in the White House oron Fox News are lying whenthey say there are laws thatrequire breaking up familyunits “they’ve been around along time,” but no such lawexists.

We can learn much from theAmerican PsychologicalAssociation’s statement:

“The administration’spolicy of separating childrenfrom their families as they at-tempt to cross into the UnitedStates without documentationis not only needless and cruel,it threatens the mental andphysical health of both thechildren and their caregivers.Psychological research showsthat immigrants experienceunique stressors related to theconditions that led them toflee their home countries in thefirst place.”

Cases illustrate this,including the death of MarcoAntonio Muñoz. This fathercrossed the Rio Grande withhis wife and 3-year-old son onMay 12 near the tiny town ofGranjeno, Texas, where theywere taken into custody, movedto a processing station innearby McAllen, and weredenied asylum. After beingseparated from his familyMarco died—a “suicide incustody.” Should we treat fami-lies seeking asylum differentlythan families trying to illegallyimmigrate? What was theMuñoz family fleeing, anddoes it matter? Do we want toforce families to decide be-tween violence at home or po-tentially being torn apart at theU.S. border?

The more important ques-tions reflect values. On Fathers’Day I reflected on the man whotaught me love, compassion,charity, and forgiveness.“Build bigger tables not big-ger fences” is tidy on a bumpersticker, our Statue of Libertyreads: “Give me your tired, yourpoor, your huddled massesyearning to breathe free” andI was taught these values.

My father was a doctor, helived in service to others. I

learned by watching him. Hetreated everyone with respectand dignity. He served justlike his father before him. Itdidn’t matter that father andgrandpa were Democrat andRepublican, because com-passion, love, and charityweren’t political positions. Iwould take it further. The rea-son people seek asylum inthe U.S., the reason familiesundergo the tremendous costsand risks with trying to startnew lives, is that the U.S. hasdeclared itself a melting potwhere diversity is a strength.That proposition used tomean something.

Our communities are re-ally suffering, and it is morethan the medical ailments thatmy father used to treat. Hetook me to the homeless shel-ter with him, and I’ve not for-gotten the lessons. Beinghomeless is hard on its own,being sick doesn’t make itany easier. Leaving yourhome for a better life, as arefugee, seeking asylum, flee-ing violence, whatever thereason… I’ve never heard ittold as an easy story. The leastwe can do is keep familiestogether in the process. Thehypocrisy has to stop; we saywe care about families andvalues, now we’ve got to pro-tect them. I cannot bear toimagine the consequences ofallowing this persist.

Donald Trump manufac-tured this crisis and he couldput a stop to it at any time. Weneed to be clear about bothsets of issues in responding tothis disaster. The people onboth sides of the aisle need todeclare that this is no placefor coercive politics; askingfor ransom and holding chil-dren hostage is unconscio-nable and will not be toler-ated. Give Trump notice: wedo not resort to childish bul-lying and terrorist tactics. Wealso need to be clear that wetake human rights seriously.The ugly support that Trumphas received for this unthink-able and entirely unnecessarycruelty is too much. Anyonewho claims to care about fami-lies or honoring fathers can-not allow fathers to be pushedto heartbroken suicide, thetime to speak up was yester-day.

Editor’s Note: Wim Laven,syndicated by PeaceVoice, isa doctoral candidate in In-ternational Conflict Man-agement at Kennesaw StateUniversity, he teachescourses in political scienceand conflict resolution, andis on the Governing Councilof the International PeaceResearch Association.

reggaetón.S a t u r d a y

evening’s mainentertainmentwill be LupilloRivera, bestknown for his al-b u mDespreciado.The GrammyAward-winnings i n g e r /

songwriter has netted 15 Top50 singles on the BillboardHot Latin Songs chart, andis touring in support of his2017 album, El Malo.

Sunday’s featured artistlineup includes FrankReyes, known as “ThePrince of Bachata.” TheDominican singer hasmade the genre popularworldwide through hitssuch as “Noche de Pasion,”“Amor Desperdiciado,”“Se Me Olvido Que TeAmaba,” and “ComoSanar.” Puerto Rican salsawill be the specialty of ElGran Combo, consideredone of the most successfulsalsa orchestras of all time.The group has releasedmore than 60 studio albumsof soul-stirring Latinrhythms and harmoniesover a 55-year-long career.

A full entertainmentschedule will be releasedlater this summer and moredetails can be found atwww.FestivalLatino.net.

Festival Latino photocourtesy Randall Schieber.

Happy Fathers Day?Op Ed by Wim Laven, June 19, 2018

Sizzling Summer ahead for Family-Friendly,Adult Fun

sus ocurrencias y sudiscurso relajado pero notiene propuestas reales,propone cortar la mano yacortar la semana laboralpara las mujeres.

Sin lugar a dudas lasacusaciones de corrupciónentre los candidatos fue loque dómino el tercer de-bate. Además, se noto unagran desinformación departe de todos loscandidatos y falta deconocimiento de la realidadque se vive en el país.Obrador, Meade yRodríguez se vieronseguros, mientras queAnaya se sintió desesperadoen algunos momentos.Muchos especialistasesperaban el repunte deAnaya en este debate perolas acusaciones de su mismopartido (Acción Nacional)

Recta final de las elecciones en MéxicoPor: Isabel Flores, Corresponsal La Prensa(Continuación de p.3)

en los últimos días porcorrupción, generan mayorconflicto.

Si nos vamos a lasencuestas, un sondeo deMassiveCaller destaca aLópez Obrador como elvendedor del debate. Segúnlos resultados, divulgadospor esta encuestadora en susredes sociales, el 44% de losentrevistados consideró queAMLO fue el ganador delúltimo debate, por encima deRicardo Anaya, de PorMéxico al Frente (37%); yJosé Antonio Meade, deTodos por México (16%).

