Noticiero Bilingüe www.lawndalenews.com news Thursday, July 16, 2015 V. 75 No. 29 5533 W. 25TH ST. CICERO, IL 60804 (708) 656-6400 FAX (708) 656-6400 ESTABLISHED 1940 Celena Roldán -Moreno Executive Director of Erie Joins NCLR Board By: Ashmar Mandou Straight off a plane from this year’s National Council of La Raza (NCLR) annual conference in Kansas City, Celena Roldán-Moreno, executive director of Erie Neighborhood House, welcomed celebratory news as she was recently welcomed on the NCLR Board, a 24-member body composed of elected officials and representatives of community- based organizations. Since joining Erie NCLR Recibe en su Mesa Directiva a Neighborhood House in 2001, Roldán has tirelessly worked on behalf of working families across the city Celena Roldán-Moreno making sure resources are provided to them, creating Directora Ejecutiva de Erie Continued on page 3 Page 2-LAWNDALE Bilingual News-Thursday, July 16, 2015 Bring the Ruido @ Ruido Fest By: Daisy Magaña “The Molotov performance was the most exhilarating, Tucked between in terms of the most Chicago’s Pilsen and the moshing, crowd-surfing… Illinois Medical District, I’m looking forward to Ruido Fest welcomed a next year’s lineup.” variety of genres from the Music transcends borders Latin alternative genre. A and languages, and despite truly first-of-its-kind music Ruido Fest’s Latino centric festival in the Windy City, music scene non-Latinos attendees were able to embraced the ruido and catch acts on three different relished in the sonidos y stages and enjoy flavorful sabores of Latino culture. food that characterizes See you at next year’s Latin cooking. Ruido Fest! Considering that Latinos make up 26 percent of Chicago’s population there hadn’t really been a music festival with Spanish music at its core. Even with its name Ruido (meaning noise/sound) already welcomes a different atmosphere, “Ruido Fest is unlike any other music fest I’ve ever attended,” said Vania Cebrero, 23, Logan Square native. “It brings the Latino community together by combining different aaspects of Latino culture [music, art food]. Chicago needed something like this for a long time.” In addition to the staple foods, music and art that represent Latino culture, an area of onlookers witnessed luchadores duke it out in a lucha libre. Wrestling, or lucha libre, is a popular form of entertainment throughout Mexico, and although very staged crowds love the antics. Overcast and rain didn’t keep the crowd away; festival guests took to their rain ponchos and enjoyed performances from more than 50 artists throughout the three-day festival including the much-anticipated acts like Molotov, Zoé and Café Tacvba. “[It] set the bar high for a first-year fest,” said Isabel Reyes, 24, resident of Blue Island. LAWNDALE Bilingual News -Thursday, July 16, 2015-Page 3 Lleva el Ruido Celena Roldán Joins NCLR Board... Continued from page 1 equal opportunities for child care and career enhancement, and earning a reputation for delivering @ Ruido Fest results. In 2011, Roldán was selected to serve on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Education Transition Team Por: Daisy Magaña and was recently named to serve as member of the Community Development Commission. In 2008, Escondido entre Pilsen de Chicago y el Distrito Roldán received the Bank of America Neighborhood Médico de Illinois, Ruido Fest dio la bienvenida a una Builder Award. After a busy week, Roldán took time to gran variedad de géneros del género alternativo latino. share her thoughts on her new role with NCLR and her Verdaderamente primer festival de música en su clase unwavering passion for social work. en la Ciudad de los Vientos, los asistentes pudieron Lawndale Bilingual Newspaper: Congratulations disfrutar presentaciones en tres diferentes estrados y on your new appointment to Boards of Directors saborear la deliciosa comida que caracteriza la cocina of NCLR. Can you share with us your sentiments latina. upon hearing the news? Celena Roldán-Moreno: Thank you. I was humbled and very excited to be joining the national board of NCLR, largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States. We are at a critical juncture in our country as it relates to the rights of immigrants and I could not be more proud to now grow my program and advocacy work with NCLR to the national level. How do you think your experience serving as Executive Director at Erie Neighborhood House will help you in your role at NCLR? I believe that being the executive director of Erie House but more so my experience of how I started at Erie House as the social worker will help me to be able to speak directly to the issues impacting low income Latino children and families; but also the great talents and strengths of our Chicago Latino community and how I can share those strengths and ideas at the national level. My role as