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Latinos are a vibrant resource
Latinos están un recurso valioso
Conference November 12th.
“Latinosare a Vibrant Resource”
is the theme for the Oregon Counci I
to r H isp an ic A d v a n c e m e n t’s
(OCHA) 12th annual conference,
which will be held November 12, at
the Red Lion Jantzen Beach.
This event will focus on the
power and potential in our rapidly
growing Hispanic population.
The number o f Hispanics living
in the Northwest has increased by
23 per cent since 1990 and is now
well over 360,000, with an annual
purchasing power o f more than $2
billion dollars.
Nationally, the U S’ 27 million
people o f Hispanic ancestry spend
$228 billion dollars annually.
O regon's Hispanic population is a
rich resource. When its members re­
alize their full potential as students,
business people, community lead­
ers, employees and consumers, ev­
eryone benefits.
The Keynote speaker will be Ed-
ward James Olmos, aw ard-w inning
actor and activist.
A number o f workshops will be
offered in the program, including:
Latinos and l.atinas. Recreating the
Way We Relate; Market Trends;
Diversity in the Workplace; Youth
Violence Prevention; and Legisla­
tive Issues Affecting the Hispanic
Community.
For information regarding this
valuable and essential conference
call OCHA at (503) 228-4131.
Social Security:
A Demographic Crisis
Neither President Clinton nor
contender Bob Dole have addressed
the unsustainability o f unchecked
entitlement spending for the exist­
ing social security structure.
At the root of the social security
problem is demographics. In the past,
there were enough workers in rela­
tion to recipients to allow generous
benefit payments in comparison to
actual contributions. But all of this is
changing as the vast obaby boom
generationo approaches retirement.
The number o f workers per ben­
eficiary fell from 4.0 to I in 1965 to
3.3 to I by 1995. By 2010, when the
first wave o f boomers retires, it is
estimated that this ratio will decline
to 2.9 to I. In the subsequent 20
years, as the entire baby boom gen­
eration moves into retirement, this
ratio will decline to 2.0 to 1 by
2030. It doesn’t stop here, as growth
ofthe work force slows due to lower
birth rates that followed the baby
boom years o f 1946-1964.
In addition, life expectancies are
expected to lengthen, meaning re­
tirees will be collecting benefits for
a longer period o f time. Like it or
not, there is a financial crisis brew­
ing.
Social security is financed on a
pay as you go basis. In other words,
payroll taxes are collected from to­
day’s workers to pay benefits to to­
day’s retirees. Although that ratio
o f workers to retirees has fallen, it is
still high enough to result in an
excess o f taxes collected relative to
benefits paid.
The treasury borrows the sur­
plus from social security to finance
part o f the overall federal budget
deficit. This means that there is no
reserve for the future and it is esti­
mated that by 2012, benefits will
start to exceed actual cash flow ing
into social security.
This means that the system will
begin a process o f insolvency, reach­
ing unsustainable levels by 2029.
At this time, social security will not
have enough income to pay prom ­
ised benefits.
This news should serve as a warn­
ing that people will increasingly
need to establish their own retire­
ment plans to supplement their so­
cial security. Legislation has been
enacted encouraging and enabling
us to save money in a tax advanta­
geous manner.
Maurice Valdivieso can be
reached at Merrill Lynch at (503)
699-7201 or (800) 667-9346. Se
hiiblti Espanol.
National Society of Hispanic MBAs
7th Annual Conference & Career Expo
Some o f the most sought-after
professionals and students in Amer­
ica attended the National Society o f
Hispanic Masters o f Business Ad­
m inistration (N SH M B A ) Annual
Conference and Career Expo O cto­
ber 31 - November 2 in San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
1,200 corporate officials & re­
cruiters, MBA students, university
recruiters, executive search firms and
(NSHMBA) members attended the
event.
This year’s theme was “ Las Amer­
icas Progressing Toward the 21st
Century."
Conference topics included:
• VideoConferencing. Job Inter­
viewing In The 21st Century
• 21st Century Latin America: A
Cornucopia o f Opportunities
• How Technology Can Help You
Identify Business Opportunities.
• H o w T o llu n tF o r A JobV iaT he
Internet
• AchievingCorporate Success At
An Early Age
• Latina Leadership
• MBA Student Survival Tech­
niques
• Maybe You Should Get A Ph.D.
• Advertising That Works
• Careers in Brand Management
• Careers in Finance
Last year’s conference attracted
over 1,200 members and sponsors
from across the United States, Puerto
Rico and Latin America. Among the
conference high lights are the various
keynote speakers front the public
and private sectors, dynamic work­
shops, seminars. Career Expo and
Brillante Award black tie dinner.
The NSHMBA Annual Confer­
ence and Career Expo is the largest
Hispanic business management con­
ference and gathering o f Hispanic
executives in the country.
