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FREE/GRATIS Dec/DIC 2020 jan/enero 2021 Vol. 17 N• 5-6 EL BARRIO CALL TO ACTION • Support Nydia Velázquez and @PRCC.Chicago @prcc-chgo @jacprcc [email protected] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Puerto Rico Self-Determina- tion Bill 773-394-4935 @prccchgoOrgYT Flickr • OPEN LETTER: US Statehood lavozdelpaseoboricua.org for Puerto Rico not Progressive PG7 Humboldt Park’s Very Own IRIS MARTÍNEZ NMPRAC Raíces Gala: “Las Navidades” Wins Big In Puerto Rico with 1.2 Million Votes -- 72% of Votes Cast José Feliciano PG14 Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Exclusive Interview on Page 3 Dr. Cristina Pacione-Zayas Poised to Become PRCC’s Business Development Center Opens WEPA State Senator PG14 Story on Page 3 Mercado del Pueblo Celebra con Sabor Boricua Virtualmente: Parranda Navideña dia de los tres SAB.en DIC paseo 19, 4pm pg.20 boricua MIER.SANTOS 6 de enero Reyes 3PM pg.20 Magos 2 diciembre 2020 /enero 2021 ABOUT LA VOZ: COMMUNITY AS A CAMPUS / PRCC DISTRIBUTE The most recent manifestation FOOD AND TURKEY AT AREA SCHOOLS of Puerto Rican journalism in by Marvin Garcia Chicago, La Voz del Paseo Boric- ua proudly continues in the leg- acy of our community’s previous newspapers. Founded in 2004, La Voz del Paseo Boricua, or simply ‘La Voz’ as it is affectionately called by our readers, is a grassroots bilingual periodical published by the Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural Center. We report on stories relevant to our community on a monthly basis, dissemina–ting news about local events, programs, resources, and develop- ments. As an alternative source of media, we seek to acknowl- edge the achievements of the Puerto Rican community at large and to advocate for the preservation of the heart of our barrio At Richard Yates Elementary, 11-21-2020 At Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos H.S., 10-1- 2020 in Humboldt Park - our “pedacito de patria” in Chicago. SOBRE LA VOZ: La más reciente manifestación del periodismo puertor- Tribune photo by Terence Antonio James riqueño en Chicago, La Voz del Paseo Boricua continúa or- gullosamente el legado de nuestros primeros periódicos. Fun- dado en 2004, La Voz del Paseo Boricua, o ‘La Voz’ según se le conoce cariñosamente por nuestros lectores, es un periódico de pueblo, publicado de manera bilingüe por El Centro Cul- tural Puertorriqueño Juan Antonio Corretjer. Mensualmente, divulga historias relevantes de nuestra comunidad, diseminan- Erie House Charter Parent Coordinator West Park Academy Parent receiving a turkey do noticias sobre acontecimientos, programas, recursos, y pro- preparing to make deliveries. and produce. gresos locales. Como fuente alternativa de medios, intentamos reconocer los logros de la comunidad puertorriqueña al igual ALDERMAN LASPATA AND COMMUNITY AS A que abogar por la preservación del corazón de nuestro barrio Humboldt Park – nuestro “pedacito de patria” en Chicago. CAMPUS CO-SPONSOR FREE MEET OUR PRODUCTION TEAM COVID TESTING AND FLU SHOTS In conjunction with the 1st Ward Alderman LaSpata’s Xiomara Rodríguez office, the Illinois Department of Public Health, Walgreens DIRECTOR, Pharmacy, and the Yates Sustainable Community Schools DIGITAL MEDIA xiomara.rodriguez initiative, the Community as a Campus/ PRCC participated @prcc-chgo.org in a free COVID testing and flu shot event on Friday, No- Roberto Sanabria vember 6, 2020, which drew 372 people for COVID testing and 131 flu shots. EDITOR IN CHIEF Xavier Claudio [email protected] PHOTOGRAPHER [email protected] The event was held at the Ricard Yates Elementary School with the participation of many volunteers who directed traf- Luis Alejandro Molina fic and distributed PPE’s. Thanks to all who provided food SENIOR ADVISOR [email protected] to the volunteers and families that participated in the event. lavozdelpaseoboricua.org December 2020/january 2021 3 Humboldt Park’s DR. PACIONE-ZAYAS Very Own POISED TO BECOME STATE SENATOR Iris Martínez Wins Big! by Jessie Fuentes, Co-Chair, Puerto Rican Agenda of Votes -- of Votes Cast Chicago 1.2 Million 72% Next week history will Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County be made as Dr. Cristina Pacione-Zayas is slotted EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW it’s important to bring customer to be selected by the After her record-setting victo- service to the Clerk’s Office. Committeemen of the ry in the General Election, Iris When people come in with seri- 20th District to serve as Martínez talks with La Voz Del ous needs like an order of pro- that district’s State Senator, thereby replacing our Paseo Boricua’s Editor in Chief, tection, our customer workforce trail blazing leader - Iris Martínez. For the first Roberto Sanabria. needs to be friendly. When time in the Senate, there will be a