the executive director has also allowed Considerando que los latinos conforman el me to build great policy and advocacy partners and my Celena Roldán-Moreno 26 por ciento de la población de Chicago, realmente hope is to build more collaboration for NCLR. no había habido nunca un festival de música con What main objectives would you like to set forth has served me well to know and understand the people música en español como su parte principal. Aún su in your role at NCLR that will help organizations that Erie House serves every day because I when nombre Ruido ya presenta una atmósfera diferente, across the country sustain themselves, especially I am out their fighting to provide the highest quality “Ruido Fest es diferente a cualquier otro festival de organizations in Illinois that have recently faced programming for our community and our participants I música al que yo haya asistido”, dijo Vania Cebrero, budget cuts? know them personally and I know how the systems of de 23 años, nativa de Logan Square. “Reúne a la Illinois has been rated as having the worst fiscal health government, public schools, and human services work comunidad latina combinando diferentes aspectos de of any state in the nation. This clearly directly impacts and impact our community. For anyone that wants an la cultura latina [música, arte y comida]. Hace tiempo all of the NCLR affiliates in Illinois and their ability opportunity to change lives and have their life changed as well, they should consider the field of social work. que Chicago necesitaba algo como esto”. Además de to continue programming los alimentos básicos, la música y el arte que representa and advocacy on behalf la cultura latina, un área de espectadores disfrutaron of the Latino community. a los luchadores en una lucha libre. La lucha libre My hope would be UNABLE TO WORK? es una forma popular de diversión en todo México, through NCLR to help y aunque muy escenificada, a la multitud le encantan Midwest affiliates and HAVE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY los trucos. all NCLR affiliates think El cielo nublado y la lluvia no alejó a los and plan around financial BENEFITS BEEN DENIED? concurrentes; los invitados al festival sacaron sus challenges, develop plans ponchos y disfrutaron la actuación de más de 50 artistas to diversify their funding, en los tres días del festival, incluyendo los actos tan and how they build on LET US HELP anticipados de Molotov, Zoé y Café Tacvba. “Tuvo their advocacy efforts un gran éxito siendo el primer año del festival”, dijo to restore and increase Isabel Reyes, de 24 años, residente de Blue Island. public funding for human SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY “La actuación de Molotov fue la más emocionante, en services in their state and "NO FEE UNLESS WE WIN YOUR CASE" SE COBRA SOLO SI GANAMOS SU CASO cuanto a la reacción de la multitud…. Estoy ansioso across the country. por que llegue el del año que entra”. What message do you La música trasciende las fronteras y los THE LAW OFFICE OF STEVEN COURSEY have for those interested 1718 S. ASHLAND AVENUE, 2ND FLOOR. CHICAGO, IL 60608 idiomas y a pesar de que el centro de Ruido Fest era in joining the field of de música latina, los no latinos disfrutaron el ruido social work? HABLAMOS HABLAMOS y se rindieron a los sonidos y sabores de la cultura I am a social worker by ESPAÑOL ESPAÑOL latina. ¡Nos vemos el año próximo Ruido Fest! training and by heart. It 312-563-1001 DEJENOS AYUDARLE A RECIBIR BENEFICIOS DEL SEGURO SOCIAL Page 4-LAWNDALE Bilingual News-Thursday, July 16, 2015 Festival Great Chicago Fire se Inicia en la Villita Park A Redmoon se unió el Chicago participando en Festival reuniendo a de los barrios de Chicago”, Distrito de Parques de una programación de artes los jóvenes de Chicago dijo Jim Lasko, Director Chicago para lanzar Great interactivas y actuaciones en una programación Artístico Ejecutivo de Chicago Fire Festival de artistas de Chicago. interactiva en nuestros Redmoon. “Este es solo en La Villita Park, con “Estamos entusiasmados parques. El Festival es una el comienzo para llegar a trescientos campistas del de lanzar oficialmente celebración de verano de 50,000 jóvenes de Chicago Distrito del Parques de el Great Chicago Fire colaboraciones y talento en el verano”. Redmoon estará trabajando (Uptown), Piotrowski (La con los campamentos Villita) y West Pullman diurnos del Distrito del Park (West Pullman). Parques de Chicago, After “Estamos entusiasmados School Matters, Boys & de recibir a los campistas Girls Clubs de Chicago, del Distrito del Parques Allstate y organizaciones de Chicago a La Villita comunitarias para llegar a Park para participar en 50,000 jóvenes de Chicago el 2015 Great Chicago en el verano a través de la Fire Festival”, dijo el actividad GRIT (Group Superintendente y CEO Ritual Imagining Tool).