“ Las Americas...Progressing To­
ward the 2 1 st Century’ acknow ledg­
es our commitment to helping the
Hispanic community contribute to
the strengthening o fth e U.S. econo­
my. The event itself symbolizes the
great potential for Hispanic MBAs
to help change the face o f American
and, in particular, Latin American
businesses as we approach the 21st
c e n tu r y ,” e x p la in e d
Jesu s
Fernandez, chief executive officer
ofN SH M B A .
The National Society o f Hispanic
M BA’s mission is “to foster leader­
ship through graduate management
education and professional develop­
ment in order to better society.”
The organization is comprised of
over 900 members including corpo­
rate executives, professionals, MBA
graduates or post graduate equiva­
lents, MBA students and aspiring
undergraduates.
For information on the NSHMBA
contact: National Society o f Hispan­
ic MBAs, PO Box 224747, Dallas,
Texas, 75222-4747, Office: 2 14/428-
1622 “ IM B A ”, or Fax: 214/428-
2254.
Julio Chavez makes comeback
One fight into his com eback,
Chavez found he still has the adula­
tion ofhis fans. A ndhe'sbeingprom -
ised another fight with Oscar De La
Hoya, even sooner than he thinks.
‘Three more fights and I’ll be
ready for De La Hoya again,” Chavez
said Saturday night after stopping
Joey Gamache at the end ofthe eighth
round in his first fight since being
beaten by De La Hoya.
Promoter Bob Arum doesn’t want
Chavez to wait that long. Arum said
Chavez will fight twice more before
meeting De La Hoya in a late April or
early May rematch
"W e'll probably have the rematch
April 22 or in early May,” Arum said.
“This fight needs to happen again
De La Hoya, working the pay-per-
view telecast o f Saturday night’s fight
as an interested observer, was given
the microphone and the chance to
interview Chavez in the ring after the
fight.
What he got out o f Chavez w asn’t
memorable. What he told Chavez, he
may dispute.
“He said I was very handsome," a
laimhino Chavez said
De La Hoya was booed roundly
by the pro-Chavez crowd o f 10,344
at the Pond o f Anaheim, who were
there soley for the reason o f seeing
the legendary Mexican fighter in ac­
tion.
De La Hoya, who stopped Chavez
in the fourth round June 7, has never
been a favorite o f the Hispanic fans,
despite his Mexican-American heri­
tage.
Chavez is, though, as evidenced
by the fans who waved Mexican flags
and cheered every punch as he wore
down Gamache and finally stopped
him at the end o f the eighth round o f
a scheduled 10-round fight.
“ It was a difficult fight,” Chavez
said. "I was coming in at about 75
percent.”
That showed in the 146 pounds
Chavez weighed
matching the
heaviest o fh is career
following
months o f turmoil that included his
wife filing for divorce and a warrant
being issued for his arrest in Mexico
on tax evasion charges.
The $1.5 million Chavez earned
Saturday night was to go to help
settle those tax charges, and Chavez
joked about his wife, saying she hits
harder than either Gamache or De La
Hoya.
“ I had a lot o f problems before this
fight,” Chavez said.
Gamache was outmatched in the
fight, but gave it his all, especially in
the eighth round when he abandoned
his tactics o f movement to try and
slug it out with Chavez.
It proved to be a mistake that left
his face battered and blood stream­
ing from a gash over his right eye that
prompted the referee to stop the bout.
“Chavez is a legend.” Gamache
said. “ H e’s systematic and he wears
you down. H e’s still a very danger­
ous guy.”
Chavez, who now has 98 wins in
101 fights, will fight Mickey Ward
on Dec. 8 in San Antonio, then fight
again on the Jan. 18 card where De
La Hoya will defend his junior wel­
terweight title against Miguel Angel
Gonzalez.
Then it’s on to a rematch against
De La Hoya that could give Chavez
the riches to help solve his tax prob­
lems and the opportunity to get re­
venge for only his second defeat.
Guerrero rights abuses rise
(Mexico) --The last time anyone
saw dissident union leader Gregorio
Alfonso Alvarado alive was on Sept
26 when he left a meeting o f a local
opposition group to pick up his wife
from work.
As the troubled state o f Guerrero
voted on Sunday in local elections,
Alfonso was still missing — a grow­
ing symbol o fth e troubled times in
this southwestern Mexican state.
His wife, Norma Lorena Valdez,
who is on the sixth day o f a hunger
strike to press the government to
return her husband alive, believes
Alfonso is being held by shadowy
government security forces for alleg­
edly supporting the Popular Revolu­
tionary Army (EPR), a new guerrilla
group. Also on hunger strike are six
m em bers o f A lfonso’s teachers'
union.