Ante la pregunta “¿Quiénde los candidatos cree queganará las elecciones?”, el47.4% de los encuestadosopina que será AMLO elvencedor de las eleccionesdel 1 de julio.

Por su parte, el diario

Reforma señaló que RicardoAnaya fue el ganador conun margen de 3 a 1, con el57% de las evaluacionesfavorables de sus consejerosy líderes ciudadanosconsultados en un ejerciciode análisis del debaterealizado en la Ciudad deMéxico, Monterrey yGuadalajara.

En otro sondeo,publicado por la agenciaQuadratín y elaborado porla firma Conteo, elcandidato de PRI, PVEM yNueva Alianza fue elganador con el 37% deaprobación tras el debate,superando el 29% de Anaya,el 23% de López Obrador, yel 11% de “El Bronco”.

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This Project consists of the renovation of 134,000 square feet of exteriorsurface plazas. The existing concrete wear-surface and planters willbe demolished and the underlying waterproofing abated and removed.Concrete repair of the underlying structure will be performed, and therenovated plazas will include new waterproofing, drainage systems,concrete deck, planters, irrigation, site lighting, landscaping, and outsidefurniture. There will be ancillary repairs to site plumbing and electricalsystems. Additional work will include 75,000 square feet of ceilingreplacement in the below-grade parking structure which lies beneaththe plazas. This scope will include the abatement and removal of theexisting transite ceiling system including fireproofing materials and pipeinsulation, and the installation of a new ceiling system including allassociated mechanical, electrical, and plumbing modifications.

The work is planned for execution in two Phases. The first phase willconsist of the Southeast Quadrant plazas (85,000 sf) and associatedgarage work. After completion of the first phase, construction will migrateto the Northwest Quadrant plazas (49,000 sf) and garage. Professionaldesign services have already been procured under a separate contract.City Architecture is the Architect. This project will be turned over to theConstruction Manager at Risk at the 75% CD stage of development.

Scope of Services

The selected Construction Manager at Risk (“CMr”), as a portion of itsrequired Scope of Services and prior to submitting its proposal, willdiscuss and clarify with the Owner, the breakdown of the Agreementdetailed cost components, to address the Owner’s project requirementsand refine the project schedule.

As required by the Agreement, and as properly authorized, provide thefollowing categories of services: provide constructability reviewcomments on documents produced by the A/E during the ConstructionDocument stage; develop and maintain estimates of probableconstruction cost, value engineering, project schedules, andconstruction schedules; lead and manage the SubcontractorPrequalification and Bidding process, Construction and Closeout Stage.

Refer to the Ohio Facilities Construction Manual for additional informationabout the type and extent of services required for each. A copy of thestandard agreement can be obtained at the OFCC website at http://ofcc.ohio.gov.

Funding / Estimated BudgetTotal Project Cost $13,000,000State Funding $13,000,000Construction Cost $10,500,000

Anticipated ScheduleCMr Preconstruction Services Start October 1, 2018Construction Stage Notice to Proceed March 1, 2019Substantial Completion of all work October 1, 2020CMr Services Complete December 1, 2020

Selection Schedule: Tentative schedule is subject to change.Statement of Qualifications Due: July 11, 2018RFP issued to the Short-Listed Firms July 31, 2018RFP due: August 15, 2018Interviews August 21, 2018Selection of CM August 31, 2018

Submittal InstructionsFirms are required to submit the current version of Statement of Qualifications(Form F110-330) available via the OFCC website at http://ofcc.ohio.gov.Submit the electronic submittal on a USB drive along with the requirednumber of paper copies. Paper copies of the Statement of Qualifications,should be stapled or bound with a removal type binder (GBC etc.). Submittersare not limited to only submitting the F110-330. Information submitted inaddition to the F110-330 should be included after the F110-330.

Submittals are due on Wednesday, July 11 at 2:00 PM. Six papercopies and one digital copy (PDF) are required.For a complete copy of this legal advertisement, please see Tri-C’s publicwebsite using the following link: http://www.tri-c.edu/administrative-departments/supplier-managed-services/current-opportunitiesawards.html.

FINANCEOFFICER

Toledo MunicipalCourt

The Court is nowaccepting applica-tions for the positionof Finance Officer.This position is re-sponsible for imple-menting and monitor-ing the Court’s day-to-day financial op-erations and pur-chasing. Knowledgeof accounting and fis-cal operations andprocedures required.Knowledge of budgetpreparation, monitor-ing and administra-tion required. Knowl-edge of purchasingpractices and con-tracting required.

Bachelor degreeis required, prefer-ably in business, fis-cal administration,accounting or a re-lated field. Threeyears substantivework experience inbudgeting, fiscal ad-ministration, or ac-counting is required.A master’s degreemay be substitutedfor one year of expe-rience. Experience incorporate or govern-ment accounting pre-ferred, but not re-quired. Experience inprocurement pre-ferred, but not re-quired. Experienceusing SAP-ERP pre-ferred, but not re-quired. Potential can-didates must pass abackground check.Starting salary is$61,484.80. Full sal-ary is $68,315.52.

Submit cover let-ter describing howyou meet the qualifi-cations outlinedabove and a resumeby 4:30 p.m., July 9,2018 to the CourtAdministrator’s Of-fice, (Attn. HR-FO),Toledo MunicipalCourt, Judges Divi-sion, 2nd floor, 555 N.Erie Street, Toledo,OH 43604. E-mailapplications not ac-cepted. Equal Op-portunity Employer.For complete job de-scription go towww.toledomunicipal

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