Month: August 2022

This Pioneering Podcast Gives Voice to Spanish-Speaking Logistics Professionals Supply Chain Now en Español is here to give Latin American voices a chance to share stories, best practices, and insights from those who are currently creating change in our world.”— Enrique AlvarezATLANTA, GEORGIA, USA, August 29, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Supply Chain Now en Español, produced in partnership by Vector Global Logistics and Supply Chain Now, kicks off season three on Monday, August 29th on all major podcast platforms. The next phase of the pioneering podcast for Spanish-speaking professionals will present the best in all things logistics: best practices, technologies, organizations, challenges, and opportunities. Told through the storie...

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may occur where they live. CERT trains volunteers in basic disaster response skills, such as: Fire safetyLight search and rescueTeam organizationDisaster medical operations Log In Search for a local program, register your group and stay connected on the CERT website. The CERT program offers a consistent, nationwide approach to volunteer training and organization that professional responders can rely on during disaster situations, allowing them to focus on more complex tasks. CERT in Action The below video offers a detailed look at the experience on a Community Emergency Response Team. Or check out the 30-second overview for a short clip...

QUE BUENO—Camarillo resident Connor Koch, 11, competed last month in the 2022 National Spanish Spelling Bee in Texas. Connor was the only student representing California. Courtesy photo The 2022 National Spanish Spelling Bee in El Paso, Texas, was about to begin. Auditorium lights blazed down upon a nervous Camarillo student, Connor Koch, as he stood onstage at the Starlight Event Center, shoulder-to-shoulder with 23 other kids as they awaited their words. It was the first day of the two-day event, which took place July 29 and 30. Despite not coming from a Spanish-speaking family, 11-year-old Connor had made it to the national stage by winning, six months earlier, a friendly spelling competition of Spanish words among his classmates at University Preparation ...

Virginia Blanco, founder and artistic director of La Lengua Teatro en Español, poses for a portrait during a rehearsal for “Las Azurduy” at Brava Theater Cabaret in San Francisco. Photo: Constanza Hevia H. / Special to The Chronicle Virginia Blanco kept thinking that surely someone else would create a bilingual Spanish-English theater company in San Francisco. She knew about Teatro Visión in San Jose, but that was too far away for her. She’d come to know many Latino and Spanish theater artists since she moved to the Bay Area from Argentina a decade ago, and their language abilities felt like an untapped theatrical treasure, especially for such a diverse metropolitan area. Time and again, she and other Hispanics spoke vaguely of doing a San Francisco show in Spanish together, but pla...