Valdez said her husband had re­
ceived anonymous threats accusing
him o f being a subversive. She said
three men in an unmarked car had been
following him for weeks, taking pic­
tures ofthe family nearly every day
Alfonso’s Union o f State Educa­
tion Workers (CETF.G) is pan o f a
larger grass-roots opposition move­
ment known as the FAC-MEN, a
national umbrella group of dissident
organisations that has been accused
by government officials o f support­
ing the EPR
State spokesman Roberto Alvarez
said the government was looking into
the Alfonso case.
Human rights groups said the
Alfonso case was the latest crack­
down against opposition groups by
the military and local government
D avid Fernandez, directo r o f
Mexico City-based Miguel Agustin
Pro human rights group, said the
army has illegally detained dozens o f
peasant farmers and opposition pol­
iticians in the past weeks in search o f
EPR rebels, who have killed dozens
o f people in sporadic attacks on m il­
itary and police posts. Most o f those
arrested were freed hours later.
Another CETEG union member,
Pedro F.ligio Cabanas, was grabbed
by state police in front o f the state
government building last week and
taken to jail, where he was beaten
and later released. Police said they
mistook him for a wanted felon.
OCHA opens doors to youth leaders
I he Oregon Council for Hispanic
Advancement (OCHA) is beginning
its 1996-1997 Oregon Leadership
Institute with a reception on Novem­
ber 2. This unique training program
cultivates the talents o f young His­
panics, providing them with infor­
mation, skills and self-confidence to
help them reach their full potential.
Think! Explore! Achieve!
Since its founding in 1986, more
than 300 OLI graduates have gone
on to higher education, professional
achievement, and positions o f lead­
ership in their communities. OLI is
a catalyst, challenging yound His­
panics to think, explore and achieve.
Students attend cost-free!
OLI is a non-profit program spon­
sored by OCHA and funded by grants
and contributions. Recognized au­
thorities donate their time to teach in
the program. OLI students, chosen
for their committment and leader­
ship potential, attend the program
free o f cost.
OLI serves youth 14-18, 19-30
OLI offers two training programs,
one for youth ages 14-18, and one for
young adults, ages 19-30. The pro­
gram consists o f seven intensive Sat­
urday sessions over a period o f seven
months.
The cu rricu lu m includes: Com­
munication Skills; Hispanic-Ameri­
can History and Culture; Mock Jury
Trial to demonstrate the workings of
the US judicial system; Leadership
and Assertiveness Training; Person­
al Financial Management; College
and Career Planning; and. Team
Building in an Outward Bound Chal­
lenge Course.
Who can attend
Applicants must live in Oregon or
Southwestern Washington and must
agree to attend all scheduled Satur­
day sessions. Admission is based on
demonstrated leadership potential,
com m ittm ent, and w illingness to
serve the community and assume a
leadership role.
How to apply
Contact OCHA and request appli­
cation materials. C all(5O 3)228-4l31,
or write to OCHA, at 917 SW Oak
Street, Ste 405, Portland, OR 97205.
About OCHA
The Oregon Council for Hispanic
Advancement was founded in 1985 as
an outgrowth o f the United W ay’s
Hispanic Services Project. OCHA
continues to address essential human
service needs such as leadership de­
velopment, employment opportunities,
and health education and training.
Among its many projects are the
Information and Referral Service,
which bridges the linguistic and cul­
tural gap to pul people in touch with
organizations that can help them; the
Oregon 11 ispanic AIDS Project, which
informs more than 22,000 people each
year with linguistically appropriate
materials; and, o f course the OL,I.
National Hispanic Corporate Council forum
American Airlines, Inc., Frito Lay,
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. and Tex­
as Instruments hosted the National
H isp an ic C o rp o ra te C o u n c il’s
(NHCC) Conference and 6th Annual
CEO Forum in Dallas/Fort Worth.
Texas October 9 -1 1,
Founded in 1985, NHCC is an
organization comprising Fortune 500
companies focusing on the business
interests o f corporate America and
the Hispanic community.
As the fastest growing segment in
the U.S., the Hispanic population
will reach 4 1.5 million by 2010 and
will represent $965 billion in pur­
chasing power.
T op executives from three D al­
las-based c o m p an ies ad d ressed
the NHCC at its 6th A nnual C EO
Forum e n titled “ C o rp o rate A m er­
ic a ’s R ole in E ducation and the
E nhancem ent o f the W o rk fo rce
o f the F u tu re .”
Moderated by Renay San Miguel,
Channel 8 News-Dallas, the panel o f
executives included Jim Adams,
chairman ofTexas Instruments, Rob­
ert Crandall, chairman and CEO of
AMR Corporation and American
Airlines, Inc., and J.E. Oesterreicher,
v ice c h a irm a n and C E O o f
J.C.Penney Company, Inc.
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