Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic

Martin O'Malley, governor of Maryland, has cut the expenses of the state away in 2.2 trillion dollars since it took the office in January, 2007.

As a way of preparing itself for what one comes in the tax year 2009, in a context where the economic situation of the country is not encouraging at all, the state of Maryland announced a new wave of clippings of more than 300 million dollars to diminish the budget estimated for the next year.

To achieve the expenses decrease the governor of Maryland, Martin, announced that 833 jobs will be eliminated inside the government, many of which are at present vacant, as well as also there will be clippings of at least 85 millions of dollars in the sector health, of equal way in the educational area and of public safety.
The announcement realized his O'Malley then for that the Meeting of Public Works, of which it is part along with the treasurer Nancy Kopp and manager general Peter Franchot, voted unanimously to approve the clippings as a way of fitting to a worsened economy.

The Meeting also approved to destine tributary income to create a support for 152 million dollars to be prepared to face the deficit of the budget of next tax year that is estimated it will be more than one trillion dollars.

At least more than 100 vacant positions in the correctional ones and in the state police have been eliminated, while millions of dollars will cut away the services of doctors, nurses and centers of residential treatment in at least 40. The biggest affected ones will be all those persons of scarce resources and with some disability that they receive assistance of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene of the state.

" Nobody knows with certainty when we will go out of this cycle. Nobody knows when it will improve the national economy and we must be prepared”, pointed out the governor O'Malley.

For his part, Franchot avisoró that more pernicious news might arise on the finance of the state by what there is needed a finished and comprehensive review of the financial record of the state of long-term Maryland.

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Felipe Lagos
Washington Hispanic

José Gutiérrez explains the details to make the local agenda against the VIH/Sida, in All Souls Church.

With the idea of creating a local agenda that guides the work in the prevention of the VIH/Sida, there was celebrated the Latin National Day of Campaign to raise public awareness of the virus on Wednesday, the 15th.

The principal activity organized by the Washington DC Aids Coalition and Metropolitan Latino Aids, was carried out in All Souls Church of DC, to which activists attended, persons who live with the virus, officials related to the clinical attention and medical service managers.

The assistants happened to shape four tables to meet on the local priorities. These were divided in leadership, epidemiology, access to health and prevention. First, it was recommended to use of better way the mass media. Then, to involve patients and a half along with churches and schools in the education to eliminate to the stigma in the community.

In the third place, to create a metropolitan epidemiologic committee for monitorear cases and to obtain better statistics. Finally, the fourth recommendation was to involve the government in strengthening the local organizations for prevention.
Considering the numbers of VIH in the Latin community, the effectiveness of this local agenda is critical to lower the infection levels. According to a report of the CDC, for every 100 thousand cases, the Hispanics prove to be 109.2 infected ones in DC (compared with the white population these prove to be 35.1)

According to Carlos Soles, specialist of capacities of the Federal Office of Health of the Minorities, the event was important because “the community has taken conscience and she knows that the leadership is important to look for a common agenda. It is a pride to see them thinking about how to be more effective in this work”.

Catalina Sol, director of the Program of VIH/Sida of The Clinic of the People (LCDP), said that “part of the problem that we have had in the past is that we have done very ambitious agendas and then there have not been persons or resources that could carry out it. That's why we are focusing in realistic goals for a period of 12 months”, he said.

This event joined what happened on Tuesday, the 14th in the Congress, when there was realized a report organized by the Latin Commission of the AIDS and the Latin American Federation. “We think that that thing about on Tuesday, the 14th was the national event of major caliber in six years that we have done this national day. All these components make real the sleep that we had on having helped this day and to link the community, the press, the institutions, the departments of health and the community organizations”, said the vice-president of the Latin Commission of the AIDS, Guillermo Chacón.
Homage to Catalina Sol

Also, there was recognized the tireless work of one of the community lideresas, the head of department of VIH/Sida of LCDP, Catalina Sol.

“ We are here to celebrate the life, the courage and the dedication of a lideresa in the community. Catalina Sol has worked untiringly to create agendas that join us”, said Carlos Soles.
Immediately afterwards, the assistants spontaneously approached to congratulate Catalina Sol.

Guillermo Chacón, vice-president of the Latin Commission of the AIDS, said that “Catalina Sol personalizes the hope in the struggle against the virus for his commitment, dedication, vision and professionalism. We need quite these ingredients in persons like Catalina to do the difference in our communities”.

Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic

Emma Violand-Sánchez, candidate to the School Meeting of Arlington, and Ann Sol Gutiérrez, state delegate of Maryland, lead “Latin joined by Obama”.

Convinced that the women have a big conviction power and often they are those who take the most important decisions to the interior of the hearth he formed “Latin joined by Obama” with the intention of impelling and of supporting openly the candidacy of the democratic senator in the next presidential elections of November 4.

“ I believe that the presence and influence of the woman in the last days of campaign is essential. The woman often is in charge in the decision making of the hearth and if it is informed it will have influence in the whole family at the moment of deciding who the next president of the United States will be”, expressed to Washington Hispanic, Emma Violand-Sánchez, candidate to the Student's Meeting of Arlington, one of the principal lideresas of “Latin joined by Obama”.

The coalition is shaped at present by more than 150 Latin women of the metropolitan area between activists, lideresas politics and members of the community. This group of women is organizing a series of activities to promote the vote and to make sure that the elected one should be the senator for Illinois, Barack Obama. To achieve it they work untiringly realizing called phone companhies and you visit door for door in the state of Virginia, for be considering to be the key state for the democratic party in the next elections.

