Torres, Lourdes, 1959-
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Born on August 2, 1953, Lourdes Torres is a community activist from the South Bronx area of New York City. She was active in numerous organizations including Union Estudiantil Pedro Albizu Campos (Pedro Albizu Campos Student Union), and the Committee Against Fort Apache which was created in protest to the film Fort Apache: the Bronx. Torres was a founding member of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights, which became an important civil rights organization, and served as its secretary and treasurer. Torres also helped organize and was a leader of the Puerto Rican Council for Higher Education. This Organization promoted research and analysis of the situation of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics in the City University of New York. Currently she is the Director of the Office of Development and Grants Administration at Hostos Community College.
Born on August 2, 1953, Lourdes Torres is a community activist from the South Bronx area of New York City. She was active in numerous organizations including Union Estudiantil Pedro Albizu Campos (Pedro Albizu Campos Student Union), and the Committee Against Fort Apache, which was created in protest to the film Fort Apache: the Bronx. Torres was a founding member of the National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights, which became an important civil rights organization, and served as its secretary and treasurer.
Torres also helped organize and was a leader of the Puerto Rican Council for Higher Education. This organization promoted research and analysis of the situation of Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics in the City University of New York. Currently she is the Director of the Office of Development and Grants Administration at Hostos Community College.
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Education
Agricultural laborers, Puerto Rican
Education, Bilingual
Education, Higher
English-only movement
Hispanic Americans
Human rights
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Language and education
Language policy
Migrant labor
Multicultural education
Police brutality
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Ricans
Puerto Ricans in New York (City)
Puerto Rican women
Sterilization (Birth control)
Sterilization of women
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New York (State)--New York
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