The following article was sent out by the Institute for Latino Policy. We thought we should share it with our readers as well.
Latino-Black Rivalry Helped Fuel G.O.P.’s Takeover of State Senate
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and DANNY HAKIM
New York Times (June 10, 2009)
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Incredible how the love and respect for a person can mobilize so many in such a short time to put together such an incredible event as was the
“Celebration of the Life Of a People’s Champion – José Chegüi Torres” who passed on on January 19th, 2009.
Read the article that appeared in Latinsports.com & comment.
http://latinosports.com/featured/incredible-memorial-for-a-people-s-champion.html
On February 7, 2009 at Hostos Community College in the South Bronx at 7:00 PM, the life of recently deceased José Chegüi Torres, Former Light heavy weight champion will be celebrated. We are asking all his friends to spread the word as we have only a few days to organize the activity. Please contact Ramón J. Jimenez (917-517-1320), Julio Pabón (718-402-9310) or Ponce Laspina (646-337-6775).
We are developing the program and it is open to any suggestions. There will be a large representation from the Boxing World and many journalists who worked with José.
PLEASE ATTEND AND HELP ORGANIZE
Sponsors: Juan La Porte Boxing Gym, El Maestro, Latinos Sports and Friends of the South Bronx
Un Boricua que siempre dijo: "Si se puede"
By Sewell Chan
New York Times (January 26, 2009)
Antonio Pagan Councilman Antonio Pagán in 1997. (Photo: G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times)
Antonio Pagán, a former New York City councilman whose iconoclastic views on matters from low-income housing to AIDS often infuriated liberal activists in his Lower East Side district, and who later became the employment commissioner under Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, died on Sunday morning at Beth Israel Medical Center. He was 50.