Evangelina Holvino
Evangelina Holvino is a creative non-fiction writer and a free-lance consultant on issues of social differences and justice in non-profit organizations.
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First proclaimed in 1968, Hispanic Heritage Month features many community festivals and activities organized to honor the achievements, culture and鈥�
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When I recently attended an event in my town to discuss current issues facing seniors, I had high expectations. I wanted to learn what people like me -鈥�
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The white supremacist events in Charlottesville are terrifying, especially for African Americans, Latinxs, Asians, American Indians and all people of鈥�
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Implicit or unconscious bias is increasingly used to explain and address racist behavior in this country, like the disproportionate use of deadly physical鈥�
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After much procrastination, my husband and I completed our Advance Directives 鈥� just before witnessing my cousins scramble to make decisions about my鈥�
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My partner James was diagnosed with Parkinson鈥檚 on his sixtieth birthday. And because we knew so little about this disease, this felt like the end of the鈥�
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In spite of the freezing cold, which the wood stove fire could not entirely abate, I enjoyed so much making wreaths and centerpieces with my gardener鈥�
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What shook me most about the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by the police was their execution-style. Then, to complicate the violence,鈥�
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I haven鈥檛 been able to get the Orlando Pulse鈥檚 nightclub shooting out of my mind. Massacres like this one always rattle me, but this one feels closer.鈥�
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The Puerto Rican government recently defaulted on a 400 dollar million debt payment. Another 2 billion dollars default is expected on July 1st if Congress鈥