seamless, organ- On December 1, 2020, Appel- people come in with problems, ic transition between two generations of powerful late Court Justice Jesse G.Reyes, our frontline staff needs to Boricua women. I am honored to watch a friend, swore in Iris Martínez as the be empathetic. They need to colleague, and mentor take a seat in the Illinois first Latina to assume the role authentically want to dig in and Senate. of Clerk of the Circuit Court of help them find solutions. That Cook County. Ms. Martínez sat means retraining that work- Dr. Pacione-Zayas and I have served five years down for a socially distanced seeing those numbers coming force. The leadership up to now together as Co-Chairs of the Puerto Rican Agenda. interview midway between in on Election Night. I was fol- has not been invested in this. During our tenure, the Puerto Rican Agenda has her landslide victory and her lowing the Biden numbers, too, We need to lift the cloud of cor- become a political force in the Latino community assumption of this new and because of how important that ruption and patronage. My goal of Chicago and throughout the Puerto Rican Dias- critical role. election was to all of us, and is to remake the office. It is the pora. It has been with Dr. Pacione-Zayas’s leader- in some places I got a higher second largest county clerk’s ship that the Puerto Rican Agenda launched the RS. You received about 1.2 percentage than he did. I said, office in the nation. We have 3 R’s (Rescue, Relief, and Rebuild) Campaign that million votes, which makes Wow! There are a lot of expec- to remake it into a professional provided aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Irma you the highest vote getter of tations, but I am honored and I operation. and Maria and then earthquakes devastated our all Puerto Ricans, everywhere am ready for the challenge. island. The deep solidarity of the Puerto Rican Di- in 2020. In fact, you received RS. In your opinion, what aspora was on full display when the Puerto Rican 30,00 more votes than the top RS. What do you plan to take does the Democratic Party need Agenda landed its first plane in San Juan, Puerto four candidates in the election on during your first term? Pri- to do to reach out more effec- Rico with $100,000 worth of supplies and re- for Governor of Puerto Rico. orities? Your wish list? tively to Latino voters? turned to Chicago with 300 stranded passengers. There is no doubt you are one From that moment the Puerto Rican Agenda has of the most widely known and IM. First and foremost, as I IM. Until you have Latinos been at the forefront of relief and policy efforts influential Puerto Rican offi- campaigned I continually field- in decision making positions to rebuild a new Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican cials today. Does that surprise ed complaints about the un- in the Democratic Party, you Agenda is indebted to Dr. Pacione Zayas for her you? What do you say to that? professionalism of the Clerk’s will not be effective. Our Latino dedication and inspired leadership through these IM. No, I didn’t know that. Office. This was something that residents want to hear from us tumultuous events. I’m excited. I was shocked was said over and over. To me about issues important to them. (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 5) lavozdelpaseoboricua.org 4 diciembre 2020 /enero 2021 OVER THE COURSE OF 4 DAYS, PRCC DISTRIBUTES TURKEYS, FOOD STAPLES, AND PREPARED MEALS TO MORE THAN 400 FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY by La Voz Staff On Saturday November 21, PRCC’s Community as a Campus initiative joined Yates Elementary School in distributing turkeys and food to 85 of its students’ families. On Monday, November 23, the PRCC, Ald. Maldonado, Municipal Food Market and the sponsoring Committee of the Palestinian Scholarship Student Fund distributed turkeys and food to 100 families at the PRCC’s newest econom- ic development initiative, el Mercado del Pueblo, next to Municipal. On Tuesday, Nov. 24, the PRCC, Ald. Maldonado and the Municipal Market, gave away 100-125 turkeys and foodstuff boxes at the above location to families for Thanksgiving dinner. COMMUNITY RALLIES AROUND FRANCISCA LINO by La Voz Staff ing for her. She insisted she was not a fugitive, but a parking ticket. Pastor Lozano told those who Francisca Lino has lived in the sanctuary of an asylum seeker. Through her attorney, ICE was gathered that a deranged racist can murder scores Adalberto Church for 38 months. This of Mexicans in a Texas Walmart at the border church is in the heart of the Paseo Boricua, while Trump does nothing, but this law-abid- and is regularly attended by Mexican and ing mother and wife somehow attracts his Puerto Rican worshipers. Yesterday, Tuesday, attention. Puerto Rican Cultural Center Oct.
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