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in Arcola on Friday, July 27, 2012.
A 100 percent taste of Mexico
By Azra Halilovic / CU-CitizenAccess.org / Hoy -- Out in the middle of farm country in Central Illinois, Arturo Zendeja and his wife run…
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in Arcola on Friday, August 24, 2012
From Mexico to Arcola, with love
By Azra Halilovic / CU-CitizenAccess.org / Hoy-- It was 40 years ago that 7-year-old Herlinda Kauffman squeezed into a brown Chevy Impala in Mexico…
Hispanic numbers double over the decade
There is salsa dance night at Radio Maria and Cowboy Monkey in downtown Champaign. Latino food trucks pepper the landscape across Champaign- Urbana. An…
Latino services director helps connect families to community
By Pam G. Dempsey / CU-CitizenAccess.org -- Socorro Alvarez can name off each country of origin where the small trinkets of gratitude came from…
Police move to improve relations with black communities in Champaign, Urbana
Pam G. Dempsey / CU-CitizenAccess.org and Jeff Kelly Lowenstein / Hoy -- The barber shop in Pirtle’s Mini-Mall on Fourth Street is the kind…
Low-income households struggle to manage expenses
Editor's note: This series is funded by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. By Pam G. Dempsey -- Robin Arbiter is a long-time resident of the…
Lasting effect of economy creates greater stress on local households
Editor's note: This series is funded by the Marguarite Casey Foundation Pam G. Dempsey/CU-CitizenAccess.org -- In 2002, food was a lot less expensive. So…
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Leodegario Olea discusses his family's economic hardship in his home in Champaign.
Economy leaves more Champaign families in need
Editor's note: This series is funded by the Marguarite Casey Foundation. By Pam G. Dempsey -- Leodegario Olea and his wife, Rosa, sit inside…
Health industry brings Filipinos to Champaign
By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein/Hoy -- Light gleams off the wooden floor in the gymnasium at Judah Christian School in Champaign. The squeaking of sneakers…
Lilia Peters – mother of the Champaign’s Filipino community
By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein/Hoy -- As a young girl in Sorsogon Province in the Philippines, in between the twice-daily purchase and preparation of freshly…