Life Is a Christmas Blessing
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Semanal/Weekly 25¢ Vol. 12, No.15 Christmas Edition 2008/Edición Navideña 2008 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009! ¡Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo 2009! PRSRT STD U.S POSTAGE PAID KCMO PERMIT NO. 990 PERIÓDICO BILINGÜE www.kchispanicnews.com Holidays bring increase Life is a Christmas Blessing in domestic violence La Vida es una Festividades acarrean aumento Bendición Navideña en la violencia doméstica Teresa Flores and her daughter sherry know that this Christmas it is not about the tree or the gifts but about the love and unity that comes with family and faith. Teresa Flores y su hija Sherry saben que esta Navidad no se tratará del árbol o de los presentes, sino que se tratará del amor y de la unidad que viene con la familia y la fe. Carrie Daniels (left) and Elaine Cruz explain the services of the Rose Brooks Center, a Kansas City organization that seeks to break the cycle of domestic violence. Carrie Daniels (A la izquierda) y Elaine Cruz explican los servicios del Centro Rose Brooks, una organización de Kansas City que busca romper el ciclo de la violencia doméstica. L. YvONNE BRUNER TRADUCE PATRICIO H. LAZEN HISPANIC NEWS HISPANIC NEWS According to mental health Según expertos de la salud mental, JOE ARCE AND DEBRA DECOsTER TRADUCE PATRICIO H. LAZEN experts, the Christmas season is the la temporada navideña es la época HISPANIC NEWS HISPANIC NEWS most crucial time of year for domestic más crucial del año para los reportes violence and domestic abuse en contra de la violencia doméstica hristmas is a time of plans, we had to pick out the cards a Navidad es una época reporting. Financial stress coupled y del abuso doméstico. La tensión miracles as families gather they give out, we had to pick out the de milagros al juntarse las with unmet expectations, isolation financiera sumada a expectaciones to celebrate life and arrangements we wanted for her familias a celebrar la vida y and substance abuse contribute to incumplidas, al aislamiento y al C family. Tony Moreno funeral. We had to make the funeral la familia. Tony Moreno y the rise in reporting. abuso de substancias contribuye al and his family are approaching this arrangements real fast because she Lsu familia están tratando esta Navidad The numbers are already grim to aumento de los reportes. Christmas holiday by celebrating the wasn’t expected to make it through the como una celebración del milagro de miracle of life, giving thanks that his weekend,” added Moreno. begin with. More than 2.5 million Las cifras ya son nefastas para la vida y los hacen agradeciendo que step-daughter Teresa Flores’ life was females experience some form of empezar. Más de 2,5 millones de The hardest part of the story is that la vida de su hijastra Teresa Flores spared and she was given a second violence each year, and in two- mujeres experimentan algún tipo de Teresa had known for three years that haya sido salvada y se le diera una chance to be here with her family. thirds of these cases, the attacker is violencia cada año y en dos tercios she was sick but never told anyone. She segunda oportunidad para estar aquí a family member or an acquaintance de esos casos, el atacante es un “God answers prayers. He still does noticed a dent in one of her breasts but con su familia. – a spouse, male friend, or male miembro de la familia o un conocido miracles today. I asked him to spare never had it checked. She knew that “Dios respondió a las oraciones. relative. According to the Federal de ésta – un esposo, amigo o familiar her life and he honored our prayer. she should be performing self-breast Aún hoy en día él hace milagros. Yo le Bureau of Investigation, a woman is del sexo masculino. Según la Oficina This is the Christmas story. God gave exams and that she should have been pedí que salvara su vida y él escuchó beaten every 7.4 seconds in the U.S. Federal de Investigaciones, En us her and gave us life,” said Moreno. going for a mammogram, but never did nuestra plegaria. Esta es la historia by a male partner, and 2,000 women EE.UU. una mujer es golpeada cada A year ago October 50-year- either one. de Navidad. Dios nos la dio y nos dio are murdered by abusive partners or 7,4 segundos por un compañero old Teresa Flores was diagnosed Teresa had wanted to tell her vida”, dijo Moreno. ex-partners annually. o esposo y 2.000 mujeres son with cancer. The doctors told the daughter Sherry Flores but could En octubre hará un año desde In some communities, the problem asesinadas por compañeros o family to begin planning her funeral never