Meeting with Latino Leaders Across the U.S.

Director Mayorkas joined Chicago area business leaders As I travel across the country to meet with various higher education organizations, I have also had the opportunity to meet with Latino community leaders to share with them the Administration’s initiatives and to hear about their concerns and accomplishments.  I have been struck by their dedication to their communities, their commitment to our country, and their determination to provide a better future for their children.  The President’s 2020 education goal is deeply resonant with them and with the communities that they serve.

In a suburb of San Diego, Gary and Kathleen Acosta graciously opened their home to me and about a dozen colleagues and friends from the real estate industry, the arts, and academia so I could share with them the President’s agenda for the Hispanic community.  Gary is an officer of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, and through his leadership, that organization has embraced improving the educational level of the Latino community as one of its goals.  The group was keenly interested in what the Department of Education is doing to improve teacher effectiveness.  Experiences with the occasional teacher who is a poor performer but is allowed to continue to shortchange students was a particular concern of several of Gary’s guests who have school-age children.

In Miami, White House Initiative Director Juan Sepulveda, Deputy Director Jose Rico, and Miami-Dade College president Eduardo Padrón (mi tocayo, as he always says) put together an all-star cast of the leading Latino figures in business and government.  Miami is a vibrant community that has been transformed by the Cuban-American community into the U.S. gateway to Latin America, and the individuals assembled at Miami-Dade are the movers and shakers that are making it happen.  Again, I was struck by the enthusiasm, optimism, entrepreneurialism, and dedication of these admirable men and women.  A particular concern of this group was the improvement of the link between postsecondary education and the business community, so that career-oriented programs can be nimbly developed in response to the emerging jobs of the 21st century economy.

Finally, in Chicago I met with nearly twenty community leaders that were convened by Juan Salgado, the head of the Instituto del Progreso Latino.  This community-based organization provides a wide range of services to the low-income Latino community in the South Side of Chicago, centered around their charter school.  They take a holistic approach, assisting not only the students, but their parents, with career services, financial advice, as well as education for the whole family.  This comprehensive approach dramatically improves persistence, retention, and graduation.  Once again, their approach is optimistic and entrepreneurial: concerned with education as the critical link to the future prosperity of those served, I spoke with the staff and the clients served at Instituto with a sense of pride about what this Administration is doing to promote that very aim. 

 Throughout all of these interactions, I sensed an energy, harmony, and resounding sense of community as I spoke with Latino leaders from all three of these cities, and it fills me with optimism about the future of the Latino community in the United States.  To rebuild our economy and put a down payment on the future of all Americans, we need a more educated workforce, which will require the efforts of every community, especially Latinos. Graduating from college is part of the path to a better job, a higher income and a more secure future for Latinos and all Americans in today’s global society and 21st century economy. It is clear, through my travels and through meeting so many dedicated Latino leaders, that in our community the American Dream is alive and well and that the Latino community is at the forefront of helping our country Win the Future. 

 

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/09/meeting-latino-leaders-across-us

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The Facts: The Affordable Care Act, the Constitution and the Courts

Tomorrow, judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will hear arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Four weeks ago, judges in the 4th Circuit heard arguments in two similar cases. Last week, an additional case was argued in the 6th Circuit.

In all of these cases, the plaintiffs may be different, but the arguments they bring to the courthouse are essentially the same. The challenges focus primarily on one provision of the law - people on both sides of the debate agree that the vast majority of the act is clearly constitutional.  And the arguments for overturning the Affordable Care Act are simply without merit.

Opponents of reform claim that the law’s individual responsibility provision exceeds Congress’ power to regulate interstate commerce because it penalizes “inactivity.” They are wrong. Individuals who choose to go without health insurance are actively making an economic decision that affects all of us. When people without insurance obtain health care they cannot pay for, those with insurance and taxpayers are often left to pick up the tab.

That’s why the Affordable Care Act requires everyone who can afford it to carry some form of health insurance. 83 percent of Americans already have insurance and only those who are able to afford health insurance will be responsible for obtaining it. And the Congressional Budget Office estimated that only 1 percent of all Americans would pay a penalty for not having health insurance in 2016.

The individual responsibility provision also enables us to finally ban discrimination against individuals with pre-existing conditions. Without the individual responsibility provision, people could wait until they’re sick or injured to apply for coverage since insurance companies could no longer say no or charge more.  That would lead to double digit premiums increases – up to 20% – for everyone in the individual insurance market.

We know that there will be a number of arguments and decisions in courts across the country in the weeks and months ahead and when the legal process ends, we are confident that the Affordable Care Act will be found constitutional.  

Stephanie Cutter is Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor.

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/07/facts-affordable-care-act-constitution-and-courts

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Social Policies Related to Parenthood and Capabilities of Slovenian Parents

We apply Sen's capability approach to evaluate the capabilities of Slovenian parents to reconcile paid work and family in the context of the transition to a market economy. We examine how different levels of capabilities together affect the work–life balance (WLB) of employed parents. We combine both quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches. The results of our quantitative and qualitative research show that increased precariousness of employment and intensification of work create gaps between the legal and normative possibilities for successful reconciliation strategies and actual use of such arrangements in Slovenia. The existing social policies and the acceptance of gender equality in the sphere of paid work enhance capabilities for reconciliation of paid work and parenthood, whereas the intensification of working lives, the dominance of paid work over other parts of life, and the acceptance of gender inequalities in parental and household responsibilities limit parents’ capabilities to achieve WLB.

Source: http://sp.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/18/2/199?rss=1

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Photo: The Pope Receives Vice President Biden at the Vatican

Vice President Biden with the Pope

Vice President Joe Biden meets with Pope Benedict XVI in his Vatican office, in Vatican City, June 3, 2011.

On Friday, June 3rd, His Holiness Benedict XVI received Vice President Joe Biden at the Vatican.

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/10/photo-pope-receives-vice-president-biden-vatican

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First Lady Michelle Obama Addresses the National Partnership for Women and Families

Yesterday, the First Lady was the keynote speaker at the 40th anniversary gala for the National Partnership for Women and Families, where she spoke about the Administration’s commitment to women and children, and the Partnership’s many accomplishments.
 

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the National Partnership for Women & Families

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the 40th anniversary of the National Partnership for Women & Families at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., June 9, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

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Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/10/first-lady-michelle-obama-addresses-national-partnership-women-and-families

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Pawlenty hits Romney on his Mass. health care plan (AP)

Republican 2012 presidential hopeful, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, smiles as he arrives to a packed crowd at Halligan Tavern during a meet and greet sponsored by the Derry Republican Committee, Sunday, June 12, 2011 in Derry, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)AP - Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty said Sunday he would never support requiring everyone to buy health insurance, taking issue with the health care changes that 2012 rival Mitt Romney oversaw as Massachusetts governor.


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DNC Chair Lands Double Standard Smackdown on RNC Chair Over Weiner (ContributorNetwork)

In this image released by NBC News Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the head of the Democratic National Committee, appears on NBC's 'Meet the Press' in Washington Sunday, June 12, 2011. Speaking of Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., Wasserman Schultz said she and other Democratic leaders 'have made clear that he needs to resign.' She says that 'at the end of the day a member of Congress makes their own decision.' Weiner says he is seeking treatment but will not resign. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman)ContributorNetwork - Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus found out quickly Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press" that Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was nobody to underestimate, even in a case of defending actions made regarding the scandal of Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., whose ongoing Twitter photo and sext message scandal has caused great consternation within his own political party.


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