“ We are joining efforts especially in Virginia, the state that has been characterized for being a republican. From 1964 we have not chosen a democratic candidate. Also, in Virginia at least 149.000 Latin Americans are civil in age of voting and we are considered in the place 28 with the biggest number of Hispanic voters”, it highlights Violand-Sánchez.
The next event programmed for “Latin joined by Obama” will be Saturday, the 18th of October 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the restaurant Cecilia's in Arlington.

For his proposals
During the official throwing of the initiative also it was mentioned of what way the proposals of the candidate Obama are going to benefit the Latin families, by what there was discussed the topic of the economy, the education and the health.

On economy, the candidate to the School Meeting of Arlington showed that the candidate Obama has the best tributary plan that it will help to the middle and hard-working class, but at the same time he thinks that it offers a better educational plan on having offered tributary credits for university studies and to support the approval of Dream Act, a legislation that will allow to pay the local registration to undocumented students of the public schools who want to continue top studies with the possibility of gaining access to the permanent residence.

“ The hard-working women we are for Obama and cannot relax because we see a woman as candidate to the vicepresidency because for us the most important thing the well-being of our families is. We have faith that goes there is a change with Obama, especially in topics that are of our interest as there are immigration, education, economy and health”, Emma Violand-Sánchez finished.

From Washington
Autumn fair
Kids’ Corner Daycare Center realizes the autumn Fair with the target to assemble funds to renew the program of music of the daycare, during the year 2009. The event will be carried out on Saturday, the 18th of October, from 10:00 a.m., in Mitchell Park located between the streets 23 and S, NW, in the quarter of Kalorama / Dupont Circle in Washington, DC. It is a fair opened for the whole community and it promises many diversion, especially for the children. For major details call to the phone (202) 546-2640.

Literacy
The Office of the Mayor for Latin Matters (WAVE) sponsors the first seminar of literacy and GED in Spanish in Washington, DC, to teachers, volunteers and interested parties who speak Spanish and want to obtain the basic knowledge to teach literacy for adults and GED in Spanish. The course will be offered on Friday, the 24th of October of 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Carlos Rosario Internacional Career Center and Public Charter School located in 1100 Harvard St. NW Washington, DC, 20009.

From Maryland
Mobile consulate
The Consulate general of El Salvador will offer the services of step of passports and of reinscription of TPS to all those Salvadorans who have his finished papers. The mobile consulate will settle in Bancomercio de Gaithersburg located in 504 East Diamond Bird No. And in Maryland. This activity will be realized on Sunday, the 19th of October of 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and he tries to give assistance to the city of Gaithersburg and his surroundings. For more information 337-4032 calls (202 ext 116.

Workshop for license
The House of Maryland realizes the workshop “Like obtaining the driver's license in Maryland”, on Tuesday, the 21st of October from 4:00 p.m. in the facilities of the HOUSE of Maryland, located in 734 University Boulevard East Silver Spring MD. 20903. At this workshop a bank will be present so that interested persons could open bank accounts, by what it is requested to bring current passport. For information to communicate with Francisco Cartagena del Depto. Of Education to (301 431 4185 ext 263.

Donate Blood
The relatives of the members of the Firemen's Departments do a called one to the community of good will to donate blood in memory of Carlos Alfaro, Jr. The event will be carried out on Saturday, the 18th of October of 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m at the Firemen's Station of 16 111 University Blvd. And. Silver Spring, MD. “Donate blood save a life”. To do an appointment call Steve Mann to (301 440-9294.

Workshop for license
House of Maryland realizes the workshop “How to obtain driver's license in Maryland”, on Tuesday, the 21st of October from 4:00 p.m. in his facilities located in 734 University Boulevard East Silver Spring, MD., 20903.
At this activity there will be present officials of a local bank to open bank accounts to those who need it, by what it is requested to bring the current passport. For more information one communicate with Francisco Cartagena of the Department of Education to (301 431-4185 ext 263.

From Virginia
Fair of Professions
In order to present to the Hispanic students of the fifth one to the twelfth grade a scale of opportunities of careers, the Bilingual Fair of Professions will be carried out next October 18 of 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Secondary school J.E.B. Stuart, located in 3301 Peace Valley Ln Falls Church Va 22044. In this event the parents will find the hardware to guide his children in the difficult careers election. The Fair is protected by Prosperous Initiatives and it is completely free and in Spanish. For information call to Rule Armengol (571 278-3996.

Legal housing clinic
The Center for Responsible Loans, along with the Organization of Legal Services of the North of Virginia and the Episcopal Church Saint Margaret's, realizes the Legal Clinic and Prevention of Mortgage Sequestrations: My House is My House: "I avoided the mortgage judgment” that takes as a target to give advice of housing and free juridical assistance to the proprietors of house who are in risk of losing his housing in mortgage judgments. Saint Margaret's will realize this event on Saturday, the 18th of October of 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Episcopal Church located in 2610 Omisol Road, Woodbridge, IT GOES. For additional information one communicate with Aracely Panameño to (202 413-6510 ó (703) 368-5711.

Health and Safety
The health Center of Arlandria opens his doors to realize the Fair of Health and Safety that will be carried out on Saturday, the 18th of October from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. in the facilities of the health Center located in 3804 Executive Avenue. In this event, the assistants will have the opportunity to converse with representatives of different agencies about the safety and health of his child. Simultaneously, the parents can do to themselves checkups of blood pressure and free muscular mass. For more information call (703 535-5418.

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