bring herself to say the words. que a Teresa Flores de 50 años se le is exacerbated by cultural and esposos abusivos o ex compañeros o arrangements. “That was the hardest Her fear was so powerful that it kept diagnosticara con cáncer. Los médicos language differences that make it ex esposos anualmente. thing we ever had to do. We had to her from seeking help from family or le dijeron a la familia que comenzaran sit there and go through the funeral “I WAS LYING IN”/PAGE “ESTABA”/PÁGINA WOMEN AFRAID/PAGE MUJERES/PÁGINA Amayo Remembered at Naming of Center Amayo Rememorado en Nombramiento de Centro DEBRA DECOsTER TRADUCE PATRICIO H. LAZEN School/Shrine boiler out HISPANIC NEWS HISPANIC NEWS Just days before Christmas break The tapestry of a community is La fibra de una comunidad es tejida students at Our Lady of Guada- woven by those whose lives are por aquellos cuyas vidas están bordas lupe School on KC Westside found embroidered in the minds of the many en las mentes de muchas personas themselves wearing winter coats during classes. A $45,000.00 boiler people they meet. Joe Amayo Sr. was a que ellos conocieron. Joe Amayo that heats the school and Our Lady master weaver of lives and community. Sr. fue un maestro tejedor de vidas of Guadalupe Shrine gave out. Dan His volunteerism and dedication y de comunidad. Su voluntariado Ryan, Executive Director of Central affected many lives in the Argentine y dedicación afectaron a muchas City School Fund told Hispanic News vidas en la comunidad de Argentine. community. He passed away on they don’t have the dollars to replace Él falleció el 31 de diciembre de December 31, 1987 but his legacy lives the boiler. However, they will replace 1987, pero su legado perdura en la on in the Argentine community it for now and in the coming days comunidad de Argentine. His lifetime of community service they will search for ways to cover touched many. The youth of Argentine Su vida dedicada al servicio the $45,000.00 expense. We will have were drawn to his knowledge and comunitario influenció a muchos. La more on this story in our next issue promotion of sports as a builder of juventud de Argentine fue atraída a of KC Hispanic News. If you would character. He was an advocate on su conocimiento y a la promoción de like to help or give a donation contact behalf of the nation’s veterans and los deportes como un edificador de Central City School Fund 816-756- volunteered to make sure that senior caracteres. Él abogó a nombre de los 1850 Ext.511. citizens in the community were veteranos de la nación y se ofreció receiving meals or transportation to de voluntario para asegurarse de their appointments. He gave of his que los jubilados en la comunidad time and talent to the community he estuvieran recibiendo los alimentos o Mayor Joe Reardon, Esperanza Amayo and Joe Amayo Jr. unveil the plaque that renames the loved and never expected to received siendo transportados hacia sus citas. Argentine community center as the Joe E. Amayo sr. Argentine Community Center. anything in return. Él le entregó su tiempo y talento a la El Alcalde Joe Reardon, Esperanza Amayo y Joe Amayo Jr. descubren la placa que renombra el centro comunitario de Argentine como Centro Comunitario Joe Amayo Sr. de Argentine. AMAYO’S LEGACY/PAGE EL LEGADO DE/PÁGINA 2918 Southwest Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64108 • PHONE:(816)472.KCHN • FAX: (816) 931.NEWS • E-MAIL: [email protected] BILINGUAL NEWSPAPER www.kchispanicnews.com therapist, an adult therapist, and a bilingual therapist. We have many support groups for women throughout the healing Women Afraid to Report Domestic Abuse process, and case management is in Spanish and English.”. CONT./PAGE want women to know there is woman about American laws, women, according to Cavanaugh. get connected to shelter and other All Rose Brooks services somewhere they can go for help. and saying things like, ‘If you “What is supposed to happen services by calling Rose Brooks, by are confidential. The Center difficult to do the necessary Rose Brooks provides protection ever go to the police you’ll just when a women reports domestic going to the hospital and reporting provides statistical information outreach. Rose Brooks Center in for abused women, and we assist get deported,’” Cavanaugh said. violence against herself or it to a nurse or doctor, by going to to its funding agencies but not Kansas City Missouri provides them in everything from finding “Or they’ll say, ‘If you ever go her children is for the police a nearby clinic, or reporting it to a the names of women it serves. culturally competent services a place to stay to finding a job.