HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH BY CARMEN ROBLES PAMELA BARRINGTON ST. PAUL POLICE COMMANDER NOVEMBER 8TH,2022 SALUTES: ENGLISH: HTTPS://WWW.SOS.STATE.MN.US/E LECTIONS-VOTING/REGISTER-TOVOTE/?REF=VOTEUSA EN SPANISH: HTTPS://WWW SOS STATE MN US/ELE CTIONS-VOTING/SPANISH/? SEARCHTERM=SPANISH BORN AND RAISED IN ECUADOR. JOINED THE ST. PAUL DEPARTMENT IN 1996 OVERSEES THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS UNIT,IS ON OF FIVE FINALIST FOR THE APPOINTED POSITION OF ST. PAUL CHIEF OF POLICE. “THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR THE LAST 31 YEARS,” SHE SAID. “ … I AM DEDICATED TO SERVICE AND FOR THAT REASON I HAVE RISEN THROUGH THE RANKS.” SI SE PUEDE! MIRDALYS HERRERA TWEETON MOTHER OF THREE, A MINNESOTA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD VETERAN MIRDALYS HOLDS A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL SOCIOLOGY AND AN MBA FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS. SHE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AT KIPP NORTH STAR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL, A TUITION-FREE K-8 PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS THAT WAS FOUNDED IN 2008. GRAMMYNOMINATED JAZZ SINGER WHO HAS PERFORMED AT VENUES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH HER FATHER NACHITO HERRERA, CUBAN JAZZ PIANIST
OPIOIDS-SUBSTANCE USE OPIOIDS-SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER-MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER-MENTAL HEALTH CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE LATINX/HISPANIC COMMUNITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE R A I N B O W F E N T A N Y L CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE
DID DID YOU YOU KNOW KNOW ??
LIMITING USAGE OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUGS IS A MAJOR PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN IN PUERTO RICO. DRUG POISONING DEATHS—DRIVEN IN LARGE PART BY THE OPIOID CRISIS ARE A TOP KILLER OF AMERICANS. ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO USE CONTRIBUTE TO NUMEROUS HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCLUDING HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. EVEN WHEN LEGALLY OBTAINED, ANY SUBSTANCE CAN BE DANGEROUS TO PUERTO RICO RESIDENTS WHEN MISUSED.
SOURCE: HTTPS://WWW.LIVESTORIES.COM/STATISTICS/PUERTORICO/SUBSTANCE-USE
KEY FINDINGS: SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS IN PUERTO RICO: OVER 7 OUT OF 10 ADULTS WITH SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE AND PERCEIVED UNMET NEED FOR TREATMENT IDENTIFIED THREE COMMONLY HELD BELIEFS THAT REPRESENTED MAJOR BARRIERS: PROBLEM WOULD GET BETTER BY ITSELF (78.9%), WANTED TO HANDLE THEIR PROBLEMS ON THEIR OWN (72.4%) AND THE BELIEF THAT TREATMENT WOULD NOT WORK (71.7%).
SOURCE: HTTPS://ASSMCA.PR.GOV/
AFROLATINO
OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE GROWING FASTEST AMONG BLACK, HISPANIC AND NATIVE AMERICAN/ALASKA
CLICK HERE IN A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER IN 2016 —WHICH FOCUSED ON AFRO-LATINX FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY IT WAS REPORTED THAT 24% OF LATINOS, ALMOST A QUARTER OF THE 57 MILLION, IDENTIFY AS AFRO-LATINOS, AFRO-CARIBBEAN OR OF AFRICAN DESCENT, BUT ONLY 18% SAID THEY WERE BLACK, 24% IDENTIFIED AS HISPANICS AND THE MAJORITY, 39% SAID THEY IDENTIFY AS WHITE. THAT IS PERHAPS, AN EXAMPLE OF THE CONVOLUTED NATURE OF IDENTITY HANGING ON THE LATINX POPULATION CLICK HERE
CONVERSATION WITH: LUIS PONCE FROM BORICUAS UNIDOS EN LA DIÁSPORA
CARMEN ROBLES: LUIS, SO YOU COULD TELL US WHAT IS BUDPR, HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED?
LUIS PONCE: [...] WELL, BORICUAS UNIDOS EN LA DIASPORA
STARTED IN 2017 JUST BEFORE HURRICANES IRMA AND MARIA. AND WE CAME TOGETHER AS A GROUP TO EXERT PRESSURE ON CONGRESS ON PUERTO RICAN ISSUES. [...] SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE GOING TO COME TOGETHER TO LINK FEDERAL LAWMAKERS WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, THAT WERE REALLY DOING THE HARD WORK IN PUERTO RICO, THAT THE GOVERNMENT FOR DECADES HAVE OVERLOOKED AND THIS SPECIALLY BECAME A KEY AFTER THE HURRICANE IRMA AND MARIA. [...] WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE ACTUAL ROOT CAUSE OF NOT ONLY THE CORRUPTION, THE LACK OF RECOVERY, THE LACK OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR ISLAND, AND THE REASON WHY SO MANY PUERTO RICANS ARE IN EXILE IN THE DIASPORA IS BECAUSE PUERTO RICO IS STILL A US COLONY. AND THE UNITED STATES HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO DEAL WITH THIS COLONY WHERE OUR MOST BASIC RIGHTS OF REPRESENTATION OF ACTUALLY BUILDING OUR OWN FUTURE AND HAVING CONTROL OF OUR OWN FUTURE ARE STILL IN THE HANDS OF CONGRESS AND PUERTO RICANS DON'T REALLY HAVE A SAY IN THEIR FUTURE CR: YEAH. YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION SINCE I WAS A CHILD [...]AND I OFTEN WONDER IF MY PARENTS' GENERATION, IF THEY WOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT FEELING, ARE THEY, ARE THE ELDERS STILL FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH? FOR STATEHOOD? FOR INDEPENDENCE? DO YOU SEE IT CHANGING? MOVING? DO YOU SEE?
LP: I THINK IT IS DEFINITELY MOVING AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY CHANGES AROUND THAT NARRATIVE, RIGHT? STARTING WITH THE FACT THAT, I MEAN PUERTO RICO IS NOW A POORER THAN PROBABLY MANY OF US CAN REMEMBER. AND THAT HAS HAPPENED UNDER THE US FLAG, RIGHT? SPEAKER 3: SO WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF HAVING THE CONTINUED COLONIAL REGIME OR COMMONWEALTH REGIME IN PUERTO RICO? SO I THINK MANY PEOPLE ARE ASKING THAT, RIGHT? WE ARE US CITIZENS AS WELL, WE ARE POOREST OF THE POOREST AND THINGS HAVE TURNED TO WORSE. SO HOW IS THIS BENEFITING US? I THINK THE SECOND ASPECT IS THAT A LOT OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION, I THINK IS DEFINITELY NOT AFRAID....
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